The dude and the dog - group session 3 for 'the city'

we now had our focal point; homelessness in the city. Now the difficult part really began, what was the story of this homeless person. We really wanted to have a strong story with something that left an impact on the viewer, something that made the viewer question something about themselves. I don't think Poli or Maddy were too interested in the script writing, which really saddened me because I thought they had great ideas but I think they were hurt that their ideas were being shot down. My main goal was to have a great group environment where everyone was eager to put their ideas forward even if they weren't used in the end. Because of this the group kind of got broken in half, with me and Indya on pre production and Poli and Maddy on the animating part. Maddy spent this session creating the main characters, a dude and a dog,

Poli also was practicing a walk cycle for the animation. I don't know why but Indya seems to argue more with me when we're in a group, but if we're alone she's lovely to me, I think the arguing scares the rest of the group though, because Poli and Maddy have a look of fear on their face when it happens. Me and Indya spent this group session working out what the scenes would entail, and we were stuck on the first scene. The interaction idea really complicated the whole process but I'm the one who's pushing to keep it in because I think it adds a lot to the viewers experience. We had a lot of ideas for the first scene with one being the character comes over to the camera and just asks you to buy the big issue and explains what it is from there.

Another idea we had was that you don't see the character selling the magazine and but just him homeless begging for money. The idea that animation was based around a conversation I think is another strong message because we live in a city where everyone ignores each other and its difficult to have conversation with a stranger.

With Poli and Maddy no longer in the pre production process I think it's important that I keep what key values they wanted most in the animation. For Maddy it was the dog, so I think giving the dog a role in the animation is really important. For Poli making sure the animation is positive was most important to her.

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