Unit 33 Stop Motion Animation

Statement of intent

Task: Generate finished ideas for a 60 second stop motion animation, with

original soundtrack.

(You must consider your potential audience. You should submit: An

appropriate treatment/script; a detailed and annotated storyboard with

timings; All pre-production test material (visual and sound) and

development work).

Candidate name: Danny Bradley

Theme: E stings

Title of the Animation:

The Toys have escaped! Story or plot of animation

Insired by the style of Brothers

Quay and Jan Svankmajer

OSSUARY 1970, seen right I

have decided to create an

animation that is surreal and

scary. I want to create evil

moving toys that escape from

a toy box.

I was inspired by the story of

the film Childsplay, where a

serial killer Charles Lee Ray get

shot by police he uses a

voodoo spell to transfer his soul into a doll called

Chucky which is then given to a boy called Andy and

Chucky the doll begins killing people.

Reasons for selection of theme (including inspiration from the work of others)

I choose to create an E sting

because you can create a stop

motion on any theme as long as the

E4 logo appears. The logo also can

appear in any format. It is a really

versatile competition and winning

the completion would be amazing

exposure for my work.

I thought I an Ident that was slightly

creepy would fit in will with the programming as Channel 4 have a history of

making horror movies by Film 4 including:

Kill List (co-production with UK Film Council, Warp X, Screen Yorkshire and

Rook Films)

Dead Man’s Shoes

Hush (co-production with Warp X, Pathé, Screen Yorkshire, UK Film Council

and Optimum Releasing)

Every year they hold a film festival called Fright fest in London. Also they

regularly show horror films on E4 and Channel 4 films.

Target Audience

According to Channel 4 E4 is...

E4 is the entertainment destination for a cutting edge young audience Its eccentric and witty persona and strong branding make it a massive talking

point E4 is on Freeview, DSAT and cable, and E4 HD on Sky increasing its

audience potential big time It also won channel of the year at The Broadcast Awards in Feb 2011

E4 is one of the most original digital channels, sucessfully launching mega hits like Skins, The Inbetweeners and Misfits

With loads of Facebook appreciation groups, E4 is here to entertain e4.com reaches 2m+ a month and has great brand opportunities

Equipment needed

Broken toys including dolls – such as the ones seen below

Camera

Tripod.

I will need to make a plain white set from white foam board

Techniques that will be used and how they will help convey the visual

message

I will place the camera in front of

the action and above it. I will also

add effects such as turning the

animation black and white and

add a grain to it. This will make the

animation look older and more

creepy. Seen on the right.

I will zoom in and out and

experiment with depth of field to

place more focus on different

parts of the action.

I will explain this more in my story board and dope sheet.

Ideas for sound track

Possible ideas that will suit my horror theme include:

"The Ghost Song" - The Doors

“Blunderbuss” Jack White

“Autographs” Rolling Stones

"The Battle of Evermore" - Led Zeppelin

"Sympathy For The Devil" - Rolling Stones

"This House Is Haunted" - Alice Cooper

"Wicked Annabella" - The Kinks

"Black Sabbath" - Black Sabbath

"Swamp Witch" - Jim Stafford

"Legend Of Wooley Swamp" - Charlie Daniels Band

"Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon

Risk and health and safety considerations

Risk Assessment attached to story board & dope sheet