The Reluctant Blogger

Advanced Negotiated Pitch: What kids think of: UFO’s Intro: ‘What kids think of: UFO’s’ is a short documentary-style film asking a range of children what they think about aliens, using different styles of animation to illustrate and accentuate the narrative. The storyline will depend entirely on the children’s response as will the animation. Aims & Objectives: The main objective of this film is to give insight into a child’s mind through a fun subject, by working with a diverse range of young people using interviews and art activities; to research stop-motion animation methods via books and the internet; to test the results before applying them to the finished product. Research and Discussion: The title sequence will be created using paper stop-motion animation – also known as ‘cut-out animation’. This technique consists of making flat paper characters, props and backgrounds that are manoeuvred and simulated to create a simple animation by photographing each frame...

All filmmakers are influenced by other people's ideas and creations. If one was to watch what everyone else was watching, then, in theory, one can only think what everyone else is thinking. This is why individual ideas and viewpoints are so important. A world where everyone has the same opinion would be a boring world indeed. My current influences are as follows: Film Directors: Peter Jackson J. J. Abrams Ridley Scott Georges Melies Tim Burton Photographers: Henri Cartier-Bresson Dorothea Lange Joel Robinson Ansel Adams Artists: Oliver Jeffers Alan Lee Beatrix Potter E. H. Shepard Judith Kerr Authors: Jane Austen J. R. R. Tolkien Michael Morpurgo Noel Streatfield Suzanne Collins Agatha Christie Classical Music: The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit Soundtrack (Howard Shore) The Kings Speech Soundtrack (Alexander Desplat) Raindrop Prelude (Frederik Chopin) Dance of the Cygnets (Tchaikovsky) Mars/Jupiter (Hols...