Hey Sandy - I'm drawn instantly to your character designs and 'tree designs' - super charming! Judging by your little character thumbnails, I think I can see your concept - i.e. how shapes changes/alter to fit the environment etc. Some additional things to think about then...
...The educative content - how is your audience going to receive the information they need? You've got a lot of written info in this one presentation and if you perhaps imagine a student using your animation to revise from... how can you ensure it's super-useful to them? A voice-over is one way of course - have someone speak to us while we watch. Another way would be to have a character in your film as the narrator, or a conversation between two characters in the film or whatever. Text can also be integrated into your visual language - though this always needs thinking about carefully so you don't just turn your film into a 'moving Powerpoint' - I think the client is really looking for you and the other students to achieve something that is very different to their existing materials, so 'moving powerpoints' are to be avoided I think!
One of the points Claire made early on was creating 'memory games' by which pupils might remember particular points in their exams etc - there's something about your sweet world that reminds me of this very popular 'information film'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw
and also this cute song from Nizlopi...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGkseGFQLh4
and also this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dybKGj7_LY&t=81s
They all have that quality of getting stuck in your head (you remember these songs - even if you don't want to) - so something else to think about is how you might build some kind of 'memory-trap' into your cute world - making sure the information goes in... and stays in. I'm not suggesting you have to write a song and sing it (though you might do!), I'm just encouraging you to think about strategies re. narration/music/sound-design at the earliest stage.
So - yes, all looking promising, but what I want you to think about now is 'the information' and 'the teaching' element - what is your plan for getting the educational content on screen in a way that is inside your world and not just text or speaking that is poured over the top.
OGR 13/03/2019
ReplyDeleteHey Sandy - I'm drawn instantly to your character designs and 'tree designs' - super charming! Judging by your little character thumbnails, I think I can see your concept - i.e. how shapes changes/alter to fit the environment etc. Some additional things to think about then...
...The educative content - how is your audience going to receive the information they need? You've got a lot of written info in this one presentation and if you perhaps imagine a student using your animation to revise from... how can you ensure it's super-useful to them? A voice-over is one way of course - have someone speak to us while we watch. Another way would be to have a character in your film as the narrator, or a conversation between two characters in the film or whatever. Text can also be integrated into your visual language - though this always needs thinking about carefully so you don't just turn your film into a 'moving Powerpoint' - I think the client is really looking for you and the other students to achieve something that is very different to their existing materials, so 'moving powerpoints' are to be avoided I think!
One of the points Claire made early on was creating 'memory games' by which pupils might remember particular points in their exams etc - there's something about your sweet world that reminds me of this very popular 'information film'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw
and also this cute song from Nizlopi...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGkseGFQLh4
and also this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dybKGj7_LY&t=81s
They all have that quality of getting stuck in your head (you remember these songs - even if you don't want to) - so something else to think about is how you might build some kind of 'memory-trap' into your cute world - making sure the information goes in... and stays in. I'm not suggesting you have to write a song and sing it (though you might do!), I'm just encouraging you to think about strategies re. narration/music/sound-design at the earliest stage.
So - yes, all looking promising, but what I want you to think about now is 'the information' and 'the teaching' element - what is your plan for getting the educational content on screen in a way that is inside your world and not just text or speaking that is poured over the top.