The Idea (2008)
I had been jotting down ideas for months, but one night, after watching an episode of X-Files and then Scooby Doo, I woke up with the idea for Maid to Haunt and knew it was the one!
The Pitch (2008)
Logline: A ghost who is desperately trying to scare a Maid and in the end the Maid scares the ghost.
Description:
The Maid is dusting the paintings down a long mansion hallway. She hears a slow and drawn out CREEEK and looks behind her to see who's there. The eyes of the painting she is dusting blinks and out comes the face of the Ghost and he is towering over the Maid in an appalling pose waiting for her to turn back around. But the Maid walks towards the bedroom door and shuts it. The Ghost's body goes limp in disappointment and then steps out from the wall. The Maid continues dusting the frames. The Ghost runs down the hallway nicking every picture frame causing them to go crooked or fall off the wall. The Maid gives a half smile and then changes her expression to neutral and looks down the hallway, then continues dusting the paintings. The Ghost is really annoyed by now, because he can't frighten her. The Ghost quickly creeps up behind the Maid and waits for her to turn around and scares her so bad the Maid grabs her chest and falls to the ground. The ghost freezes...he killed her! The ghost gets really worried and starts to panic. He gets down close to the Maid and right as he is about to shake her shoulder to see if she might be alive the Maid jumps up and scares the ghost! The ghost jumps in fear and flies out of the room through the wall! She gets a huge smile on her face. The end.
Description:
The Maid is dusting the paintings down a long mansion hallway. She hears a slow and drawn out CREEEK and looks behind her to see who's there. The eyes of the painting she is dusting blinks and out comes the face of the Ghost and he is towering over the Maid in an appalling pose waiting for her to turn back around. But the Maid walks towards the bedroom door and shuts it. The Ghost's body goes limp in disappointment and then steps out from the wall. The Maid continues dusting the frames. The Ghost runs down the hallway nicking every picture frame causing them to go crooked or fall off the wall. The Maid gives a half smile and then changes her expression to neutral and looks down the hallway, then continues dusting the paintings. The Ghost is really annoyed by now, because he can't frighten her. The Ghost quickly creeps up behind the Maid and waits for her to turn around and scares her so bad the Maid grabs her chest and falls to the ground. The ghost freezes...he killed her! The ghost gets really worried and starts to panic. He gets down close to the Maid and right as he is about to shake her shoulder to see if she might be alive the Maid jumps up and scares the ghost! The ghost jumps in fear and flies out of the room through the wall! She gets a huge smile on her face. The end.
Camera Layout (2008)
Storyboards (2008)
Animatic (2008)
Layout (2008)
Animation (2009)
Modeling (2012)
Lighting (2015)
Check out this Gnomon DVD to see how Jeremy lit Maid to Haunt!
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