As expected, when Fiona and I pitched our idea, the majority of the feedback was concerning our two disparate ideas. While our tutor stated that he was more drawn to the animated interview, there were also suggestions that hard facts could be incorporated with the more opinion based interview. Ultimately, we have to decide (very soon) whether we are going to combine our narrative concepts, work on just one, or work co-operatively on both. To me, this last option, of working on two stop motion animations simultaneously, seems highly unrealistic especially given the high volume of work we currently have for other modules.
Another issue which was raised was regarding the consistency of character designs. Given our desire to each attempt to model a character, there is a chance that we could end up with two characters which do not sit well alongside one another, who don't belong to the same world. To prevent this happening, we will need to work closely alongside one another during the modelling and construction process, to ensure there is as little discrepancy as possible between the characters.
On a more practical note, questions were also raised about how we would handle the animation of blood. As we have been struggling with agreeing on a single narrative, we have not as yet managed to do any animation tests. There will undoubtedly be a fair amount of blood in either concept, and consequently it is necessary that we consider how to animate with liquid. While we could use semi dry PVA (dyed red), which will be malleable for a time, we could simply film dripping blood in set, as live action, provided there doesn't need to be any animation at the same time. This is something we will have to explore as part of our proof of concept stage, before beginning the animation in earnest.
Our most pressing course of action, however is to meet with our tutor, and attempt to come to a final decision on the direction of our narrative.
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