Work in Progress

Report of Project
“Gutishuti and
Nusrat”
Original Story by
Prof. Nigel Hughes
University of California, Riverside

Director and produced by

Trisha Banerjee
Navi Mumbai 14/07/2020

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 Teaser for an
Episodic Animated Series

“In the fields of

observation chance favours only
the prepared mind.”
…… Louis Pasteur

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Clip1: Unreel process of Gutishuti

Gutishuti is a trilobite fossil, that

became alive in hand of a 12 years
old girl Nusrat.

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Clip2: Ongoing trial for 3D Modelling 7/14/2020
Nusrat is a Himalayan village girl.
She is curious about life. She found
Gutishuti very interesting and went on a
journey with her to understand the earth.

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Clip: animatic made by Communication Design students

The story was taken to NID Vijaywada as a

pre-production workshop with
Ms. Trisha Banerjee.
Students made an animatic and designed
several fossil animals during those two
weeks.

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Then the project goes on for making
a teaser with finished look and feel.
A few students from NID Vijaywada
started working as interns for
character design.

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The plan is to make rigged 3D characters
out of this 2D designs with the sketchy
hand painted look, so that very dramatic
camera angle can be created during
animation as the teaser has a fight
scene between Isisaurus and Rajasaurus.

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Several attempt was taken to create a
mesmerizing look and feel that will help the
story to transport the viewer into the world
about which it is talking.

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 Clip: A former version animatic.

This is a ‘work-in-progress’
storyboard for the teaser.
The aim is to make the
audience very much
interested about the
fascinating history of the
earth, that is probably much
more radical and impactful
than any fiction.

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There are many ‘redo’
notes as self-reminders
as it is a
‘WIP’ storyboard.

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Huge effort is being made
to keep the ‘science-part’
in tact from a
geo-scientist’s point of
view. Yet it should not
look like an explanatory
video is the challenge.

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Prof. Hughes’s aim is to
spread awareness
about the earth
history so, that we can
behave more
compassionately
towards it in future.

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For speedy production an
animator from Kolkata has
joined the team. During
this bizarre time of
pandemic team Gutishuti
is continuing to perform
from three cities of India
along with Prof. Hughes
from California.

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 Next steps
❖ To finish the teaser by the end of September 2020.
❖ To maintain the unique desi look through out.
❖ To keep an strict eye on all of the scientific facts during production.
❖ To make it as intriguing as possible for the viewer.
❖ To pitch this project with this teaser to raise fund for the series.

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 Thank You

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