https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UN3dpnGV9eMNAI_QCSoOs01k8YzeBTnevfV83UKPZlQ/edit# (Document with all my progress)

Storyboards + Ideas

Idea #1

Actions for fox and potential scenes (Screenshots In document)

I used the following videos to see fox behaviour and so inform what sort of scenes I could add;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrSdiqp0Dpk

I found clips of foxes sleeping, yawning, playing, ‘laughing’ and doing their signature ‘dive’. These videos greatly affected what actions the foxes are seen doing within the story. I wanted the fox to appear as cute and vulnerable as possible so that the viewers would sympathise and truly be upset at the ending in hopes that the message would get through to them and evoke a sense of duty to protect these creatures.

Mother fox breathing
Baby fox wiggles snout out
Baby foxes head pops out (ears are follow through action)
Baby fox wiggles legs out and rolls out from Mother fox.
B.Fox tumbles down and sits, tail wags
New scene- B.Fox looks back to see M.Fox still sleeping but moving a bit
B.fox jumps out of den
B.fox lands on all four legs but looks a bit unbalanced, gives a shake
New scene- Shot of forest and path
B.Fox runs down path happily exploring
M.Fox wakes up and slowly opens eyes (looks very tired and groggy)
M.Fox realises that B.Fox is missing, she looks around panicked.
M.Fox looks out the den cautiously
M.Fox hears a sound, ears perk up and she looks to the right.
She cautiously approaches a bush (a shotgun is seen hidden)
First person POV, the guns barrel, finger can be seen pulling the trigger
Black screen
B.Fox is playing in a puddle or pulling a branch and is surprised by a loud noise

Finalised storyboard images in document

Feelings & Atmosphere: Initially cute, friendly, wholesome – midpoint, some actions a bit of suspense – endpoint, shock, sudden, tragic

Characters:fox Cub & fox Adult

Setting & Start of first part: starts in the den, mother fox is sleeping, cub pops out and runs out of the den.

Second: Small cub adventure- cub sniffs plants, rolls around, plays in puddles etc, very carefree and happy, just exploring the world.

Third: Mother fox wakes up and realises cub is missing, she panics, looks around to find the cub and then leaves the den

Fourth: mother cautiously pops her head out of the den to locate her cub and hears some rustling in the bushes, she assumes this is her missing cub and approaches the bush.

Fifth: Mother fox is directly face to face with the bush, switches to first person POV, we see the barrel of a gun and the screen cuts to black. (sound would be a loud bang the drags onto an echo for the next scene)

Sixth: Cub is spooked by the sound and looks confused, they run back to the front of their den and look around for their mum.

EndPoint: Cub sits down helplessly, cuts to backshot and the cub being enveloped in a large shadow, the cub looks back and the screen once again cuts to black

Music: Will start as happy and childish and end as tense and scary.

Idea #2

Feelings & Atmosphere: Self-awareness, discomfort, psychological (if can)

Wolf: Stereotypical wolf, dark fur but not too dark, sharp teeth and glowing eyes (Puss in boots as a reference for wolf)

Sheep suit: Possibly demented/ ill fitting, draped, off and odd, covers him up but very clear something is wrong with this ‘sheep’, whether you can see the teeth through the snout or its very baggy, maybe stitches to sew multiple sheeps together

Storyboard Images in document

Setting & Start of first part: It starts off slightly backstage, right at the stairs at the stage, so the wolf is hidden away, whether he is in the sheeps clothing or not, he can’t be seen by anyone. (Possible way to add atmosphere is make it all black/white/grey and only colour stuff you wanna highlight (red eyes, blue eyes, the glow of the phone, the banner, etc)

Second: Things he might do, wolf licking his lips, fixing his tie, fluffing up his fur, if he’s not in his sheep suit, doing up the zipper of his sheep suit

Third: Heavy steps up the stairs, followed by creaks, three steps max, then finally walking up to the stage middle, where it zooms out, or maybe looks across and shows the sheep, then zooms in on the wolf smiling

Fourth: Tapping mic, overlapping of wolf in sheep’s clothing (the audience), the wolf goes “bahhh” and everybody cheers

Fifth: Zooms out with a projector that shows a slaughterhouse and a banner that maybe says vote ‘Happy sheep farm’

Sixth: Exits stage, zooms out, people might be clapping or looking at each other, happily, you can see the happy sheep farm banner, the banner swishing in the wind

Seventh: He takes the sheep clothing off and if depending on if have time, he looks at his phone and books a visit to a restaurant that sells lamb

the end point: A lot of politicians are wolves in sheep’s clothing who will hide behind the same mask of those who look upon them in hopes of change, only to cause more damnation after promising something far better

Also could make a second point that the majority are blind to things that are wrong when presented with the idea of something good. (Basically people are less likely to question odd things (like how the wolf looks) because they are being promised something good))

It also looks like he is only opening the slaughter house to fuel his own greed (hunger for lamb)

Digital (second iteration) Storyboard Images in document

Main Idea

Chosen Idea—The fox

Character: Fox cub

Feelings I want to communicate: Young, carefree, mischievous, cute

Location: Forrest, lively, mystical (after midpoint it becomes creepy, lonely, scary)

-References and research:

-overall mood board:

-Backgrounds/style mood board:

-Similar objects / creatures mood board: (4 mood boards in document)

Shape language: Big eyes normally communicate cuteness, round shapes are friendly and non-threatening

(In Character creation section in document)

-Character line up:

-Character thumbnails / silhouettes:

-Proportion shifts:

-Turn around:

To do list

Category	Job	Time	Progress
Research	Character mood board		Done
Research	Background mood board		Done
Research	All mood board		Done
Organisation + Research	Noting sites + research (exploration)		WIP
Drawing	Proportion Shift		WIP
Drawing	Character turnaround		Not started
Drawing	Expression sheet		Not started
Drawing	Thumbnail / silhouette sheet		Not started
Research	Comparison (similar objects) mood board		Done

Drawing	Digital Storyboard		Not started
Animating	Scene 1		Not started

Sound			Not started

Key: (Colour-coded in document)

WIP

Done

Needs more / finetuning

Not started