Rationale

                             

My research revealed about my chosen rhyme "Jack and Jill"are said to be King Louis XVI; 

Jack who was beheaded "lost his crown" followed by his Queen Marie Antoinette; Jill  "who came tumbling after". The words to the Jack and Jill poem were made more acceptable as a story for children by providing a happy ending. The beheading occurred in during the Reign of Terror in 1793.The first publication date for the lyrics of Jack and Jill rhyme is 1795, which goes with the history and origins. My opinions on the "popular" interpretations of Jack and Jill are that they seem to be only circulated through young children only and i was thinking how could we twist this story to open the target more to older viewers. I interpreted the rhyme into a modern context by portraying the themes and story of "Jack and Jill" with a humorous violent twist through cute animals similar to those of "Happy Tree Friends" aimed at an older  audience (Mid Teens and up 13+) then the popular versions target (Young Children). I chosen to tell my rhyme this way as i think  it is quite a nice style to entertain viewers and there is a  large audience of people who enjoy this style of cartoons but due to government rules and censorship regulations now programs like this are not being made that often anymore due to being "too violent",the style appeals to me and i thought it would be a fun path to explore.I chosen this Happy Tree Friends style as i think it best suits the story i had made up when brainstorming and will be a good way to entertain viewers through the expressions and  violent comedy. I chosen music best to replicate the same style as "Happy Tree Friends" with action and general sounds but not too much speech really utilizing expressions to describe the story  and the jungle music just working coherently with the setting of the story.

Final Video

OOH & AHH

Duration: 39secs (excluding title and credits)

Style Reference:

Happy Tree Friends

Music and Sounds:

http://soundbible.com/

http://relaxingsounds.spinshop.com/

http://www.flashkit.com/

http://www.freesound.org/

Banjo Kazooie - Jungle Theme

Music Finished

Finished creating, mixing and timing of all the sounds,effects and music involved and just converted to final sizes and uploading to youtube and stream.

Text & Background

Old 1st scene

New with text

pastel background added to help heading contrast and stand out

Chosen Font

Examples of Text

screenshot of "Snap!" in my animation

The" ! ",Title and credits are all animated in After Effects as well.

Movement Research

Hand Details for reference

Researching how they animate the action of falling in happy tree friends

they shake their arms and spin around 

in this example it cut straight to the view of the moose on the ground injured after the fall scene instead of animating the collision. this is what i will do in my animation.

Forrest ceiling scenes

Reference:

My Original

Happy Tree Friends Version

screenshot

Modded Santa HOHOHO

I change the pitch of this santa clip too imitate a Gorilla laughing for my end scene in the animation when the gorilla steals the bananas. editing: Audacity

sreenshot of scene

Music and Sounds Sourced

http://soundbible.com/
Ape-SoundBible.com-1651128585
Dinosaur Footstep-SoundBible.com-1559542884
Growl-SoundBible.com-750036720
Realistic_Punch-Mark_DiAngelo-1609462330
Ho Ho Ho St Nick-SoundBible.com-1954250969

http://relaxingsounds.spinshop.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZc94cO54k

http://www.flashkit.com/
Monkey_S-Bebopman-7912_hifi

http://www.freesound.org/

22334__dj-chronos__ambient-action
13789__wingz__growl
26722__leady__women-singing
38403__the-bizniss__snap
89511__cgeffex__bb-hits-bottle1
89512__cgeffex__bb-hits-water-bottle1
106130__j1987__leafpilehit
176727__yottasounds__pop



Banjo Kazooie - Jungle Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9PHNikoA5M

Music & Sounds Timeline

 My Notes on timing for the animation.

Scene # - time start - time end} action @ time

down the right side is the background music plans

Font Exploration

Movement Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otay6K4jZV4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZPBWBWl9k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QyX9FU0JYU

three examples of the happy tree friends style of movement for a monkey type character.

Things i noticed:
-the tail does not move all the time it stays still and changes only when there is a change of expression or emotion by the character, also when it simply showing motion example when the monkey flys through the air.
-when there is a super close up things get quite detailed slightly to the point its disturbing.
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(1) i will reference this for my scene where the banana pod breaks off.

(2) his tail representing the forward motion of the monkey flying through the air.

In this scene bhuddist monkey screams and as his emotions changeon his face the tail animates as each face switches to the next.

1)

2)

two examples of background motion and imagery

-slightly simplified

-thin white speed lines

-moving backgrounds 

use this same technique to highlight the importance and value of the banana pod in my story

with the character reaching up to the bananas using a low angle shot and the ray of  "holy" light.

Background References

Various techniques for jungle backgrounds:

Background Roughs

Setting

Realife references for my animations settings:

The Island

The Jungle

Sub Character and Item Design

Banana Tree

Animated Facials and Arms

Belly Poke Scene

Monkey

Main Characters

Initial Character Sketches

Research

Story Boarding: The Simpsons way

Found this useful PDF explaining tips and tricks of Animation storyboarding:
Camera Moves
Using Angles
Perspective and Horizon Line
Scene Transitions
Screen Direction
Various Shots

Chosen Animation Style Reference

Happy Tree Friends

I have chosen to replicate the same graphic style as the short film and Tv series "Happy Tree Friends"

i choose this style as i think it will help add to the comedic happy mood. the characters are very bright and are used on soft pastel coloured backgrounds 

Example Background Styles:

Anamatic

Draft Story Board

Draft Story Board
looking at Scenes/Shots/Timing/Cuts
Building the story

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Monkey Character Style Research

Jake Spider Monkey

My Gym Partners A Monkey

Jacob P "Jake" Spidermonkey., as his last name implies, is an Irish-American spider monkey who quickly became Adam's best friend. He is often very possessive of Adam and hates not having him around regularly. Jake is emotional and goofy who takes to heart some of Adam's comments and actions, leading to some overly dramatic and exaggerated reactions. He can be lazy and selfish, but at the same time he is also fairly sensible. Just as well, Jake tends to display feminine tendencies quite often.

Boots

Dora The Explorer

Boots is a character whom Dora met one day in the forest, is her best friend. He is friendly and enthusiastic, and usually wears nothing but his beloved red boots, hence his name, Boots. He is blue with a yellow stomach. Boots is present with Dora on most of her adventures, and he helps Dora to solve clues and puzzles. 

George

Curious George

George, a tailess monkey, is the show's title character. As his name implies, he is very curious, a trait which helps him to learn, but which also often gets him into trouble. He is used as the "teachable" character in the show, and he is the one to whom new concepts are explained in detail by the other characters; the viewers learn the new concept along with George. 

Abu

Alladin

Abu is Aladdin's kleptomaniac monkey partner with a high-pitched voice and can talk a little, The animators filmed monkeys at the San Francisco Zoo to study the movements Abu would have. The character is based on the similarly named Abu the thief

Lazlo

Camp Lazlo

Lazlo is an eccentric Brazillian spider monkey. Often annoying to Lumpus the scout master, he is a very happy-go lucky monkey. As a hippie, Lazlo loves peace. Lazlo has a serious case of Coulrophobia. Lazlo "goes where the wind blows" by his own statement. He is the main protagonist of the series.

Buddhist Monkey
Happy Tree Friends
Buddhist Monkey is a martial arts master who has appeared in only three episodes, Enter the Garden, The Three Courses Of Death and Books of Fury, in which he has survived. His enemies, the Generic Tree Ninjas, are bears that try to destroy what he cherishes. he is the only star character to never die on happy tree friends.

 

Evil Monkey

Family Guy

The Evil Monkey is a monkey living in Chris Griffins closet, who scares Chris whenever he jumps out of the closet by pointing at him with an evil grimace and a strange tremble