Extended Practice- Study Task 3 - Projection Mapping Christmas Brief 3

Projection Mapping Christmas Brief- 3

At this point we are needing to do storyboards, planning and a pitch for the Lifting Tower Board to look over.

Pitch

For this Christmas brief we will be producing a paper cut out animation of 2-3 seconds. We are stop-motion animators so paper cut out was chosen so we could stick to what we know and produce work we will be passionate about doing, this is also the reasoning for us working as the team we are in. Paper cut out will also be a good choice as we can work out which colours work and make sure the end result can be seen and understood.

As this is a Christmas brief, our theme is obviously going to reflect that and show the spirit associated with the holiday itself, that way all viewers can enjoy what our whole group is producing. As the bricks are also quite dark, this could be a potential issue with the animations showing up. So we will be counteracting this by adding bold and bright colour card and paper images, so our Gif shows up for the audience to see. This was one of the main issues of worry as we can’t know exactly how it will show up under projection, so the goal is to make it as clear, simple and straight forward as possible to counteract this.

This is a simple pitch because at this point we dont know what will work on the wall and what wont so I wrote this so they could see we were going to use paper animation and bold colours so it all stands out.

These were the storyboards we sent to Lifting Tower. As you can see they are a lot clearer and easier to understand for them to know what we plan to do.

These were done quickly to see if they could show up on the brick, I dont know what time the clips will be shown but this light works, but if it was at night, we will have to make them a lot brighter and simpler.

Extended Practice- Study task 1- Extended Brief- The Story

Extended Brief- The Story 

For the story, I really wasn't sure about where to take it and what I wanted it to be about, or even how the story was going to come across. This is why it took me over the summer to get the idea together, It was also hard not being able to talk to people about what I could do so this is why coming back to uni helped me figure it out.

This is what the basic plan for the story will be:

1. Scene begins with old man in this workshop
2. Camera pans from him to his workplace during this scene
3. He looks over to his daughter in the corner occasionaly
4. He also looks up to see his shop empty & voices over the street
5. Goes over to window and sees a new shop opened with newer clocks but less quality
6. Looks around his shop all dusty and old
7. Gets worried and backs up into table
8. Sees his young daughter playing again
9. Starts imagining lots of shops being built and his being shut down as everything around changes- his daughter being the one effected as well not having any money
10. His daughter still playing in the corner but notices him upset/ crying
11. She comes over with something in her hand, a watch she has attempted to build and make
12. She thrusts it into his hand and happily smiles before running back into her corner
13. He smiles down and it before crying for a different reason, holding it close
14. He then goes over to the little girl and sits by her, handing her a tool.

This story now emotes feelings many can share, about wanting the best for your children. This story is also about thinking of the future and how it will always be a mystery and scary but you cant miss the small things by looking too far ahead. I chose this story line becuase he is a shop owner who builds clocks, I want to be a set designer and love to build items so this gave me a good insight, it also let me show love and compassion that my character could be feeling during this animation short. I am exited to go forward with this idea and build the world around these two characters to give them a surrounding, atmosphere and a life. This is what an animator must do to create a compelling animation.

This is a mood board and research page on victorian and doll house clocks, as well as what a Horologist is. As this is what my character will be for the shop.

Extended Practice- Study task 1- Extended Brief- Presentation- Statement of Intent

Extended Brief- 

Presentation & Statement of Intent

This is the Statement of Intent presentation we had to produce for this project and what we had to far to give a brief idea of the project.

At the stage of the presentation, I didn't know how much we had to be thinking of this project yet but now I have built a brief idea of this, I am exited to go forward and develop the story in full and produce a character & plan the stop-motion.

Here is the actual Statement of Intent that can show what I am going to do, why I am doing it and to what end.

For this Extended Practice brief, I will be producing a stop-motion animation that is between 2-3 minutes long. I have chosen stop-motion as it is a medium in which I will be wanting to go forward for in my career. As well as being passionate about physically building sets I intention to be able to show I can produce an animation with a wholesome story, engaging characters the audience will remember and animating skills, as they will be needed to make this story worthy of looking a high standard.

This animation undertaking, will challenge me and my abilities as there are ample amounts of things to do and I need to improve upon in this time frame. This means I will need to work extremely hard and effective to finish this animation by the deadline, but if a precise timetable is set in place, I know I can achieve this undertaking.

Context of Practice will link in with this animation as I am covering the subject of backgrounds and how they are just as significant as the character and story. With findings from my dissertation I can determine the best way to make my animation and set design as effective as possible.

The content I will produce, will show how stop-motion is not a lost art and that it can still be used to create animations within specific time frames, as well as keeping an original charming feel about the piece. This will be appropriate for me as a student as I can show people who haven’t thought of stop-motion, to try it and see what they can do, and fall in love with the industry like I did.

The story was something that took me a while to get together as I found it difficult to come up with one without a brief, as well as no guidance. Yet it did give me a chance to find some freedom. Although causing initial issues, I felt I have come up with an idea in which I can find passion for the next year until completion, as well as it being an interesting piece for an audience.

The story will be set in the Victorian times, within an old style shop that he has had his whole life. He finds a shop across the road is offering what he does but more modern but less quality so he has to find a way to keep his business, and keep making everything to the same standard he always as. He is proud of his family business as well as being a kind man. This is hopefully features of him I can get through in the character when I animate him. It’s important to show good understanding of acting when controlling a character because in a stop-motion its harder to go back if it doesn’t turn out right. This is just another challenge I will grow to face and work to make this animation to a professional standard. This is all what I intend to do this module.

Extended Practice- Study task 1- Extended Brief- Research & Colour Palette

Extended Brief- 

Research & Colour Palette

For the story I knew I wanted to build a set in the Victorian era. This meant I could take my process somewhere before I fully had my story finished. This is why I went on to research shops fro this time, as well as businesses. This is becuase I want the main character to be a simple shop owner.

Here you can get a feel of the look, colour palette and the general feel of the time.

This is the Colour Palette for this project as the Victorian era tended to be darker and you could since the weariness from working within the buildings, the history associated with every item and the importance of the people within.

This is why I have gone with a sepia tone palette, as well as different browns, greens and a red, as this is the colour of the different furniture of this time, as well as the buildings and interiors. This is why I picked colours I could realistically work with.

Extended Practice- Study Task 3 - Projection Mapping Christmas Brief 2

Study Task 3 -
Projection Mapping Christmas Brief- 2

To start this planning, me and my partner went through some ideas and where they could go, in terms of an animation 

We then split the work load and both did 3 thumbnails for the 6 ideas. This meant we could concentrate on the different ideas and spend more time on planning. 

These were to send off to the Lifting Tower Brief leader for him to pick the best one/ one's and which would work on the building we are projecting on.

This first one is about an exploding present filled with gifts, that un-wraps and re-wraps itself for the gif to loop. This was my overall favourite idea as it had colour, movement and visual intrigue. While also being in the christmas spirit.

This second one is about a snow man who builds himself, before melting at the end.

This final animation is where baubles and a star roll towards the christmas tree before placing them self on it.

We sent these off to him to seek his approval. He liked 2 of my partners designs so we are going forward with this and doing storyboards for them as well as planning more with the template and colours.