Subject Exploration: Animation part 2

Planning: First draft of storyboard

Planning: Final ideas for outcome

As first initial ideas for a final outcome I created a storyboard with a story of an anonymous character looking through their photo album in which they are then pulled into an old photo enabling them to re-live the time in which the photo takes place. So in theory they are travelling back into the past enabling them to be with family members who may not be alive in the characters current life. A member of the time travelling characters family in the present time calls out for this character upon hearing no answer the this character walks away. As they walk away this time travelling character is pulled back out of the photo album. I had thought this would be a good concept for a short animation, this also linked in well with the future memories aspect, as well as being a warm-hearted short. Upon hearing this animation idea of mine, it was chosen by the group to be worked on and adapted for a final outcome. As the group and I discussed this animation many ideas where thought of before ideas of perhaps making the animation more comedic - which resulted in a Tom and Jerry concept a main protagonist of a fly and antagonist of a cat. We had decided in creating the animation we would be using the style of stop motion animation, we would sketch the majority of the props to give a sketch like effect running through out the animation. The overall idea was something we where all pleased about and excited with the challenge ahead.