Friday 19 April 2013

Discovering Audrey

Before we could design Audrey we had to investigate her character. To do this we started with a dream writing class which was to help us open up to writing and to allow a stream of consciousness  to form.  During this class my group discussed Audrey and how she as a character would act within her environment. this was a helpful exercise as we established that we all had the same understanding of Audrey and we were able to develop her character fully.

Audrey

Audrey is an extreme mum. She is extreme in the sense that she loves dangerous and thrilling activities such as sky diving, swimming with sharks and bungee jumping. She has recently been through a divorce where her ex husband said she was boring which is the reason she has become an adrenaline junky.

She has 3 children who she loves fiercely and would do anything to protect however she has a tendency to pull her kids out of school to go on a wild adventure which could lead to danger.

This was a brief history for our character, developed within the dream writing class.

We also had to come up with a storyline for Audrey during this class. Our story was about ho Audrey decided to take her kids out on a picnic. But being Audrey it was no ordinary picnic, she decided to take them to the safari park for a picnic. They broke into the safari and set up their picnic, but she had their map the wrong way round and instead of being in beside the gazelles and zebras, they were in the lion pen.

The lions attracted by the food and the commotion of the family's picnic attacked. Cornered by the lions Audrey used the picnic basket to fight off the lions and protect her children from the lions.


to finish off our Dream writing class we did a dream drawing session of our characters. This was my drawing of Audrey with the picnic basket.





We were then given our brief for our animation which was to develop a script based on a scenario to do with food that would show Audrey's personality. We decided to have her cooking dinner for her children, which goes wrong when a stew monster appears from the pot. Audrey then has to battle the monster to b able to feed her children.

here is the script for our animation.


Power mum


Script

Action               Dialogue                                       Sound
Audrey walks in carrying photo frame of her children.
Heels clicking

She stops just past the shelf, turns and puts the frame on the shelf. 
Small thud  as frame is put down

She then taps the frame lovingly before, turning and moving towards the counter
Heels clicking

She reaches for a spoon and stirs the pot 2 times. 
Hear spoon in pot

Audrey then reaches for the tub of spice on the shelf behind the cooker and the monster pops up without her realizing 
Hear pot starting to bubble

She puts the spice in the pot, shaking it twice and as She puts the spice back and the pot begins to bubble. 
Bot bubbles loudly

The monster bursts out of the pot, giving Audrey a fright. She leans back in shock. She takes a step back.
Gurgling of monster
Gasp
She quickly recovers and ‘rolls’ up her sleeves in preparation for battle with the monster. 
Gurgling of monster 

Audrey then grabs her weapon, a ladle, and leans back to hit the monster, baseball swing style and scuffs the photo frame.
Scraping of ladle
Gurgling of monster 
Gloopy sound as its hit

She swings too hard at the monster and is forced to stumble back to correct herself, dropping the ladle.
Gloopy sound as monster hits ladle
Clang as ladle hits ground

Her facial expression goes from fear to determined as she whips out 3 plates from behind her back to continue her battle with the monster.
Sound of plates rattling 
Gurgling of monster

She frisbee throws the plates at the monster, who now towers above her, and it eats the plates. As she throws the plates she steps back. 
Gurgling of monster 
Woosh noises 
Gulp noises as monster eats plates 
The monster grows bigger and Audrey is forced to lean back. She bumps her head on the shelf and knocks the photo frame off.
Gurgling as monster grows
Thud as Audrey bumps head,   Rattling of frame?

She then lunges to catch it and places it gently on the shelf. A she does this she:
"GRRR's" 
at the monster causing it to shrink back. 
Thud as her foot lands
Small thud as photo frame is put back

She moves quickly towards the counter and grabs the pot lid from behind the pot. 
Clicking of feet
Scraping of pot lid

Audrey then jumps up with the pot lid and then slams it down on top of the monster whilst doing the splits in the air. 
Slamming of lid
Gurgling of monster

She lands on the top of the pot with force before turning and swinging her legs forward so she can sit on the pot. Using her big booty to great effect.
Thud as she lands on pot
Thump noises as she moves around on pot

After a pause she then jumps off and lands before turning and whipping out plates from behind her back. 
Thud as she lands from jump
Noise of plates touching/bumping

The plates land on her arm and she turns to frisbee throw the lid out of scene before picking up a label from behind the pot. 
Sound of lid  scraping,   Then landing off screen
Ladle  on counter

She then reaches into the pot with the ladle and she scoops out some of the food
Label scraping pot
Sound of gloopy-ness?
She turns again to put the food on the plates, she does this in one continuous movement. 
Gloppy noises as food falls on plate
After a pause the monster pops up on the plate. She looks at it and becomes angry again. 
Gurgling noises as monster pops up

Audrey then hits it with the ladle and goes back to standing happy with her self
Smushy noises as she hits monster 
Gurgly scream? 
Screen fades to black 

"DINNER"



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