For the purposes of clarity here I am just going to write really briefly what the idea is. I've already pitched it to Alan and my sketch book is full of retelling's of the idea but I want to make sure I state it outright here as well, you know for Tyler and Amy who're my only followers...
Two characters
One setting
That's the absolute basics. My characters are a young boy and his shadow. My setting: his room.
What makes this story worth telling is its inclusion of fear and phobic states that intertwine with the real world. in this story the little boy's shadow is just his shadow and his room is just his room but he doesn't realise this until for a long time. He believes his room has monsters in it and a shadow man is coming to get him. Which means in this animation his shadow will move of it' own accord and act against him, while his familiar bedroom setting will dissolve away and become a blackness which surrounds him. The only remnant of his room left is his window which floods the only light into the room. This is a metaphor for the part of his mind that realises he should not be scared of the dark (as this boy is slightly older than the typical child who is scared of the dark. He's maybe 7 or 8). The film itself will hopefully also contain some interesting camera work to convey the emotions of the boy to us without compromising the simplistic story, and still make it interesting, or increasing the time it takes to tell the story.
In terms of the mediums I will use to complete this, I have been thinking quite a lot about this to be honest. It's kind of difficult to decide but I have gone full circle and come back to my first idea. I had some help with my full circle from Neil and Donald who both gave me lots of options before helping me see which one was the most probable and achievable with the best results. Really it was just a perfect fit. I am going to create a real set with a stop motion puppet for the most part. While the shadow will be added post production with after effects and the puppet pin tool. (All the decision making for this is in my sketchbook with all the other ideas I considered too.)
Really that's all you need to get to this point. Now this animatic contains none of the intended camera movements as I haven't 100% decided there. Another chat with Neil is needed to decide what is achievable and what would actually add something. I'm hoping we can get some pulled focus teamed up with some track outs as Neil says they freak your eyes out a bit which is good. I'd like that.
Just in addition to this I'd like to point out I have had a few conversations with Andrew about music. He's been giving me little bits of advice on what'll fit and what routes are available to me. He's come up with a nice music idea so far. I think I'll have another chat with him about it and then find someone to help me do it.
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