Queenie Mae B. Chua Ray Benedict Casimiro

Ateneo de Zamboanga University
College of Science and Information Technology
Computer Science Department
S.Y 2015-2016
Queenie Mae B. Chua
Ray Benedict Casimiro
Director
Adviser
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
College of Science and Information Technology
Computer Science Department
S.Y 2015 - 2016
Queenie Mae B. Chua
Director
Ray Benedict Casimiro
Adviser
Sugar Rush
“One person’s crazyness is another person’s reality.”
-Tim Burton
PANEL APPROVAL SHEET
The faculty of Computer Science Department,
College of Science and Information Technology of Ateneo de Zamboanga University
accepts the thesis film entitled:
“Sugar Rush”
Submitted by CHUA, Queenie Mae B.
In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NEW MEDIA AND COMPUTER ANIMATION
PANEL OF EXAMINERS
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Ray Benedict Casimiro
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Carl Joseph C.Jaldon
Adviser
Panelist
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Panelist
Panelist
Juan Gabriel V. Lim
Aira D. Lagradilla
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Aira D. Lagradilla
Thesis Coordinator,
Computer Science
Department
Date of Final Presentation: January 23, 2016
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Mark Steven C. Lu
Panelist
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Romeo A. Rabajante Jr.
Chair,
Computer Science Department
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Dr. Rochelleo E. Mariano
Dean,
College of Science and Information
Technology
Table of Contents
I. About the Director
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II. About the Film
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III. Character Design --------------
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IV. Set Design
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I. Bedroom
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V. References
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VI. Storyboard
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I. Biography
II. Dedication and Acknowledgement
III. Resume
I. One Sentence Story
II. Three - Act Story
III. Script
IV. Production Timeline
I. Main Character
II. Supporting Characters
II. CandyLand
About the Director
I. Biography
II. Dedication and Acknowledgement
III. Resume
About the Director
Queenie Mae B. Chua was born on June 3, 1996 at
Zamboanga City, Philippines. She is the eldest daughter of
Reynaldo E. Chua and Mardy F. Balijado. She has a younger
sibling, Shania Chua. When she was still a child, she loves
to watch cartoons especially Tom and Jerry. Her family
calls her “KIM”. Her mother taught her how to read while her
father taught her how to count.
She finished her Kindergarten, Elementary, and High
School education at Zamboanga Chong Hua High School.
Kim graduated with Loyalty Awards. She excels in Science
and in History subjects.
As a kid, she have always wanted to become a Power
Ranger. She is fond of watching animes like Flame of Recca,
etc.She never liked drawing until she watched the Naruto
anime. There, she starts to draw and the very first character
that she mastered to draw was Naruto Uzumaki.
She is sporty and knows how to play six sports which includes, Basketball, Volleyball,
Soccer, Badminton, Table Tennis, Karate, Wushu and a little bit of Tennis. She is a fan of Miami
Heat, Golden State Warriors and Chicago Bulls on the NBA. She is also a fan of DLSU Lady
Spikers and Ateneo Lady Eagles at the UAAP Women’s Volleyball games.
During her free time, Kim spends her time reading novels and daydreaming. She is also
an amateur writer on Wattpad with 3 published stories. Also, she is an avid gamer. She loves to
play video games like NBA2k, Grand Theft Auto Series, and The Sims.
Kim is an avid fan of Star Wars and Quentin Tarantino’s films.
Kim is very shy but when you get to know her, she’s bubbly and friendly.
She is a minimalist and believes everyone is unique.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to extend my endless gratitude to my family for their
love and endless support. To my parents, Reynaldo Chua and Mardy Balijado,
I really thank you for believing in me and for guiding me throughout my nineteen
years of existence. I love you Mom and Dad.
To my siblings, Reynaldo Chua III and Shania Chua, thank you for convincing
and motivating me to finish this film.
I would also like to thank my adviser Sir Ray Casimiro for the time and
patience. My film would not be possible without of his advice and comments. I’m
deeply greatful that I’m one of his advisees. I would also like to thank Miss Aira
Lagradilla for the patience and for the guidance throughout the production. I would
like to extend my gratitude to Mr. Romeo Rabajante Jr, thank you for giving us a
chance and for the guidance.
Lastly, I would like to thank my friends, my NMCA batchmates, NMCA family for
their never ending support. You guys are like a family to me. I would like to thank Eric
Earl Los Baños, Freda Nissa Dumapay, Shyrell Presno, Rikka Mandanas, IJ Revantad,
Icy Mae Colipano, Aljhun Canillo, Lovely Jean Chua, JI Hamid, Jerome Peniones and
Neil Drapiza. I learned many things from you and you guys are the best.
DEDICATION
I dedicate this film to my lovely parents, Reynaldo Chua and Mardy Balijado. I
also dedicate this film to my very supportive sister, Shania Chua and to my brother,
Reynaldo Chua III.
To my parents, Thank you for your endless love and support for me. Thank you
for believing in me and for motivating me.
To my siblings, Thank you for your support. You guys are my happy pill.
I would also like to dedicate this film to people who have crazy imaginations.
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Resume
QUEENIE MAE BALIJADO CHUA
Pilar Street, Zone IV
Zamboanga City, 7000, Philippines
+639369075538
chuaq03@gmail.com
Personal Information
Date of Birth: June 3, 1996
Birthplace: Zamboanga City
Age: 19
Blood Type: B+
Civil Status: Single
Religion: Christian
Religion: Christian
Language/ Dialect Spoken: English, Chinese
Nationality: Filipino
(Mandarin), Filipino, Chavacano
Educational Background
Tertiary | College
Bachelor of Science in New Media
and Computer Animation (BS NMCA)
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
2012 - Present
Secondary | High School Zamboanga Chong Hua High School
1st Year - 4th Year
2008 - 2012
Primary | Elementary
Zamboanga Chong Hua High School
Grade 1- Grade 6
2002 - 2008
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Seminar
March 27 - 28, 2014 Seminar-Workshop on Visual Merchandising
Participant
Orchid Ballroom, Garden Orchid Hotel, Gov.
Camins Ave., Zamboanga City, Philippines
Scriptwriting Seminar with Direk Zurich Chan
April 25 - 26, 2015 Participant
Conference Room, City Hall
Zamboanga City, Philippines
May 2015
Animation Camp
Participant
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
La Purisima Street, Zamboanga City, Philippines
Animahenasyon 2015
October 15-16, 2015
Delegate
SMX Aura, Taguig City, Philippines
Computer and Technical Skills
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere,
Adobe Flash, Adobe Audition, Adobe Edge Animate, Autodesk Maya, AutoCAD, Sony
Vegas, FL Studio, Microsoft Office
Skills: Illustration, Photo - Manipulation, Vector - Art, Web development, Video
Editing, Special Effects, 3D Modeling, Animation, Set Design
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References
Mr. Ray Benedict Casimiro
Faculty/Instructor
College of Science and Information Technology
Computer Science Department
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
La Purisima St., Zamboanga City, Philippines
Ms. Aira Lagradilla
Faculty/ Thesis Coordinator
College of Science and Information Technology
Computer Science Department
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
La Purisima St., Zamboanga City, Philippines
Mr. Romeo A. Rabajante Jr.
Chair, Computer Science Department
College of Science and Information Technology
Computer Science Department
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
La Purisima St., Zamboanga City, Philippines
I hereby certify that all the information given is true and correct to the best of knowledge.
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Queenie Mae B. Chua
Applicant
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About the Film
I. One Sentence Story
II. Three - Act Story
III. Production Timeline
IV. Script
About the Story
How I came up with the story is actually a big accident.
Yeah, like the Sharon in the film.
How did it happened?
It was a Sunday. July 19, 2015.
I was depressed that time because my very first story got rejected. I was listening to
my Dad’s Walkman (Not the walkman from the 80’s) and a song of the Beach Boys played.
I love the Beach Boys and the title of the song was playing is Good Vibrations. It sounds
psychedelic but I like it!
I got interested on the tune and the lyrics. They kept on saying “Good Vibrations” all
the time. So I thought, Is the singer high? I consulted one of my BFF’s, GOOGLE, about the
song and I found out that the song writer wrote that song while under the influence of LSD
(Lysergic acid diethylamide). Ting! An idea popped inside of my crazy brain. I developed
the story and I made the main character a kid so it will be dark and unique! I wanted to be
different so I should really thank the Beach Boys for their song. Really.
P.S, I do not take drugs. Drugs are bad. You have been warned.
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I. One Sentence Story
“The story is about a girl who
accidentally drinks the wrong
pill and entered Candyland.”
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II. Three - Act Story
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Sharon wondered about her older sister’s creativity. She’s staring at a painting which
her sister did and she envied her. She goes to the desk and tries to draw like her sister but
she gives up and watches a movie instead. Her sister asked her to drink her vitamins. She
took the bottle and examined it. She took a pill and starts to feel groggy.
II
Sharon wakes up from a strange smell but she didn’t mind it at first but the smell
bothered her. She sits down and sees the walls are wobbling. She followed the scent and it
lead her to the closet. She opened it and she was so amazed at what she saw. She entered
Sugar land and starts to explore it. She sees four dancing kisses and one fell on the water.
III
Sharon tries to help the drowning kisses when she hears someone calling her name.
She looks up and saw a giant gingerbread man. The gingerbread man was so shocked when
it saw her. Back in the room, her older sister was in shocked when she saw her sister being
weird. naia grinned widely and starts to approach her, thinking she’s gingerbread man.
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III. Script
INT. BEDROOM - EVENING
CLOSE UP on SHARON, a 7 year old, pale girl, staring at the
painting. CAMERA shifts to the psychedelic painting that ACHI
made.
SHARON (V.O.)
(In chavacano)
ACHI’S drawing is amazing! How did
she do it?
WIDE SHOT on SHARON walks going to the study table. MEDIUM SHOT
on SHARON sits down and grabs the stylus pen. SHARON starts to
draw.
INT. BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER
SHARON gets tired on drawing and she starts to watch videos on
the laptop. CLOSE UP on SHARON staring at the laptop.
ACHI (V.O.)
(In chavacano)
NENG, drink your medicine!
SHARON rolls her eyes and sighs. She looks at the medicine bottle. SHARON chews the medicine and she feels disgusted.
INT. BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER
SHARON is on her bed, sleeping. She smells something sweet and
wakes up. SHARON sits down and looks at her hands. She looks
around the room and everything is wiggly. She approaches the
closet and opens it. SHARON smiles widely.
FADE TO BLACK.
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EXT. CANDYLAND
SHARON is now on CANDYLAND. SHARON looks around and sees GIANT
GLOWING KISSES, GIANT ICE CREAM MOUNTAINS, and GLOWING LOLLIPOPS.
SHARON
WEEEEE! HIHIHIHI!!!
SHARON is amazed and starts to hallucinate more. She walks and
She tries to climb the LOLLIPOP. She fails to do so and she sees
FOUR DANCING KISSES, a GREEN ONE, A YELLOW ONE, A BLUE ONE AND A
RED ONE. The BLUE ONE fell on the CHOCOLATE RIVER and SHARON goes
after it and extends her hand to the BLUE KISSES.
EXT. CANDYLAND - CONTINUOUS
CLOSE UP on the foot of GINGERBREAD MAN.
GINGERBREAD MAN (V.O.)
(In chavacano)
Hey SHARON what are you doing?
CLOSE UP on GINGERBREAD MAN’S head who is shocked when it sees
SHARON. SHARON looks up at GINGERBREAD MAN and stared at it.
INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
MEDIUM SHOT on ACHI who is shocked. SHARON stands up and smirks.
CUT TO BLACK
SHARON (V.O.)
GINGERBREAD MAN!
ACHI (V.O.)
(In Chavacano)
HEY SHARON! NO! NO!
We hear a THUD.
End.
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IV. Production Timeline
2015-2016 Calendar
July
August
September
Story
One Sentence
Story
Three Act
Character and
Set Design
Modeling of
Characters
Modeling of Set
Animating
Lighting
November
December
Lighting
Animating
Rendering
Dubbing
Production
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January
Character Design
I. Main Character
Sharon
This is the main character, Sharon. Why Sharon? The name Sharon means a
lot to me. My mother is a big fan of Sharon Cuneta. My very first concert was Sharon
Cuneta back in 2005. Me, myself is also a fan of hers especially her songs and her
movies.
Sharon is based her on my little sister because I want to give a tribute for her.
Sharon is a sick obese girl and she has diabetes. She is a curious 7 year old
girl who is envious to her sister. She is artistic, but not artistic as her olders sister.
She actually has no lower teeth because she lost them when her teeth decayed.
I used MIA Skin on her so she will have a realistic skin when rendered.
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As I’ve mentioned, Sharon is
based on my younger sister, Shania.
My sister sports the “BUN” hairstyle
like Sharon when we were still little
kids. She also likes to wear T-Shirts
and Baggy Shorts. (I don’t know
why but she really likes it)
Sharon’s attitude is similar to
my sister. Sharon is boyish and big
(No offense). Sharon’s favorite color
is green and white. She loves boyish
things and acts like a boy. She is sick
and that is the reason why she takes
medications at an early age.
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II. Supporting Characters
A. Kisses
The Four Dancing Kisses
These are the four dancing kisses found in Candyland. They are colored Blue,
Green, Yellow and Red. Typically, Kisses have only two colors which is Brown and White
(Chocolate and Cookies n’ Cream). But back in the mid 2000‘s, Hershey’s produced a
chocolate candy called the Kissables. They are like M&M’s but the shape is like the
Kisses.
I came up with the idea of these kisses on the very last minute of the production.
I felt like there should be more characters and I decided to add these guys to my film to
add more life to it.
I used Blinn as its material and played with the incandescense and the ambient.
I activated the glow effect to give them more neon effect when I render the final image.
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Red Kisses
T- Pose Front
T- Pose Side
Green Kisses
T- Pose Front
T- Pose Side
Yellow Kisses
T- Pose Front
T- Pose Side
Blue Kisses
T- Pose Front
T- Pose Side
B. Achi
Achi is the older sister of Sharon. In Chinese (Hokkien), Achi means
“Big Sister”. In Filipino, Ate. Yes, My sister calls me Achi and I based her from yours
truly. She is Nineteen years old and she has brown hair which she dyed it.
I did not gave Achi a name because it’s not that important. Sharon calls her
“Achi” on the film so I thought her name is not going to be that important. She only
appears for a few seconds on the film because the story revolves around her little
sister anyways.
Achi loves to paint and she is artistic. Her weirdness leads her to her creativity
and she is taking LSD to boost her creativity.
(She is the owner of the drugs that her sister accidentally took.)
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C. Gingerbread Man
2D Sketch of Gingerbread Man
Gingy from Shrek
Gingerbread Man is a creature that Sharon encountered at Candyland.
Gingerbread Man is actually Achi but since Sharon is high, she sees a giant Gingerbread
Man.
Gingerbread is actually based on Gingy from Shrek.
Gingerbread Man’s Buttons, eyes, lips, and eyebrows are glowing. I used Lambert
and turned on the incandescence.
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Set Design
I.Room
This is the room of Sharon and Achi. They share the same bedroom because they
are sisters. It’s just a small but very simple bedroom.
There’s a double deck bed where Sharon sleeps at the bottom because she is still
a little kid. There is a dresser, a cabinet, a desk and a paint stand because Achi loves to
paint.
The room is based on our actual bedroom at our home. I just added the double
bed since they are sisters who share the same room. All I can say is the room is very
simple. I like it simple because I’m not a detailed type of person.
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II. CandyLand
This is CANDYLAND. Where you can see bright, neon lollipops and giant glowing kisses.
There are Dancing Kisses that will entertain you during your visit and take note, This land
is PURELY EDIBLE!
Sadly, this is just a product of Sharon’s mind. Awww.
In the Candyland, there are Kisses all around (Big and Small), ice creams with glowing
cherries. There is also a kitkat bridge and a chocolate river. (Which is not very clear in
the film.)
The CandyLand has pink clouds and the lollipops, kisses doesn’t glow in my original idea
but there are some suggestions that it is better to have it neon to emphasize the colors.
I used Physical Sun and turned it’s direction upwards to mimic a night scene. For the
lollipops and the Kisses, I tweak the incandescene and the glow to give it a neon effect.
For the water, I used Ocean to create realistic waters.
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Set References:
This is one of the things which
inspired the CandyLand. At first, I really
wanted to copy the set of this music video
and I realized that I cannot do it in a short
period of time.
One of my ideas was to create mountains
which is ICE CREAM! I did some ice creams
with cherry on top. They served as one of the
mountains in the land. I really emphasized the
kisses because it is my sister’s most favorite
chocolate. I created large and mini kisses and
spread them across the set.
All of the candies that we see on the
set are the favorite chocolates and candies of
my sister. And yes, I did not follow my initial
plan for the set because I’m so impulsive.
I’m glad that with my final set design
for the CandyLand.
All images are taken from Google
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References:
Textures Took from Google
Original Textures
SOUND EFFECTS:
1200 Micrograms - Magic Mushrooms
www.youtube.com
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STORYBOARD
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“If you can do what you do best and be happy, you’re further
along in life than most people.”
- Leonardo DiCaprio
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