503 - Backgrounds 4 and Contingency Plans

I really struggled with this project, especially as it progressed into the production stages. Due to covid I found that I had no motivation or energy to work on this project and thus I haven't done nearly as much as I planned, and to a lower standard of quality as well. Kahenya was also having trouble with the character animation, so we got in a call to discuss what we could do to still give in a semi-final film. I ended up making a priority list:

This cuts our film to the barebones, allowing for us to focus on the key elements for it to make sense (even if the pacing is off). 

Due to my struggle with working on these backgrounds, I also made backup plans for the BG's I need to do. For the opening establishing shot I decided to just use the 3D layout and paint over it roughly so as to fit in with the rest of the film. It obviously isn't as polished, and the colours aren't right but it's close enough to not completely detract from the rest of the short:

I did something similar for the scene where the creep is on the girl's balcony:

I painted the exterior (pretty much just flat colours though), but left the interior as the 3D layout. This allowed me to do this BG very quickly, and have it still make sense and look ok, however you can tell that it's not finished and you can see the 3D lines and markings. Again, I'm satisfied with this as a result as it works well enough.

Finally, for the last background inside the girl's room, I asked kahenya to render it in 3D as he already has it fully textured from earlier in the project. The change in BG styles would be quite obvious and a bit jarring, but at least it leaves us with something to show.