Luckly, Shaun from my company, as part of his professional practice module has written me a script for my trailer. It is a great parody that really captures the essence of 50s infomercials. To match this, I have created some characters based on 50s style characters, using similar shapes and line work.
I was influenced by the illustrations from the game "Fallout", as these have a very similar style, and are based on sketches from a similar time, as well as all the other previous research.
These are my storyboards and character designs:
I have decided to animate this trailer in flash, as I have discovered that is is really simple to get that uneven 50s linework using the brush tool with a fairly high smoothing rate on it.
Also, another idea to make it look authentic - after animating this, I will video it off the screen using the 8mm camera found on the iphone. This gives a black and white, grainy feel to both the visuals and the music.
8mm iphone Camera Test:
I think that this idea has been really effective! Even though this was created in flash, it could almost have been mistaken for a real 50s animation. Not only that, this animation was done without drawing by hand as a test, which means that with the added bonus of having hand-drawn animations, this trailer could look very authentic!
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