Animatics

These were story development animatics for Hard Nut Life. In the initial version of the story, the squirrels started a training programme to help them to break into the museum. For a twist on the traditional training montage, I tried to have the squirrels reference as many popular films as possible. There's a bit of Karate Kid, The Matrix, Mulan, and of course, Rocky.

 

I experimented with a lot of ideas for the worship scenes, and several from this animatic were included in the final film. Unfortunately the huge, Ice Age 2-esque crowd scenes I had envisioned weren't quite feasible in the time available!

 

This final animatic was produced from shot descriptions for an assignment. The last few shots had to be produced very quickly and so are of low quality, but are included for completion.