Applied Animation- Characters & Primary Research- Week 6

Characters & Primary Research- Week 6

This is the questionnaire Emma has done as a rough layout for what she will be asking primary school children as they fit into our category of target audience. This can also let us understand how much they know about the overall subject. As we didn't know much about the subject, it would be interesting to learn whether they are being taught about it at school or not as it is more of an issue now. These questions will be easy and include pictures so the children can clearly understand what they are being asked.

Stacy has done this quick treatment for our project, as she knew most about treatments as she has done them in the past whereas we haven't. The treatment outlines the story we are trying to tell and the structure it takes on. 

These are the character development sketches the girls have done for their puppets, as I am in charge of doing all of the sets, this wasn't much to do with my process. Yet it still is a process we have all been talking through. To do with size, materials and method of construction. The method of building the puppets chosen, is needle felting. We all loved how this looked overall as they look fuzzy and innocent, this benefits our animation as they are supposed to be the innocent animals in their own home, before humans come and destroy it all. These developments show their different styles so it will be good to see how each stage will go with the different styles they both possess, but as they are both needle felting, the Orangutan's will still look the same and related.

This page is showing concept are from all of us. This was put together to show our thought processes' to gain the end result and the different ideas we all had at the start. The mix of mediums, also shows our diversity overall.

Marie, is the mother within our animation. As she is bigger and has more movement, she is built more structurally sound than the baby will be. She will even have bolts in her lower spine, to keep her steady when she is sitting and standing. These are all of the character sheets done for her by Emma who is in charge of her design, as Emma has built puppets in the past, it made sense for her to build the bigger harder design. These sheets also include how the puppet will be built and the textures she will have.

These character sheets are for the baby, Louie. He moves a lot less than the mum so he will be more flexible and not include replaceable limbs, whereas the mother will have, for her arms. His character sheets were done by Stacy as she is in charge of the baby Orangutan. This again shows how the puppet will be built and where the milliput will be placed.

This is an image of all of the emails sent to different foundations for additional information and facts about the cause. Most got back to us and replied with positive feedback about what we were doing and how we could go to certain sights for additional facts. This showed us that we are doing an animation that can help further a cause and make a difference. This meant a lot to us for their reply and helping us learn.