Meeting with Myles - November 9th

Today, November 9th, I had showed my recently done animatics with sound to Myles. The only reason I wanted him to have a look at it, because he was one of the panelists while our first presentations in Faculty Review. As I have sent my link to blog to David and Bois, I also wanted to have comments from Myles. I just wanted him to see how my story looks when it’s put into the process of animation. During Faculty review, I had storyboard, and it was hard to predict how would each element move when it’s actually in process of production. So, finally, I had meeting with Myles.

He liked it a lot. I had a few questions of my own that I wanted to ask him. For example, “cut” after each shot was really bothering me. I just didn’t know what to do; whether to keep it the way it is, or do something else to show smooth camera movement.

After shot 1, and 2, I have a cut that shows girl in shot 3. It just looked so odd to me that even Myles asked me same question of how is the camera moving from shot 1, 2 to shot 3. So, I told him I’m thinking of changing it to show little girl peeks from behind the tree. This was one option. After a few suggestions, final decision was made to keep the little girl the way it is, but bring camera from top to her from shot 1 and shot 2. this way, she’s already in the environment, and we introduce her without confusing audiences.

Second comment was made for the shot when little girl is wandering around in the garden, and she sees a flower bud. So, it was another cut that could be bothering for viewers. Solution was to keep her wandering around and keep the flower bud in the same shot, and bring it in slowly as camera moves. This way, there won’t be any requirement for another cut.

Another comment was made for the shot when little girl is walking on the road, and flowers bloom right after her on both sides of the sidewalk. Confusion was that audiences might not understand what’s going on. So, one of the solution was to bloom flowers in the shot when she gets surprised to see the very first flower blooming in front of her. While she’s getting surprised, a few of the flowers could bloom behind her, and viewers will see flowers blooming in the same shot. Then, when she goes onto the sidewalk to walk, viewers will know already what’s going on. I think it’s a very good idea because it’s not changing my story or anything but rather it’s simplifying a few of the obstacles here and there.

Finally, last comment was made to introduce title at the end but in a beautiful way. And that is when butterflies fly away, they reveal the title “Beyond Imagination”. Originally, I was just thinking to put the title at the very beginning, but I think it’s cool to add at the end.

That’s it