Character Wide Shot

Front View Wide from Richard Young on Vimeo.

Establishing the character and his obsession of watching film.

Opening Shot

Over the Shoulder from Richard Young on Vimeo.

The opening shot sets the scene as an ambiguous location with no reference to anything other than the characters location within this room, watching movies.

20101202-Draft Edit

20101202-Draft Edit from Richard Young on Vimeo.

Moving on from the animatic, I began tests of the various shots, and started getting them down onto the timeline. The Opening sequence needs to be tighter and a little bit more punchy. All of the tighter street shots need animation of the various components that I have added to the shots to give the impression of a growing rate of construction in the stage set of London. The CG world sequence needs to be worked into a lot more and carry more weight in relation to the composition as a whole. I think the length is about right and that the sound can start to be developed a little more with more accuracy.

Stills of the London Stage

These stills are shots from the test below. I intend to work into the model alot more and build the idea that this version of London is very much so a stage set that aims to deceive the viewer or user of the space into believing that the space they inhabit is real when in actual fact it is completely developed out of artifice.

Fabrication Warehouse

Warehouse Sequence from Richard Young on Vimeo.

I managed to get some footage whilst doing some set building, I am going to composite some of the parts of London in fabrication into this footage.

London Film Set Test

Film Production City Test from Richard Young on Vimeo.

This clip is part of the main reveal of the artifice of London. Using Maya to model the geometry I have matched it to the footage that I have created in other sequences so that the two seamlessly blend together.

New Animatic

New Animatic from Richard Young on Vimeo.

With a few scenes rethought this overall structure of the film sequence is much closer to how the final edit will look and feel like. Sound is still undecided and more than likely will move more towards a narrated soundtrack.