Who are the
Audience
Before you
begin to write your animation you must consider who your target
audience will be and taylor the animation to suit their needs.
Let me explain. If you plan to make it for young children you
should try simple subjects and don't imply or suggest taboo subjects
that at a young age are forbidden. A good example of this is
Bob the Builder, Disney Animation among many others. If you are
aiming at an older audience the content will have to be more
complex to hold the audiences interest. Taboo subjects can be
covered here with less of a problem. Prime examples of this could
be south park and the simpsons. So try and consider who you want
to watch your animation before you begin to write. Or check out
some of the books available to give more in depth advice on how
to write for animation.
Is there a message
With every
story there is normally a message that you want the audience
to understand. It could be a moral message or maby you want to
show the audience a "what if" senario. What ever it
is you want to express you must be clear from the start because
if you don't know then your audience is never going to. Remember
if you need professional help in this matter there are several
good books that are available to buy in the shop.
Where could
it be set
You must also
consider about the location of your animation and if you need
more than one. When you are considering this fact think about
your budget as several locations require several sets and this
means more building as even in computer animation additional
sets within the computer would have to be constructed. Costing
time and money. obviously the easiest is one location and one
set but you may need to have more than one. You will however
want to minamise the amount of sets you require to save time
and money and where possible reuse sets changing props etc to
give it a different look. Consider if this is possible when you
write your animation.
What will be achievable
on you budget
As I expressed in the previous paragraph, you should consider
what everyting will cost and work to a budget. In otherwords
if you have little money try to write the story with less of
a need for various locations lots of characters etc. Sometimes
simple is best. Remember you can get more proffessional advice
from the featured book 'How to write for animation'.
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