Final Major Project and The Mudlark Paradox

The time has come.

So, what are you doing for your Final Major Project? I hear you all ask. Well, Fin and I work well together, and our skill sets tend to fill in the gaps in the others, which means it makes perfect sense for us to work together.

Right back at the beginning of the year, we had a conversation, about how cool it would be to mix Pokemon and Sin City. This was how we pitched our idea to the animators a few months back, but in reality it has evolved considerably since then.

We propose a pilot for a post apocalyptical survivors tv show. In the pilot we would introduce the main characters, show how the world ends, and leave the characters in a position to start on a quest that would drive the series (if it were made).

Without giving too much away at this point, this project will incorporate live action, with CG fantasy animal characters, in a futuristic, but run down city scape. We have several animators on board after our pitch to the department a few months back, and a few actors interested. We also have the go ahead to pitch to the drama department once we have a presentation put together.

Because this is a massive team project, Fin and I set up a website where all members of our team can upload their own work, providing a proper "making of" resource for anyone interested.

Introducing: Project Duplicity

The site is still under construction, but more will come soon!

In terms of roles:
Amy Carpenter: Co- Team Director, 2D VFX, compositing and matte painting
Fin Duncan: Co-Team Director, 3D environments and modelling
Paul Seipt and Keith Carpenter: CG Artists
Rachel Williams and Chris Norman: Animators
Rosie has also agreed to do a title sequence for us, though I do believe this is an extra rather than her actual project, so we will have to fit into her schedule on this front.

Hopefully this will be enough to pull off the project sufficiently.

I have also been asked by the lovely Kathryn Kettle to film a book reading on green screen and add a beautiful victorian matte painting in behind her. Her exact brief was "a creepy victorian Jackanory." As her book, The Mudlark Paradox, is currently seeking a publisher, I hope to help promote this novel so one day it appears on the shelves of Waterstones and the like.

I will be running these two projects side by side, but I imagine I will have The Mudlark Paradox largely done whilst still in the planning stage of the FMP.