Tuesday, 5 May 2015

OUAN505: Applied Animation - New idea

Unfortunately, my partnership with Rosy dissolved so I'd been left to decide whether or not to pursue the rapping wrap animation or to go in completely different direction.

Since I was loosing faith in the rap anyway, I decided to give my project a complete overhaul.
I was very worried however how I'd manage to do this, it was very close to deadline when I realised I was on my own.

Panicking, I thought of doing an animation based around something that's been around all my life - the Yorkshire accent.
Trying to think more into this, I came up with the idea of having an elderly old man describing how to make his 'famous Sunday dinner' in the animation. Every person I know who makes a Sunday dinner believes theres is the best so I thought it would be a good idea to expand on this.

In my mind, the old man has a mixed persona of Brian Potter from Phoenix Nights and Karl Pilkington. I have no idea why, it was pretty much just instant when I thought of this idea (even though both are Lancashire).


 

I'm really wanting him to be very awkward on camera, like he's been nagged by his wife to make the video. 
I think it's a pretty solid idea, it's just if I have the time to produce something that does it justice.

In terms of inspiration for my style of animation, I guess I'd say I'm influenced in the style of South Park. I like the lack of black outlines, shape of characters and the cut out style.
I'm particularly inspired by this clip:




I have made a couple of quick storyboards to give a rough idea on what'll be happening in the animation. 






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