Pitch Presentation, 2017 - reference aside
As part of a creative industry full of diverse styles and approaches
towards creating the illusion of movement, there is a process that is common
towards building an idea for a new television show or a film, which is known to
people as a pitch. This is when an individual combines a collection of created
content, in able to sell their idea towards a studio for it to make it happen.
In this assignment given we were given a task to come up with an idea for an
animation, which could be for either a television show or a feature film. I
created a story surrounding a boy named 'Kai', shot down to earth in order to
keep safe from his fathers creation which went out of control. The title of my
film was called 'The Chronicles of Kai, A Tale of Two Tribes'.
When coming up with the idea for my feature
film, the scope that would be
surrounding the basis of the story would be either science fiction, or an
adventure. By combining them together I went onto creating the title 'The
Chronicles of Kai, a Tale of Two Tribes'. I was inspired by the film that was
adapted from the story by C.S Lewis
known to people as The Chronicles of Narnia, the lion the witch and the
wardrobe. (Johnson, et al.,
2006.)
The film inspired me to base my characters around
battle and warfare. The clothing that has been put onto my line-up of cast, all
have a twist from the costumes from Narnia but also from sources via the
Pintrest application. The choice of weapons ranging from Kai to Tyler, the
majority have resembled their battle gear, and have weaponry inspired by the
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe film (Johnson, et al.,
2006.)
This maybe, but in a selection of concept art has been inspired by
science fiction, which will be explained in this evaluation.
Designing my characters for the story was a
developmental process, with an adequate space of time to finalise all
back-stories and visual appearances.
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The first character for my plot was the main boy in
the entire story, which of course was Kai. He was inspired by Kubo; from Kubo
and the Two Strings (Kubo and the Two Strings, 2016). Kubo has a costume
that portrays similar characteristics to an adventurer. He was on a quest to
find his parents, therefore the costume designs and similarities of the plot
was inspired by this three-dimensional animated film.
Moreover there was the main villain of the story,
the savage known as Bulgrim the leader of the Mechnaitaurs, was designed to
surround the Greek myth known as the Minotaur. The design and name which
surround the Mechnaitaurs, was inspired by the film starring Arnold
Schwartznegger titled 'The Terminator' (The Terminator, 1984) By
combining a robotic theme and Greek mythology creature would allow the film to
be diverse by putting two genres together, and appealing to a much broader
audience in the potential future of my animation idea, if gone into production.
This was a success with a range of facial and character concept art, and
representing my study for the main antagonist effectively. In addition to this,
there is also the protagonist by the name of Jinar.
Jinar is a humanoid
alien life-form, which was inspired by the character of Paul in
Edgar Wrights 'Paul', in relation to his looks (Paul, 2011). Moreover I have designed him to portray the role of a
human that went into space, got captured by aliens and was used for
experimentation. Therefore he has the physic of a man, and the assets of an
alien from out of space to represent his back-story more effectively. This
allows more than one character to look distinctive, therefore attracting
audiences from different genres of film. As jinar is the main protagonist in
the stop motion short, there is also Kai's class-mates from the science
academy, which are the brunette girl Aliya, and the Long haired rocker Tyler.
Firstly Aliya was mainly inspired by Susan in the
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Lewis). The choice of weaponry with the bow and arrow
made her a resilient character, that was equipped with suitable weapons not too
gruesome but at the right level of violence intended. The whole story of her
falling in love with Kai was developed into the plot because it intrigues
people who would not usually go for the science fiction film genre, therefore
attracting audiences of another genre; such as Romance.
Finally there was Tyler. His appearance was designs
to represent a typical student. Being into a lot of music, and letting his hair
grow gives the comedy side of the story, reflecting on personal experiences
from my first year of university. Furthermore, his war attire upon the visual
character design drawn out shows a cloak which he ties around his shoulders. It
makes him have a sense of style, and making him stand out from the other
characters in the film. Overall all characters have been designed from my
inspirations stated, however more studying into the backgrounds of the sub
division characters would need to be revised more for the future, to allow more
depth into the film overview.
As it is set in the year 3000, my intentions were
to make the story futuristic but historical at the same time. The first piece
of stage setting art is the galactic war. It contains Bulgrim's 'Beetle-Borg'
in the top left, and the Utopian Dragonflyer in the bottom right. These were
made to be based on animals, which was to be easily adapted in order to create
spaceships for a futuristic story, whilst resembling animal life from their
past at the same time.
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Tor and Utopia have been made to resemble the
protagonists and antagonists. Bulgrim's planet of Tor has spikes around the
planet to represent he is evil, and utopia looks like earth to represent where
Jinar developed his newly-found planet. All of the mentioned have been made for
the future in mind, with a consistent and distinctive look to them all, they
can all visualise which planet represents good or evil.
In addition there is the book case entry to the
depths of the academy, and the cave that contains the broken Utopian
dragon-flyer. The wardrobe from Narnia (Lewis) inspired me to include an entrance to another part
of the story, therefore visually demonstrating the middle of the plot for the
audience. Moreover the cave that the ship lies was reflected on the recent
reboot of Saban's Power Rangers (Power Rangers, 2017), where Alpha and
Zordon's Command Center is inside a mountain. This helped me to demonstrate the
secret hide out for the protagonist, in order for a flashback to occur when
Jinar and Kai are reunited, in order for this flashback to happen.
https://youtu.be/3k1H5M7zPcg?t=45s - Saban's Power Rangers (Power Rangers, 2017)
5 Conclusion
Overall the pitch content was
made effectively. It was made professionally and adequately for the required
task. All concept art and research has been highlighted and discussed into
detail therefore it was successful. Although the designs could be cleaner, and
some animated demonstrations may have benefited my pitch more, in order for it
to sell more towards my audiences in the perceivable future. In addition my
presentation didn’t go to plan, due to my nerves getting the better of myself,
and didn’t get the points across that I should have done. Workshops are needed
to reach my desired targets and more time management and organisation skills are
a room for improvement. Also a variety of methods can represent my idea more
and sell it more. For example modelling the ships of the protagonist and
antagonist would make my slide show more visually consistent. Although this was
due to timing constraints, which I need to manage more in the future.
Johnson, M., Adamson, A., McAlpine, D. M., Moore,
P., Steuer, P., Peacock, A., . . . Lewis, C. S. (2006.). The chronicles of
Narnia. ([DVD]. ed.). Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Home Entertainment :.
Lewis, C. S. (n.d.). The lion, the witch, and the
wardrobe (Large print edition. ed., Vol. 2).
Pitch Presentation, 2017
(The Terminator, 1984)
https://youtu.be/3k1H5M7zPcg?t=45s - Saban's Power Rangers (Power Rangers, 2017)
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