An Update on my upcoming junior film "The Rainbow in your Jail Cell" (title pending)

    Well iv been thinking a lot about what to do with the characters themselves. How do I want them to move, act, what noises should they make. Could they even talk briefly? Iv really been experimenting with their movements. I do tests over and over of the apple walking across the screen. Iv been getting into the fight scenes animation. I think its going really well, its very fun for me to animate. I dont think my animation is there yet though, Im gonna have to do many more tests before Im ready to shoot the final scenes. The story is coming along well, I want to put more emphasis on the princess and her relationship with her father the king. Iv been working on some traditionally animated facial expressions for the princess, I want her to look very sad and defeated at one point when her father packs her in a game of basketball. Im thinking of having her join in on the fight rather than just watching sadly, maybe she can be the one to give the final knockout punch. I really want this to be about the characters. I have to work a lot more on little facial expressions and eye movements, body language, interaction on screen. I really want to go into depth with the castle and whats inside of it. I have a lot of props drawn out so far, but I still need to make them all paper cut out props. Im having a lot of fun animating, I have 2 minutes of rough animation so far. Its not what it can be yet, and Im only using the normal cameras so far, so I think this is gonna turn out pretty cool. I really want the fight scene to be explosive and intense. I have to work on animating some explosions and work really hard on closeups and action shots mixed with long beautiful scenery shots and facial expressions. I still have a lot of cutting and drawing to do, but im having a good time doing it so this should be a fun and educational experience.