Bear UP Official Trailer

Some Screens

Clouds

Made the clouds in Vue 7.. added to a sky dome in Maya using one of mental rays envrionment material nodes.

Environment Touch-ups

Adding extra bits. Experimenting with lighting. Sky colour is temporary. Working on a proper sky with clouds :-)

PREVIZ!

Bear UP! (PREVIZ) from Ahmed Nashabe on Vimeo.

Behind The Title!

Bear UP!, is an ancient phrase, which has been used in various senses, often literally to carry something up, or to be carried up by some force or action (“he was borne up by the force of the explosion”). The sense you mean, of staying cheerful in the face of adversity, could conceivably be connected with the sea. In its sailing ship sense, to bear up means to steer the ship more closely into the wind, a more difficult and uncomfortable thing to do than the opposite, to bear off. But the link between the sailing sense and the figurative one isn’t particularly close, and it’s conceivable that it actually refers to bearing one’s troubles, but in an elevated way that rises above the discomfort, the opposite of feeling down (though to bear down has quite another meaning, such are the peculiarities of English verbs).

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bea1.htm

Posters

Character Turn-arounds!

Bear UP! (Boy) from Ahmed Nashabe on Vimeo.

Bear UP! (Mr. Ballooner) from Ahmed Nashabe on Vimeo.

Bear Enclosure (WIP)

Some images of the Bear Enclosure from its roots, to how it is now... still not quite right though! :(

Boy Character Test Animation: "Toy Story"

Bear UP! (Boy Character Test Animation: "Toy Story") from Ahmed Nashabe on Vimeo.

Test animation of the boy character from my upcoming short animated film Bear UP!. The purpose of this was to experiment with the character.

Sound: Toy Story (Andy)
Time taken: Half a day (On & off)

The Bear (Balloon Vending Machine) Progress Shots

Very Rough "Emotional" Walk Cycle

Boy Character Progess To Final

Animatic

Treatment

TREATMENT

Synopsis

Plot (Tagline)

I am a bear with balloons to spare! A gold coin in return, is only fair.

Plot (Paragraph)

Bear Up tells a humorous tale of a little boy at a carnival/zoo who encounters a robotic bear machine which releases 1 balloon for a $2 coin. The bear has a mechanical pre-recorded voice rhyming about bear facts. The boy approaches the bear reaches into his pocket and pulls out two coins then insert them into the bear. The coins get spit back out at him from the money tray. The robotic bear speaks in a mechanical tone in a rhyme rejecting his money and almost mocking the boy. The boy tries to get a balloon out by other means. Frustrated he starts to attack the bear. Through the boys harassment of the bear it malfunctions, comes alive and looks to attack the boy. The bear moves to grab the boy but doesn’t get far as his power chord unplugs. The bear shuts down and begins to it releases a bunch of balloons. Before they float away, the boy runs in and grabs hold of them in excitement. Unaware of the circumstances, the boy begins floating away, and as we cut to the bear’s perspective, mission accomplished flashes in red on the HUD as the little boy floats away into the distance.

Characters

Boy

The main character of the story is a young boy aged 5. All he wants is a balloon but the bear doesn’t seem to want to give him what he wants.

Mechanical Bear

The mechanical bear is a balloon vending machine which gives out a balloon and speaks in rhymes about bears. Its turns evil once the boy fiddles attacks it and crosses its wires.

Textual Elements

Structure

The structure of this story consists of a beginning, middle, and end. The beginning will introduce the main characters, emphasise on who they are by the context and environment. The beginning also introduces emotions of empathy, and pity. The middle will convey the problem the main character encounter, turning point, and humorous action sequences. Finally the ending will end in a comical twist which could be a horrific ending for the boy.

Concept Art