Week 01 Update!

 

Week 01: Sept 14 - Sept 20

We started the preproduction of Undersea News by jumping right into storyboards! While still working a little on the script and tying up loose ends on character designs, the entire team decided to focus primarily on getting the first draft of the storyboards done. While we wrap up the first draft, we notice a few things that need to be more consistent in the boards.
For boards we need to focus primarily on character acting through body language and facial expressions, pushing them as much as we can. We also worked a bit on set design for the main news station as that needed to be more consistent in the storyboards.

During the next week we will work more on storyboard revisions and finalization of character design. Finalizing character design will become a priority.



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