For my minor project I would like to revisit Shelf Life, my short story from our year one Storytelling project.
I want to re-edit the animatic to better tell the story as I feel the original is hurried, due to the 1 minute time restriction of the original project.
Potential style influences:
I would redesign the environment, focusing on making it feel huge, as though it's being seen through the chicken's eyes. I found a series of paintings by Lyndon Stokes called Ants Eye View, below is an example of one of the pieces. I think this sort of warped perspective could work well with the story, making the chicken's journey seem more monumental.
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| Lyndon Stokes Times Square NY |
As I plan to have the animation told for the chicken's level, creating a strange perspective, I feel that the characters design could add to this as well. I like the idea of extreme proportions in the character design, for example in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Flint's body is long and skinny in comparison to his head, whereas his dad is square with short legs. Also, because of the chicken's stretchy, rubber material the whole world could be developed to feel soft and bouncy.
