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Feel Good Inc lost shot recreation

I noticed while watching the famous Gorillaz Feel Good Inc animatic that a closeup shot of Noodle from the storyboard was actually missing from the final official video, replaced with a far away profile shot. I really liked the extra emotion of Noodle turning to 2D as she floats away, so I decided to recreate that shot in the style of the finished video as well as I could. I modeled the Windmill Island from scratch, and used a program called Kumoworks to generate specific clouds to replicate the final video's environment. I never ended up fully animating the replicated keyframes I have created, but at least I have a fun project for a rainy day

My recreation

My recreation

Rough keyframes

Rough keyframes

Original non-final storyboard frame by Jamie Hewlett

Original non-final storyboard frame by Jamie Hewlett

My shot edited into the original official music video