40 is the new 20!

Big thanks to the crew here at the studio for remembering my birthday yesterday. As you can see, my area was all dolled up the in the usual turning 40 accoutrements. The day was capped with a great chocolate cake. Don't feel bad if you didn't get me anything for my birthday, a donation has been made in your honor and you'll be receiving an invoice in the mail.

Trapzilla Case Study: Animatic

Once we had the Trapzilla script approved we moved to the storyboard phase. Storyboards are great to help a client visualize a script and see where our heads are at. The one thing that is hard to get across with storyboards is timing. That's where an animatic comes in. An animatic can be as simple as dropping the storyboard frames into a timeline or we can add movement and camera moves etc. Below is the Trapzilla animatic. We acted out the parts ourselves, so prepare to be a part of a cinematic journey. Compare what you see here to the finished piece and you'll see how close we stick to an animatic once we have approval.

Trapzilla Animatic Final from Out of Our Minds on Vimeo.

Worst Storyboards Ever!

Yes, this is how we spend our days sometimes. If you haven't seen the original inspiration for this, please view it here first. We couldn't pass up the chance at relating it to many creatives' everyday lives. Keith Hobgood, our storyboard artist is on the receiving end of some demanding changes from Rebecca Jones, our project manager. Hope you have as much fun watching as we did making.