Hi everyone! I am in desperate need of some help or suggestions for a good narrative idea to produce my animation. As there are no restrictions for the cobra brief except you can not use violence and it has to be 50 seconds long I am finding it hard to pin down a good idea! I tought of the usual- monsters in the shadows, childhood tales but they are too childish.
Before I realised this I re-developed/wrote a story based on Heinrich Hoffmanns cautionary tale of Pauline and the matches, this was my first idea but it uses violence. Heres how it went:
idea 1
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a little girl is staying at her nans for the day, she is very naughty and likes to play with dangerous things!
Nan went out into the garden to put some washing out, leaving jane alone to play; she looked around and jumped up and down. Jane loved to play with dangerous things and was always told off for being so naughty. Then a sparkle caught her eye, over on the table in her reach lay the bread knife that nan had been using.
Knives were dangerous so nan and mum told her but they sparkled in the sunlight and had pointy edges. As she reached out she had a thought mum had told her knives were dangerous and if they slip you could cut your fingers off!
But Jane did not listen to what her mother had told her, she grabbed the knife, it was so shiny! She looked at the edges with delight then jumped up and down and swung the knife around.
oh!ow! the knife hit the ground for the knife had caught her fingers as she swung it around! Her fingers bled, the blood now covered her hands and clothes, tears began to run down her nose. Nan walks in, the floor is red! oh no!oh no! now Jane is dead!
this has violence so i problably can't use it!?
idea 2
A child is dreaming of paddling down the amazon in a boat (this could be a wardrobe on its back, its a dream anything goes) There are strange noises and brilliant birds flying in then nights sky.Things lurk in the water-crockodiles- you can see their tales and eyes. Then you hear the sound of rushing water, its too late the boy/girl has reached the edge of a water fall and as the boat goes over closes their eyes. When they open them again it was all a dream their at home safe in bed!
is this too childish, am thinking it is!
I need to choose a theme from which I might be able to form a story. Does anyone have suggestions or a story that I could use?
Maybe I could use the theme of twist?
7 comments:
I don't know theme i could suggest but it might be nice to do a fairytale type story using adults, like the heinrich hoffman poems but aimed at adults and their morale dilemas
maybe your theme could be alcohol or night life c'os its for a beer company, might be a bit too obvious though
Some initial thoughts:
The first idea: a bit dark I'd say and it might be bordering on violence. But I reckon you could just about get away with it :). Needs a bit of a twist though, maybe something out of the ordinary, like her fingers are made from vegetables or something and she's chopping them up.
Second idea: I wasn't thinking it was childish but a bit cliched. However doing it in the correct way might get a good outcome, a new spin on it maybe - good animating techniques etc. playing on childhood memories or something. Otherwise I would be inclined to stay away from that one.
I presume themes for this brief are very open, so the world's your oyster really. Pick something you're interested in or like. Look in your favourites bar on your computer. Think about your favourite films/TV programmes/books.
Otherwise just keep batting away and something will come - might be a day, could be a week. Try and keep your eyes open for interesting stuff in everyday life and play on it.
jot down any interesting tales your mum/grandad/nan can tell you.
another idea is to keep an eye out for bizarre and unusual articles and news stories.
you may find the beginnings of a idea which you can develop? you can always/embelish/change the end etc.
have you done any tests using the silhouette animation technique you liked? if so upload them to your webspace and link to them here.
Hey ash, if your struggling for ideas maybe you should go the library and look through a few short stories see if anything catches your eye. I have a book you may find useful it's full of short stories and a few twists in them. 'The melancholy death of oyster boy', Tim Burton. I think you'll like it and might insprire you
Hiya i also think looking through some books will help. I love this website which animates different films in 30 seconds but using bunnies! I dont know if you have seen it but its a good idea, they have all kinds on there...
http://www.angryalien.com/
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