Big Scene development post 2: Motorbike Chase in Whyte Tectronics complex and across the Nevada desert (Part 2)

It's taken nearly three months of work, but I have finally finished storyboarding the entire Motorbike Chase sequence. Since starting in November last year, I've thought through this sequence many times and made quite a number of changes to how the sequence played out in my original screenplay.

Now I want to make a few things clear.

Firstly, this storyboard video does not entirely represent the length or all of the content that will be featured in the final animated version of the scene. The storyboard frames each go for a slightly longer amount of time than actual shots will go in the finished sequence, so it won't be seven minutes as it is here. 

Secondly, since the sequence as it currently stands is really quite long for an action scene at this stage of the film, I've decided some bits at the start need to be cut out and altered. Mainly the bits in the first section of the chase (driving through the ditch with rocky hills on either side) will be changed.

This is all to make sure that the scene does not upstage the action sequence that follows it (the live-action car chase in downtown Las Vegas from the original film). I hope this will also enable the Motorbike Chase to not lose itself in its own geography, especially since it has a transition from a daytime setting to a sunset setting.

The good news is that the bits in the storyboards from the segment with the Dune Buggy to the end of the sequence has all been animated. Therefore after a little break and thorough examination of the storyboards I will animate the remainder of the first and second section of the Motorbike Chase.

Hopefully this will all be finished by the end of next month, but at this point I have no clue how long this will all take. Till then, I hope this update gives you a good idea of what to expect from this sequence in this film.

- The Retro Captain