After getting some feedback from my class last week I decided to take another look at my idea and develop it some more to get a better understanding of my character and what I wanted to portray in my scene.
Using the sheets we received last week in our lecture I made a document and wrote up a character profile, an animation plan and looked at how I wanted my character to develop in the scene in terms of mood and body language.
Initially I had planned to have my character as a young child, but after talking through my idea with my classmates and tutors it became apparent that a young child would not behave the way I wanted them to in my animation as they would not yet be thinking the way I perceived my character would. As a result I realised my character would need to be older, more in the range of pre-teens - early teens where their thought process would be more developed which would influence their reactions more.
The character would need to be nearer the age of the kids in the movie Monster House which I recently watched again as part of my research.
I also watched a short movie recommended by my tutor called 'The Sandman'. You can watch it here:
The boy in this short is a bit younger than my character will be but the overall mood and feel of the piece is definitely along the lines of what I would like to achieve as it shows the development of fear and builds suspense very well!
I'm currently awaiting feedback on my developed idea from my tutor and also from Ed Hooks, who's working with our class on this assignment. So hopefully by the weekend, I'll know whether I can proceed or if I need to make any further adjustments.
Either way I did some more filming yesterday with my housemate to get some more footage implementing the changes I've made, which involve the character running the last bit of the animation. I also filmed footage for the landing section of my animation which I'd only storyboarded previously.
I've also more or less finished my scene for the time being. I did some more work on the stairs, adding the banisters in and also putting in some additional items for the hallway. I also made some adjustments to the lighting.
Scene with light:
Scene without light:
When the scene gos darker in the animation after the character has turned off the lamp, I plan on including some additional lights to only light the character so he remains clear to the audience. I'll be experimenting with that when I've begun on the animation. Any other needed adjustments can also be made at this stage.
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Here are two shorts I watched recently.
The Backwater Gospel:
This ones pretty creepy, but it has a really interesting style to it, dark and twisty! I also like crows...
The Saga of Bjorn:
I liked this one too! I like the stylised characters and its pretty funny in comparison to the first one.
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