My Final Animation

I cannot be anymore proud of this animation, even though its not finished, it is complete for now. Enjoy!

Complete!!!

My final is now done and soon to be watched, titled "Memories" which is a short revolving around the aspect of, we make our memories what they are, whether they be sad or happy, its all about perspective.

final animation

My final is pretty much finished, except for one short few second clip that I will finish today, then its just about an hour of editing involved, so see ya Wednesday.

Final project

I actually now have only 2 clips left to rotoscope for my final project, then i will be able to spend a day or two cutting and editing everything together in Premiere, so I should be done ...if not by the next class , by this weekend. So by Sunday, I should completely finished.

My puppet called "Lil' Will"

Schedule for rest of the quarter

After doing a clip or two of my final, I have done the math and with plenty of dedication, it would take me about 12 hours a day for three weeks to finish rotoscoping my animation leaving me with two more weeks for any kind of tweaking. So, I have told my mom that I loved her and not to call, i went to Sams and got a month supply of RedBull and got Papa johns on speed dial, just kidding but really, its gonna be a long second half of the quarter.

Storboard Rough Draft

Tutorial Videos

Bouncing Ball One and Two for tutorial one















Puppet jumps One and Two for tutorial two










Rotoscoping Walk Cycle and Animation Clip for tutorial three









Walk Cycle for tutorial four

My script

“One Day”

Script by: William Douglas

Scene 1

Queue music

Shot of ceiling fan spinning slowly

Shot of young boy staring at ceiling fan

Closer shot of boys face

Then his eye

Scene 2 (All in first person perspective from this point on)

Shot of mourning routine

Shot of boy leaning against bathroom vanity, thinking intensely

Shot of him opening front door

(Fade to light)

Scene 3

Shots of driving down the road

Walking down the street and looks to right to see a happy couple then looks back in front

Cuts back to him laying down and staring at the ceiling

Cuts to dinner with friends at a bar/restaurant

Sees happy faces and smiles (worms eye view)

Scene 4

Cuts back to boy in bed and closes up on his face to show a smile.

The End

update

I have not posted the work I've done so far and apologize for that, but I plan to have that up by this weekend.

Sound and Storyboard

Over the past week or so I have been going out and recording my own sounds for the animation and at the same time working on my storyboards. I chose to do then together because while working on my storyboards I can figure out what kind of sounds I need and work accordingly. I have also written out my script first draft and will type it up and post it later, but the script feels really loose so I am still working on that and the storyboards so that they can sync up.

reference videos

I plan on using something like this but integrated into live action footage.












These three videos are as I say just reference until I get a full plot and story down to where I could see it, then I would be able to decide my absolute style of animation.

Character Development

I have by this point and time put seventeen different characters into their concept stage for the final animation all of which will either interact or come across the main character at some point in the short. Some of them include the western vigilantes the "Wild Dogs" and terribly threating "Savy Pirates Gang" (yes they are actual pirates) and the "Imagines" my own personal collection of homemade imaginary friends (the idea came from the Cartoon Network show "Fosters Home of Imaginary Friends" but they are mine, not from the show) and many others that don't have names yet.

Soon I will post another blog with character sheets and finished drawings.
Stay tuned

Story Premise

My story will revolve around a short day in Savannah and will hopefully be live footage with animation integrated into it. It more than likely wont have any actual dialog but my story will be told through the music that is put to it. It would start off in the morning with the main character waking up and go on through the characters daily routine in a first person point of view, but the audience will see the character through carefully placed mirrors and reflective surfaces in the video, their will also be animated scenery and other people in the short will be animated. The short will end with the main character coming back to the apartment and having some laughs and sitting back with some friends.
Throughout the animation some parts will be live action but most of it will have sort of a "Who killed Roger Rabbit" where its live action in animation then a "Space Jam" feel where it is animation in a live action environment and the music hopefully will help pull the story full circle and some cleverly placed sound clips and an attempt at 2-d effects. It will be running along experimental animation feel and it could change as the quarter goes on but this is what I would really love to do.

Day 1 Post 3 My Animation Idea 1st Draft

I would like to do a simple animation revolving around the city and everyday events. I don't like to use dialogue unless absolutely necessary. I also enjoy telling my stories strictly through visuals and sound, I would like to make a animation that is more visually pleasing other than comically or action packed. Unfortunately I dont have a video yet but I will get one.

Day 1 Post 2 My Favorite Animation

My favorite animation is "Fritz the Cat" by Ralph Bakshi



I love this animation because Bakshi wasn't afraid to push the limit, but tastefully (compared to whats around now) and this animation addressed issues of the radical activists, police corruption and just scandalous activities that were going on around that time and I would like for my animation to address issues that people ignore also and bring serious problems to the surface.

Day 1 Post 1 About Me

My name is William Hamilton Douglas IV

I was born and raised in Baton Rouge, LA

My state was the birth place of jazz and blues and has a population derived of cultures from all around the world. Also from all the places I've traveled we have the best food to.

My major was...is and always will be animation, specifically 2D.

All of my classes this quarter consist of : Digital Cell Animation I
3D Facial Expression Animation
20Th Century Art History

My favorite meal is definitely my madears' no name

I have a large variety of music, so narrowing it down to one is very difficult.


My favorite website as nerdy as it may sound probably would be ign.com.

My favorite drink is definitely either 10 Cane Rum or Wild Turkey American Honey.

My favorite animated character would have to be sheer khan from the Jungle Book.

My favorite game at this very moment is Final Fantasy 10.

I do enjoy reading

My favorite book is "The Nightmare Memoir"

My favorite TV show at the moment is "In Treatment"

My favorite animated movie is "Fritz the Cat"

My favorite movie at the moment is "Lackawanna Blues".

The person I admire the most is my older brother.