She Would Pirouette Into Mist: Persephone Update

A couple of days ago, I stopped by Animation Dynamics for a CGI development meeting on the look and feel of "Persephone".The team at ADi showed me a myriad of different shots that we picked, early on, to begin development on. Since the world surrounding the live action actors of the Persephone story is partially formed with mist and clouds, following an impressionistic construct, we're taking careful design steps and are working to develop the exact style and flow of how the shots will move from one scene to the next.In the below shot, designed by Seth Cameron Short, we see a silhouetted Persephone standing in pose after doing a pirouette. As we see Persephone grow and form into a young woman, she pirouettes and poses, stopping long enough for the audience to see her present form before she blows away into mist, thus moving that scene away while the next scene begins to form in frame.The next 'shot' that's being developed is being done by Donald Fergus. It's a transitional element which I originally conceived to be a stand alone brush which would act as a descriptive image for the ensuing narration. Donald took this idea, improved upon it, and incorporated it to act as a possible transition between two other shots. The modality of this action acts in accordance to the fluid dynamic of earlier discussions regarding the flow and pace of the project; as a non-cutting, morph-based edit. We're attempting to not show any actual cuts in the video.When someone reads you a story... and you see the imagery of it inside your head, do you see it "cut" from one image to another? Or, do you see forms dissipate and coagulate together? Either way... Persephone is being constructed and designed as a fluid formed "edit".Nick Nakadate and Vince Nimmoor are both working on 2d and 3d background elements. Layering the mist and having it interact and move in dimension with the characters is what Vince is currently exploring while Nick is creating the dynamic of mist motion in relation to the demon that interacts with the live actors in the story. It's amazing to see the control that everyone at ADi has over their digital environments and it's a great education to learn from them all.Over the next few months I will be continually meeting with, and documenting, ADi and their progress.END OF LINE