Planning Stages

The drawing of the characters was left down to Alex as i am not the best of drawers. However, i did still have input in the characters. We used most of our inspiration from conforming to stereotypes and using the colour of the balls in order to match their character. I took more of a part in writing the script but we both looked on the internet for jokes that we could use in our animation. A Website We Looked On For Blonde Jokes
We also paid a visit to the BBC studios for a workshop on animation. We experienced how the software that we are going to use works and made a short animation film. This gave us experience and in the long run probably improved our animation.At the work shot we learnt mainly about 'Stop Motion'and the process that it takes to create this type of animation. We created a football penalty situation from the Champions League final 2007. We had a problem with creating a 2D/3D effect but eventually learnt how to create this effect. We also learnt how to use technology such as 'Pro Animate' to record our animation and 'Garage Band' to add music. We also learnt that generally, producers use 25 frames per second. We now know how many frames it will take a 5 minute animation. 21CC BBC Animation Website
In class we also worked on facial expressions and body language and used worksheets to help us understand the importance of these features. I learnt that faial expressions are very hard to portray using new-plast. We therefore decided not to use facial expressions in our animation 'Point of Que'.

(Tom and Alex)