Research and Questions
After thinking about the brief for a while I decided on a suitable idea to get started. My idea was to create a short 30sec animation in the style of 'Creature Comforts', an 'Aardman animation' piece.
Copyright Aardman Animations
After purchasing and watching the DVD I felt I had a better grasp for what I was after and what I was attempting. Although Aardman is clearly going to be a point of inspiration I didn't want to blatantly rip it off so with this in mind I will try to create my own unique style. The extras of the DVD were extremely useful and helped me find a starting point for the animation; audio.
The main task with getting audio is to find people who would speak to me in a natural way but at the same time capturing a slight unease along with attempts of political correctness that people give when they know they are being recorded. Hard to explain, but what I was after was audio that you might find when the public are interviewed for radio, possibly about a subject they know little about...
The questions will also be key. I've devised a list of questions that hopefully prove original and topical and also play up to the fact that an animal could be saying things quite contradictory to their enviroment. I was hoping for a good juxtaposition between the audio and the animal acting that would add to the humour.
Some of my questions and ideas:
How do you feel about global warming? - (A penguin on an ice cap)
What do you think of Jamie Oliver? - (Rat going through some bins in a playground)
How do you feel about insects? - (Ant eater afraid of ants)
Have you got any phobias? - (Bird afraid of heights)
The ideas around the questions are scenarios that would be great if they happened but until I finish recording and sit down with the footage I will never know what options are present.
I will record as much as I can this weekend when I visit Birmingham (There is something about the accent that I find appealing).
Copyright Aardman AnimationsAfter purchasing and watching the DVD I felt I had a better grasp for what I was after and what I was attempting. Although Aardman is clearly going to be a point of inspiration I didn't want to blatantly rip it off so with this in mind I will try to create my own unique style. The extras of the DVD were extremely useful and helped me find a starting point for the animation; audio.
The main task with getting audio is to find people who would speak to me in a natural way but at the same time capturing a slight unease along with attempts of political correctness that people give when they know they are being recorded. Hard to explain, but what I was after was audio that you might find when the public are interviewed for radio, possibly about a subject they know little about...
The questions will also be key. I've devised a list of questions that hopefully prove original and topical and also play up to the fact that an animal could be saying things quite contradictory to their enviroment. I was hoping for a good juxtaposition between the audio and the animal acting that would add to the humour.
Some of my questions and ideas:
How do you feel about global warming? - (A penguin on an ice cap)
What do you think of Jamie Oliver? - (Rat going through some bins in a playground)
How do you feel about insects? - (Ant eater afraid of ants)
Have you got any phobias? - (Bird afraid of heights)
The ideas around the questions are scenarios that would be great if they happened but until I finish recording and sit down with the footage I will never know what options are present.
I will record as much as I can this weekend when I visit Birmingham (There is something about the accent that I find appealing).
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