Big is Beautiful

Jess and I gave Mike a few comments on his sketches for the Principal's office.  One thing we agreed on is that he should have lots of BIG items in his office, mostly to hide behind when problem kids are dragged into his office. 

Mike did a rough sketch, and labelled all the big items in the office.  My personal favorite is "giant zen fountain.".  Colored background is coming next! 

A Glimpse of Scene Two

As you know, we're in the process of turning our black and white animatic of the first part of Scene 1 into a pretty, colorized version.  While that is going on, Mike has sketched some background options for the next scene, which takes place in the Principal's office. 

More Moving Pictures

This is our nearly-finished animatic, missing only the "mishap" that sets all the chaos in motion.  However!  This version DOES include an ultra close-up of our dastardly bug.  Don't ever say I never give you people anything. 

Our other animators have moved on to creating the characters and backgrounds for the next scenes. Our next steps are to:  build the polished, colorized version of the animatic for the teaser trailer and also begin work on the next scene.  Stay tuned for some color animation and new scene work coming soon! 

All dressed up...

Josh has been making more progress on the animatic, and I'll have a new video next week.  Until then, Dwight has dressed our two gals, Dusty and Alice, up in their private school girl uniforms. 

Building a Trailer

It became clear early  in the pre-production for Bug House that the best teaser trailer we can make was creating the first thirty seconds of the movie.  The team has really hit their stride and we’re getting close to having the rough animatic for the trailer done.  In the video below, the animators built on the previous animation of the Show and Tell boy droning on….and on….and on….about his Venus Fly Trap.

I’ve been getting updates from the team fast and furiously and have a backlog of art to share.  Keep an eye on this blog for updates.   

And last but not least...

Allow me to introduce our final main character...Mandy!  Mandy becomes an unexpected mentor to Dusty. I envisioned her as a perfectly ordinary teen girl with an extraordinarily welcoming face.  This is what Dwight came up with. 

I have more video of the animatic coming next Thursday, so stay tuned for more moving pictures!  

Test Animation

The team is hard at work on the big animatic, but here's our first glimpse at some test animation.  This is the first couple seconds of the film.  It's Show and Tell day, and Plant Boy is droning on and on about his venus fly trap plant.  The plant clearly has better things to do.