Dahlia Synopsis
An extroverted girl full of dance and joy shares a touching moment with her loving, caring father. Their graceful dance transitions from a little girl to her Quinceañera to her wedding day, and as she walks away to start her life he smiles full of love and proud of the woman she became.
Dahlia Story
The first step for the film was creating the story, and it was probably one of the hardest for me. I probably had over 3 or 4 stories and I could not decide which one I wanted to do. After a lot of work and tips from friends this one was the one that made it! It was amazing creating the story of a daughter and her dad, since I based it on my own relationship with my dad.
The story changed a little after this storyboards but it still conveys the same story.
Storyboard Artist: Alejandra Toyos
Directing and Organization
Here I show how my paper of being a director took place and what I did to keep the team organized and in toon through the whole production.
Assignment Tracker
This file helped me keeping an eye on what everyone was working on with it's deadlines. The main reason it was created was for the team to also have a reference for any problems or questions.
Production Schedule
We made a production schedule that was used as reference to have everything organized and make sure everything was made on time. This was changed every now and then if any problems came on the way or any difficulties with hitting the deadline.
Concept Art
Our amazing talented artist Kaila and Neha helped us creating some concept art to use as reference for modeling and texturing guide as well as facial expressions for the characters.
Character Models
Characters were a huge part of this project, I had ideas of the style I wanted to go for, but with help of my amazing co director and character modeler Valentino Forcellini we were able to find the style we liked.
Moodboards and Tailoring
These moodboards were done for the texture and the groom artist to get reference on the design we want. We also gave them the chance to put their own ideas into the project.
The tailors were a really part of the film , they were done by me with help of Cyerra which was a fashion major. Since I am a Character effects concentration this was a big part for me, I wanted to be able to show my skills on tailoring and cloth simulation. There were 4 pieces of clothing in total which I tailored in Marvelous Designer.
Cloth Simulation Tests
This are some walk cycle test and Dances to start creating the cloth rigs that will be used for the shot work. All of this test were done using maya nCloth since that will be what we use for the entire production.