Project Two: A Splatoon Fan Animation Collab
P2 Studio

Length
It's 7 episodes (6 + a prologue/episode 0), each a 10 minute long animation.

Progress
Episode 0 - Rise and Fall - Script Underway
I am currently writing the script, expected to be finished sometime late 2024/early 2025.
Progression Stages: Script Writing - Finish Hiring - Voice Acting - Character Design - Storyboarding - Animation - Composing Music - Release

Staff

Director/Writer/Composer:
@co0lcr34t10ns

Storyboarders
@co0lcr34t10ns

Animators:
@oofygirl - (currently lead animator)
@co0lcr34t10ns - (details and motion)

Character Designers:
@co0lcr34t10ns - (unfortunately isn't great at art; will give prompts for many characters, others are up to decide)
@oofygirl

Voice Actors:
@oofygirl - Main Character: Two
@co0lcr34t10ns - Side roles

Hiring Requirements

Everyone:
- Must have experience with the Splatoon series. You must have played at least one Splatoon game, preferably for over 10 hours total.
– If you have a background voice role, you do not need experience with the series.
- You must be somewhat skilled in your field. Provide proof of it when asking to be hired. Exceptions will be determined case-by-case.

Storyboarders:
- Must be able to visualize and choreograph combat well.
- Must be able to sync voice lines with script.

Animators:
- Must be able to draw and animate reasonably well at 12FPS.
- Must be able to create backgrounds and sprites using the Vector format.
- Must be able to show consistency with other animators.

Character Designers:
- Must be able to draw based on prompts given by @co0lcr34t10ns and other CDs.
- Must be able to design characters and make prompts for them without existing ones.
- Must be able to design clothing that the animators can work around.

Voice Actors:
- Must be capable of showing believable emotion through voice.
- Must have a solid quality microphone. Background noise does not matter.
- You may or may not have to yell a bit for your role. Assume the worst when joining.

DO NOT READ THIS TOPIC IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS

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Aha! I'm here now! Anyways, like I have said, I can voice act any characters.
As for my possible role in animating, I can storyboard, fully animate, and fill in flats - I just can't shade. Unfortunately, that's one of the problems of animating on ibispaint.

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Uhh do you want to be on the team?

co0lcr34t10ns wrote:

last_frisk wrote:

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Uhh do you want to be on the team?

I can only be mildly annoying I don't have any actual skills.

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https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/6369929/ I've had so much mind block, but seeing how long I have had this idea makes me keep going. Planning on finishing Episode/Chapter 0's script before the end of the school year. Then animation will take like a year to complete (afterwards it will be faster once we get into a rhythm) since each episode will be over 5 minutes (I think) but we'll see how the team comes together. MC is a 16-YO girl in chapter 0 and later on is 22 in the rest 1-6 chapters, and there is a boy 25-YO, anyone interested in that can ask and I will prep an audition script. Animators and artists are open the shell up, I will be the only director and writer for creative difference prevention.

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Script preview. I might be having TOO much fun

co0lcr34t10ns wrote:

Script preview. I might be having TOO much fun

It's been a day since I wrote this, and I partially regret it, but it won't stop me.
Edit: Nevermind I made it a little more subtle after reconsidering it

co0lcr34t10ns wrote:

https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/6369929/ I've had so much mind block, but seeing how long I have had this idea makes me keep going. Planning on finishing Episode/Chapter 0's script before the end of the school year. Then animation will take like a year to complete (afterwards it will be faster once we get into a rhythm) since each episode will be over 5 minutes (I think) but we'll see how the team comes together. MC is a 16-YO girl in chapter 0 and later on is 22 in the rest 1-6 chapters, and there is a boy 25-YO, anyone interested in that can ask and I will prep an audition script. Animators and artists are open the shell up, I will be the only director and writer for creative difference prevention.

Ooh I can voice mc cus a lot of people say I sound 16

oofygirl wrote:

Ooh I can voice mc cus a lot of people say I sound 16

Sounds good. However I am planning doing an audition for voice actors just in case. You can either wait until the script is finished or I can make a new audition script right now which might take a day. If you wait it could be over a month more (I really need to write more often) but you will get to voice some of the lines for the character.

Some plans for animation:
I will probably add delta time so we can get a consistent frame rate. Scratch's 30FPS is fairly inconsistent. I would like an animator's opinion on what that frame rate should be.
I will help storyboard, but fair warning that I can't draw. I'll also help with as many details as possible.
Voice actors have to be first for lip syncing. This could probably be the biggest delay before we start producing Chapter 0.
We will use Motion blocks wherever it could save us extra frames. We will also use backdrops when possible and try to stick to minimal camera angles per scene. I am not experienced in animation and I am better at writing scripts.

co0lcr34t10ns wrote:

Some plans for animation:
I will probably add delta time so we can get a consistent frame rate. Scratch's 30FPS is fairly inconsistent. I would like an animator's opinion on what that frame rate should be.
I will help storyboard, but fair warning that I can't draw. I'll also help with as many details as possible.
Voice actors have to be first for lip syncing. This could probably be the biggest delay before we start producing Chapter 0.
We will use Motion blocks wherever it could save us extra frames. We will also use backdrops when possible and try to stick to minimal camera angles per scene. I am not experienced in animation and I am better at writing scripts.

The lower the fps, the better! It puts less strain on the animators and looks more… genuine, if you get what I'm saying. For a Scratch project, we don't want to have something requiring more frames, because the faster the fps, the more filler frames we'll have to make, making the animating process even longer. Smooth animation looks pretty, but it's a massive strain on the animators. I'd say about 12-18 fps.

WE ARE NOW HIRING! Updated FP with new info.

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heyyyy uhhh i may have to hold off on animating until i can find a good software, my ipad ran out of storage so i cant use ibispaint, also i can do rough animations but they'd have to be refined because I can't animate that well - i can work off of a storyboard to provide movement, and then it can be built on by someone else and made to look good.
Also i can design characters if you need me to