11 Second Club: November

11 Second Club

November

As an aspiring character animator, I have entered the 11 second club competition. It is a monthly competition where animators must complete a short piece of character performance with a piece of audio which is provided on the website. This can be created in any medium the animator chooses.

This month’s challenge [November] includes audio where two characters are featured discussing a job opportunity.

I have created initial thumbnails to gain an understanding of layout, characters, cameras etc.

I have created two initial thumbnail sequences:

Firstly: I created a scene where a young boy wishes to work within a sweet shop. This came from the idea that the audio sounds an eager young boy, who wishes to work in a place which we would enjoy. This lead me to think about a dream job for a child; a toy shop and sweet shop came to mind. I have chosen to stylise the scene with a traditional look with an old sweet shop and an old shop keeper, much like the one in ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ (1971).

Secondly: As I wanted the idea to be more original; I thought about the situation and tried not to think about people. I thought about the job instead, thought about what job would someone want? Something that not everyone would want to do.

Then I thought about animals, and potential jobs of animals. This lead to the idea of a Plover Bird wanting to work for a crocodile. However this is a challenge as I do not have a crocodile or a Plover bird rig to use unlike a human rig.

I will continue work with storyboard boards, log sheets and possibly more thumbnails.