This project has been a labor of love and passion starting
in 2006 when I first witnessed "Children of the Secret State". That documentary really opened my eyes to the
tremendous challenges facing ordinary people in North Korea. So many things have happened in my life since
then but I’ve always held this issue close to my heart. Early on, I wanted to find a way to help and
to raise awareness. It became obvious
that I should use my most natural talent which was art and the telling of stories
with it.
Up to this point, I hadn’t done any animation. My only experience was in drawing
comics. I was set on a new journey of
artistic discovery going from 2D to 3D and finally back to a combination of the
two. I’ve spent a considerable amount of
time trying to find the easiest way to tackle this mountain of work. First, I thought that 3D rendered as 2D cel
shading was the way to go. I figured
that I can build everything in Lightwave 3D and simply render the objects in
different positions and poses when needed and still get the same “hand-drawn”
effect. While this did work, I could not
control the placement of lines like I wanted and grew dissatisfied with the results. So, back to the drawing board so to speak and
I began looking into 2D apps like Anime Studio and Toon Boom Studio. Finally I settled on Toon Boom Animate Pro
and have not looked back.
Recently, I joined teams with a good friend of mine Ian
Pearson to help refine/redo the script and generally help out with many of the
other aspects of the project. What a
great addition he has become. Over the
course of the past several months, his interest and concern for North Korea has
grown. We’ve taken the original
concept/idea/intent of the story and switch it all around with hopes that it’ll
be more gripping and a better story overall.
Finally, I’m closer to making some decisions on the
background designs. There will be a lot
of back drop images to paint as this story will start in North Korea and then go
through China, Laos, possibly Thailand and then South Korea. While exploring the architecture and design of
these Asian countries will be fun and interesting, it also presents a large
challenge. So far, I’m using Google
Sketchup and then pulling the layers into Photoshop for final painting (images
to follow soon!). We are a very small
team with an even smaller budget. We’ll
need to streamline our processes as much as humanly possible. We wish to support and respect the honor of
the people North Korea in all that we do.
It is of utmost importance to us that they are understood from a
humanitarian point of view. Everything
we do will enlist this spirit!
Thank you for supporting this project and the North Korean
people!
Best Regards,
Frank Freeman.
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