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FELIPE

greyscale turnarounds and some design notes

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CHUCK

intial character designs with notes, greyscaled

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YR Brief Pitch Presentation

my presentation for the pitch. speaker notes can be viewed here.

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film research & development

NSPCC - Sarah's Story

This is a film made for the NSPCC and is a true story told by someone affected by abuse.

Deloitte: Callum & Chloe

Play Video Deloitte & Power2 Mental Health Awareness Animation Challenge The Like Minded were asked to create an engaging charity

Barnardo's: Billy's Story

Play Video Barnardo's: Billy's Story Charity Animation Challenge Vulnerable children in society are often faced with multiple overlapping ch

over the break, we were informed that an opportunity to work with a local client became available through the charity Youth Realities, a grassroots organisation in Barnet that offers specialist support and creative opportunities for young victims of domestic violence and relationship abuse.

i began by looking at a previous live action film made for the charity itself as well as several examples of animated films made for charities that address various hardship faced by children and outlining the general structure of this type of film.

company portfolios of those like the moth collective and the like minded often use limited colour palettes and minimal character design for tone and anonymity, the designs being distinct enough to create empathy and some identification, but not too distinct that it is alienating to a general audience. sometimes, statistics accompany the film in order to emphasise the gravity of the addressed issue and how it weighs on a specific demographic.

there are many methods of portraying stories of trauma in short films like the ones above, and i found that this is usually done through first or third person voiceover/narration, poetry, and sometimes audio visual metaphors. whatever method i choose, i will have to give extra care and respect to the perspective of whoever is sharing their story with me, and that its message remains intact no matter what.

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unposted sketch book research pre-xmas.

here i worked out the stylistic dilemmas of my film as well as its emotional, conversational and locational timeline in order to help me sequence the events in my film to build up to a script

to draw from some examples of relationship conflict, i also picked and wrote out some lines from kenneth branagh's movie adaptation of the play much ado about nothing

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script draft 4.0

potentially and hopefully the finalised version of my 2 minute film script.

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script draft 3.0

here i decided to cut the script in half, using the top half for this year's film and saving the bottom half for next year's FMP.

i have come to the conclusion that the 2 minute film will be focused on how my characters felt boxed in as adolescents in secondary school.