Title: Paint the Town Red
One-sentence description:
A witch and a mafia gangster meet at a bar where a fight ensues.
One-paragraph description:
I'll be finishing an animated short that I've been working on since January of this year. It's about a witch named Nim that meets a mafia gangster associate named Dim at a bar. After a short little conversation is exchanged between the two characters a brawl starts between them and the other associates at the bar that were ordered to kill him. Though the animation appears simplified and Disney-like, the story has rather more of a dark comedy as the odd couple seem to share a delight in killing and/or torturing their victims.
One Page Description:
It's been a while since I actually finished a project let alone an animation. I've been wanting to set up a series pilot for quite some time. The only problem, is that I tend to be a perfectionist with my work so much that I become slow, burn out and don't finish anything at all. I'm hoping for this term, I can change that by having just having fun and to relax a little more to get it finished. I started this project back in January. Storyboard, background layouts, and character design have already been set-up.
To elaborate, the story takes place in the 1940s in a bar where see a mafia associate with a dark blue suit playing poker with other associates. After winning the round, he then sees a figure in an unusual looking hood coming through the entrance of the bar. As the hood is being taken off, we see our second main character in a blue dress who goes by the name of Nimue (Nim for short) sitting over at the main bar table. As Dim takes the opportunity to go over and aquaint himself with her, one of the associates in the bar signals the others to take out there weapons. Unbeknownst to both the main characters, it's an ambush to knock-off Dim. And due to a misunderstanding, both characters end up fighting together resulting in an action-packed, black comedy, killing off the other associates.
After that, it ends in a funny yet rather eerie setting as both characters covered in blood, share a kiss surrounded by the associates they massacred.
Treatment Visuals:
Safe to say, The storyboard as well as the layout design have already beem made. The only thing that needs to be done is the animation itself, working on backgrounds, and if possible get music and sound (The voice actors already have been picked).
Visual and Written Researched:
There are three artists that come to mind in terms of influence. All of three of these artist have a certain theme to their work which I try apply to my work as much as possible. The first artist is Genndy Tartakovsky who worked on Samurai Jack and Symbiotic Titan. The reason bring these two series up is because they have been a huge inspiration and I've been wanting to acquired some of of their style onto my work in terms of their environments. Such examples would be:
In symbiotic titan, they had the most atmospheric backgrounds I've ever seen in an animated series with the most simple forms creating a realistic sense with its colors, lighting, and textures. This is what I want to acquire in my work.
The second artist would have to be Al Hirschfeld when it comes to characters.
His work always have a continuous line that flowed with his characters, making it appealing to the eye. I remember hearing many animators say to keep things simple when it comes to character design. This is what most of my work is based off of including a friend of mine that puts it in his work as well.
The third artist, which I'm sure many people are familiar to one way or another is Tex Avery which again had simple characters and backgrounds and gave me laughs when I was a kid.
I'm not sure how cartoony this short will be ( the style is more disney than Tex Avery) but one specific reason I chose him, is cause his target audience were more for adults and teens than little kids. This short that I'm doing is mostly set for an older audience than kids with its dark humor.
Timeline will be set up on the next post.
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