Free Chicken storyboard

Themes for new idea

When visualising my idea, I wanted the art style to express my characters emotions in a very simplified manner, yet I wanted to also display lush landscapes in all their beauty. To express the characters, the illustrations of Karl Pilkington, who's illustrations feature a more simplified art style of the animated series, The Flintstones by Hanna-Barbera Productions caught my eye. However, I then realised that using a similar art style would prevent me from really expressing the landscapes in my scenes. Personally wanting to paint the landscapes in through graphics tablet got me thinking about the painted style used in the game 'Prince of Persia' and 'Drake's fortune'. I finally decided I would combine both Karl Pilkingtons illustrations and the art style used in 'Prince of Persia' and Drake's Fortune to allow me to display both simplified characters and lush landscapes.





Having got back from holiday in India, I felt inspired to feature the landscapes I had viewed there, in my assignment. I also felt that having visited the country enough times, I had a feel for the place which I could transfer into my work. I therefore decided to set my story in India.

Third script idea

'Hungry guy' walks around.

Sees a poster on a tree for a free buffet.

He pulls the poster off, reads it, then chucks the poster on the floor and runs towards the buffet.

He asks a member of public but this person has no idea what buffet he means, so 'hungy guy' runs back to get the poster.

After, it nearly blowing away in the wind, he grabs it on the third attempt.

He asks the same guy again, and the guy points to a sign behind him saying "buffet this way". Hungry guy puts his face in his palm.

He runs towards the buffet and sees members of public on the way carrying buffet bags.

He then sees the buffet shop and runs up and down the hills in excitement towards it.

He eventually gets there and sees a big guy walking out of the buffet licking his fingers as the buffet shop puts it's 'closed' sign up.

Second script idea

Again, using the analysis I've done for the soundscape, I've created another script idea. My second idea spurred from the soundscapes tendency to switch between themes so often. This got me thinking about the 1968 animated show 'Wacky Racers'. I decided the various racers would provide me with a number of different focal points to accompany the constant change in theme music.

They set off on the race.

We see one racer going ahead.

Another racer follows.

As the two fight for first place, they begin arguing whilst in their vehicles.

They don't realise there is a 'no bridge' sign ahead, and they both fall off.

Then directly behind them we see a racer that has built-in wings into it's car and flies over the gap.

Following behind that racer, is another racer that drives off the gap and hangs onto the flying-car.

Another 5 cars, fly over the gap and hang onto each racer consecutively.

The weight of the 6 racers proves too much for the flying car, and it doesn't make it over the gap and instead crashes into the hill.

We then see a racer that had decided to go around the gap instead of over, and we see this racer winning. (this part goes past the 0:45 mark and occurs during the two handed piano solo).