So, the third year begins. I actually began my search for an animation topic well before the third year began. Through this course I have discovered that ideas and character designs are not my strong point. I am strongest when I am creating and doing, like making a stop motion model.
So, How does a person who is not good at ideas, come up with the most important idea yet? I thought this animation could be an opportunity to show that I am a good model maker and animator, so I can focus more on that than on the story. But you need a good narrative to grip an audience. I figured, I could take an existing story and transform it into an animation. Either, take a legend where no one knows the full story and add my own twist. Last year, a couple created their final animation around this idea and it was very successful and worked really well. I could create an animated documentary based on a true story, or, a mixture of the two, take a true story, and change it to make an animated documentary that is funny. My inspiration for that last idea was 'Harvie Krumpet' (2003) by Adam Elliot.
Images: 'Harvie Krumpet' (2003) Adam Elliot
He took the biography of a man with Tourette's and chronic bad luck, which aren't the most appealing characteristics, but he portrayed it in a humorous way. Another example of this type of animation is Aardman's 'War Story' (1989).
Images: 'War Story' (1989) Aardman Animations
This takes a real interview about a man's experience during WWII, and applies an exaggerated character and humourus actions to twist this story from a boring one to a fun one.
There are more Aardman animations that have these tendancies.
Images: Left - 'Aardman' Logo. Right - 'Creature Comforts' (1989, 2003) Aardman Animations
'Creature Comforts' (1989, 2003) takes everyday interviews with normal people and turn them into animals with entertaining qualities.
This topic is very much linked to my dissertation so I think it is a good place to start.
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