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REMEMBER THESE FACES ::
Monday, May 24th, 2010
Guidrey (Left) & Andre (Right)
Meet Andre & Guidrey. They are the stars of our upcoming pilot for an animated series. We’ve pulled all kinds of talent from all over the region and put together a awesome creative coalition for this badboy. It is being developed alongside Atomic Robo: Last Stop, but has a completely different look and feel. But don’t worry kids, both projects are still moving along on schedule.
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I’M READY FOR MY CLOSE UP MR. ROBO ::
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Still from Shot 27 (Incoming 02)
Ooh. Looking good there Robo… What a pretty mug! I feel like you’re staring into the depths of my soul!
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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT ::
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Wow all this Atomic Robo animation news is exhausting. How bout we do a little preview from another internal project to break things up a bit? This piece comes to us courtesy of animator extrodinare Sarah Rebar.
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TRAIN YARD BLUES – PART 01 ::
Friday, April 16th, 2010
Board_046 | Shot 23 (Train Yard Scan)
First, a little context. If you’ve been following this blog for a decent span of time, you know that the majority of Atomic Robo: Last Stop takes place in a train yard. What you might not know is the level of care and sweet, sweet love we put into every shot. For example, the Storyboard above…
When Jeff was putting this together, I explained the shot. A (temporarily unnamed) Action Scientist stands atop a cliff, miles away, spying through her super neat sci-fi goggles. The framing is her POV. So what is onscreen is a wide sweeping shot of a dilapidated train yard, complete with a heads up display. Note the Robo and Bogey icons.
So while this is a pretty straight forward shot, it’s also an establishing shot. Which means we had to get it right. For the sake of meticulousness and serving the fans, myself, Jeff, and Steve hopped into cars and took a field trip to an actual train yard. Because when it comes to accurately capturing a setting, fuck google. You need to put on your boots, slog through the mud and the rain and experience the environment. Which is exactly what we did.
Here’s some of the reference we got with our super expensive cameras. As seen below:
Jeff and Steve talk about framing. Thanks for carrying my camera case Jeff!
Why does this make me think of Stand By Me?
Jeff is so teeny-tiny.
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JUICY NEW PRODUCTION STILLS ::
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Here are a couple of production stills. Things will change but these are actual animation frames as they exist currently. Enjoy!
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