Hi! My name is Andrew Revill and i'm a first year Animation Ba undergraduate student at UWE, Bristol. This is an account of the pre-production process of a 20 second animation. I will record the entire development of my ideas from notes and first drafts through to story boards and finally animatics with sound. This is merely a pre-production exercise and may not reach the production stage.
Synopsis -
A small girl (named Curiosity) curious about the world asks her father a big question to which he cannot reply. This angers him and consequently upsets the girl. Is it Curiosity's fault for asking such a question?
The message
This idea is to bring to attention the issue of our reliance on an ever dwindling resource, oil. The times we are living in could be described as one of the biggest ecological (and economical) crisis' ever but still reliable scientific knowledge and general awareness is scarce. Of course its not a nice thought and its one often put off or like many with the 'were being looked after, someone will take care of it' attitude just blamed on someone else; the politician, government or the corporations and organisations using the fossil fuels and contributing mostly to the disaster. Unfortunatly it seems that they are not acting very responsibly or with as much speed as is neccasary. By the time the next generation are ruling the planet, our children and their children, the world will look alot different. Drastic changes will have either been implemented or forced on us through nature or economic failure.
So... maybe the adults of our age should really start seeking reliable knowledge about our situation and thinking about what action to take. What will the world look like in our children and their childrens time? Should we be teaching this to them, even though its big, serious and not a very nice thought? Maybe they will bring some new, fresh and creative ideas? Should curiosity, being the first step, be shunned? Should we be questioning our 'superiors' about this and related themes?
So... maybe the adults of our age should really start seeking reliable knowledge about our situation and thinking about what action to take. What will the world look like in our children and their childrens time? Should we be teaching this to them, even though its big, serious and not a very nice thought? Maybe they will bring some new, fresh and creative ideas? Should curiosity, being the first step, be shunned? Should we be questioning our 'superiors' about this and related themes?