Cat: A bit naive, silly, and definitely hungry. The Coyote in coyote and road-runner sketches. Trying too hard with not enough cunning.
Fish: Aloof, somewhat unfazable. Vaguely amused by the antics of the cat. The road-runner. Although the cat is the protagonist, we still like the fish in it's own strange way. Fish is never frightened, not because it's stupid, but because it doesn't care. After all, fishy knows something the cat doesn't.
| Shot 1: | "hungry cat" |
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| Cat action: | Cat sways head back and forth (following fish) and swishes tail. Tempo should match shot 2. |
| Cat animator: | Ellen |
| Shot length: | 149 (frames 0-148) |
| Status: | Done |
| Shot 2: | "we see the fish" |
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| Cat action: | Cat simply watches fish, head moves slowly from left to right as fish swims by. |
| Cat animator: | Ellen |
| Fish action: | Fish is above head-height of cat, swims from left to right, then down and we see it swim inside the front of the castle. |
| Fish animator: | Adam |
| Kelp animator: | Lee |
| Shot length: | 239 (frames 0-238) |
| Status: | Done |
| Shot 3: | "pounce and smack" |
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| Cat action: | Begins crouch, jumps at tank and collides. Base slides/skitters as it leaps, but does not become airborn. At impact, head connects first, then shoulders, then whatever else is needed to make a realistic looking impact. Fall to ground, or do whatever recovery from the impact looks most reasonable. |
| Cat animator: | Nick |
| Fish action: | Done |
| Fish animator: | Shawn |
| Shot length: | 211 (frames 0-210) |
| Critical frame: | Frame #55 - The cat impacts with the tank (a couple of frames later the fish should react) |
| Status: |
fish is done! it's in all-13, needs merging with bubble of all-12-withbubble cat/bubble timing need tweaking as per last email [ellen just volunteered to work on this Tuesday, can anyone help?] |
| Shot 4: | "head shake" |
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| Cat action: | Cat shakes head, scopes out the edge of the tank with a rectangular head movement. Cat begins to turn head, as if it were pivoting its body. |
| Cat animator: | Joanna |
| Shot length: | 256 (frames -10 - 245) |
| Status: | Done |
| Shot 5: | "exit stage right" |
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| Cat action: | Cat turns around and leaps off screen. After a long pause, see cat leap onto screen and begin another leap. As the cat almost reaches the ground, cut. |
| Cat animator: | Nick |
| Fish action: | Fish resumes circling, goes back inside the castle and comes out. (Recycle animation from shot 2?) The fish comes to a stop and then we see it react to the approach of the cat BEFORE we see the cat come on screen. It blows a bubble. |
| Fish animator: | Shawn |
| Kelp animator: | Lee |
| Shot length: | 285 (frames 0-284) |
| Critical frames: |
Frame #105 - cat leaves frame Frame #225 - fish reacts to cat charging from offscreen Frame #255 - the cat bounds back onto screen. |
| Status: | Done |
| Shot 6: | "big jump" |
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| Cat action: | Cat lands, crouches and leaps up, nearly vertically. |
| Cat animator: | Nick |
| Shot length: | 49 (frames 0-48) |
| Status: | Done |
| Shot 7: | "in the tank" |
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| Cat action: | See cat land, it comes in almost vertically. It straightens up, looks left and right, then jumps straight up and pivots 180 degrees before landing. |
| Cat animator: | Nick |
| Shot length: | 227 (frames 0-226) |
| Status: | Done |
| Shot 8: | "where's the fish?" |
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| Cat action: | Cat is startled, leans back as fish comes into view, slumps forelimbs to look dejected. |
| Cat animator: | Nick |
| Fish action: | Fish swims into view, blows a bubble. |
| Fish animator: | Stephanie |
| Shot length: | 146 (frames 0-145) (with 146-185 for cross-dissolve) |
| Status: | Done |
| Shot 9: | "wide shot" |
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| Cat action: | Cat is immobile (but not static.) Droop ears, maybe swish tail a little and have minimal head movement, but basically do very little. |
| Cat animator: | Nick |
| Fish action: | Fish swims through the mug handle, then up and around the plant and then over the tank. |
| Fish animator: | Shawn |
| Plant animator: | Lee |
| Shot length: | 476 (frames 0 - 475) (with frames -40 - -1 for cross-dissolve) |
| Status: | looking great, but the fish can use just one last tweak... When the fish moves from the cup to the plant in frames 140-200, it looks like it is being pulled by a current -- Would it be hard to keep the timing the same, but add a tail wiggle throughout that segment so that it looks like it's propelling itself? [anyone?] |