My Project Path

Last semester, I created and rigged a frog model. I intend to use this model in my project. I was thinking of ways I could incorporate a frog into a story. I first thought of doing something similar to Aesop's fables, since many stories involve frogs. I was thinking of doing a humorous spinoff with the "tortoise and the hare" story, in which the frog would somehow interfere with the race. I also thought of incorporating ideas from the video game "Frogger" into my animation.

I was looking up other animators' works and saw breathtaking environmental modeling. I had never focused on environment in any of my animations. I saw a lot of sci-fi inspired environments and thats when I decided I wanted to make one myself. Luckily, I have a robot model that I created and rigged in my arsenal. I thought to myself, "Maybe it would be interesting to put the frog and the robot into a sci-fi environment and make them interact somehow." The frog would be in a strange land; this contrast will make it interesting. I am planning to make a 'robot factory' environment. The frog will wander into here and meet the robot.

                                                

I am planning to make a humorous story with the frog and robot characters. It will be interesting, since both of my characters lack mouths. In terms of presentation, I was thinking of doing a storybook presentation, similar to how some movies like Shrek start. I will have to research how people present stories and comedy. Characterization, and display of emotions will also be vital so my characters are genuine.