Animation Pre-production Brief
University brief. Animation pre-production, designing visuals for Gabriel Urbina's Wolf 359 sci-fi audio drama. The project consisted in the production of a storyboard for a chosen audio clip from the drama, character sheets, an animatic and a series of style frames.
ANIMATIC
Based on Gabriel Urbina's Wolf 359 episode 4 "Cataracts and Hurricanoes". Made through Adobe After Effects.
Audio clip from Wolf 359 #4 - Featuring the beginning of a star storm.
STYLE FRAMES
4 style frames from episode 4, Cataracts and Hurricanoes. Featuring some key scenes from the storyboard and animatic.
Style frame 1. Eiffel floating in contrast to the red dwarf star - Wolf 359 #4
Style frame 2 and 3. "Wolf 359 flares massively" - Wolf 359 #4
Style frame 4. Eiffel gets caught up in the star flare without his face visor - Wolf 359 #4
CHARACTER DESIGN
Visuals to the characters featured in the audio clip chosen.
Character lineup, left to right. Doug Eiffel, Renée Minkowski, Alexander Hilbert and Hera (AI).
Character sheet of Wolf 359's main character and communications officer Doug Eiffel.
Character sheets of Wolf 359's Renée Minkowski, Alexander Hilbert and Hera.
STORYBOARD
Storyboard based on Gabriel Urbina's Wolf 359 episode 4. Used for the featured animatic.
