The 3D concept art in Maya was used for staging and getting a feel for the space we will be animating in.  Double Rainboom will be done completely in Flash.

Zach is technically a senior so Double Rainboom is also technically a senior project but it doesn’t quite fit into the curriculum at SCAD so there is no “deadline”.  We expect to finish the episode for release this fall.

Yes!  Pinkie Pie will also be featured with a speaking part.  You can also expect cameo appearances by Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Spike, Derpy, Doc Whooves, Cheerilee, Rose, Lilly, the CMC, and others!

Our website is officially up!  Now you can see all the work we have been doing for Double Rainboom in the past few weeks.  In the gallery section of the site there are six buttons: concept art, storyboards, animatics, backgrounds, puppets, and extras.

In the concept art area you can find color studies and staging studies of Twilight Sparkle’s laboratory.  Part 1’s storyboards and animatics are in their respective sections as well as 5 of part 1’s backgrounds.  Our first version of our Twilight Sparkle puppet is now download-able in the puppets section and our first promotional poster is in the extras section in case you want one for yourself (I know I do!).

In the next few days we will be releasing more backgrounds, a staging study of Twilight Sparkle’s bedroom, updated versions of our Twilight Sparkle puppet, and a new promotional poster!

www.doublerainboom.com

Right now Double Rainboom is estimated to be about 14 minutes long, but we still haven’t completed 3 out of 6 of our animatics so that number will likely change.  Originally Zach had planned Double Rainboom to be the full length of an episode, but unlike the live-action rule that one page of script = one minute, animation comes out to be closer to 30 seconds per page.

At this week’s background meeting, Jourdan finished an amazing staging study of Twilight Sparkle’s bedroom!  Did you know that there is a second set of stairs and a secret door in her room?  I wonder where the secret door goes…

At our local crew meeting on Friday we saw Twilight Sparkle’s puppet progress and it was almost done! With any luck, and a sleepless night from our director, we will have the puppet ready for animating and web-release Monday! We have already assigned shots for animation and in the next two weeks we will be animating with both Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash!

We are also rockin’ and rollin’ on backgrounds, polishing up part 3’s boards with background rough, roughs and ready to composite the shots for part 2 and 5 into an animatic. All the shots with Twilight Sparkle are rarin’ to go, with animatics for part 1, 4, and 6! We will be releasing some of part 1’s backgrounds, p1 storyboards, concept art, and our promotional poster here soon!

We also have a new background lead! Congratulations Megan! Her expertise will be crutial for getting the look and feel of Double Rainboom just right!

Zach is also being interviewed and as soon as he gets a chance to breath after all this puppet making, he will be releasing his Q & A session! So keep an eye out!

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Stay tuned!
- Cara Ann Murray (Assistant Producer)