Even more layout designs for the kitchen

Did some more designing for the clutter in the kitchen along with a lot for the cabinets.

Thought about how the two characters (Saul and his mom) would've lived in a cluttered home. Saul would probably drink and eat takeout/ready-made meals more, while his mom couldn't afford takeout and made most of their meals at home but had a lot of dirty dishes lying around the kitchen. Also lots of coffee to get her through the day.

 

 
Utah teapot better make it into the film as an easter egg (it was the first object modeled in 3-D I believe?)

Worn and damaged furniture/prop development

Did some new designs based on the comments I received a week ago saying to make the props look more old and lived in. I started with the coffee table because the first real shot of the film is a close up on the table and it is highly important to show the age and the fact that Saul grew up in this house when he was a child and now refuses to move on from the past.

Then I did what is probably my favorite "set piece" of the whole film, the table that the mom sits at that is covered with bills. I did some research into clutter piles (this will show how the stress is mounting up and how that is all she can think about) and found that it is more than just sheets of paper that are spread out. Things like folders, pay stubs, books, receipts and checkbook and calculator adds to the story that the mom is trying to figure out how to pay off her debts and overdue bills to the best of her ability. 

Prop and layout development

Lot more visual development stuff to show off! It's enjoyable to work on something that isn't animatics or storyboards.

Props and environment studies

Did some color studies of the kitchen flashback scene, thought about using oranges, yellows and even tried out a red pallet to help show the anger, stress and danger of the memory that plays out.

I also did a fair number of prop studies, mostly for the kitchen, but also explored some different tables for the hallway or even else where in the house. Also thought of props we could reuse during the whole film like pictures, jars, dishes, ashtrays, and clocks.

Kitchen environment studies with a lot of props

Tables in the hallway

Lighting studies

Did some very quick lighting studies for the windows that would cast light onto the table/floor of the living room. Thought about to to frame things with the light and make interesting patterns, this visual thinking helped me out when I was doing the final drawings for the animatic.

Character exploration for young Sal

Set in the 70-80's I looked at the clothing that kids Sal's age (10-13) wore in the 70's and based my designs off of the findings.

Credit and title exploration

So I was made in charge of figuring out what could work as a title and end credit sequence. I took a motion media class over the summer at SCAD and the experience I had gained from that class really helped me developed the ideas. I wanted to do them quick and fast because again, it's just about getting the rough idea of the concept down. 

Title

So this is what I could come up with the title, a quickly designed double exposure, while I liked this idea, I felt it slowed down the implied movement of composition. So after talking to Emily we decided to just have the dove fly in front of the frame, revealing the title.

I hopefully will be able to re-purpose this idea of a double exposure with Sal being framed by the dove when I (probably) will be assigned to do posters for the film.

Credits

Here are the credits, we knew early on that the post credit scene should be Sal fixing and cleaning up the house, showing how he has grown as a person and is fixing up his life. I thought it would be a cool idea to have each chore/activity be vaguely related to the position that was on screen, but I am concerned that having some humor would detract from the message of finding hope and acceptance for people that are dealing with depression and drug addiction.