My Dad is a Fireman

Category

3D Modeling| 3D Animation

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Audio: 10000 Reasons by Matt Redman

Year

2022

Project info

Five-year-old Ben looking out to the window, pointing excitedly: "Mom, firetruck!” Mom has always been telling him, that Dad is a really busy fireman. Then one day, Ben sets his house on fire, hoping to meet Dad once.
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Approach

The 3D animated film is the first attempt of the designer to study story-telling in 3D animation, especially character movements and rigging. Three-act structure is applied to define the story and plot points.

Rough Animatic

A simple storyboard of the animation is made to quickly demonstrate the story. This also marks out the main angle or compositions of these key shots. Following this is a rough sketched animatic, briefly illustrates the animation between the scenes.

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ACT I - Introduction

Ben is five years old, living with his mother in a small cozy house.

Plot point: His mom gave him a photo of his dad, always tell him, that his father isa busy fireman, so he's not at home oftens.

ACT II - Rising Action

Growing up, Ben idolizes his dad a lot, drawing pictures that his dad saves people, and paste all over the bedroom.

Plot point: Ben is truly excited whenever hearing firetruck's sound. It never stops at his house and always goes past. Ben is a little upset every time.

ACT III - Crisis

We see Ben's house on fire, clearly that he did it with a lighter still in his hand. He hopes to meet his dad once.

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ACT III - Falling action

Ben keeps looking to find a similar face when a fire truck arrived. At the background we hear a burning house and the scream of his mother inside.

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To be continued

The project is still undergoing development, and it is planned to release the next part of it in the near future. In the mean time, can you find the dad for Ben?

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Project documents

Audio: 10000 Reasons by Matt Redman

TO CONCLUDE

This animation project was a valuable opportunity for me to improve my 3D animation skills. I realized that I was not using Blender efficiently for body and facial rigging. For future projects, I will either look for a better workflow in Blender or explore other tools that are more suitable for character rigging and clothing, and that can automate some of the tedious tasks.

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