Summer Project, Back to the Future

We were given a summer project to work on (mean!). We were each assigned 4mins of the film and we have to animate those 4mins any way we like. I downloaded the film online and am working from that, but there is a time difference between my film and the one of my tutors. The 'Spielberg' credit part comes up at 00:00:16 o my tutors film and it comes up at 00:00:19 on mine so I simply add 3secs to my original time.

My time is 1:16:33 to 1:20:48

This scene includes Marty putting a letter into Doc's pocket, then a scene with the band playing at the school dance, scanning over the dance floor to find George McFly. It then goes to a scene were Marty and Lorraine are in the car talking and they then share a awkward kiss. They talk some more and then Marty is dragged out of the car by the drunk Biff ,the bully and his gang. Biff notices the lovely Lorraine in the car and gets in with her, trying to force himself on her... that's were my scene ends!

Very dramatic scene!

The dance floor scene will be difficult because of all the people and so will trying to make the boring car scene more interesting. I'd love to be able to make an anime out of it but I've no idea how to go about that. We'll see how it goes. I want to find a quick but effective way of making it!

I recently got a Wacom drawing tablet. It was strange to use at first but you get used to it. It's very handy and I'm drawing the scenes using it.

Some practical work

John Travolta. Quick pencil drawing. Exploring the style

Samual L Jackson. Quick pencil drawing. Exploring the style

Uma Thurman. Ink

Uma Thurman. Newplast modelling clay....looks like a grown up power puff girl!

 

 

Finished Title Sequence Animation and the re-edit

Here is our finished Title Sequence for Pulp Fiction. I learned a lot from it. I got the chance to use Photoshop properly and slowly became more used to using it :)

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmsX4YIgsGE&feature=player_detailpage

Edited and final Story Board

Shot 1

Intro. Production fade in and out

 

Shot 2 

Main characters walking down the street. Credits appear as they walk past

 

Shot 3 

They go into Jack Rabbit slims

 

Shot 4

Uma thurman and John Travolta win the dance competition. Uma stands on stage with her trophy

Credits appear beside her

 

 Shot 5

Bruce Willis at the bar, main characters walk past, behind him revealing his credit

 

Shot 6

 Main characters then go to grills

 

Shot 7

 They walk through the grill passing the english couple, revealing credits

 

Shot 8

Pulls out Samaual L Jackson's wallet

 

Shot 9

 A dollar with Tarrantino's name and face on it comes out of the wallet

 

Shot 10

Main title



Background drawings and Photoshop colouring

These are the detailed background/scene drawings I did for the animation. I drew them by hand first, scanned them into the computer and then used photoshop to colour them in. This was my first time proprely using Photoshop and glad I learned a little from it. Not bad for my first attempt I think.

 

I like the fact it's hand drawn looking, some lines are a bit wobbly here and there but if they were drawn perfectly straight then it would just look like I drew it on photoshop and that wasn't the effect I wanted.

 

 

Interior of Hawthorne Grills. Drawing.

 

Colour.

  

Exterior of Hawthorn Grills

 

Colour

 

Exterior of Jack Rabbit Slims

Colour.

Bar Interior. Drawing.

Colour.

Interior Jack Rabbit Slims. Colour.

 

Story Board,original, made changes

We all worked togrther as a team to plan out a story board. We made a really quick draft story board first in case we wanted to add/change things and then decided on the finished piece.

I drew out the proper, more detailed draft of the story board. I now have it properly stuck onto a sheet with directions. We made lots of changes so we could finish it in time!
 Here is the storyboard:

 

Shot 1

Opening. Miramax Production fades in and ut of a black screen 

 

Shot 2

 

 Almost like a written introduction "Somewhere in Las Angeles ...." fades in and out of a black screen

cut this shot out! 

Shot 3

 Two main characters are walking down the street

 

Shot 4  

 Suddenly stop to shoot at something. Credits from the shooting.

Cut! Insteaad the credits will come out as they walk past 

Shot 5

 Continue walking to the Jack Rabbit Slims diner

 

Shot 6

 They find another main character and start dancing

 We also changed this scene slightly, Animating the dance took too long so instead the two characters stand on stage with their trophy

Shot 7 

 Uma Thurman in the bathroom, bends over to snort cocaine. Her name appears behind her and she lifts her head again. Passes out. Screan turns black.

Cut!!

 



Strange basement scene. Willis and Marcellus tied up

                                  We decided to repace these three shots

with a simpler less revealing (and odd) one

Shot 8 - Bruce Willis sitting in the bar and

our two main characters walk behind him

      

 

 Rotates to view the Gimp...weird!

 

Rotates again to view the untied and armed willis and Marcellus. Marcellus appears from behind Willis, also the credits appears with him. Marcellus shoots, screen turns red.

Shot 9

 two main character continuing their journey. Are now at Hawthorne Grill diner

Shot 10

Walk through the diner, passing the english couple while also revealing the credits as they pass

Shot 11

Samual L Jackson hands out his iconic wallet

 

Shot 12

Pulls out a dollar and on it is the Director, Tarrantino, name and face

Shot 12

And finally appears the title

 

My job for the project... Background!

My task for the animation is drawing the backgrounds, scan them, and put them into the animation software, probably Photoshoop. Oscar will then animate the characters digitally in the middle ground.

I have decided to draw the background in a simple animated style, not overly realistic or else it will clash entirely with the characters. Jessica is in charge of the text and audio but felt it wasnt a big role in the animation so I decided she could help me with the background for now. My only concern is the risk that our styles could be entirely different, so we will compare and decide what to do later on.
The task of doing all the backgrounds was returned to me except for the street scene because Jessica had her hands full with text and audio. Now I just have to worry about getting it all done on time....Which I will of course!

Reference Images of Los Angeles where Pulp Fiction was filmed

I found this website where  many of the scene locations from the film were tracked down and photographed, many locations remained the same since the film was made and others have been changed or built on. Handy resource!

http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2010/02/pulp-fiction.html

 

 

Jack Rabbit Slim's diner where the John Travolta dances with Uma Thurman

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawthorn Grill, inside and outside, where the film begins and the english are and try to rob the place

 

 

 

 

 

The somewhat strange basement scene. Dark lighting, yellow/orange/brown colours