Shooting some reference footage

Today we teamed up, to shoot some reference footage for the 'Bloody Mary' animation.

That meant that we had to act out all of the scenes that Armando and Rowena sketched out in the storyboard.

Digitally drawing the storyboard

We did find out some difficulties while shooting this material. We did make some adjustments to our storyboard after shooting. For example in the part where Mary Read dressed as a soldier and a male soldier shoot. We decided to let the soldier come in the frame from behind instead of the front.

After we shot the footage, we decided to make a montage, like a moving storyboard. So that we can really have a good idea of the time, that the animation shall take.

Editing the life action footage