Dji. Death Sails

Há 2 anos, o pessoal do Estúdio “Simpals” na pequenina República da Moldávia, chamou a atenção do mundo e abocanhou diversos prêmios com uma curta de animação chamado “Dji. Death Fails”, uma Dona Morte meio distraída que teve um trabalho danado para levar a alma de um motorista de caminhão. Agora eles estão de volta com a mesma personagem e um título quase igual: “Dji. Death Sails”. Desta vez o curta é com um náufrago-pirata.

Destaque para a dancinha nos créditos, divertidíssima.

MAKING OF

Abaixo, o animatic, um pouco do material e da pré-produção.

Characters

1. Gee

Gee we have a character with character and charisma. He is not excessively curious, absolutely naive and clumsy. So what to do? Thus was born (on Monday, probably). In general, Ji – the absolute opposite of a dark and terrible old woman with a scythe.

But all would be nothing if not a “but.” This whole set of qualities he constantly interferes do its job. In general, Ji – loser mountain onion, loser. It happens to everyone? Sorry for him, of course, but himself to blame …

By the way, we have Ji almost no changes undergone. About him we told you last time. 

2. Pirate

If in the case of G is clear – we have it ready and aging centigrade, in the case of a pirate we had to come up with a new Persian. In life, none of us live with a pirate is not met, but also to make it look like the well-known (like Jack Sparrow) was pointless. We worked through literature, but in the books pirates hats in komzolah and sometimes wigs. This we did not need. And we began to look for.

As for the trunk, the option that suits the whole team, was found quickly enough. A very large man, strong arms, and for some reason is not very strong legs. But we like it. A sort of donor testosterone. We drew him even tattoo to make it …. With torso finished. But the search for the person healed.

So what is a person to be the pirate? Well, if he is a pirate, and even survived a shipwreck, it must be harsh, tough, fearless. In general, nothing will sneaks, not scared and all that.

There were about 10-12 persons pirate versions. But all is not what it look like a murderer, it is too weak. As a result, made it red-haired (redheads, nothing personal!) Skipper. Pretty face!

Once a person has been approved, we had to work on the beard and aquiline nose. Here again, there were a lot of options.

That’s hump:

Generating emotions:

So, get acquainted, it’s Sam. Sam, like all pirates (we love stereotypes) likes to drink. Greedy to unconsciousness.Survived the shipwreck, but instead of water bottles saved chest of gold. Yes, Sam does not always shine in the mind, but of power, he just does not hold!

At the end of the way Sam cunning pirate show, but more on that later.

  3 . Big fish

One of the key cartoon characters – big fish. Decided that it would be a bottom fish. Real prototype – mudskipper. But it is too small for our venture.

To understand how the bottom should look like fish, you need to think like a bottom fish in general, all as a banal detective.

As a result of searching, the 25 options from which nevertheless choose from. We inflated and made a cross between a whale and fish-stone.

Our fish, and her name is Fish (popular in fish community name) – bummer tihushnik, waiting for the right moment to catch their prey. Luring victim fin, pretending small fry.

To choose between these two options:

Eventually settled on this fish:

After approval began an extensive search of color:

Settled on this version:

But the final fish in 3D:

 4. The little fish

We had another character, which, unfortunately, was not included in the cartoon – small fish.

Why was not included in the Persian cartoon, then tell, but for now a few words about her. Real prototype telescope was the aquarium with big eyes. This fish such a device does not.

Here you go. Fry turned out cute, funny, durachlivaya. Not perfect of course, the left hemisphere is not coordinated to the right, causing the eyes revolve like a chameleon in different directions.

And do not hit the fish in the cartoon because its composite experiencing difficulties, we could not decide from (other enough) to just edit the script and voila!

But the official version of the other – in the cartoon, it has not got, because she was a crazy rider, and, you know, fees not happy :). Although agreed “on the bank.”

Coloring:

Since there was a color film, color gamut of films and animated films has become a very important topic of many-making organization ofov. Well, it’s understandable – using color, you can set the mood of the film. Well.As always happens when working on a new project, the artists give as a photocopier three billion options from which 1-2 come into the picture.

Had to tinker a bit with a trunk not know what treasures “invest” in. Someone insisted on “zolotebrilliantah” and someone claimed that the treasure – a good job and a family. But how to put in the trunk family and work, we did not understand, so settled on “zolotebrilliantah.”

Starfish and jellyfish:

If the stars and jellyfish arrive on a hoodie, then it is someone who needs it. So say the classics. In this case, these secondary Persian appeared at the very beginning (in a script), and in the manufacturing process. Tried, liked, left – the simplest scheme, which complicates the wild, but total leave a good impression after watching a cartoon.

Raft:

According to our data, any self-respecting liferaft shall consist of timber, masts and sails. And as a pirate raft, then the corresponding flag. How long pirate spent on it to build a raft, we do not know. But! We painted it long enough.

Our engineers calibrate every inch of this design. We had a raft and cross-sectional and 3 \ 4, and somehow, in the end we liked, we were convinced that it will stand two, put back the pirate and waited for the pirates descend guests.

Clouds

Clouds become a separate topic. In our multi horizon is not blocked, ie 50% of the screen occupies the sky. So, in this regard, an option the clouds looked everywhere, not only in Moldova. In search of good refs director went to the mountains. Clouds redraws were then cumulus, cirrus then, the sky is delayed, then cleared up again. Weather has long been unstable.As a result, much wrangling an option has been found. Weather ustakanilos, and the mood in the studio improved.

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Updater: Wagner Brenner