Project proposal

Animation is the idea for my final major project.

The artists that have inspired me to do this are: 

Ryan Woodward and his ‘Thought of you’

Hayao Miyazaki and his collection of movies.

And Ub Iwerk and his Mickey Mouse image.

These artists have dedicated so much to the Animation industry and are greatly respected by me. 

The idea that I have for my animation is a fast paced animation based on my own childhood.

  The idea that I have so far is an animation of two kids creating trouble for one another  but both got the trouble every time, the two children were confused about this and realise later on that their parent had CCTV installed in their house.

  The reason this is based on my own childhood is that my Dad actually had CCTV installed in his house as a perk of being an Ex-security guard, he always told us he had, but we never believed him until he showed us.

SOFTWARE: The software I will use will most likely be, Photoshop, After Effects, Flash and maybe some Audition. These aren’t for definite yet these are just possibilities.

SETTING: I think there will be no definitive setting just the two children getting up to mischief. I think there will be subtle locations like door frames and seats and things and also the odd other people when I am trying to portray a public area.

THEME:  I am trying to keep it very minimal and that is why I’m also using very minimal colours. I like minimalism and the style and that’s why I chose a minimalist approach. I’m also going to exaggerate movement because it is the one thing in animations that I very much look out for.

LOCATIONS: Not decided yet, I have thought of things my brother and I used to do to get one another in trouble as kids and they were always around the home or when we went out with our parents.

I want to create an animation about something I familiarise with in my childhood, I also added about there being CCTV in the experience as it was also something I familiarise with. When I was living with my Mum My brother and I always got each other into trouble and we’d always get away with it. ..  When times became tough for us growing up at my Mums, we went to live with our Dad who we weren’t so keen on because of some earlier strict memories and some stories told to us. When we lived there it was great, there was just one catch. If one of us got in trouble. We BOTH did. Till we found out our Dad had packed his house out with surveillance. 

  What I want to create with this animation is people laughing, people familiarising and people remembering their devious little ways as children.

I want to improve greatly on my animation skills in preparation for the future course I plan on taking I also want to learn the positives and the negatives about doing such work and want to throw myself in the deep end and challenge myself to see what I am capable of.

I guess can be aimed at little kids and preteens as long as there is a message at the end that displays a “Good” influential message, I.e ...  Actions have consequences. And also for older people because they can appreciate the memories or familiarise with it.

I think the aim really is to get a good laugh from people.

One of my passions in life has always been to get people laughing or smiling. 

The contents of this animation will be mainly drawings and possibly some image manipulations. I plan on doing free hand animation and Rotoscoping. So there are some things that I need to scout, I.e, People to act out what I need them to and the safety precautions I need to take with that.  This animation will contain subtle glimpses of locations and features two children.

The three images in this frame are from three animations that have inspired me very much in this project. And from the images alone it is very clear how they take part in that inspiration.

1.Red- Film by Hunjoo Song this was made by a collection of people from what I assume attend Calarts.

2.Thought of you by Ryan Woodward, this is done by an animator who has also contributed so much to Animated TV.

3.Perils of Love (A Quoi Ca Sert L’amour) by Cube (Louis Clitchy).

These all play their roles in my inspiration.  

I previously mentioned twice of the story about the two kids causing mischief for one another as my story.

I guess since this will be a collaboration of events there is no real “Getting there” scene, just cuts as this will be a some what fast paced animation.

That character(s) are in said location to get one another in trouble with the parent.

I guess this does have an originality to it because it’s me sharing a personal story with you in a comedic way, due to it’s pace and the movements that will be exaggerated there will be a lot of funny scenes in this. As my aim is to make the audience giggle.

I guess the humour and it’s odd colours will make this animation stand out because there are not very many animations that inherit this style. Also I find the idea to be rather quirky.

I think the locations will be interesting because they will be subtle, maybe partially blurred and faded but still giving off sign as to where they are vaguely. 

I am looking to go for some natural and subtle colours. I think I want to add a slight tinge of other colours too, like for example water or things to be white or slightly blue just for added comedic value. 

Colour is what I have very much thought about in this as it is also the style that I aim for. Which is partly the reason behind the colour of this presentation.

I’m not saying these palettes are what I am going to use specifically but along this colour range.  I have also experimented with a more wilder range of colours too.

Things I need to take into account when working with other people is their safely and well-being.

Also drawing for long periods of time can be rather strenuous to the hands, back and eyes so I need to take regular eye and hand breaks and stretch out regularly.  

WEEK 1: Decisions and presenting.  √

WEEK 2: Experimentation and presentation.  √

WEEK 3: Presenting/Character design and story boarding. √

WEEK 4: Gathering of materials I need, I.e, People, story boards, funding and comfortable seating for long periods of animating.√

WEEK 5: Getting started, Animating,Pre production material, Sketches, Filmography, ect.√

WEEK 6:Animation &/or Rotoscoping.

WEEK 7: Animation / Blog work. Final touches to animation & Blog work.

Through out the Planning, Production and Out-come of this project. I will keep a hand journal to document notes about the production, any issues I hit during production and my feelings towards this during .

For week one and two the initial plan is to start the animation and get as much of it done as possible. As this animation will be kept short.. but as long as I possibly can with the time that I have I do not think that this will be quite as difficult.

I've decided also that I will not really need very much materials for this as I have saved some animating time with such tools as the Tweening tool and the Bone tool that I have watched many tutorials about, I have not yet showed evidence of using this in my work yet because I have felt like I have not needed it.

I have got my animation started so far and have yet to incorporate the second character in this animation. It is very important that I get as much done as possible in the start so that I have plenty of time to tweek my project and perfect it.