Heres my final Storyboard for my new Fantastic Voyage animation, this will be my used as a guide for my Pre-Viz which I will use to include sound cues and my voice actor, I tried to keep it short because theres a lot of dialogue in my script, so I tried to keep some continuous shots to one frame and only make the more difficult ones longer. Some scenes from my script I tweaked a bit more visual comedy, especially for the tortoise who's silent in the film, so I wanted them to have more scenes where the Finch isn't aware of it, to make the long scenes with dialogue more interesting and fun.

This is my first draft for my 2000 word essay, and because I wanted to upload this with images this won't be the final layout for the essay and I need to place the images between the paragraphs and alter the word spacing for the final draft. The word count for this is 2,015, so I might have to compress some of the paragraphs if I want to improve it or alter some instead for the final draft. 

After some improvements to the dialogue and the jokes to the Finch character this is what my script is like and what I think I will be running with, until I receive my final feedback from Claire about the technical terms. I defiantly want the Finch to be an unlikable character and narrator in the animation, so I have tried to make his jokes mean spirited, while also staying in the 14-15 age bracket and blend them in with some of the teaching. I am going to make a rough storyboard for this just to lay out how the animation will play out and then compose my shots and music in a Pre-Viz to see how my models will play out.

Before moving into Maya I wanted to try and get the character orthographs done, as they are the elements I feel I need to change the least and if I can get them out of the way, I can try and make a quick Pre-Viz  with them to get a feel for my shots and scenes before trying to make the final animation. I wanted to make the bird more round, because my updated script has more humour in it, and since the Finch is still doing the explaining and making the jokes, I wanted his shape to juxtapose his behaviour and voice; so was thinking about hiring a voice actor with a very masculine, low voice to make the character more interesting and engaging, rather than trying to make his voice and shape match his behaviour. 

Before I moved onto orthograph's I wanted to update the character of the Finch to suit my updated script as well as to make it more recognisable and dynamic, as it will I want it to feature more prominently in my animation. I think I might go with the brown one because the colour I think will work more effectively in the white sandy scene and against the tortoises shades, which I plan to keep deep blue and grey, so the brown will help it to stand out, while also keeping it looking natural.