Preproduction

How's it Made?

The Pitches

At the beginning of the semester, several members of our team prepared pitches and ideas for our animated short. Over the course of three weeks we worked together to vote on and narrow down the concept into one story.

The Concept Art

image of cartoon food characters in realistic fridge
Image by Kobe Wright
image of a realistic chicken wing with cartoon eyes standing in front of cartoon pickles with red eyes.
Image by Benjamin Stenglein
Cartoon drawing of a piece of broccoli
Image by Emily Mosier

Animation Tests

animated gif of cartoon apple turning into a moldy zombie apple
Animation test by Logan Vales
animated gif of broccoli character running in fear
Animation test by Morgan Rutsay
animated gif of broccoli character hopping from left to right
Animation test by Andrew Schreur

Background

Backgrounds were created in 3D with Maya

3D rendered image of a small fan on a kitchen counter near open window.
Image by Benjamin Stenglein
3D rendered image of a refrigerator with disco lights eminating from behind its doors
Image by Benjamin Stenglein

Rough Animation

Rough Animation was done by the whole crew using ToonBoom Harmony

animated gif of apple, broccoli, bacon and sandwich dancing
Animation by Andrew Schreur
animated gif of upset strawberry and cheese
Animation by Seven Shellnut

Clean-up Animation

Animation Clean-up was completed by the whole crew

Refining

The crew worked to refine the timing and animation of their assigned shots.

Audio

Audio elements were created and gathered by the crew and the final mix was created by Benjamin Siemiantkowski.