Rough Animatic, Story, Production Sheets, Finalizing Concepts.

Completed the layout of the story. We decided we are going to make it work without voice-over. We also changed the story to have more of a science fiction theme.

A planet is ruled by alien overlords thousands of miles in the sky. They arrest all who oppose their rule. Once a year they hold a race for the bravest among the humans to participate in: A race where only 1 will live. Our protagonist wins the race earning his freedom, but immediately points his gun towards the alien spaceship in the sky. A symbolic declaration that with his new found freedom our protagonist will wage a war against the alien overlords.

I'm hoping this is the final version of the story, because I have written a lot, and I think this version is cool.

Here is a rough animatic to get an idea of the pacing and help us to understand what sort of assets we will need.

This is not our final animatic but just to give us an idea of pacing and shot composition. Right now we are still talking about whether it would be a good idea spending time to get more refined drawings of the shots are if it would be best to just jump right into trying to find the best angles in Unreal Engine.

Additionally we have narrowed in on the 4 car designs that we will be modeling for the project and are developing the production sheets.