Short Films - Noelle Nichols

On Set – The Pet Swindle

Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of helping out on the set of The Pet Swindle. Forthe shoot itself, I helped dress the set and take production photos. Post shoot, I’ll be working on the sound design and post production with director Phil Mirabito, Cat Phanthamany and Ryan Kehoe.

The Pet Swindle
Noelle Nichols, Ryan Kehoe, Cat Phanthamany

Since I studied 3D Animation and went to school for it, I never had the opportunity to really work on a live action short film. This was a great experiences for me as I was able to talk with actors (who weren’t my classmates) and meet the rest of the crew. I was exposed to more people who shared my love of film as opposed to people who were only into animation or art. Read the rest of this entry »

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Possible New Webseries – “What if..”

I had a recent idea to create a new series focusing on the possibilities of a person’s “what if–” moments. This will be a series focused on thinking “what if I had done this?”, “what if I could be this.”.

Choosing the color scheme for a possible new webseries.

My first idea was that this would make a very interesting way to use drawings to tell a story. I’m thinking very limited animation and a more sketchy style to keep the amount of time per episode down to a minimum. It’s going to be more focused on possibilities rather than the visual style. I thought about maybe green screening a live actor (more than likely myself – for lack of anyone else), and then using photos or special effects. However, I believe drawings would create a more imaginative series.

Below is the intro I’ve created for the pilot episode of the series. All music, drawings and motion graphics were edited and done by me.

I’m working on the script for the first episode now, which will focus on giving the viewer and introduction to the series and give background to the character. From there, I will record the narration and drawing up some visuals for the story. I’m excited to see how this series will turn out. It’s more of an artsy series which contrasts against Needy Cat, my other webseries.

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Exciting Needy Cat Update!

So today, I finished up the script for the third episode: “Why Everything takes Longer” , shot and edited it together, and realized much to my surprise….

that “Needy Cat” has been added to Cat-tube!

Someone must have plugged my youtube channel. Both episode one and two are filed under “Cute Cat Videos”. I’m totally thrilled that this series is getting attention, especially after it only being three weeks since launching the project.

I’m quite happy with the way that episode three has turned out. I think this is the best script and delivery I’ve done yet, despite Pixie being a pain to record today.

Thank you for the support that this series has gotten. Please continue to watch and share it with people. =)

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John Ross: American – A Personal Appeal

John Ross: American is much more than just a story about an amazing WWII Reconnaissance pilot. It’s a leap of faith in ideals that is depending on the support of everyone in Colorado and American to complete its goal.

I’m one of the interns that work for Worker Studio and this is my chance to work on something I love and believe in. For the past four years I’ve attended RMCAD (Rocky Mountain College of Art +Design) and worked hard to graduate. This summer I’ve been working on the trailer, editing and pre-production for this inspirational film.

John Ross is an amazing person. I’ve had the joy of watching interviews and the ability to hear his stories. He’s so down to earth and genuine. He fought against his lack of education to do what he wanted to do. Fly! He set his sights on flying a P-38 in WWII, and overcame all of the obstacles. “Fighter Pilots win battles. Photo pilots win wars.” His legacy in bringing photos back from the battlefield is what helped win the war.

He is a real hero, and I want his story to be told.

Worker Studio wants to animate this documentary and bring his story to life in a medium that has no limits. Just like John’s life.

I want to tell people about him and his stories. I want people to know the story of John Ross. I’m 22years old and this is the first time I’ve ever had the chance of hearing a hero tell his story and could relate. I’ve been completely fascinated ever since I got to know John Ross.

I live in Colorado, and there are no other opportunities for me and my fellow graduates in the state. I want other graduates to be able to find work here and not be forced to move to LA or Washington. This film has so may meanings behind it.

Most of all though, I want people to be inspired by John Ross, like I and many others have been. Please take the time to get to know him and share this story of inspiration with everyone you know.

Please visit the site here: John Ross: American

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Graduation Exhibition

West Gallery from the RMCAD Senior Show.

After my graduation, I have to admit that one of the highlights was the Graduation Exhibition at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. The opening reception entailed a show put on by my fellow graduates and the night was spent celebrating our hard work and sharing stories.

My Gallery Space

For my gallery space, I installed my 5.1 Surround Sound in a dark room without any kind of visual aid to the presentation. The space was meant to provide a place for people to experience the story without any distractions and to experience the subtleties of sound transporting you to a place.

Below is a short video of what my gallery exhibit looked like. The monitor outside of the Surround Sound room had three of my videos I’ve edited (Pen and Paper, the Human Experience and Underwater Ambience), my layouts I had done for class and also an older sound re-design project I had done.

I have not shared any of my drawings or layouts on this blog yet, so I will post the five that I did for my layout class that were included in my grad show reel in a follow up post as well as the Surround Sound project with full details of the concepts and stories behind them.

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New Short – Pen and Paper

A couple weeks ago I had posted some storyboards I had created from the sudden inspiration I had for a short film. (You can read it here)

After finally getting the motivation, and a deadline for the project, I asked one of my friends if he would look at my storyboard and give some suggestion on the film and ways to improve it. The original idea stayed the same, but change to involve a second character, a person who would receive some encouragement in the form of a note.

Behind the Scenes of Pen and Paper

The story behind this video is, the man is writing down his thoughts to relieve some of his stress and emotions. He throws each piece away as he write it down, and in the end you can see the change of thoughts in the man’s writing as a piece of his paper is found by a young girl with the words “Today, I learned to smile.”

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New Inspiration – Preproduction on Short Film

Inspiration can come from various places. Often, I find it comes when I’m either in the shower or driving. This time, however, it came in the size of a small glass jar, given to me by my brother.

Storyboard + Script - New Film

The jar sat on my desk for a while, but I really felt like I wanted to do something with it.

Eventually, an an idea for a short film revolving around the jar and also incorporating some of the motion tracking and 3D models I’ve learned at school came to me. I started out writing down some random ideas to block in my script, then once that was done I decided to sketch up some quick little storyboards to illustrate what I wanted to film.

This will be the first short film that I will be scripting, filming, and creating all by myself. I’m quite excited to start on this project. I’ll be taking a trip down to Home Depot to get some clamp lights to use for better lighting equipment than just using my lamp and ceiling fan.

Without giving too much away about the story, it’s going to be an extremely personal story about a person’s wish for a better tomorrow.

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