Storyboards

Before making my animatics, I have storyboarded where everything should go beforehand. So far, my storyboards are very basic, but they give me an idea of where to animate everything for my animatics at this point.

This first part is a map scene, a plane will fly over parts of Europe until the map zooms in on Sussex, where the plane will then fly to Newick.















This scene starts the main part of the story. It starts in the sky, and then panning down to the town, where my Grand dad is walking to work. A man then shouts, that there is a plane overhead.













He then gets shocked, and sprints to the nearby bomb shelter. The plane then drops them bomb, causing an explosion.

This part show the explosion happening, and the glass being blasted from the windows.

Although I have not drawn it yet, I have planned to show my Granddad getting injured, and then being sent to hospital after the incident.

What my Ebook Could Look Like?

I started to experiment with one of the WW2 posters I found of the British countryside, and I took a picture of the countryside in East Sussex to replicate the style.

This is the image I edited.

This is the art style I replicated.

This is my replica.

Recording my Audio

Over the weekend, I have managed to record my audio. I got my dad to provide the voiceover, and used one of the college's own microphones as they are good quality.
The recording I have isn't too long, although I will have to edit out some of the pauses and possibly cut some parts of the story out so I can keep each part under 1 minute long.

Thinking of Art Styles

Althought it would looks a bit similar to the propaganda posters from last year, I was thinking about a style that would work well with illustrations, that would also fit in with the time period of the story, The first thing I thought of was the WW2 posters or srt in that style, as it would be possible for me to emulate that style in Illustrator or Photoshop.

More Research on the Bombing

On Wednesday, I went to visit where the bomb hit years ago, and what it looks like now. From this trip, I got an idea of how big the blast radius of the bomb was, and what it would have been like to be there at the time.

What the garage looks like now.

Where a bomb shelter (where my granddad ran to) was situated.

I have also met my granddad's cousin, who although was very young at the time, had a part of the bomb that was dropped, so I have a couple of pictures of that.

             

I also got some more facts of the bombing, which are in my sketch book.

Time Plan

Before I start, I thought I'd plan out my time,so I can get my ebook finished for the deadline. I have also planned my time around crit, and should certain things done before then.

Where I started, so far I have thought of my idea and I kind of have an idea for my art style. In the first week of this project we started looking at existing ebooks and got the brief.

I should get the interview done for my story well before the pitch, so I can get some animation done to show. I'm planning to do this by getting a college microphone, and then interviewing my dad over the weekend. Then I can star my first animatics to get feedback from crit.
After this, I need to plan out my animations further on after effects before I start getting my main animations ready...

During November, I really need to get on with my drawings, animating, and then start putting everything into iBooks Author. Hopefully the drawings won't take too long, and I can get them done by around mid-November.

Lastly, by the start of December I should more-or-less be done, just making final touches to my ebook.

What I am Going to do

Earlier in the week I talked to my dad about how to tell the story, and he said that he would be able to narrate it for me, which is good. He also told me some more details about the story, such as the specific times the bombs struck, and what happened to my grandfather during the bombing.
I have also visited the bombsite to get a clearer picture of how it happened.
I shall update soon with some pictures I have took recently.