Joe Crow: Hat Detective

The video will be updated in real-time, as I move through Checkpoints.

Proposal:

Another pitch I have is “Joe Crow: Hat Detective”. Hat aficionado, Joe Crow, is admiring his Magnum Crow-pus: his extensive hat collection. Tragedy strikes, when he realizes that one of his hats is missing. Unable to cope with the idea of compromising his aesthetic identity, the sombrero sleuth goes on a wild goose chase to find it. Word of advice to the culprit, whoever they are: one thing you never do, is mess with a crow!

Whether as a result of his deduction skills, or by sheer luck (definitely the later), Crow stumbles on a “secret” hideout for the Rat Bandits Gang. Crow makes an assumption that the rats had something to do with his missing hat. A skirmish ensues, but Crow emerges victorious. You go, Joe! Regaining his composure near a sink, he looks in the mirror to see that the missing hat has been on his head the entire time!

Scene 1:Scene 2:Scene 3:Scene 4:

2/14 – Animatic:

Senior Studio Project II – Animatic

Senior Project II – Scrapped Proposal

[SCRAPPED] Original Proposal: 

In middle school, I remember my teacher trying to calm down a rowdy class. In his words, our class was “for the birds”. Recalling that gave me the idea to have a class of birds. The idea is to have the have the class thrown off by the conflicting personalities of everyone. Our balding, eagle teacher can’t finish his lesson on the dangers of cats. He’s easily irritated by his students, and tries to cover his (obvious) bald spot, to no avail.

I have a few other character concepts.

The crow, is blasé, but also skeptical of his teacher’s ideas, almost acting as a stoic heckler.

Next, is a pelican that is often rowdy and disruptive (big beak = big mouth), getting off topic and generally getting the most on the eagle’s nerves.

The final character, is a rubber duck. A Model student, but is also literally just a rubber duck, an inanimate object.

(This image is a non-commercial use, copyleft image. Its purpose is only to be used as a visual reference.)

 

Senior Project II – Character design & Proposal

See the original proposal here.

This is a 2D project, and will be done in Photoshop and After Effects

Proposal:

Another pitch I have is “Joe Crow: Hat Detective”. Hat aficionado, Joe Crow, is admiring his Magnum Crow-pus: his extensive hat collection. Tragedy strikes, when he realizes that one of his hats is missing. Unable to cope with the idea of compromising his aesthetic identity, the sombrero sleuth goes on a wild goose chase to find it. Word of advice to the culprit, whoever they are: one thing you never do, is mess with a crow!

Whether as a result of his deduction skills, or by sheer luck (definitely the later), Crow stumbles on a “secret” hideout for the Rat Bandits Gang. Crow makes an assumption that the rats had something to do with his missing hat. A skirmish ensues, but Crow emerges victorious. You go, Joe! Regaining his composure near a sink, he looks in the mirror to see that the missing hat has been on his head the entire time!

Scene 1:Scene 2:Scene 3:Scene 4:

2/14 – Animatic:

2/21 – Assets/Backgrounds created/gathered:

Senior Project 1 – Bad Applez

Senior Seminar Video Package

https://vimeo.com/374342386

Move-Vember #Move-Vember

11/3 – Stare

11/7 – Flow
11/11 – Point

11/15 – Flip

11/19 – Stillness

11/23 – Grow

11/26 – Color

11/30 – Ending

Senior Studio 1 – 10/24 Checkpoint

Here are the revised scenes, along with the other half of scene 3: concluding with a part of scene 4:
https://vimeo.com/368426619

Senior Studio 1 – 10/17 Checkpoint

Half of scene 3 has been completed. The corresponding scenes have been checked off:

Forgive me, but Photoshop is having an issue rendering, so for now, I’ll record my screen as proof of my progress.

https://vimeo.com/367088586

Senior Studio 1 – 10/10 Checkpoint

More sound effects:

Backgrounds: