sasha lawrence pre production report

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Production report: Poppy and thePasty FactorySilence of the Pies

Pre-production bible.I have now completed the pre-design project and have a finished bible - this is a production report of myworking process, the difficultiesIveencountered and my achievements.

I decided to do the pick n mix' pre-production project over the post-production option as I am interested in thethought process, design and concepts of animation - as they are important for a successful film ('story is key'). I feelI have put enough effort into the bible and am pleased with the results, I have developed my skills inresearch,character design, setting designandstoryboardingand now have a better understanding of the workand content of a pre-production bibleso hopefully in the future I can create one to help effectively pitch an idea.

Initial Ideals - 'Pick N Mix'To start the project I was given four random words to use for the basis of my animation:

Character:Pie, Setting:Prison Camp, Style:Underground Comix& Show:Satire

Initially I struggled with these words as;1) I was unfamiliar with the Underground Comix style of work2) Thought satire is tricky to convey effectively3) I was most apprehensive aboutPie as acharacter - Iwasnt sure how that would work without being tooovertly cartoony and childlike (which isnt my style of animation) and with the prison camp setting Idwanted it

to be something darker and more for adults.

So I rectified these problems, firstly with a lot of research into my chosen words:

Research

I learnt a lot from this project in how to research an ideal and get inspiration from mysurrounding.

I took a road trip to visitBodmin Jailas I thought it would be perfect research

for my 'Prison Camp' setting. I was taking inspiration from the Pixar video wewatched at the start of the project of how the directors and Pre-productiondesigners took a trip to Tepuis in Venezuela (the setting of Up) to experience thelocation for themselves, whilst my trip wasnt quite as adventurous as that - Ithink it helped my designs, particularly for the environments. The visit and the

photos were great reference to recreate the atmosphere, getting a real feel for theplacewhich youd never get from just looking at images on the internet, to reallyexperience what it is like in a prisonhow dark/damp/cold and creepy it is!

For the Cornish town settings I took photos around Falmouth to depict a proper picturesque sea side town and took photos of pasties, also using greasy

pasty wrappers for the layout of my bible for that authentic feel.

Sasha Lawrence, Digital Animation Level Two.


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I also did market research at Asda into the variety ofPiesthat wereon offer as research and inspiration for character designs. (I primarilytried to imagine how Pies could represent society e.g. The class divide:Posh Gourmet pies of the Deli counter... Vs the Smart Price apple

pies (with their wall paper paste filling), Age Divide: Old school

Tinned Pies Vs the young n hip 'Pukka' Pies). This was a greatstarting point for character and story development.

I looked at books from the library for research of the 'Underground Comix' style and focusedmy project on the work of Robert Crumb - his detailed line work/cross hatching andillustrative fashion.

Books-Nasty tales : sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and violence in the British underground / David

Huxley-Below critical radar : fanzines +alternative comics from 1976 to the present day / RogerSabin & Teal Triggs-Expressive anatomy for comics and narrative : principles and practices from the legendarycartoonist / by Will Eisner with Peter Poplaski.

Initial ideas + development

I began mind mapping ideas and initially came up with;

First Idea: The Rise and Fall of Pie.A Pie character is in Prison, the animation follows its journey of how it got there - From the history of itscreation, it's powerful use as a slapstick weapon againstPolitical/social injustice and its fall as a fuel for fat

people causing global obesity.

Robert Crumb style: Silence of the Pies Pastiche.I then worked on a pasty faceprison character and did asketch of a parody/pastige of the film 'Silence Of TheLambs' with my Pasty man prisoner as Hannibal and a'Pie bird' (Ceramic Bird that is put in pies to vent steam)as Agent Starling, for use as a concept art piece in my

pitch.

Tinned, minced and frozen - Cruelty to Pies must stop!
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Once I had done enough research I re-worked the story and developed Poppy and the Pasty FactorySilence ofthe Piesand began fully designing characters and environments. I also wrote a rough draft of script which helpedme to really establish the story, and imagine wow images for the storyboard and concept art.

Character designsThis project has taught me a lot about designing a character for animation, I

got inspiration from research and the book called 'Prepare to board! : creatingstory and characters for animated features and shorts' where it talks aboutusing basic shapes for characters (like Kathy mentioned) stereotypes and scaleand how to use them in a clever way - not always being clich. The book alsotalks about keeping the design of characters, background and props unified& coherent- so they exist in the same universe. This is something I think Iachieved in my bibleestablishing more emphasis on the use of Robert crumbstyle illustration throughout and keeping everything Cornish and pasty-

shaped. Ive achieved this style by varying the thickness of line (thick outline,fine for detail) and using more cross hatching.

Pitch

Before doing my final pitch I did a practice pitch to Derek who gave me feedback for what to work on. Hesuggested I need to tell the story visually, so I developed a teaser trailerstoryboard for my idea (Adding the maincharacters + using photos for background my research e.g. Bodmin Jail) which helped really helped to tell the storyin my pitch and get the the audience interested!

The pitch went well as I was prepared - I practised saying the pitch in an interesting way, and had developed mystory, characters and concept artwork to help tell the tale and to set the dark tone.I got some good feedback to work from and used this to develop my final bible (also incorporating an ending to my

film... let's just say that I think Poppy would make a tasty Pasty!)

Finished Bible!

Initial sketch -

Poppy Cobbledick

(a true Cornish

name)

Initial sketch - Local Shop keeper

I wanted my bible to look professional so I spent a lot of time working on the design of it in In design , I also

wanted to be creative in the design of my finished bible, so I thought outside the box and decided to make my bible

pasty shapedI thought this would help make my bible be more eye catching and stylised. I plan to make a hand-out version of the bible and will cut along the pasty template so it is physically that shape.

I worked on more pieces ofconcept art

for the bible to help make the design

more interesting and sale the story.

Overall I am pleased with outcome of my polished bible and could really

imagine the idea working as a short animation in the

future , which is impressive considering the concept came from four

random words! This project has taught me alot about the pre-production

process for animation.
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