Monday, May 14, 2012

"Dinosaurs on a Train" Storyboard and Animatic


Background:

High speed rail trip for our hero - Stanley;

Evil Scientist - Spiro - a product of the Greek currency default - releases genetically engineered dinosaurs on the train.



Act1- Stanley agrees to get out of his comfort zone and decides to take long distance train journey, Scientist completes his experiments and puts his plan in "ready to activate" status.

Act2 - Spiro is discovered and releases dinosaurs on train, tornado destroys bridge ahead of
 train;

Act3 - Stanley and civilians are trapped on the rail car suspended over the damaged bridge as tornado approaches. The only way out is past the evil scientist controlling the dinosaurs.

















The Villians and Heros:
VILLIAMS: Velociraptors, Evil Scientist "Spiros"
HEROS: "Nicole", "Stanley", Train Guard


Collar research - control devices











Velociratpator courtesy Google SketchUp

Velociraptor




The Setting:
Mail/Baggage Car with Attached Passenger Cars.
created in Google SketchUp






















Google SketchUp model of Train/Bridge/Tornado




The Story Board:

shots 1-3 preliminary sketch of Establishing Shot




Visual Shot List for Climatic scene
















The Animatic for "Dinosaurs on a Train"