LO1 - Task 2: Treatment

For my animation I will need to use a canon 650D camera as well as adobe after effects. My film will be called Scribbletown. The narrative of my animation will follow the story of a man who draws a stick figure and then it comes to life. After that the artist and the stick figure will fight by drawing up objects to use against each other. The film will end with both characters separating their differences and becoming friends. It will be created as an entertainment product targeted at an audience of 4-9 years old. I think that my film fits this audience because of the cartoony style, child friendly humour and message about friendship at the end. My film will run for between 2:00 and 2:15 minutes, depending on the amount of frames per second and events happening in the story. I will use adobe after effects to create the stick man character and various other drawings that come to life, if this does not work I will redo my pictures whilst actually drawing the pictures which removes the need of after effects. I will aim to have all my preproduction complete within 2 weeks of starting, this will be on the 20th of September. I will then start to take the photos for my animation, because I will already have all of my drawings done, I will aim to complete this within a day. I will then make a start on the editing of my images and adding in of the other drawing effects, this will take around 3 weeks to complete, with adobe after effects, due to the large amount of frames. If I am not able to use After Effects then I will redraw the pictures from my film, and redo the photo shoot. The risks to health when creating this product, include the use of scissors when I am cutting up the pieces of paper when creating the backgrounds for my images and the large amount of drawing and use of the computer could result in RSI.

LO1 - Task 1: Animation Planning

I will be making a 2 minute long animation aimed to entertain a target audience of children aged between 5 & 6.
To create this animation I will use a combination of live action photography and adobe after effects to create the figures and objects that will be animated. I was inspired to go for this mixture of styles by the music video for "take on me" By Aha as well as films like "Space Jam" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" because of how they successfully managed to merge both mediums. I would use a singular framed shot throughout, which would be focus on a piece of paper on a desk. This method of framing was inspired by the director Wes Anderson.
The narrative of my piece would be about someone drawing a stick figure on a piece of paper and then it comes to life. So there will only be the 2 characters in my film.

10 Second Starter Animation