I started this project by forming a group with Kahenya and Ceylin, as I really wanted to work in groups. This would allow me to focus more on my area of interest (backgrounds) as well as give us the oppurtunity to be more ambitious with our animation.
We spent a bit of time discussing our roles within the group:
- Me: Background paint, colour scripts, compositing
- Kahenya: Storyboarding, 2D character animation
- Ceylin: Character design
We decided that we would be "head of's" these roles, so would be in charge of that section, however we are all going to chip in for each section.
Once we'd established that, we then pitched all our ideas and discussed them. We did this over a call and using a shared Google Docs document:
On one hand communication was a bit harder through just an audio call, however on the other, the use of a shared document made it seem very collaborative and easily accessible. I thought this session was very successful overall, and we spent a lot of time discussing the different ideas and adding things to them as a group, getting each other's opinions.
One thing we talked about was making sure the core idea is simple. Kahenya noticed that where a lot of films fail is that the idea is too complicated and thus is not communicated very well (an aspect where I failed within my last project), so we should really focus on keeping our idea clear, and the best way to do that is to keep it simple.
Another benefit of keeping it simple is that the other big problem we have to look out for is the time constraints. We don't have enough time to make a 6 minute short film, and although 2 minutes takes a long time to animate, its very quick in terms of watching. Therefore if we go too complicated we can't tell the story properly.
After discussing all the ideas, we settled on the Voyeur idea (highlighted in red). Our next steps are to develop that more, fleshing it out and making a script.
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