OUAN603 - Extended Practice: Scripting

OUAN603 - Extended Practice:

Scripting

One of the first tasks I would need to work on was of course the scripting. What is a good educational animation worth without a well-developed plot to keep the audience gripped and focused? A rough plotline I had stuck in my head was something along the lines of this:

Opening Sequences

(Title music, bright colourful, theme of graphics/2D shapes)

Scene One - Impressionism

Brief introduction to the movement, key dates and historical background. Mention of a few of the key figures, leading onto am introduction to Van Gogh (add in some fun facts such as correct pronunciation - humour can be added i.e "Imagine you've got something stuck in your throat and you're choking. Gogh sounds a little bit like a huge chunk of phlegm that you can't quite shift!" 

Character is established. Use character's puppet-like movement to make noises, point, and direct the audience to the information on-screen. Facial expressions and exaggerated animation can be used to entertain and add a certain appeal.

Scene Two - Surrealism

Follow the same idea of introduction > establishment of character > key facts > follow through onto next movement

Scene Three - Dadaism

Same theme of introduction > establishment > key information. Include a nice round-off scene where all three movements are talked about as a whole, introduce all three characters to the scene to conclude the animation.

Further Ideas

After much "umming and aahing" on a collective title for these animations, I decided to go for "Art in 60 Seconds" as it's snappy and to the point and gives me yet another goal: a sixty-second exact deadline! 

A rough draft of my scripts will be uploaded in due course.