So, this is the end of STL... but it's also only a beginning for us!

Now we need to start working on a real pitch deck, in order to get in front of the right people and find the funding we need for the project. We will also need to look for the appropiate team of creatives and artists that will help us make our movie come true. The hardest part is yet to come.

Thank you for reading our diaries and for being partt of our journey! And don't forget to follow our Instagram account to keep up-to-date with our project!

Follow @carmelaunavidalibre 

And after all this long journey, our last highlight goes to...our father! He came to Paris to help us shoot the video pitch (even with his recently broken arm!) and he is always supporting us! Thank you dad!! We love you!!

Final week goals! Let's do this!!

Well, well, well... STL is almost finnished. Do you wanna know how were the last days before the final delivery? Don't miss our video!
 

We did it! Highlight of Week 9 is simple: we did it! On friday we delivered the final video pitch AND teaser! We cannot wait for you to see it! And here is an old video of us having fun to celebrate! :D

These were our goals for the last week of work before the final delivery!!! 

Welcome to Clara's city: London! Follow her in this tour to discover some of her favourite places and shops and remember them for your next visit! You won't be disappointed ;)

 

Week 8 was a pretty crazy week…

We had our weekly meeting with Maria instead of Susana (missed her though!) and she gave us a confidence boost as she always does.

Clara came back from Paris after a crazy weekend and a busy, busy start of the week.

We had our last mentorship with Shiho, who gave us some good advice for the recording of the final versions of the voiceovers for the videos.

All in all, it was a good week but a stressful one because we're very close to the end…

We're gonna end up missing all this once it's over… we almost don't want it to end!

Welcome to Paula's current city: Paris. Follow her in this tour to discover her neighborhood and, hopefully, some new places you might not know!

 

We've been learning a lot these last few weeks, and we wouldn't want you to miss out on some very interesting concepts that we've been learning or revising with our mentors! :)

What is a B-roll?

B-roll is secondary footage, often used as cutaway footage, to provide context and visual interest to help tell your story.

We've been learning a lot these last few weeks, and we wouldn't want you to miss out on some very interesting concepts that we've been learning or revising with our mentors! :)

What is a Story Beat?

A beat is a moment that propels the story forward and compels the viewer to take stock of what could happen next. Each scene may be comprised of several different beats. Some story beats are subtle, while others are obvious.

Cool, huh? Remember this is applicable to whatever story-based project you have going on!

 

We've been learning a lot these last few weeks, and we wouldn't want you to miss out on some very interesting concepts that we've been learning or revising with our mentors! :)

 

What is a character arc?

 

A character arc is the transformation or inner journey of a character over the course of a story. If a story has a character arc, the character begins as one sort of person and gradually transforms into a different sort of person in response to changing developments in the story.

 

This week's highlight is, without a doubt, the help we got from the two amazing human beings that are working on the music for the Teaser and the Final Pitch Video.

One of them we've already mentioned a couple of times, Chrisna Lungala, who finished the music for our Teaser and got us to tear up with his amazing talent. It's such a pleasure to work with people that vibe exactly on the same frequency as you.

The other amazing person that's been helping us is Isabel Arranz, great actor and singer. She's made some lovely vocals for our Final Pitch Video… Can't wait for you to hear it!!

Go follow these two lovely people on Instagram!!

@chrisnalungala
@isabel_arranz

We can see the finish line, the light at the end of the tunnel, the rest after a long day!! 

This week Elizabeth and I recorded the presentation with our finalized script. Now it’s all about editing in the final art pieces along with some music and BAM our amazing journey comes to an end. 

Both Elizabeth and I have had the time of our lives not only learning from amazing people but finding true friendship in the process. This road has been both difficult and beautiful all at once with taking in a new foster baby to working countless hours trying to get our first baby (Mosi and the gang) where it needs to be. Nothing would have been possible without the support of our THU family. 

Now it's time to buckle down, pedal to the mental, nose to the grindstone (okay I’m done with the clichés) until we submit :)

 

Goals for this week are:

 

1. Finish editing the Teaser.

2. Finish editing the Final Pitch Video.

 

WE’RE ALMOST THERE! LET’S DO THIS!!

 

This last week was a pretty crazy one, but we finally finished the script for the Teaser and the Final Pitch.

We got loads of help from all the mentors, but we certainly couldn’t have done it without Kris Pearn and his absolute dedication.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

 

This last week we met with David Prescott, who gave us some great tips on how to film during the weekend that Clara was going to come to Paris. He suggested that we just let the camera roll and make versions and versions of what we want to say using our own words and talking to each other naturally.

He also posed us a very useful question: How do you pitch best? (live, with a video…)

Then we met with Chrisna, our composer, who sent us a version of the music for the Teaser that we LOVED.

Last meetings were Shiho and Kris (another extra mentorship!) on Friday. They both gave us great ideas for the script and suggested adding some things that were missing.

They both insisted on keeping in mind that our audience might not know anything about the project, and it should be clear enough for them.

Clara flew to Paris on Saturday, and thanks to our dad, who came to help us film, we finished the shooting and even had the time to focus on the Instagram Finalists Take Over on Sunday.

Here’s a little Q&A that we put together answering some of the questions we got :)

Such a fun week developing the script and meeting with Kevin. We can't wait for what week nine has for us in store! 

The goal for this upcoming week is quite simple, finish the entire project… simple right? Okay, okay maybe not the final project. We would like to have a first draft that includes most of the final art pieces and the script of what and how we are going to present to send to our mentors. This will allow us the time to receive the feedback in order to add the elements that are missing and take out the ones that don’t add to the presentation. There is so much Elizabeth and I can say about this project which means we could talk for 30 minutes but since we only have ten our main goal for this week is making sure that what is included gets our message across. We want the love of the characters and the town to come across, the excitement of the expandability, and the importance of educational element that are interwoven with the project to come across first and foremost. This is probably our hardest goal yet but with the help of our mentors we know we will get this presentation to where it needs to be

WORKSPACE TOUR:

Quick tour of my workspace both at home and in my office where I collaborate with colleagues and freelancers who work for and with Aniboxx. The first half of the video shows my personal space and the second half not ony shows off the coworkspace that Aniboxx is based at, but also snippets of my collaboration with Videographer, Jason Ferguson and Actor Alessandro Babalola to help me make my latest reference video to my trailer.

 

PROJECT UPDATE:

This was so much fun and I learnt so much about my character and the world of Family Britannia, by shooting this with the lads. Ive learnt so much about comedic rythm, timing, expression and also what works and what doesnt work, narrative, wise. Ive some tweaks to make but the energy in the reference was exactly what I wanted. I showed Tyree the fu version of the trailer so far and he said he likes he passion of the latest video, but the simplicity in the first animatic I posted last week. Now I have to find a middle ground between the both.

Hope you like. I cant wait to actually finish this trailer and show you guys the final thing! Onwards and upwards from here. JJ