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BA (Hons) Animation & Motion Graphics

THD1349 Major project

Name:

Ryan Tailby

Topic: 

The Termination of Animal Cruelty

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Brief:

Develop an emotive visual response to delete animal cruelty

Target Audience:

Current pet owners

future pet owners

cosmetic companies

Creative Requirements:

Create a narrative using a poem as a script and animate to the poem. Shock and educate the audience about the horrors of animal cruelty.

Focus on one animal to represent an entire species and tell the story of the animal in a first person format. Aiming to give that animal a voice in the final piece, something an animal naturally can’t express.

Investigate in to the world of pets and how they are treated by their owners who are entrusted to protect them.

Objectives/ Deliverables:

Create a narrative expressed through a poem. Experiment with various types of animation styles to bring the final piece to life and achieve maximum effect.

• Character Designs

• Storyboards

• Poem

• poem book (joint final piece)

• Still pieces

• 2-3 minutes long Animation (Final Piece)

Research Strategy/ Methodology:

Primary research into the subject matter, visit and document real life stories from experts in the subject matter and first hand experiences.

Create detailed surveys and questionnaires to gather necessary information regarding public views on the matter.

Research into animal protection agencies, for example RSPCA.

Collect secondary research from documented animal websites, books, film and T.V documentaries.

Reading List:

Placing Animals: An Introduction to the Geography of Human-Animal Relations (Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications), Julie Urbanik, 2012. Edition. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.