I've been transferring shots off of my storyboard in preperation to shoot my animatic...

Out with the old and in with the new...

So I realised in taking time out of this production over Christmas and New Year to write my dissertation that when I tried to get back into it I was in a bit of a rut. I think I had got too fixated on the idea of the Librarian losing his father and this was creating too much of a complicated back story, creating unnecessary faff and causing more work for myself.

Therefore I have ditched the back story. The Librarian is now simply a man who has lost his love for stories and books and is tired and grumpy in his old age.

I have been trying to think of ways that would help show his hatred for books visually on screen:

Art Direction for the Story

I bought these old photographs at an antiques market in the hope of inspiration. There is a feeling of nostalgia linked to old photographs and I thought I could use these to fuel the librarians grief. Perhaps the couple is a picture of him and his wife whom he grieves for, maybe his child, or his father?

I quite like the idea of the loss of a father...perhaps he was the librarian senior which would cause the librarians grief and hatred towards books as they remind him of his Dad.

A then and now of the Librarian...perhaps? Just a bit of fun using one of the photos that I found at the antiques market.

I have been trying to find a motivation for the Librarians grief and thought the young gent and lady in this photo were the Librarian and his wife. She is missing in the present day photo... good cause for grief?