Planning and Process

A useful list for me to confirm which shot I need to work.

All shot:58

Setting-Rocket

Some reference from the internet(source please find in the Tags "Reference")

First idea

Second idea

Second idea 2

Second idea color test

Final idea

Final idea 2

color test

Interesting Shot

As the time is running out, I prepare only present about the first 30s to 1 min in my final presentation. However, I don't want to waste the shot I worked before (actually I think the second half is much more interesting....), and also for the convenience, I make some of them to be the GIF image.
Here is some example.(*The speed may not be the real time)

Setting- Props

1.Manga
 

2. Poster 

3. Space gun 

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When Laika trying to toch the space gun, it recalle his memory.

Compare to the first vision of the animatic, I mixed up the meaning of the space gun and the blue box(which save all the information collected by astronaut), it makes the story more smooth and resonable.

Meaning:

The energy of space gun is the memory of the user. It also mean that it saved the memory of Laika. When someone griping the space gun, the triangular pyramid will start rotation. 

Setting-Character (Eye)

Eye(s) are the object around the manga. As the rocket of manga come to be real, the dimension changed. Something in the desk become alive. It can see in the shot  deformation:

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In the background of the Eye. Only one eye have not many power. However, If two of them combined, they will more strong and curious. That's why the big boss occupy the rocket. I think Laika touch the body of Eyes and smile actually feel sorry.

Preliminary Setting:

Final Setting:

Storyboard

Setting-Character (Laika)

Laika

Some drawing/ideas:

First Design:

vision 1 

vision 2

 Vision 3

 

Final Design:


Under the mask:

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Setting- The working desk

This is a story happen in a working desk.

Some drawing/ideas:

First vision:

Final Design:

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Artist Statement

Laika 萊卡

The title of this animation is the name from the Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. It is a story about a leading role and hero named Laika in a good selling manga for many years. Laika made his best to finish the mission. This time is a general mission.The adventure as usual. But something different. Laika didn't overcome in this time. Laika let its life just go but no pain, only choice.

In the space of the story, it is between the dream and reality. Or a story happen between the three-dimensional and two-dimensional. I will not say it just a dream because it is the reality in regard to Laika. 

Death is good.As we have the end, we feel the good of life. This is the reason why Laika catch the chance to end its life with a smile. Hero can do anything; They can overcome every time; Their story will not end forever. Therefore I think sometime the image of hero may become a cage to the character. No one care about the shadow of a hero. Although Laika have the same name and ending with Soviet space dog, They are different because one have a choice and one haven't.

In this story, I don't want to show too much to talk what I want to said. It can be a simple story, or more than it. It is based on what you think.

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