Spacetime Employee Side Project - Boxer Story Animated Short Film Kickstarter

[Samhayne]

We here at Spacetime Studios are blessed to have found some really talented people to create our goodly games. They also do some pretty creative stuff on the side. One such example is Lance Myers, an animator here on the Spacetime Art Team. Lance is putting together a 20 minute animated film about an up-and-coming boxer in 1970's New Orleans. Lance tells me that the voices are all done, the animatic is complete, and now he is on to knocking out the animation, frame by frame. Which is, as you might imagine, a labor of love and taking a very long time to do. So to speed things up Lance is trying his hand at some fund-raising, going the KickStarter route.

Check out Lance's project at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1101984741/boxer-story-the-animated-short-film

If you, or someone you know, would like to contribute to a unique project like this, Lance would really appreciate your support. Help him spread the word and bring his project to life!

[Thegreenduck]

Nice, good luck ;)

[Mitchturbo]

Very cool :-) I like how ya'll living your dreams out!

[LanceFeverMyers]

Thanks for the well wishes! I'm really lucky to be working for a studio that encourages and supports creativity like this. And one that has supportive fans!

To follow the progress of BOXER STORY follow this link...

http://boxerstory.tumblr.com/

[octavos]

Thanks for the well wishes! I'm really lucky to be working for a studio that encourages and supports creativity like this. And one that has supportive fans!

To follow the progress of BOXER STORY follow this link...

http://boxerstory.tumblr.com/

Wish ya luck to a fellow animator. Yes im one too *shifty eyes* the classic style is hardly done now (Thanks to 3D which is overrated now a days "I wuv Maya")..glad your stickin to your pen n' ink my friend. may the patients of a god be with you.

[JaytB]

Those are some really sweet animations :)

The style reminds me a bit of the animated shorts in Kill Bill.

[XghostzX]

Nice Lance! This seems really cool, I'll gladly keep up to date with this.

[LanceFeverMyers]

Thanks, pal. Good to hear from a kindred soul.

[Cascade]

Were you by any chance at South by Southwest this past year? I love SWTOR! So what exactly are story boards?

[octavos]

So what exactly are story boards?

Its a rough mockup of the story..but it gets the point across.
if it don't flow right thats the time to change it....gosh I remember when an animation was almost done and there was a change to the story -__-" made other peoples life a bit harder. The rigger, painter and inker(me) were Po'ed O.O...thought the director was gonna die that night by some freak accident. lol

[Cascade]

So he does story boards for like side quests or something?

[LanceFeverMyers]

I live in Austin, so I attend SXSW every year. I didn't participate with any of my own films this year, but I've had screenings in the past. Here's a link to my last project which screened at SXSW in 2008:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QXCYF8esik&list=UUb0n-DClFMUgYi0RRdSu8DA&index=7&feature=plcp

As for storyboards-- they're kind of like thumbnail sketches of key moments in cinematics. Used to help visualize the flow of a movie before the movie goes into production. Here's a better description...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyboard

[Cascade]

Nice, my dad was at SXSW this past year with a company called Nearstream.

So the story boarding you do for SWTOR, is it for quests?

[RedRyder]

I'm an animation major in college, with hopes to sometime work with marvel/Disney :). Your work is awesome! I still have a lot to learn, but ran out of money for school. Seeing your work is really making me want to bounce back! Once again, it's awesome.

[HunterSLAYER]

Thanks, pal. Good to hear from a kindred soul.

One of the most interesting animations I've seen so far.
Looking forward to more updates!

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[LanceFeverMyers]

Yep. I was doing storyboards for in-game cinemas at Bioware before I started over here at Spacetime.

[Jblazer]

Good luck guys!Lovin the animation!Keep us posted if you make more.:)

[Cahaun]

Nice :D

[Skeletonlord]

Good luck Lance, looks great so far!

[Cascade]

Yep. I was doing storyboards for in-game cinemas at Bioware before I started over here at Spacetime.


Wow, that's awesome I love SWTOR! :D

Good luck getting enough funds!

[LADYHADASSA]

What great work i will post this link on everything i send out will def contribute in the very near future

[heypeo]

Wow this is really cool kind of a change for sts (or at least I think so)

[rinzler]

This is just so great!

[Zaonabiuibil]

That is AWESOME. 'Nuff said.

[Overkillzzz]

Those are some really good animations Lance!
Wish you best of luck.

[LanceFeverMyers]

Thank you so much! Yes, please, spread the word.

[Livemau]

wow this is amazing ive done stuff like this in school but with basic computor programs and i never really made anything to be proud of. There must be a lot of frames in a 20 minute clip or even a 5 minute one
Best of Luck!!!

[NYCFanMan]

I'm a big Scorsese fan too!!!! My favorite from him is Goodfellas!

[Samhayne]

Lance's Kickstarter is half way through and gaining momentum. If you like his stuff, we'd love it if you could help spread the word on your social channels.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1101984741/boxer-story-the-animated-short-film