This week I made a proper start on the actual pre-production of my animation. I was refining the idea as I made my timed plan in Premiere. I used title files as the descriptions of each shot and timed them up to the space that would feel natural. I made sure that the duration reached at least 25 seconds but I did have to go back through and trim it down a bit since it was too long. When I actually come to creating the animatic, I expect these timings to change a bit again since I will have a clearer idea of the visuals.
After doing this I was much happier with the idea I had, but I do need to do some more research for the visual elements that I want to work with before I start. I also need to design the characters enough to do the storyboard and I can then refine them again before I start the actual animation. Since I want to create this animation to have very over exaggerated expressions and movements, I am putting more time into the pre-production by means of the expression sheets. These will be really important to me when animating.
The target audience that I am aiming for is young people - teenagers, though I believe that people of any age could still enjoy it because of how subjective humour can be. It is the same with Looney Tunes. Though it is intended for kids, people of all ages can still watch it and enjoy it. The visual slapstick comedy allows for a wide target audience. Obviously the age range affects how severe the slapstick can be. For younger audiences, it can't be very gory or anything like that. Cartoons exist in a unique place where they can experience extreme circumstances that would kill anyone else, but because they are cartoons, they can just survive anything the writers want them to. The classic example is that of an anvil being dropped on the toons. Depending on the target age, this could be very silly or incredibly gory.
I'm hoping to work on creating the characters this next week once visual language is finished.
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