Character and Narrative: Gantt Sheets and Environment Concepts

Character and Narrative

Gantt Sheets and Environment Concepts

• This week we created a Gantt Sheet, as a group, to organise the process of creating our final animation. We worked together to develop the sheet, in Google Sheets, so we were all able to edit and collaborate on this. 

• Furthermore, we worked together to help develop the storyboard and script. This consisted of utilising the Rule of Three in comedy, through slapstick. This is similar to Charlie Chaplin, in the 1930s and 40s. We decided to improve the story this way, by having one comedy joke, then a second and third, with the final one being the most funny.

• I also created a series of environment concepts, from multiple times of day and different locations of the beach. The group chose the fourth image, therefore I will produce more concepts from this time of day, experimenting with colour and styles to develop this idea. I was inspired by the work of Laura Price (www.luludraws.com), who is a background and concept artist for Disney's Tangled TV Series and by the work of Gina Garavalia, whom produces background art. Both are heavily stylised and colourful, which is suitable for the younger target audience.
• A book I looked as was called The Noble Approach, by Maurice Noble, which looks at Layout and Background design, which helped with my creativity of the reference images. from the Research and Inspiration section.