Friday, 10 March 2017

EKO - Making of. 2017


eko
エコ

SYNOPSIS
Set in Glastonbury Tor. A retrieval mission of an escaped military bio-weapon from a shady tech organisation who implanted her with organs from an alien lifeform. She drives off her pursuers using telekinetic powers before collapsing, alone and helpless in the carnage of her own outburst.

CAST
Eko & car lady    Elizabeth Isaacs
Soldier 1             Angus Brown
Soldier 2             Jamie Wilson

CREW
Written and animated by Alex Fung
Extended script and synopsis by Phoebe Wood-Wheelhouse
Thumbnail Art by Katherine Sugrue
Concept Artwork by Katie Waklin
Music by Addam Tyndale
VO session photography by Raphael Fung
Aardman Animations mentor - Nick Miller
UWE tutors - Chris Webster, Luis Cook, Julia Bracegirdle

eko is a 2D 3D Hybrid project.
Software: After Effects, Photoshop and Cinema 4D.
Hardware: Microsoft Surface Pro 4. i7 16GB Ram.

Trailer script and concept 2 weeks.
Storyboarding and Animatics for Preproduction 4 weeks.
Production time in After Effects was 5 weeks.


eko (eko) Pronounced ‘echo’      
Japanese term for Transfer of Merit










Voice over recording with Liz Isaacs

Voice over recording with Angus Brown


Voice over recording with Jamie Wilson

Studio assistant and VO photographer Raphael Fung

Midway through replacing animatic with After Effects work.


  
 

Replacing animatics with After Effects work


Recording various electronic sounds for the mechs




3D Drone based on artwork by Katie Wakelin

Mech design based on Katie Wakelins artwork

 

Learning to build a drone in Cinema 4D

Music by Addam Tyndale

 
Animatic with Addam Tyndales music 

Sketches by Alex Fung

Sketches by Alex Fung

Sketches by Alex Fung
 
Thumbnail art by Katherine Sugrue

The Style Guide

Script

The silly drawings the idea of EKO started with

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