5 man collab 4 the "noir" section

[RedHarvest]

whats up free world!!?

RedHarvest coming at you and i am starting a NEW PROJECT!

I was inspired for this idea after seeing : http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/36 3788

go check it out its really cool!

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so heres the thought. five artists get together to animate ONE script! (split into 5 parts of course)

I havent written a script yet...but i was thinking someone who added on, who was interested, could write a script. I want the script to be very "noir" style and want this submission to hopefully get into the noir section!

Myself, and Zappawadda (tenetivley) are both signed on.

the goal for this piece is VERY high quality artwork, good use of frame by frame animation, and a good sense of drama (this isnt a comedy)

The specs are as follows:

-700x400 canvas size
-name symbols: Redharvest_sun (that is an example)
-creat own backgrounds
-HOPEFULLY we can get the same voice actors to do the whole script, that way it will seem to flow better.
-here is the zinger:
each artist may only use black and white (with inbetween greys ofcourse) and then ONE other color. for example- black and white and blue. so each time the aritist changes in the story. the color changes! pretty cool huuuuh??
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List as of now:
part:open
part:Zappawadda (color- undecided)
part:Redharvest (color-orange)
part:open
part:open
(i will take care of the menu( although i suck with buttons and shit...if anyone wants to help out with the compiling)

So, there will be a pretty high bar for the artists to meet in order to be accepted, i will look through past works to ensure that our final product will be well drawn, well animated, and look very professional.

if you have any interest in being apart of this cool project, just say so on here and ill check u out! if there is enough intrest from talented enough artists we can divide it up into 6 parts!

so let me know guys! this one is gonna kick ass!

[Phobotech]

I might like to give writing a dramatic noir piece a shot. With my classes in Storyboarding, I'd like to think I've been getting pretty good at writing animations.

[Phobotech]

Ah...and I suppose, I'll call Blue

[14hourlunchbreak]

If you need any programming help for the menu then I can be of service. Animation wise, not so much.

[RedHarvest]

@ phobo:

cool man! awesome to have u on board! 2 more and we can get the script up and running and get to work on this!

@14hour:

i will definitely hit you up if we need some coding and what not...cuz i suck at it haha

PS- if anyone is good with music, kinda that classic mysterious noir kind of music, an original score would be great to have!

[Phobotech]

Try lobbing a PM to this guy. Listen to his non-8-bit stuff; they're all really well done...

[JoHobo2]

im in. and red please! (and yeah, i know its the obvious choice!)

[RedHarvest]

at johobo- u dont have enough work on ur userpage to let u into this collab...and the one thing u do have isn't up to scratch. not trying to be an ass...but we gotta keep the bar high!

[denzel-crocker]

sure i'd take orange please

[FatKidWitAJetPak]

Yes I know I am leaving newgrounds bla bla bla, however I am extremley interested in doing this project. I will do any voice acting that you might need as well as perhaps make a title screen out of a monprint. My example monoprint artwork can be seen here. Denzel-Crocker will be doing a part and I am voicing his, so i might as well offer voicing for any other parts.

So if you would like me to be the main voice actor, send me a PM or something and you can send pms to the artists who who are participating in this telling them that I can voice for them.

Thanks!

[Phobotech]

I'd be down for voice acting with Jetpack too! This shit's going to be awesome.

[PBass]

At 10/25/09 10:43 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: Yes I know I am leaving newgrounds bla bla bla

I KNEW you were lurking around!

[RedHarvest]

lol...OK so heres what its looking like!

Phobo: i'd def love to have u and fatkid do all the voicing that would be very tight! maybe if u guys can work up just one giant audio track with music and effects and everything and then chop it up and send it out to us and animate it that way?....possibly? haha

PARTS:
(not in order)
1-redharvest -yellow
2-denzelcrocker- orange ( its cool if u take orange, im just stoked to have ya aboard!)
3-phobotech-blue
4-zappawadd-red
5-OPEN....green? purple?
Script/voices-fatkidwithajetpack

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seems like we're off to a good start! once we get solid with the script i think we can start talking possible due dates and get started animating! (i really want this thing to get into the noir section)

ps- phobo i sill gotta check out that dudes music u linked..im sure its badass

[zappawadda]

Oh awesome, I'm glad we're still doing this. Any specs on what the story will be about? Femme Fatale? Murder most foul?

[RedHarvest]

me and fatkid are currently in talks about the script..hopefully we can have it ready for release in a few days!

[Phobotech]

Remember, it has to be completely original! If it isn't, it can't be noir.

[RedHarvest]

oooooh dont u worry about that...it shall be original

[FatKidWitAJetPak]

At 10/25/09 11:40 PM, PBass wrote:

At 10/25/09 10:43 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: Yes I know I am leaving newgrounds bla bla bla

I KNEW you were lurking around!

Leave me alone you. :'(

At 10/26/09 02:07 AM, RedHarvest wrote: me and fatkid are currently in talks about the script..hopefully we can have it ready for release in a few days!

Hopefully xD if you like my crappy ideas lololol.

[zappawadda]

I think the artists should have some creative control over the script. We're going to be listening to the dialogue over and over again, might as well be something we won't get bored of.

[Kieran-s]

Hey I'm interested. Im not sure if I have the right skills but I've been animating since I was 9. Im currently one flash away from a batting average, but you can check out my stuff if you want to.

[RedHarvest]

@ zappa- what do u think then? ....like each artist makes thier own part of the script?........i'd be down for sumthin like that....but how do we make sure they all link up?

[Xionico]

although I may not have my computer for the next week I would like to join this collab if I meet up the requeriments and there are still places left :)

I'm willing to do my own script and I like the black-white-color idea

Seeya :D

[RedHarvest]

At kieran-s: yeah man i love ur stuff! i'd love to have u on board!

at xionico: looks like the spots are full...but i checked out ur shit and it looks really cool...my only concern is that it is kinda all like madness stuff....how are u with animating just normal humans?...if that is sumthin u can handle well i dont see why we couldnt make this a six man deal.
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That being said ]

Part:Phobotech-blue
Part:Zappawadda-red
Part:Denzelcrocker-orange
Part:redharvest-yellow
Part:keiran-s-green
Part:Xionico (maybe)-purple

For those reading this thread from here on out....i want to keep this collaboration small....so unless u are really outstanding, dont bother to ask for admittance into this beast haha

k guys this things almost ready! keep checking in for updates!

[zappawadda]

At 10/27/09 02:27 AM, RedHarvest wrote: @ zappa- what do u think then? ....like each artist makes thier own part of the script?........i'd be down for sumthin like that....but how do we make sure they all link up?

Do your thang with the script, I would just like to have input. If you post the drafts we can all critique it, that way we're comfortable with what we're making.

[Xionico]

At 10/27/09 12:33 PM, RedHarvest wrote: At kieran-s: yeah man i love ur stuff! i'd love to have u on board!

at xionico: looks like the spots are full...but i checked out ur shit and it looks really cool...my only concern is that it is kinda all like madness stuff....how are u with animating just normal humans?...if that is sumthin u can handle well i dont see why we couldnt make this a six man deal.

Sure I can, don't worry abot that ;D

Damn, Denzel grabbed Orange, I had an idea for it, oh well I'll check what pops up with purple.
Is the purple color mandatory or was it an example? so I can see if I can grab another color which brings me an idea or two,

Seeya :0

[FatKidWitAJetPak]

Ok so heres the thing, should everyone write THEIR OWN SCRIPTS or should we have someone write A PRE-MADE SCRIPT that each artist animates a scene to?

I think we should have a vote personally.

[Xionico]

I think each one should make their own script, just so each part has it's unique flow of the plot but based on the same settings.

[Kieran-s]

I think that there should be a premade basic outline to get the general idea and to split up the scenes, and then everybody adds detail to their own scene or something.

[Phobotech]

Well, I was talking to Red about it, and we agree that each co-author should write their own animations, but to have each of our shorts associated with each other in a collab, we need a recurring theme, or a similar focal points....be they inanimate objects, a place, or even a person.

A prime example would be the Loc-Nar from the Heavy Metal movie. Each animated segment were cast differently, set in their own unique time-period, in their own continuity, done absolutely different from one another...but what kept them connected was the Loc-Nar's ominous presence in each short.

Every short was connected between by, and focused around the Loc-Nar...some did it blatantly, like that futuristic New York driver having to deliver it to a bunch of power-hungry mob-bosses, and some did it so subtly, it could've done just as well without it, like that scene at the Pentagon and the secretary that fucked that robot. (....in case you don't know what I'm talking about, it's a great movie, you should all see it. :D)

But they all had the Loc-Nar. Evil green orb that poisoned mankind's mind, in various shapes and forms and settings.

In an attempt to pull something original out of my ass, I suggested we each write a segment around a beautiful female criminal...an elusive mastermind of the gritty downtown environment, a hired gun, yet a deadly manipulator of underground criminal organizations, and a cancer to the police force.

So we can add a twist of intriguing mystery and namelessness to her, "Lady Noir."

It could be in the present, it could be her with her daring husband, "Bonnie and Clyde" style, it could be from the perspective of a boy who got caught up in the middle of a gunfight between her and a Mexican Cartel. It could be from the perspective of a Guedo mob-boss being interrogated at gunpoint by her in a top-class strip club.

Be her role where she's only seen once or twice in the short, or even from her perspective in it's entirety, it could have a fuckload of potential.

I typed a damned novel-and-a-half of my own ideas on how it could go...but let's see what this group is capable of devising.

First thing's first. Are you okay with our "'Loc-Nar' focal point" being "Lady Noir?"

This is something I just shat out just now...don't take it too finalized, it's just a first draft.

[zappawadda]

Redharvest, you mentioned the flash about the Valentine's day massacre is similar to what we're doing. Perhaps we could make a story about the Great Depression? The infamous Stock Market Crash anniversary is coming up...