Welcome

Hello and welcome. This forum was created for members around the world who are working on the Devil's Lane animated mini-series as well as any future projects. Please take a couple minutes to read the rest of this section so everyone knows what is expected.
Here are a couple of the reasons I created this forum:

1. To have a place where all aspects of the project can be discussed as a group
2. Organization (assigning tasks, setting goals and time lines, etc.)
3. Address any problems that may come up
4. Member input: all opinions and ideas are valued here


Celtx
Celtx is a free program that i would like everyone involved to download. It is a media pre-production program that I use for screenwriting, storyboarding and character profiling. I would like everyone to download it so we can all have a visual copy of the project in its pre-production state. It is only 14 Mb. I will upload the .celtx project file (which is less than 1 Mb) and we can all work on it together.

Celtx can be downloaded here:

http://celtx.com/index.html
(it is available for Windows, OS x, and Linux)

We will be sharing media through www.mediafire.com

Other software I use:
I will be using Anime Studio Pro 8 to do all the animation. I use Photoshop CS4 for all the drawings. If you are contributing with the drawings you can use the software of your choice as long as you can export to JPG or PNG, or better yet PSD or ANME.

If helping with the character creation i will make a separate post called "Characters" as well as a Youtube video as there is a specific way I would liked them to be created in order to animate them.

For the audio i will use Cakewalk Sonar but if you are helping with the audio I will make a post called "Audio." Please check there for further instructions.

Also, PLEASE read the post called "Styles" I will put examples of media that I would like the project to look like as well as what I would not like.

Once we have a full team I would like to do a very short animation from start to finish just so we get comfortable working with each other. I believe it would make the actual project run a lot smoother by addressing all the issues that will come up.

Thank you all very much for joining and I hope you are all as excited as me. I hope we all have fun creating this and that by the end we will have something worthy of showing off to friends, family and the rest world and for some of you worthy of adding to your résumé.

Any questions post them on the "Questions" section or e-mail me personally at faustus44@yahoo.com.

News and Updates

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Faustus

4/14/12

-Sorry guys, I took a little break and now I am having problems with my laptop :( but I will continue as soon as I can. I have some new characters sketches which i will share as soon as i can.

2/11/12


Faustus:
-Finished rough draft of screenplay for episode 1: Homecoming
-Starting storyboard using templates

EmilyDarling:
-Finishing Mazzy's design



NEWS:

2/25/12

-Uploaded demo of episode 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUH4-R2GFtw&feature=youtu.be

-Created Youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/SotDStudio2012?feature=mhee

4/14/12

-Welcome OddOwl: Character Design

2/12/12

-Welcome AnaEl: Animator

-Added News and Updates section
-Added Link to Celtx file and PDF of Episode 1: Homecoming to SCREENPLAY
-Added celtx tutorials to SCREENPLAY
-Added sketch of Mazzy to CHARACTERS
-Added blueprint of house to BACKGROUNDS




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Styles

Examples of media I would like Devil's Lane to look like. Please look at this section before you continue

Characters

I will post instructions in this section and a link to a youtube video. There are specific ways that I would like the characters set up so that I can apply bones to them in anime studio and animate them.

Backgrounds

This will be one of the most flexible areas as far as sharing content. You can use the software of your choice as long as you can export to JPG, PNG, PSD, or ANME. You can also draw on physical paper and scan your work. Let me know what you will be using and we'll go from there

Screenplay

Section for those helping with the screenplay. I will try to do most of this myself but will submit it for review and feedback.

Storyboard

Section for those working on the storyboard

Animation

I use Anime Studio Pro 8. let me know what you use and see what we can work out.

Audio

This section is for people contributing with the audio which includes music, effects, mixing and mastering. I will use Cakewalk Sonar for all the sound editing. if you have any concerns please let me know, i will update this as we go along.

Voice overs

This is for people who will be doing the voice overs. I have to get well organized as this will be a little difficult to do. I will update and let those involved know

Questions

Any questions you have post them here. Please note that if you have a question regarding animation, music, characters or backgrounds please post them in the forum for that section.

Comments

Any comments or random ideas post them here

Lounge

Hang out, relax and get to know the people you are working with.