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In part one of this series of posts, we talked a bit about the idea behind the film. In this post, we’ll talk a bit about the environment and set design.

It’s a pretty basic scene actually. The final should almost feel like a desaturated Mars surface. All the color is going to be in the characters, with the background elements consisting of either warm or cool grays. I really want the characters to stand out against their environment, so color vs black and white will work well.

I did this really quick environmental study using a Wacom and Sketchbook Pro.

The film was the next step for me after a series of posts about color. You can read those here, here, and here. I was also inspired by a book I purchased called “Color Index” by Jim Krause.

I’m currently boarding the whole piece out. Part 3 of this series will talk a bit about the boarding process I go through when planning out a short film. Each step is going to get more and more involved until the whole short is finished. I hope to include every step of the process so I can show sort of a recipe for what parts make up a short film.

Keep watching this space, and feel free to leave come critiques.
-Floyd Bishop