STORYBOARDS

CHARACTER DESIGNS

Groups 1,3 and 5 had consultation today..

I need to narrow down my target audience.

And decide a lot of other things.

Storyboards and character designs!

aye..

such a depressing period. 

Need to do more work. 

That'll help.

Choo chooooo!

chugga chugga chugga. 

Chooo choooo.

CONSULTATION
Talked to Alan about my story. He made a few points I never really thought about so I kind of have to drop my current storyline because it suddenly sounded so bland and disgustingly boring.

-Set questions
-Don't put questions that aren't going to be resolved
-Dramatise
-Thinking from audience's point of view
-Who the audiences are
-From who's point of view is the story being told

I SAY
He mentioned something about putting questions into the audience's thoughts, questions like what's going to happen next. Also, he said that we shouldn't put questions that are not going to be resolved and it will leave the audience really unsatisfied. As for my story, questions like what will happen when the neighbours snaps, and why the guy keeps whistling to the theme of Addams Family.

So when we were talking about the storyline, we were thinking what point of view will be more interesting and I agreed with him when he said that we should view the story from the neighbour's point of view. Like how they react to the harressment and the anticipation of the next time the guy whistles again before he finally snaps and develops a growing case of paranoia.
During the discussion, I mentioned maybe the characters in this story should be a little younger, different from the original article. Besides the fact that I am definitely more comfortable drawing younger people, I would think that younger people tend to be more hot blooded and will have more interesting reactions.

As for why the guy keeps whistling the Addams Family, Alan spoke my thoughts when he said maybe the neighbours had resemblance to the Addams Family. I was actually exploring the different reasons as to why he does something so silly, but it could also be that that guy just has mental problems and he has a thing for Addams Family but I'm afraid it might not be very obvious.

With this, I have to sit down some more and think some more and heave a sigh.
I hope I didn't miss out anything.
Right.
Now I have to think.

The Ten Questions

So far, these are what I can answer for now before i further develop some more to have a clearer idea of what exactly I want to do. It will purely be 2D with simple shades. Background should be more elaborated since it'd be still most of the time. Most probably would be using photoshop because i feel really comfortable with it currently.

1.Who are you telling the story for ( primary audience) ?

- teens to adults in the 60s

- anyone with a sense of humor

- People who knows what Addams Family is preferably

2. What reaction do you want?

- Chuckle when watching it

- Finds it silly

3. Is the narrative omniscient ( all seeing ) or restrictive ( viewed from a single perspective )? (If the narrative is restrictive, whose viewpoint are you using? )

- Restrictive

- Probably from the whistler's point of view

4. List the important events of the story

- Whistler finds that the neighbour looks like they're from the addams family

- Neighbours just moved in

- Started whistling from the moment they introduced themselves to him

- Kept annoying them whenever they leave house or come home

- Waits outside for them to come home sometimes

- Couple cannot take it anymore and calls the police

- Ends of with him taken away in the police car, whistling the first four notes. End.

5. Which aspects of the setting of the story are important ( time of day...location...period of history...) and how do you intend to establish these important elements?

- Wingerworth, England

- 2009

6. What traits of the characters in your story are important and how do you intend to establish these traits?

- whistler ( leopold wrobel, 51 )

- Very annoying

- Weird

- Oblivious to what he's doing is silly

- Woman ( Kathleen Sharpe, 66 )

- Timid

- Kind

- Man ( Michael Sharpe )

- Protective

- Nice

7.In what order are the important events ( step 4 above ) covered? Is it a strictly linear sequence of events in time, or does the story contain any flashbacks or other interruptions to the sequence of events?

- Strictly linear sequence.

8. How does the story flow, does the pace change? Does it contain a surprise? Consider your answers to 1 and 2 above when making your response.

- Starts off pleasant, quickens at the parts where he pesters them when short cuts are involved.

- may be slowed just before the quick parts to emphasize more on the stalking.

- relaxes at the end when he gets arrested

9. How will you use sound to help all your responses to 5-8 above?

- Normal peaceful sounds at the beginning.

- Turns comical and upbeat at the pestering parts until the end.

10. Does your story need dialog? ( write out the dialog )

- No dialog needed.

I'm actually looking forward to production, it's pretty scary doing this all alone, but i'm quite determined to make it good.
It's fun to explore this on my own some how. hahah. even if it doesn't turn out as well, I'd gain independence experience. hahah. That's all~

The News

Man gets 20 weeks in jail for whistling

UPI News Service, 02/13/2009

A Wingerworth, England, man has been sentenced to 20 weeks in prison after he repeatedly whistled the theme to "The Addams Family" TV show at his neighbors.

Leopold Wrobel, 51, was convicted of violating an antisocial behavior order directing him to cease whistling the tune at neighbors Michael and Kathleen Sharpe. Magistrates at a Chesterfield, England, court also found him guilty of two counts of harassment, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Prosecutor Michael Treharne said Wrobel's behavior may seem silly "but if something happens on an on-going basis and goes on and on and on, eventually it reaches the stage of being absolutely intolerable."

Kathleen Sharpe, 66, told the court Wrobel was always waiting with his whistling whenever she left her house.

"I'm so relieved, it's been an absolute nightmare. It's affected our health and all the family," she said after the sentencing.

Wrobel claimed he was not the perpetrator and only whistled at his dog, but closed-circuit TV footage shown to the court depicted him repeatedly whistling when the couple left their house or arrived home.

source

I SAY

I kind of chose this article because I can imagine what goes on in the animation and I have 3 different characters to work with. Also, I can imagine the scenes where he actually waits for them and stuff just to whistle that tune. I think it's really cute and very annoying at the same time. haha. 

This is Project 3.