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Mind map of ideas
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Mood board of ideas
This mood board has helped me to visualize my general idea of an animation about a group of teens, in this mood board I included media that I thought fit well with my story line such as Scott Pilgrim and Diary of a Whimpey kid. I included deferent cartoon art styles to help me think about how I wanted my characters to look, I also included images that matched to aesthetic I wanted produce in my animation.
Setting mood board
In this mood board I tried to showcase images that remind me aesthetically of a road trip in the British country side. I also added images with a grungy aesthetic as I felt this fit the theme of my characters being in a band.
Character mood boards
Narrative ideas
Idea 1
My animation will depict a traveling band made up of three girls setting off on a road trip, the scenes I will animate will mainly depict them traveling to and interacting with scenic locations. They will travel in a large renovated van to settings such as fields, petrel stations, car parks and party venues.
I have created characters that include: 3 young women aged 18 - 19
Ch1 Jay Mckee: is a young Colombian adult female aged 18, due to parental financial support they are part of the ABC1 audience. They are the guitarist in the band. Brown shaggy layered hair, grunge aesthetic style.
Ch2 April Mueller: is a young white adult female aged 19, due to parental financial support they are part of the ABC1 audience. They are the pianist in the band. Ginger plated hair, colorful aesthetic style.
Ch3 Lula Andersen: is a young Nigerian adult female aged 19, (singing) due to parental financial support they are part of the ABC1 audience. They are the singer in the band. Brown curly hair in buns, skater aesthetic style.
Idea 2 (back up)
Instead of my characters forming a band they will be on a road trip, visiting pretty and relatable settings such as fields beaches and woods.
Audience profile
Imaginary entity
Beth is a 18 year old girl from the Netherlands, she is a university student studying Biophysics at Empire State University. Her hobbies include taking photos on her digital camera and making playlists for her friends on Spotify, she really enjoys listening to rock and indie music. She likes to meet up in town with her friends on the weekends to get iced coffee and thrift clothing. Both of her parents are lawyers and they support her financially.
Treatment
name of animation: Racoon Bites
medium: Clip studio
Running time: 2 - 3 min
Synopsis: Three girls set off on a road trip, they work as a traveling band, booking gigs at parties and weddings so that they can create content for their social media and gain popularity for their band Racoon Bites.
Target audience: young women aged 15 - 21, these women will either be still in education, have a part time job or be unemployed. They will have an interest in music, independence, renovated vans and close knit friend groups.
Purpose: the purpose of my animation is to entertain and inspire the viewer.
Setting information: British country side, van/ caravan, outdoor venue, off-licence, car park, daylight, nighttime fluorescent lighting, street, rural road. I have chosen these locations as they are relatable settings for teenager's and young adults and they are calming locations to view, I can pan to my setting for longer amounts of time to create the calming atmosphere I want, for example I create a wide shot of grass swaying in the wind.
Character information: a band made up of three girls setting off on a road trip. Jayden Mckee is a young Colombian adult female aged 18, due to parental financial support they are part of the ABC1 audience. They are the guitarist in the band. Brown shaggy layered hair, grunge aesthetic style. April Mueller: is a young white adult female aged 19, due to parental financial support they are part of the ABC1 audience. They are the pianist in the band. Ginger plated hair, colorful aesthetic style. Lula Andersen: is a young Nigerian adult female aged 19, (singing) due to parental financial support they are part of the ABC1 audience. They are the singer in the band. Brown curly hair in buns, skater aesthetic style.
Storyboard
Practicing software
YouTube tutorial I'm using
I am creating a 30 second animation using 'clip studio' called 'Raccoon Bites'
here is a 3 second animation I have created
Animation styles and techniques
Line drawing: Line drawing animation is a type of animation that uses lines that differ in weight and angle to create different. This can be done traditionally using hardware such as Paper, Pencils, Light Table/Light Box, Peg Bar, Cels/Transparent Sheets, Rostrum Camera and a Scanner or Digital Camera. Or it can be done digitally by using using hardware such as a Computer, Graphics Tablet, Stylus Pen, Monitor and External Storage. The software use for Professional and Industry-Standard with this method are Toon Boom Harmony, TVPaint Animation, Adobe Animate and Clip Studio Paint. The genre this technique is commonly used in include Anime/Manga-inspired Styles from action and sci-fi to romance and slice-of-life such as the anime 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!' and the manga Berserk by Kentaro Miura. It is also used for Indie/Experimental Animation as its expressive potential and lower production barrier help to create unique low cost animations such as "Colour Box" (1935) by Len Lye.
This technique appeals to the age, gender, culture and purpose of the animation in products such as 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!' as it targets viewer that are interested in the manga style of bold lines and simplistic clean shapes. It also creates visual interest due to its fluid movement.
Cell animation: animators draw the 'moving subjects' by hand onto translucent paper and place them onto a static background, this technique made the process a more officiant form of animation than in the past. This is done with hardware such as a Scanner, Computer and Rostrum Camera. And software such as Toon Boom Harmony and TVPaint Animation. Cell animation is commonly used in Children's Entertainment such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and Comedy / Cartoons such as "Looney Tunes" as well as anime such as "Dragon Ball Z" and "Sailor Moon".
This technique appeals to the age, gender, culture and purpose of the animation in products such as Sailor Moon as it lets the artist focus on making visually appealing culturally realistic background that depict places like Tokyo, Japan. It helps target a younger stereotypically female audience that may be interested in the characters costume and movements, as they are simplistic but colorful and artistically interesting due to the unique style of the characters.
Hand-drawn animation: is an animation technique where each frame of the film is drawn by hand. For this technique hardware in used such as an Animation Desk (Lightbox/Light Table), Peg Bar, Animation Paper, Pencils, Erasers, and Drawing Supplies, Cell Vinyl Paint, Inking Tools, Animation Camera, Flatbed Scanner. The software used to enhance traditional hand drawn animation includes Toon Boom Harmony, TVPaint Animation, Adobe Animate and Clip Studio Paint EX. The most common genres that use this method include Children's Entertainment such as Bambi (1942), Comedy / Cartoons like Tom and Jerry, and Fantasy / Adventure genre that need immersive world building such as Studio Ghibli films.
This technique appeals to the age, gender, culture and purpose of the animation in products such as Tom and Jerry as it simplistic characters are easily recognisable and the depiction of its fluid slapsticks comedy entertains the viewer, this helps to entertain young viewers as its easy to watch and recognize. This technique is often use to create immersive detailed backgrounds in products like the jungle book intrigue the viewer due to appealing aesthetics.
Live action animation: Live-action animation is a film genre that combines live-action filmmaking with animation. This technique uses hardware such as camera and Lighting Equipment, Motion Capture, Green Screens, drawing tablets. And software such as Adobe After Effects, Nuke, Fusion, Autodesk Maya and Blender. This technique is typical in genres such as Family / Children's Entertainment products like Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Space Jam.
This technique appeals to the age, gender, culture and purpose of the animation in products such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit as it includes ideal selves for younger audiences and ideal partners for older audiences, this allows them to target family dynamics. Due to the stereotype preference adult audiences have to live action films and the stereotype preference children have to animated film, combining them also help to engage both audiences in a visually appealing interesting way.
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Stop motion: animating objects by taking pictures of them in slightly altered positions, this includes puppet work and Claymation. This technique uses hardware such as cameras, Tripods, Lighting, Armatures, Tie-Downs and Rigs, Computers and Software such as Dragonframe and Stop Motion Studio. Genres like Children's Entertainment / Family Films such as fantastic Mr. fox and Coraline use this technique.
This technique appeals to the age, gender, culture and purpose of the animation in products such as fantastic Mr. fox. It appeals to a target audience of children and adults as it is visually interesting and includes lots of detail and artistic expression that gains the attention and fulfills the purpose of entertaining viewers visually. It appeals to both men and women as both genders are casted in this film, these character engage viewers as they are represented as ideal selves due to their funny smart and quirky personalities.
2-D/3-D animation (e.g. computer-generated images): created digitally and has a sense of depth that isn't achieved by traditional animation. This technique uses hardware such as a Powerful Computer, Storage, High-Resolution Monitor, Graphics Tablet, Graphics Card. And software such as Toon Boom Harmony, TVPaint Animation, Adobe Animate and Clip Studio Paint EX. This technique features in genres such as Comedy / Cartoons like Family Guy, Children's Entertainment movies such as Shrek and Big hero 6.
This technique appeals to the age, gender, culture and purpose of the animation in products such as Big hero 6 as the use of 3D animation is more immersive and allows the viewer to get drawn into what they are watching, this helps Big hero 6 as it include futuristic technology and super hero's. 3D animation helps to represent culture as it can accurately depict settings such as Iconic San Francisco landmarks with Japanese architectural elements to blend and create a hybrid city of San Francisco and Tokyo. and facial features that the audience may relate to having. The style of 3D animation helps to target their target audience of children as it looks round smooth and non threatening.
Character animation: Character animation is the process of creating a series of images or drawings that give animated characters the appearance of life. This technique uses hardware such as a Powerful Computer, Drawing Tablet, High-Resolution Monitor, 3D Mouse, Motion Capture, Light Box and Scanner. And software such as Autodesk Maya, Blender, Cinema 4D, Adobe Animate and Toon Boom Harmony. This technique is featured in the Action / Superhero genre with series such as Justice League and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
This technique appeals to the age, gender, culture and purpose of the animation in products such as Avatar: The Last Airbender as it allows high action scenes that keep the attention of their young audience, its high quality smooth movement helps them to reach a larger audience as higher quality products get more recognition and attention. This technique allows for better representation of characters via their body language and facial expressions this has helped to accurately represent cultures in the animation in scenes that depict fluid and circular Chinese martial art.
Scene one 1st sketch I added in a new layer to my animation folder for my line art I also added in layers for my moving warning sign and c...
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