Narrative:
When i asked people for their opinion on the narrative the responses i got were "Funny, Good, Easy to understand and relatable"
Design:
People said the design was "Beautifully designed"
Colour:
My mini focus group described my use of colour as vibrant and mood setting
Set:
When asked about the opinions on my set people said "Good, Cool, Creative and realistic"
Improvements:
I asked for improvements but people didn't give me any, i personally feel i need to change the music. But no specific improvements were given to me
Audience:
My audience is kids, 3-11? My target audience is achieved.
Personal Opinion
I set out to make a dinosaur fight scene, however i needed a cause for the fight so i made it into a yoghurt promotion/advert kind of thing. Personally id say i delivered my goal.
I wanted to achieve a sense of humour and to make a quirky animation, mainly to direct and aim more at my target audience which was younger children that are obviously like yoghurts. PERSONALLY id say i achieved that, my animation uses childish features such as the quirky sound effects and the mumbling of dinosaurs and the cartoony noises when dinosaurs are thrown about etc. Although it involves violence its not harsh violence that might not appeal to kids, its very mellow and easy going violence, a dinosaur hitting another dinosaur away with its tail isn't ever going to effect a child. SO although it includes light violence id still say it appeals to kids. My favourite part of the animation was the Main dinosaur, it took me a while to make but i enjoyed making it and using it in my stop motion, i made it so i could maximise movement by giving it a bendy tail, bendy stubby arms etc. I also enjoyed my set, it was hard to recreate a desert but id say i did a decent enough job. I also liked the pan of the dinosaurs when they are in a face off and the focus changes from dinosaur to dinosaur, it took a while to get it like that but i'm proud of the outcome! Overall i don't see many weaknesses, however, i feel the "yoghurt" could of been more realistic or a better model? But i had to do what i could with what materials i had.
Sound wasn't an issue, apart from the backing track. I wanted to find a upbeat cheery song that was inviting for the audience, i had an original backing track but i felt it was too dark and miserable for a children's advert. So i changed it to an upbeat song sampled from the movie 'Dinosaurs'. I feel this track worked much better. The muttering of the dinosaurs is actually my own recording, i wanted cartoony and quirky sounds to come from my dinosaur, If i'm honest the Mr. Bean sounds and speech were the inspiration that i based my sounds off. Then as for the impact sounds they were simply taken from youtube and converted! To me i think that the noise when the dinosaur is flung and hits the ground is my favourite part of sound. I think thats where the most laughs were given. Also i just think if that sound wasn't there the edit and the animation would just feel bland and basic. Screening Review:
I previewed my stop motion in college on the open day to parents, the questions i asked the parents were:
What did you think about the storyline?
What did you think about the character design?
what did you think about the colours/drawing?
what did you think about the set?
What bits do you think could have been better?
My target audience was.... do you think it targets them?
My storyline got allot of similar answers, mainly stating that it was "easy to understand, easy to follow and enjoyable". people said it was obvious they were fighting over the "yoghurt" and the winner was clearly shown etc, to here that made me pretty chuffed with it all, knowing people got the gist of it and what was happening tells me my stop motion was pretty successful! My character design got mixed reactions, non negative, but people were shocked when i showed them the set i used and my characters, people thought they were so small, i think people expected them to be around 7 inches? but when they saw the models were about 3 inches tall and the set was built into a cardboard box they were astonished! people liked the mix of greens on the dinosaur and the realistic colours used. People didn't really give any negative criticism but i think thats because people aren't going to be brutal on you are they? However, one parent did say that it was possibly too short? that they were enjoying it and it came to end too quick? which i suppose is a fair point, it was only 37 seconds but how long can you really drag out clay dinosaurs fighting over a yoghurt? My target audience was children. Parents loved this. they said they're younger kids would love this and common answers were really blunt but answers were "Definitely" One word answers dont give much away but atleast people agreed with my target audience!
I personally found the screening useful, talking to older people and explaining my work to them made things easier. i'd rather talk to adults that are willing to listen and understand what im trying to tell them instead of kids that are half listening and dont care, i find parents do care because they've come to look intentionally? However i feel they have to be nice to you but non the less its the results i got and the results i got i happilly accept.
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