Under the Fold - Development of Story and Storyboards

I've always wanted to share some of the development in the boarding I did on Under the Fold.

During the development of the story, we had a dramatic change of the storyline after we've completed the first take on the storyboard. In fact the only panel in the final boards that have been left unchanged is the very last shot. Nonetheless there was quite a few good ideas in the first take. Here presented for your interest is some of the first thumbnail drawings I did:

And here is some of the panels from the first take. As you might see, it contains many elements quite alien to the final film - though some ideas survived the scrapping.

There was a major sequence after the shelter scene, but it was done by either Thomas or Stine as I remember it.

However, I did a crazy fantasy sequence, quite different from that of the final film. The idea was that Frank, and Iru would chase "Dot" back through a world made of all the factories they would visit in the two montages prior to this (canfactory, sawmill, junkyard, ironworks, trainstation.):

After we decided to scrap everything above, we hastely made a new beatboard, here are some of the images I did for it:

I would like to show the final boards. Its not all of the panels, because I modified these images to be presented at my onlineportfolio when I was applying for an internship at the time (thats the reason for the red arrows), but it should give some insight into the final boarding:

Also, apart from my work on the story team, I did also manage to do some input for the design of Frank, just as members of the design team did such great contributions to the story.

Personal Work 2013-14

 So I wanted to start updating this blog.
First some personal pieces from the last two years.

This one is from the winter 2013/14

One from the summer 2013. I bought the later Hellboy comics with the wonderful art of Duncan Fegredo and became inspired.

And roleplaying drawings ofcourse... one from early 2013:

 and one from summer 2012 with the whole team:

Finally, in spring 2013 me and some of the friends I'm playing Dungeons and Dragons made a blog to challenge eachother, based on our exploits in the Forgotten Realms - Ragejam!

Tuborg Summer Commercial and Exodus Storyboards

Hey hey!! I boarded the Tuborg Sommer Commercial!

The cameras was largely decided by the client, so the backgrounds and acting of the girl and butterflies is my primary contribution.

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I hear its re-running on TV again this summer.

Next is a sample for the project I was an intern at:

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This is an extract from the storyboard I did for the pilot episode of Exodus. In this scene the older brother Jacob have been promoted to a very high military rank. At the same time his little brother Ellias has failed his test to join the elite forces - despite that it seemed that he did an excellent test. This is an extract from the storyboard I did for the pilot episode of Exodus. In this scene the older brother Jacob have been promoted to a very high military rank and is conversing with his mother Evelyn and the Commander. At the same time his little brother Ellias has failed his test to join the elite forces - despite that it seemed that he did an excellent test.

Also, a few other images from the boards:

Graduation Film is out!

Our Bachelor film, "Under the Fold has been released!

It was a film we did at our third year in at the Animation Workshop. We are very proud of it! I was on the wonderful team of Bo Juhl, Sara Mai Olsen, Rune Rask, Thomas Vind Mortensen, Stine Fransen and Simon Lee Bresling. I worked on the story, as the Storyboard Lead, with the DLO and as an animator. I also did a bit of character design. Much of this can be seen on my "profesional blog." Or check out my "making of," for more eye-goodness:

The release of our film also means that I'm now a Bachelor of Arts in Character Animation! I've took my exam this month, after a half year as an intern at this project at Eyecandy Film in Copenhagen.