Internship Work #5

 

(time taken: 1 day total)

This single shot is part of a much bigger scene, involving a caveman chasing an animal. Here, we were given a different storyboard for each shot. Like the scene with the kids, we have to base each shot off of the given storyboard. This particular shot is based off of this storyboard:


Here, the caveman is walking out of his cave into the wilderness. I created the scene based off of this shot, from the composition to the colour palette. I chose the Ultimate Bony rig (https://www.behance.net/gallery/17774421/Ultimate-Rigs-for-FREE) for the caveman in this scene, because of its resemblance to the figure in the storyboards.

I had to find reference for the caveman in this shot. But since there aren't any easily available references of actual real life cavemen, I had to look elsewhere for inspiration for this animalistic ancestor. Eventually, I settled on videos of monkeys and primates, our closest relative, walking around, mixed in with artistic interpretations of cavemen over the years in media. I even filmed myself doing the walk in the final shot as reference.

The shot was received favourably, but people pointed out that it should feel more animalistic. Luckily, I'll be able to rectify this issue in my next shot, which also involves walking through the wilderness.

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