The four topics where:
Sustainability, Science, History, Politics.
I googled sustainability because I had no clue what it meant. The name speaks for itself. I couldn't think of anything for this topic.
I decided to research into the different types of sciences. I was drawn to social science which is the study of people. I feel like this could be a good topic to explore, because I feel like it isn't a really serious topic and I could have some fun with it. I don't want to make a serious animated documentary.
I thought that if I was to choose history as my main theme that it could either go down the more informative and serious route or a sort of horrible history-type of documentary, which has been done before. I don't really know much about politics but I know that if I was to try and be funny with the topic that it could be taken the wrong way.
I decided after this brief research to go back and evaluate the kind of animation techniques I haven't tried yet. I want to focus more on hand drawn and practical animation that has a comical and silly vibe.
After a few days of failing to find people to work with, Jay and Tess finally asked if I wanted to be a part of their group. They had a few ideas already thought up, but they weren't well-rounded and were brief concepts. They told me of a couple of animations that they wanted to take inspiration from, and after watching them I understood that we were all on the same page with what humour we wanted to aim for as well as what kind of animation we all wanted to try.
These two animations were seen by Tess and Jay when they went to Manchester Animation Festival. I feel like these two animations are a great bases for inspiration because of how much they stand out. The Chaperone 3D uses a variety of mediums and techniques to capture the narrative. I like the rotor-scoped, sketchy and rough imagery used as well as the live-action and stop motion scenes that break up the animation, but still allow the narrative to be the main focal point.
Mr Madila has a certain level of comedy that all 3 of us are drawn to. The way that the portrayal of the main character is done doesn't take away from the topic of the animation. The whole animation has a witty but humble vibe to it. It doesn't ridicule Mr Madila, but it highlights how silly it all is.
All 3 of us sat and discussed the ideas that they had thought up. The first idea was about children, and people acting as if they're pointless and an inconvenience. There would be facts about them that wouldn't make sense but would be funny e.g "100% of children are unemployed". we played around with this idea but felt at times the scenarios would be cruel instead of funny. We all have a relatively similar sense of humour, but we want our animation to be a mockumentary but not to victimise and ridicule. We discussed the idea of basing the animation around a medium, but we felt like it could be difficult to get an interview with a medium and also it could cause controversy. We also agreed that it could be too similar to the animation Mr Madila.
We decided to create a brief time table of the next 3 weeks in order to organise our idea generation and also the beginning stages of pre-production. We hadn't finalised an idea at this point, so we gave ourselves Friday to work towards coming up with our final idea. We also decided to create a couple of mood boards or individual research so we were all on the same page when it comes to the designs and also the level of humour we were aiming for.
Overall I feel as though our thoughts are on the same level, as well as all of us having our individual aesthetics that can be utilised to compliment each other.
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