Tuesday, May 2, 2017

BSA324, scene art, 2 May, 2017

Girl on her beanbag

Teppy and Dr. Picklesniffer and the stethoscope

BSA306, Paul Feig on comedy, 2 May, 2017

Paul Feig at Tribeca 2017

“I find that when comedies start out being written as a comedy,” he elaborated, “you end up having to drill down to get the emotion... I think you’ve gotta have a real story, real stakes. That’s why I love playing with genres, taking the story to dark places. That fear makes the comedy funnier.”

The cast of Bridesmaids, directed by Paul Feig

As he explains it, no matter how funny your jokes are, you need an airtight plot in order to sustain an audience’s attention. If you try to do a comedy that’s just all jokes, “They better be the funniest stuff in the world,” he warned. “And even then it’s hard to keep the crowd with you.”

“Out of the gate, you’ve gotta make an audience best friends with your character,” he insisted. “Once they care, then it’s funny. Then you can subvert expectations.”

BSA324, BSA306, toy and character sketches, 2 May, 2017

Toy designs and action sketches of the characters. The more I draw them, the looser I get and more satisfying the results become. I sketched some hard plastic and soft toy options, too. Some of these sketches will be refined and painted up.

Dr. Picklesniffer, on his own and interacting with others

Goldie and Teppy, toy and movement studies

Jellybean and Girl toy designs

Next: Flash and Prickles.

BSA303, post-proposal analysis, 2 May, 2017

Going forward: in regards to my key research question,

What Do I Need to Know?

am I animating in 2D or 3D?
is making a mascot feasible and necessary or just fantasy?
regarding filming children's interviews on camera phones, will that even look good? What can I tell the parents that will make that easier and more likely for them to capture good images?
What contemporary practitioners do hybrid shows in animation and puppetry?
Can I get $ from SIT for mascot materials? How much $ do I need? $200-300 for foam? What else?

What Do I Need to Do?

start creating experimental animation with photo-puppetry and 3D techniques
push forward on pepakura software experiments- if they go well THEN I can justify making Jellybean as a mascot
have Heather film XKL as a test- get tech specs from her

SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time frame) GOALS

heuristic learning- something I'm involved in

reflexive- your research shift you and your project

reflective- looking back on project and evaluate what does/doesn't work

active documentation- take pictures, reflect on it, write about it, do it as you go along

camera phone child interviews- who do I know with kids who might contribute?

USA: Heather, Sarah Plumitallo, Danika, Nikki, Miranda

UK: Lisa, Asim

Mexico: Gaby (niblings)

Europe: Aatika

New Zealand: Naomi, Jeremy's brother, Linda and Dave (grandkids), Christina and Dave, Jeremy and Leigh, St. John's Girl's School

Australia: Tristi

analogy: If my project is a giant table set for dinner, who are the people, shows, or organisations that are guests?

Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, Wonder pets!, It's Not OK campaign against family violence, educational professionals, autism professionals, social workers/counsellors, The Moe Show, NZ on air funding, anger management and conflict resolution, emotion coaching book, hybrid animation practitioners

BSA306, pitch proposal, 2 May, 2017

Aims and Objectives

I want to shop the show I'm developing around to funding agencies and broadcasting platforms. To show that these are characters that will also generate merchandising revenue, I will 3D model and print them.