ABSTRACT:
My project named “The Ball” is about a caveman who finds a foreign object that he has never seen before and out of curiosity he decides to take it home. But as it turns out, that wasn't so easy, someone else shows up to claim the ball as his.
The story starts with a caveman from the Stone Age. He is bored with his life and tired of the atmosphere around him which is nothing but rocks, dust and mud. One day, he finds a foreign object that drops from the sky and the object looks very much like a shiny ball. The caveman likes the ball so much that he wants to take it home out of curiosity. He doesn't know the ball belongs to an alien. The alien wants the ball back but the Caveman isn't about to give up. So there begins a fight for the ball, eventually however they break the ball by accident and the ball itself presents a surprise to both of them.
For this project Alias Maya will be used to model, rig and animate the characters; texturing and lighting will also be done in Maya. For the background I plan to use digital matte painting combined with 3d model and I will be using Apple Shake for compositing.
With this project I plan to showcase my character animation skills. I have a great deal of action and acting in the project focusing mainly on character movement and emotion. I also plan to display my additional 3D skills as in modeling, rigging, texturing and lighting, but my main focus will be on character animation.
  
Concept Art, Character Design & Storyboard
PROJECT PROPOSAL :
“The Ball” is a three and a half minute film about two main characters with one common goal. It is not a complex story but it has a lot of action. My goal is to focus on physical animation so I came up with three characters that I created in different sizes and shapes, so I can emphasize the weight and speed for each character. The story structure is based on “three act” style. The story concept is full of humor and there is an unexpected ending to surprise the audience in the end. The project will be a blend of traditional and computer animation with an emphasis on story and character animation.
Because the project is about three characters and one of them is the alien who has different types of equipments such as robot, laser beams to compete with the Caveman, so in the film there will be use of a lot of special effects. I am planning to use some Maya Effects to create lighting for laser beam. For smoke and dust I plan to use Photoshop to paint dust and smoke then do compositing in Apple Shake. I know a lot of effects in this project are challenging, but I am confident I can do this.
At the final review I would like to present a shot film that portrays my animation skills. I would like to do a great job in this project within the timeline I have set for myself, there would be a lot of challenges to face but I am confident that I can produce quality work. I also plan to submit the finished piece to competition and website.
  
Model, Texture, Rigging & Screen Shot
Keko's "The Ball"
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photobucket: http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r109/keko3d/?action=view¤t=Untitled.flv
yousendit: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=9976EF0871B7D114
midh.net: http://7.mihd.net/dl/9f9b806e9933114dfc766d7b8f4474f9/458ccfd6/7-sp6iw7-542641/theballforweb.mov
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6qjQFPV7tM |
