Synaesthesia: Pre-Production

6TH Animatic - Hallway - Kitchen - Book re-rendered

5TH Animatic

4TH Animatic - Animation Added

3RD Animatic

2ND Animatic

1ST Animatic

Started from a script:
SYNAESTHESIA SCRIPT – NARRATION

ALEX (NARRATION)

My name is Alex, I see colours and shapes when I hear sounds

, why don’t you come in and Ill tell you all about it.

SOUNDS:

Birds, cars, trees, wind(EXT. Atmosphere)

Narrated voice

TRANSITION:

INT.HOUSE – NIGHT

WALKS TOWARDS HOUSE - REACHES OUT AND OPENS FRONT DOOR OF HOUSE

EXT.HOUSE - DAY

GIRL STANDS OUTSIDE HOUSE BACKSHOT PAN AND FRONTSHOT– LIVE ACTION

ALEX

(Every frequency is a different colour, and every sound has a different shape.)

SOUNDS:

Footsteps

EXT. Atmosphere

FRAME OF DOOR IN LIVE ACTION – INTERIOR IS BLACK

Yellow and brown(CLAW SCRATCHES) dirty/ grungy in camera vision

Footsteps: Planks coming out the floor, light light yellow/whitish. Depending how hard you step, the colours are softer.

TRANSITION:

INT.KITCHEN – DAY

WALKS INTO KITCHEN AND TURNS ON KETTLE – SHE SEES STEAM COMING OUT KETTLE (CLICK WILL HAVE A SPARK VFX -LIKE FIREWORKS) ALEX

Have you ever seen a heat mirage?

CLICK

When its really hot and you look

off into the distance of a road or a desert and

everything ripples.

PAUSE – SMOKES RISES

Its like seeing

that, but coming out like a huge

plume out of the top of the kettle

up to the ceiling.

TRANSITION:

INT.LIVING ROOM - DAY

WALKS INTO LIVING ROOM AND PICKS UP BOOK, FLICKING THROUGH

PAGES.

ALEX

When I read and look at the words on a page without my

glasses, the words bulge. When I

try focusing on a word, it will

shake and vibrate.

I can never go from

one end of the line to the

beginning of the next, I always

miss it, it moves too much.

TRANSITION:

INT.BEDROOM 1 - DAY

ALEX WALKS UP STAIRS INTO BEDROOM 1 WHERE DOG IS SITTING IN

CORNER, LOOKING SAD AND WEAK.

BLACK AURA IS SEEN HOVERING OVER THE DOG. ALEX

During Transition:

I have always been able to see auras of colour around people.

That's when I knew she was going to die.

She had a dark aura around her,

I instantly felt that Paddy was

going to die! PAUSE Paddy was my dog

It was the end of the road for her.

DOG CLOSES EYES AND FADES AWAY (OPACITY REDUCES TO 0%)

TRANSITION:

INT.BEDROOM 2 - DAY

ALEX WALKS INTO 2ND ROOM - WHERE A PIANO AND A CHAIR ARE IN THE ROOM.

ALEX SITS DOWN AND PLAYS MUSIC WHILST COLOURS COME OUT THE

KEYS. ALEX

When I play piano, the colours are

actually there in front of my

eyes. Its strange, its a boarder line between my mind and reality

Ill play and F and

everything turns green, looking at

the notes on the piano, I can see

faint traces of what colours they

are.

TRANSITION:

INT.BEDROOM 3 TOP FLOOR - DAY

ALEX WALKS UP THE STAIRS TO THE LAST ROOM, A CHAIR NEXT TO A

CANVAS AND PALETTE. SHE SITS DOWN AND PAINTS A TSHIRT ALEX

Most people look at a red T shirt

and would say that it is red, and

they would be able to see a trace

of orange, a little brown at the

most... I see the blues, yellows,

the pinks, the greens, all in the

red.

TRANSITION: SAME ROOM

WHILE ALEX TAKES OFF HER GREEN LENSED GLASSES AND THE COLORS

BECOME INTENSE:

ALEX

My name is Alex and I have synaesthesia.

CAMERA ZOOMS INTO MULTI COLOURED EYE. TRANSITION INTO THE BRAIN WITH A TUNNEL SHOT WITH DOORS ON THE SIDE WITH DATES ABOVE- EVENTUALLY TURNING TO WHITE.

EVENTUALLY TURNING TO WHITE.BLACK TEXT ON BACKGROUND WITH SCIENTIFIC FACTS ABOUT SYNAESTHESIA

ENDING

CREDITS.

STORYBOARD

Chapters - Timeline of events

Visual Storyboard

Mood-boards + Concept Reasearch

References:

Piano Scene Reference Particles:

Painting Reference:

Kitchen Lighting references:

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Music References:

Piano References:

Style References:

Samantha Moore's Documentary on Audio-Visual Synaesthesia

References for Synesthesia Facts

Fireworks Reference

Alex: if each particle was glowing slightly to create a softer overall look then that is what I would see.

Style and feeling

Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project

http://youtu.be/5SAwzjtD2mY

Design project by Christopher Cerrato (Synesthete)

Director: Chris Landreth

Main Character Design - Alexandra

Originally the idea was to create a character at three(3) stages of her life, as a child, as a teenager and as a adult. The character would eventally transform from a young girl into a adult throughout the duration of the film.

Character Design and Turn arounds by Niko Sierra:

Nice, realistic character, Magic of personality is missing, I would like her to resemble the real life character.

Character Design and Turn around sheets by Loanne Lee

Coloured Character, a amazing drawing, clours and shape.

I would like the real persons character to reflect from the character. Right now, she lacks the magic spark of character and personality! Refered to the actual Character in real life(Alex)