Hello, fellow Pipers!
Finally, this week! I've completed all the sketch work. (Wow!!)
The total video is about 15 minutes long, and today I'm sharing Scene #1, which includes narration and world-building explanations!
S#1 - 14 shots
S#2 - 22 shots
S#3 - 37 shots
S#4 - 19 shots
S#5 - 15 shots
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2024-01-18 14:41:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow Pipers! This week, I've compiled sketches from scenes that are not part of the musical. For the Staff Reward, I try my best to include scenes that are as finalized as possible, but despite efforts, there are always modifications that come up! I'll push through with determination until completion! Hope you're looking forward to it with joy. 🥰
Wishing you a wonderful day today!
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안녕하세요 동료 파이퍼 여러분!
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2024-01-18 14:39:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow Pipers! After finishing all the musical scenes last week, this week we started sketching regular dialogue scenes. 'Dialogue scenes' are both simple and challenging. In fact, dialogue scenes have some established rules and conventions. For instance, when two characters are talking, it's common to use three shots: one showing both characters, and two focusing on each character's face. However, if every scene is this static, it might lose personality and become boring. Especially i...
2024-01-11 13:08:53 +0000 UTC View PostHello fellow Pipers!
This week, as promised, I've completed all the sketches for the musical animation! I've been eagerly running towards this moment for the past month, wanting to show you all!
At first, when I planned to sketch out the musical scenes, I was just looking ahead, thinking it would be just a part of the task, jotting down about five other scenes I needed to work on... But now that I've finished, it feels different. It's like realizing that I've laid the f...
2024-01-04 13:20:25 +0000 UTC View PostHello fellow Pipers!
I've brought a part of the Staff Reward, which is the sketch of the musical scene this time! Unlike the expected changes in the latter part, the early part is almost finalized and ready to be shared! Thanks, everyone, for always supporting!
Have a wonderful day today too!
안녕하세요 동료 파이퍼 여러분!
이번 Staff 리워드인 뮤지컬 장면 스케치의 일부를 가지고 와 보았습니다!
변동이 있을 예...
2024-01-04 13:19:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello fellow Pipers! It's Rambu here.
Storyboarding seems like such an enjoyable task. In a way, I feel like it translates the language of words into the language of pictures. It's like being a 'dream translator' for someone's dreams or thoughts, which makes me want to give myself a whimsical nickname like that. Lately, as I work, I find that this nickname seems more fitting, and it's becoming increasingly enjoyable for me.
Just as we use our languages following grammar rules, art...
2023-12-28 14:40:46 +0000 UTC View PostHello fellow Pipers!
This week, I'd like to talk about rough recording and pitching in the diary.
Last week, we finished the thumbnail work for the musical scenes. So, this week's goal was to tidy up ambiguous directing and delve into sketching. However, despite organizing the thumbnails, there were still some directing aspects that didn't feel right to me. So I decided to examine the overall context of the video first. Musical scenes are the highlights of the entire animation. Ev...
2023-12-21 15:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostHello fellow Pipers!
This week, as I mentioned last time, I've brought in the thumbnail animatic work. The most exciting part of the thumbnail section is when simply arranging small pictures makes the complete video play in your mind. Imagining the fantastic sense the direction gives is thrilling enough. When I feel that as the creator, I become convinced that the work will turn out well.
It's still quite rough, but there's been an increase in details in emotional expression, back...
2023-12-14 14:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostHello fellow Pipers!
This week, I've been working on the thumbnail animatic video and organizing the script.
"Honor of Pipers" Thumbnail Animatic
Regarding the script, we've been updating it continuously with honor rewards, and finally, we've polished it into an Eng...
2023-12-14 14:28:10 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow Pipers!
This week, I'd like to talk about 'visualized' musicals.
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What exactly is 'Video'? It's a medium that combines moving images and sounds, offering us various visual information and joy. The visual content we commonly see around us usually falls into two categories.
Cinematic visuals organize stories in real-time scenes, considering a single space as a s...
2023-12-07 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow Pipers!
In today's diary, I want to reflect on my emotions, discussing past events and the conclusions I've drawn lately.
In February 2023, before diving into the Pied Piper project, I wanted to experience being an actor and the learning process. Hence, I enrolled in a musical hobby academy. I visited it with the idea of being part of a stage prepared by students, but it turned out to be an audition place. It was a new challenge, and it was delightful to be assigned ...
2023-11-30 15:57:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow Pipers!
This week, in the Piper's diary, I'd like to talk about redefining the sequence and goals of our project.
As I mentioned before, I aimed to complete the music parts and prepare for voice actor auditions. But there was a crucial point I overlooked. Although the lyrics for the musical part were ready, the dialogue for the animation part might change depending on the direction.
Here's how the correct project workflow will go 👉 2023-11-23 14:37:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, fellow Pipers, It's Rambu!
After the COVID, I had a week to rest and recover. I slowly started handling freelance tasks and getting back to my routine.
The work I'm currently doing involves storyboarding, which is quite exciting. Directing as a participant in a project, not a head director, feels entirely new to me. However, I've realized that, as 'The Pied Piper- Musical Pipers' is my first project, it's unlikely to turn out a masterpiece.
It's natural. Directi...
2023-11-16 14:56:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello fellow Pipers!
I've had a hectic week. I caught both COVID-19 and stomach flu and spent a lot of time lying down. Until just last week, I was busy with freelance work, animatic tasks, and Halloween shorts production all at once, but seeing my body fall ill, it seems like it might have been too much of a stretch. 😥
Yet, if there's good news... it's that thanks to this new job, I can save a little more money to complete the video! Even if I do all the work alone, money is e...
2023-11-02 13:31:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello fellow Pipers!
I'm sharing the full-body images of Wendy and Eugene's costumes used in this event. The voting results were 1, 3, 4, 2 in order, and thanks to that, I could try out some fun designs. It was delightful! 🥰
Hope you all had a happy Halloween!
안녕하세요 동료 파이퍼즈 여러분!
이번 이벤트에 사용된 웬디와 유진의 코스튬 전신 이미지를 공유해둡니다
순서대로 표수가 1 3 4 2등으로 많았...
2023-11-02 13:18:50 +0000 UTC View PostHello Fellow Pipers!
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Last time, I talked about the process of creating storyboards and building a mental library to generate ideas. However, no matter how much I see or think, making fun videos seems really challenging. It feels like I'm always drawing the same things, and my creativity might be lacking.
This week, let's discuss one attempt to solve this challenge, which is creating an "Ingredient List" that can help.
In videos, various materials are us...
2023-10-26 13:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostHello Fellow Pipers!
We have finalized the lyrics with the orchestral MR, and we're sharing the ultimate version with you all. As the time for production has increased, we've been working on refining the storytelling, both in content and direction. We're in a stage where we're enhancing it creatively and visually.
With the newfound freedom, we're thinking of opening auditions that everyone can participate in and planning some events! Exciting times are ...
2023-10-26 11:56:13 +0000 UTC View PostHello Fellow Pipers!
This week, I'll talk about "making lemonade," or more precisely, the English proverb, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
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When I heard this as a kid, I thought it was a fun and tasty expression! However, these days, the more I think about it, the more I feel it's a story with depth. Anyone can use good things to their advantage, but turning bad things into good, just like making lemonade with the right recipe, that's truly ...
2023-10-19 14:17:06 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Fellow Pipers! It's Rambu!
I want to share an interesting story with you this week. Recently, I was looking for good references to enhance our production. That's when I stumbled upon Studio Ghibli's famous work, 'Howl's Moving Castle.' It was a film I watched more than ten times in my childhood, but as I grew up, only certain scenes stuck in my memory.
I...
2023-10-12 13:27:41 +0000 UTC View PostHello Fellow Pipers!
Recently, I heard something like this: "Completing a piece of work might be a big deal for oneself, but it doesn't dramatically change life." I felt really sad hearing that because I've been through something similar. It happened during my sophomore year in college. I spent nights in the studio working on a stop-motion animation project. I poured my heart and soul into it, but in the end, it didn't bring laughter to anyone, didn't get a chance to be...
2023-10-05 14:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Fellow Piper!
This week, I want to share with you the complete orchestra MR that our composer worked on! The textures and dramatic effects the instruments create are truly amazing... 😢 I shed tears listening to it multiple times...
Once everything is wrapped up, I'll definitely share the sheet music with you all!
Wishing you a wonderful day today too! 💞
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안녕하세요 동료 파이퍼즈 여러분!
이번주에는 작곡가 ...
2023-10-05 14:18:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow Pied Pipers!
Last week, I completed all the storyboards and concept art needed for the application. I finished all the promised tasks! However, if there's one thing I've learned, it's the importance of "knowing my limits" rather than just setting a plan.
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Storyboarding involves line work and detailing the thumbnails (small rough sketches) to give them depth. Therefore, the number of shots in the thumbnails determines the workload for the st...
2023-09-28 13:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow Pipers!
Thanks to your support and encouragement, I successfully completed the financial support application last week! And finally, today, I can share with you a more refined version of the show!
Today's staff reward includes the first complete demo soundtrack and the full storyboard in PDF format. (Vocal recording was done thanks to our composer's hard work!)
There are still some lyrics to fix, and we'll be working on improvi...
2023-09-28 13:24:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow Pipers!
Finally, last week, all the thumbnail sketch work has been completed! (Wow!!)
And starting this week, I'm gradually moving on to the task of transferring the finished drawings to concept art and storyboards. The workload is quite extensive, and I'll be even ...
2023-09-14 14:24:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, fellow Pipers!
Today I've brought my attempt of making styles of animation. And the concept art sketches of the musical, narration, and real New York. Now, all that's left is to add colors and trace over the lines, but it doesn't quite feel real yet! It's a strange feeling of having both a lot to do and not much to do at the same time. 😅
During this work, I've realized once again that while I'm strong with sketches, I'm a bit weaker when it comes to completing each drawi...
2023-09-14 14:14:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello, fellow Pipers!
Have you ever found yourself stuck drawing the same poses, the same facial expressions, and the same compositions when you're drawing comics or illustrations?
I often get caught up in this dilemma. I think it's because drawing is essentially about representing three dimensions on a flat surface, making it challenging to extract images from our imagination. So, what can we do about it? What if, in reverse, we filled our minds with more three-d...
2023-09-07 14:42:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, fellow Pied Pipers!
Today's staff reward includes the work-in-progress thumbnail sketches I've been working on.
Currently, there are a total of 6 confirmed scenes for the animation.
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S#1 - Narration explaining the Pied Piper Man musical plot
S#2 - Eugene's high school musical club presentation scene
S#3 - Scene where senior members help with the Pied Piper Man performance
S#4 - Practic...
2023-09-07 13:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostFinally this week... I'm officially free to dig in drawing things(Yayyy😭) I haven't drawn something ever since I wrote the script...and... I had trial and error to make progress in this preproduction step. But now I see that our boat is moving forward! I'm happier than ever recently 🥺
This week, as I mentioned earlier, I'm going to explain more about the "image classification" process! I'll share a small example of a Piper script as well.
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Hello, fellow Pied Pipers!
This week, I'm sharing the full scene image files of the work I showed you as an example of the Diary. Unfortunately, the script for that part has changed a bit. So, even though these images won't actually be used, I wanted to share them with you before it's too late!
Always grateful! Have a wonderful day 🥰
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안녕하세요 동료 파이퍼즈 여러분들!
이번주 다이어리 설명 예시로 보여드린 작업물...
2023-08-31 12:41:14 +0000 UTC View PostGot no time to talk I'm a dead~ girl~ walking~
Yeah...Creating animations is like... being in the dead girl walking situation 😭 The results can be different based on how you manage your limited time. Therefore, wisely setting priorities seems to be a crucial task.
Last week, my goal was to complete concept art and thumbnails. Based on the ones right below, I didn't accomplish much except for collecting r...
2023-08-24 14:56:51 +0000 UTC View Post