OC Animatic PMV: The Goose and The Wren (WTOMTS)
Channel: nevgig
Date: 2023-11-11

Those close to me know that this was a personal on and off project that I have been working on for about 3 years. I thought the song "The Goose and The Wren" by Hop Along was a perfect fit for a story of mine involving my ocs from "where the ocean meets the sand". It's a simple story, about two sand ferrets who leave to go find paradise- an ocean. Along the way they meet many other characters, cultures, lives, and the thin line that separates the sand and the ocean, eventually becomes blurry. 

This...PMV, is nowhere near perfect. It has aged and it has several kinds of styles from me as I grew over the months creating it. It has awkward cuts, spins, buggy animation, but I'm choosing to leave it that way. I remember starting it in summer of 2020, saying to myself it would be done in the beginning of fall in the same year. And then it became winter, and then spring, and then I got a day job, and then before I knew it- It's been three years. This was basically my baby. I devoted entire days to work on this in the past, but over time I became tired, and my life has changed so much since then. My social life has changed, my family life, my work life, my new wonderful love life, and even my art life. 
I'm starting a new promotion this coming Monday. New things are going to happen to me. But I'm still going to draw and think about my characters any chance I get. I remember disliking the song when I first heard it, but then it grew on me, and I relate to it in a sense now. The real song is longer than this animatic. And listening to the song, it sounds like it's growing up the longer it goes, until it finally finishes. 

I'm pretty sure this video will get copyright striked or whatnot. In the meantime, please enjoy. 
-Ronnie

Animation and characters- Nevgig
Song- The Goose and the Wren- By Hop Along

Art and animation done in Clip studio
Editing done in ShotCut