Showing posts with label Story Telling & Commission. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Story Telling & Commission. Show all posts
Sunday, 15 March 2015
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Audition Exercise
First Sketches for Fantastic Voyage
More to come soon!
Friday, 27 February 2015
Fantastic Voyage Target Audience Market Research
I am trying to research what target audience my animation could be for, which isn't an easy task as I want to aim this project towards children but don't know many myself.
The idea is that the animation will be in black and white with a Calligari - esque feeling and lots of fake shock moments where the Hookworm bites, and writing it is very easy but actually deciding what everything looks like and how the children will take it is a completely different matter. After a little bit of research I have also realised that I have to be careful as some children are still looking for the barrier between reality and fiction and might be deeply shocked by a worm biting people. So I might go with Emma's suggestion of aiming the animation towards ~12 year old children, boys maybe, as they would (by her reckoning) love a bit of horror, find it "cool and mature" and would be rather fascinated by being grossed out while at the same time (hopefully) being old enough to tell the difference between an animation and reality!
By reading this article it seems I'm on the right track: http://anthonyhorowitz.com/msgboard/index.php?topic=3150.0;wap2 The author stresses that suspense and not-being-talked-down-to seem the most important aspects to concentrate on right next to not "dumbing it down" but taking the gore out. According to the article, a bit of shock and lots of action are the key to a happy early - teen audience.
"Kids who are 8-to-10 years old can handle being scared for longer periods of time -– in fact, they love it. Bring on the phantoms and ghoulish faces, but continue to choose films without gore or physical harm. Some intense moments are fun as long as the resolution involves a happy ending." https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/scary-movies-tips
This website suggests that under 7 years children should not watch anything scarier than "boo" while children from 8 years onwards might enjoy a little jumpiness as long as it doesn't contain gore and violence. They further say that from 12 years on lots of children will be into horror and suspense (that is non-gory) and from around 16 years they might be ready for gore as well, if it's not too slashy. They also warn that violence mixed with "sexual situations" might not be the best mix for a teenager starting to explore their sexuality.
I find that this website gives a very good guide to how much scariness is ok for what age group, but they also advise to keep communicating with the children, as they all differ.
Allover, I think 12 years would be a good age to go for as they demand a little bit of scary but don't want anything over the top but probably would like a fairly dark animation with a hookworm who latches on to people!
The idea is that the animation will be in black and white with a Calligari - esque feeling and lots of fake shock moments where the Hookworm bites, and writing it is very easy but actually deciding what everything looks like and how the children will take it is a completely different matter. After a little bit of research I have also realised that I have to be careful as some children are still looking for the barrier between reality and fiction and might be deeply shocked by a worm biting people. So I might go with Emma's suggestion of aiming the animation towards ~12 year old children, boys maybe, as they would (by her reckoning) love a bit of horror, find it "cool and mature" and would be rather fascinated by being grossed out while at the same time (hopefully) being old enough to tell the difference between an animation and reality!
By reading this article it seems I'm on the right track: http://anthonyhorowitz.com/msgboard/index.php?topic=3150.0;wap2 The author stresses that suspense and not-being-talked-down-to seem the most important aspects to concentrate on right next to not "dumbing it down" but taking the gore out. According to the article, a bit of shock and lots of action are the key to a happy early - teen audience.
"Kids who are 8-to-10 years old can handle being scared for longer periods of time -– in fact, they love it. Bring on the phantoms and ghoulish faces, but continue to choose films without gore or physical harm. Some intense moments are fun as long as the resolution involves a happy ending." https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/scary-movies-tips
This website suggests that under 7 years children should not watch anything scarier than "boo" while children from 8 years onwards might enjoy a little jumpiness as long as it doesn't contain gore and violence. They further say that from 12 years on lots of children will be into horror and suspense (that is non-gory) and from around 16 years they might be ready for gore as well, if it's not too slashy. They also warn that violence mixed with "sexual situations" might not be the best mix for a teenager starting to explore their sexuality.
I find that this website gives a very good guide to how much scariness is ok for what age group, but they also advise to keep communicating with the children, as they all differ.
Allover, I think 12 years would be a good age to go for as they demand a little bit of scary but don't want anything over the top but probably would like a fairly dark animation with a hookworm who latches on to people!
Soundscape Submission Post
"Pink Wars" Image 1
"Children Leaving Home" Image 2
"The Glass Worm" Image 3
Soundscape: Pink Wars, Picture 1
This is the video of sounds mixed together that will make the picture come to life!
These are the altered sounds with explanation!
And these are the original sounds before they went into Audition, I have used mostly sounds that were around the house.
Soundscape:The Glass Worm, Picture 3
This is the video of sounds mixed together that will make the picture come to life!
These are the altered sounds with explanation!
And these are the original sounds before they went into Audition, I have used mostly sounds that were around the house.
Thursday, 26 February 2015
My Sound Designer Profile: Kristen Quebe. Soundscape
Re-upload so it doesn't get forgotten, as I did this at the beginning of the project waaaaay back in January!
Fantastic Voyage - research and first ideas
This project, Fantastic Voyage, is commissioned by University of Kent Professor for Bio Science, Peter Klappa. He asked every student to produce a 1 minute animation explaining the life cycle of one out of four organisms. Out of the four, I chose the hookworm as it sounds very interesting and I have never heard of it before.
The life cycle of a hookworm starts with the worm who is living inside a human's small intestine and hatches eggs. These eggs will leave the body through the feces and when left alone on soil for example, the eggs will develop into larvae which penetrate the human barefoot with their hooks, get carried through the bloodstream until they reach the lungs where they wait for the coughing fits to become violent enough to be coughed up. This is not to leave the body, but to be able to enter the stomach where they take up residency in the small intestine. There, hooked to the wall, they feed on the blood and produce eggs, which then are able to infect more people.
While the hookworm seems like a horrible thing to have in your body, it is rarely fatal in healthy adults (http://sickontheroad.com/2012/04/20/whats-the-deal-with-hookworm/) and might even prove to be a cure for allergies like asthma and the likes (http://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/feb/05/medicineandhealth.research).
Hookworms are common in tropical countries and can be prevented by not walking barefoot where other people did their business. However, they are fairly common in cats and dogs and by touching feces that contains hatched larvae, the human can be infected, so should always be mindful of contamination and practice good hygiene.
My idea is to create a black and white world with possible one other colour present and the hookworm being in the center by doings lots of quick, shocking bitey movements with great emphasis on the hooks, for example the larvae waiting for a foot to walk onto them and then they latch on, or swimming through the bloodstream and hooking onto the wall, swimming through the stomach and hooking on to feed... It's not very matured yet but I will start on some thumbnails to explore the possibilities!
Front of hookworm with teeth
The life cycle of a hookworm starts with the worm who is living inside a human's small intestine and hatches eggs. These eggs will leave the body through the feces and when left alone on soil for example, the eggs will develop into larvae which penetrate the human barefoot with their hooks, get carried through the bloodstream until they reach the lungs where they wait for the coughing fits to become violent enough to be coughed up. This is not to leave the body, but to be able to enter the stomach where they take up residency in the small intestine. There, hooked to the wall, they feed on the blood and produce eggs, which then are able to infect more people.
While the hookworm seems like a horrible thing to have in your body, it is rarely fatal in healthy adults (http://sickontheroad.com/2012/04/20/whats-the-deal-with-hookworm/) and might even prove to be a cure for allergies like asthma and the likes (http://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/feb/05/medicineandhealth.research).
Hookworm after entering the skin
Hookworms are common in tropical countries and can be prevented by not walking barefoot where other people did their business. However, they are fairly common in cats and dogs and by touching feces that contains hatched larvae, the human can be infected, so should always be mindful of contamination and practice good hygiene.
My idea is to create a black and white world with possible one other colour present and the hookworm being in the center by doings lots of quick, shocking bitey movements with great emphasis on the hooks, for example the larvae waiting for a foot to walk onto them and then they latch on, or swimming through the bloodstream and hooking onto the wall, swimming through the stomach and hooking on to feed... It's not very matured yet but I will start on some thumbnails to explore the possibilities!
Soundscape picture 2 original and altered sounds
Soundscape Picture 2 Complete Video
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Crit From Script To Screen 20/02/2015
2D Animatic
Life of Pica from Mailin Berg on Vimeo.
Maya Pre Viz
Previz Life of Pica from Mailin Berg on Vimeo.
Previz Life of Pica FSTS
Previz Life of Pica from Mailin Berg on Vimeo.
This is my Pre Viz mixed with my Animatic, title, credits and sound!
My 2D Animatic "Life of Pica" with sound!
I just finished my Animatic by adding the sound, will try and add an opening title and credits!
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
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