03/08/15 - Animatic!

Completed the animatic for my storyboard:

It currently sits at 11 seconds rather than the 6 we're supposed to have, which is a little worrying, but tutor explained that I could easily cut part of the introduction out and just jump straight into the story.

(In case the animatic doesn't work, it can also be found here on my tumblr)

I've also been doing a bit of prop work, and through drawing up my storyboards, I have decided on the type of gemstone cut for my crystal.  For a while I dithered between the oval and marquise cuts that are used for diamonds, but I think for my prop I'll be using the marquise.

Googling the cut of the diamond itself leads to some references of how the faces line up on both the front and back sides, which is going to be quite helpful for modelling the crystal this week.