Initial Story Idea

I knew I wanted to create an adventure short, as I wanted to focus on a travelling sequence reminiscent of ghibli movies - several faraway shots with beautiful backgrounds. This would also give me a chance to work on my own background design and painting skills, as its something I'm interested in but not very good at.

My process for the idea:

My inspirations for this idea came from:

•  Ghibli films such as Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky, Spirited Away
• Christopher Cocker (ig: @opensandwhich) 

• The Tree - Han Yang, Basil Malek 

• Lord of the Rings
• Missing Link
• Abominable

What went well?:

• The research and inspiration gathering
• Not focusing on just one idea within my main idea - exploring different routes the story could be told with and developing and refining it
• Having the starting point (travel sequence) and building the short around that idea as well as the character's backstories

What could be improved?:

• I could have explored multiple different ideas within the adventure genre rather than focusing just on the idea of a travel sequence 
• Although the process of building the story from the travel idea helped me, actually deciding on the travel sequence may not have been the best idea as by nature they are just a small part of a larger story and are also slower paced, therefore it may not be fitting for a 30 second short