Three is the Magic Number
Brief; - In small groups devise a short animation to the sea rescue interview provided, it can be of any medium and any interpretation as long as none of the soundtrack is changed.
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Story three's sea rescue involves a young fit surfer, a slightly older (perhaps less fit) worker and a riptide.
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here's the piece's script
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My names Chris I work at a beach car park in Cornwall Right on the beach.
As I was opening up starting work I heard some shouts on the beach. I had a look they were clearly pointing to the guy in the water, he was clearly in trouble. Being a surfer myself I knew I could handle a rescue board, so I grabbed the rescue board and ran down, paddled out to the guy who had been taken out on the rip current, he was off his body board now and panicking a little bit. I managed to get him on the rescue board and we didn't paddle straight in because that would have been against the rip current so we paddled to the right until we were out of the current and then in as I was chatting to him it was funny because he was a fit guy, you know strange even he couldn't swim against that current
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My co animators on this project are Vicky http://vickykeaveney.blogspot.co.uk/
and Hannah http://hgeach.blogspot.co.uk/ why not check out their work.
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^ Early concept art for the old school themed beach car park however this idea was deemed to literal and cut from the short.
^ Early concept art for the old school themed beach car park however this idea was deemed to literal and cut from the short.
^ Very rough character design for chris incorparting old school hippy style.
^ Mind map showing first impressions based on Chris's voice
^initial background idea for the seascape based on a sea cove style .
^ watercolour concept art for the seascape following the initial design.
< This concept page from my sketchbook shows, various pieces of the now abstract pieces background concepts, including how the sea's arms could wrap around the fit guy and how it could be animated.
< During the initial brainstorming for these projects we at one point thought about turning out characters into
^ both the above pages from my sketchbook show more developed character designs with exaggerated features, for example Chris is a small and weedy character with an over exaggerated head as if he is a bobble-head, and our fit guy will have an exaggerated torso.
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Quick observational studies off the rocky Plymouth seascape
Very early character and background concepts work
^ Early character design for Chris
^ Very rough character design for chris incorparting old school hippy style.
^initial background idea for the seascape based on a sea cove style .
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Background and Layout Concepts
^ watercolour concept art for the seascape following the initial design.
< This concept page from my sketchbook shows, various pieces of the now abstract pieces background concepts, including how the sea's arms could wrap around the fit guy and how it could be animated.
^ The above page gives a brief glimpse into what the interview room may look like, and how they colour could drip of the sea arms as they wrap around the fit guy.
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Character Designs
Rough Character Designs for Chris and Fittie
< During the initial brainstorming for these projects we at one point thought about turning out characters into 
^ both the above pages from my sketchbook show more developed character designs with exaggerated features, for example Chris is a small and weedy character with an over exaggerated head as if he is a bobble-head, and our fit guy will have an exaggerated torso.
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Character Turn Arounds - For Chris
^ here is a character turn around for what Chris may look like if we carry on with this design.
Observational Studies
Quick observational studies off the rocky Plymouth seascape
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Thanks for reading
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