Production - 4

Animation of the fifth sequence with the final timing.
Staircase Sequence - (2:14- 2:53)

From reaching the stairway until she goes down it and reaches the funeral room (2:14- 2:53 in animatics).The sequence has been reduced from 40 seconds to 33 seconds.A few unwanted shots have been removed.and some have been trimmed even.

This is the fifth sequence (chronologically) in the film of the total twelve.So 4 done 8 more to go.

Colour Script - 3

Colour Script - 2

Narrowed down onto the colour palette for the funeral room scene.Need some more work to fully unify the feel.

Production - 3

Animation of the Third Sequence with the Final Timing
Inside the House - (1:43-2:00)



In this sequence Alice tries to reach a flower pot outside the house but runs back into the house after getting frightened by a bird,(between 1:43 and 2:00 in the animatics).The sequence takes 18 seconds,which is a second more than the 17 seconds on the animatics.However some shots have been removed,including a fancy zoom out shot.
This is the third sequence in the film of the total twelve.

Production - 2

Animation of the Fourth Sequence with the Final Timing
Inside the House - (2:00-2:14)




This is the shortest sequence in the film. It is the bit just after Alice runs and enters the house after getting frightened by a bird, up-till she reaches the stairwell (between 2:00 and 2:14 in the animatics).
It clocks in at 17 seconds,which is a tad bit more than the 13 seconds on the animatics.However I managed to reduce it by one shot (which is a big deal when animating).

This is the fourth sequence in the film of the total twelve.

Production - 1

Animation of the First Sequence with the Final Timing
The Bedroom Scene - (0:10-1:08)

 


The first sequence which begins at Alice waking up till she opens the door of the bedroom (0:10-1:08 in the animatics).It clocks in at 57 seconds which is more or less the overall timing of the same in the animatics. I will be cleaning up the drawings (those with the scratchy lines) and might drop an in between or two in certain places if time permits.So far so good.
This is the first sequence of the film,(of the total twelve).

Test - 2

Narona's Walk Cycle 

Test - 1

Test scene to check textures and basic colours.

 Test scene sequence -trying out with colour,bg and basic sound

Colour Script - 1

Character Design

Final Character

Designs

Animatics

Animatics of An Inverted Coma as of April ,2012.

There are a total of Twelve sequences in the film.For the sake of simplicity I have named them as below,along with their timeline duration on the animatics)
1.The Bedroom Scene - (0:10-1:08)
2.The Hospital Scene - (l:08-1:43)
3.Outside the House - (1:43-2:00)
4.Inside the House - (2:00-2:14)
5.Staircase Sequence - (2:14- 2:53)
6.Funeral Room - (2:53-3:33)
7.The Hospital Scene - ll - (3:33-3:59)
8.Shadow Sequence - (3:59- 4:45)
9.Mirror Sequence - (4:45-6:14)
10.The Hospital Scene - lll - (6:14-6:29)
11.Underwater Sequence - (6:29-7:11)
12.The Hospital Scene - lV - (7:11-7:31)

Visual Development and Explorations

Storyboarding

Bullet Points (Long)

Every  scene divided into individual actions for the sake of clarity in story boarding.


INT.AN EMPTY OLD HOUSE – EVENING

● We see the well furnished interior of an old house.
● Slowly our view of the interior is inverted.
● Upon the upside down ceiling we see a young woman lying unconscious.
● Alice slowly opens her eyes. She gets to her feet and looks around at her surroundings.
● ALICE (calls out)“Hello?”“Is anybody here? “.
● ALICE (To herself) “Where am I?”

Bullet Points (short)

Key story moving points

Sc1

·         Alice opens her eyes and finds herself in an inverted room.

·         She gets to her feet and looks around at her surroundings.

·         Establish the upside down dining room and its contents.

·         She calls out to see if anyone is around.

·         She tries to reach up toward the dining table above but it was just out of her reach.

·         She makes her way to the back door of the house and opens the door and peers outside

Script

AN INVERTED COMA                            BY Alok N R

[Fade in]

INT.AN EMPTY OLD HOUSE – EVENING

We see the well furnished interior of an old house.

Slowly our view of the interior is inverted.

Upon the upside down ceiling we see a young woman lying unconscious.

Story

An Inverted Coma

Synopsis


Alice opens her eyes and finds herself in a deserted inverted house. As she finds her way through the bizarre upside down world she keeps running into fragments of her past and finds herself following the trail of a strange glimmering light that seems to be leading her onward. What is she being lead to discover? What is this world she has found herself in? How did she get there? As these questions get answered we find ourselves peeling into the lives of a fragmented family trying to make peace with the past.