Production Schedule

Project files for the first 4 weeks.

The Pitch to Nickelodeon

For the pitch to Nickelodeon I also made a small book (3"x5") which contained frames from the animatic and character designs (as suggested by Jared!). The cover was spray-painted and cut from heavy card - the title was cut out of black card, and bright orange showed through from behind. Unfortunately I finished it in the early hours of the day of the pitch, and I forgot to take any pictures! I left it with the creative director, and it was very well received, along with the rest of my pitch.

Some negative points they made were that the characters were a little too scary, and needed to be 'rounded off', and also that the names I'd picked for the characters weren't good. I'd chosen them at the last minute and they weren't intended to be final choices, but in hindsight I should have left them unnamed.

They really enjoyed the animatic and got me to play it a couple of times, on the whole I felt the pitch went well and gave me a big confidence boost.

Character Designs

I went quite overboard designing characters for my animation, as I could visualize it as a series as well as short. I chose the pig to be one of the main characters, along with the psychotic rodent in the seemingly cute car.

Ravensbourne Pitch

We were required to pitch our ideas to Mike for the first stage of the competition, as there was a limit to how many films could be entered by each college. I'm not great at speaking to large groups, so I prepared a lot of visual material to back up my pitch for 'Hyperspace Hogz'.

I had already filled a small sketchbook with character designs, which I scanned and then presented on A3 sheets. I also stenciled a large character and logo onto foam board to help brand the animation.

Industrial Exercises 2 CVA 205

Nickelodeon Competition

I chose to do the Nickelodeon competition because I wanted the opportunity to pitch to a real industry panel and get some feedback. Also, I liked the brief and thought it would be interesting to try and design an animation aimed at children.