Floyd County Productions is hiring!

Hey followers! To those of you interested in joining us at Floyd County Productions here is your chance :) Copied this post from one of my coworkers blog to share with all of you.

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Floyd County Productions is looking for studio artists to add to our Archer, Chozen, and Bigfoot crews. We’re seeking Illustrator key frame animators, ToonBoom animators, Flash animators, storyboarders, and background painters. If you:

• have training in animation
• are proficient in Adobe Illustrator, ToonBoom, Flash, or Photoshop
• can undergo a trial period in-studio, then subsequently relocate to Atlanta, GA (trial may or may not be required, depending on the position)
• have an online portfolio and/or demo reel
• greatly enjoyed the above image

Then send your full name, resume, portfolio/reel URLs, and what positions you’re applying for, to macdonaldfloyd1@gmail.com and I will send it along. Please ask if you have any questions or concerns. FIRST DEADLINE FOR PORTFOLIOS IS SEPT 9TH. A second round of portfolio gathering may follow, but it’s best not to rely on that possibility. There’s no guarantees, so dive in

Jellie Update!

Whew! It's been a busy week. I've completed all but 2 or so shots in the animatic. It's been fun designing the backgrounds and adding some new cuts/reworking old ones from the original thumbnail storyboards. All in all I feels it's coming together quite well. I will return to school on January 7th so I would like to have the entire short completed in animatic form to show my professors and get some feedback during the first few weeks of the quarter. I am also in a collaborative class and I do have to opportunity to pitch the concept as the short the class would work on for the coming 10 weeks. I am however reluctant to share this project. Over the past few weeks I have built upon the original concept making this film quite personal with some metaphors that may or may not be so subtle.

Jellie WIP animatic 02 from efmuok on Vimeo.

Jellie

So I have a new working title for my short film. I am calling it “Jellie”. Updates too. I have a sound designer that will be working on the short. Check out his blog over at Sound of the Hunt. And lastly some animatic work. I have about 80% of the scenes finished with the main character added. I am working on more backgrounds now then I will add in the flying fish and some subway riders/pedestrians.


Jellie WIP animatic 01 from efmuok on Vimeo.

Lastly, the biggest update. Due to MARTA photo policies being ridiculous, the aquarium always being packed and the fact that there are some shots of things that simple don’t exist and/or would be impossible for me to shoot I will be painting all the backgrounds digitally. Sucks but hey I think it’ll be better and closer to the film I see in my head. That being said I now have good photo reference hahaha.

New Short?

So my wife took this awesome photo at the aquarium a few weeks ago and it inspired a short film in my mind.

 
Basically it will be about this little jelly fish guy that finds a dying fish on his way home from work. When he picks the fish up it comes back to life and begins to swim through the air. He follows the fish and is ultimately lead back to a giant fish tank and then returns to his natural state. Lol nothing special but should be a fun project. That being said I had been thinking about it some time but did nothing, then last night I could not sleep thinking about what I wanted it to look like. So I got out of bed and threw a quick storyboard together so I wouldn’t forget

I know the sketches are AMAZING!