Cat practice

I played around with the plasticine to see if I could model my cat into basic cat poses and copy cat movements such as stretching and sleeping and just basic walking here's the outcome of the practice cat!

Cat movement

This is an example of the videos I have watched to get an idea on how cats walk and I'll be using this video specifically as my reference for the cheshire cat in my short film

The Cheshire Cat

The Cheshire cat is an iconic role in The Alice in Wonderland films and its able to appear and disappear thats why it will be great to use in my short film as it can be easily done in stop motion. In the cartoon animated film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland the Cheshire Cat is a purple and lilac striped cat so it would be fun to also make my cat a fun colour.

My Treatment

Alice in Wonderland has allowed several generations of children to escape to a magical land where all is possible from talking cats and rabbits to magical potions. I found that this would work well in my short animated film as I will be making every day objects come to life. I hope to make my Short film 15-20 seconds long. I will upload my short film on YouTube and my overall target audience will be children ages 4-9, stop motion animation isn't as popular as it once was as there is now animation such as CGI, as my animation piece will be created stop motion it can also appeal to an older audience who may enjoy it due to nostalgic reasons. To appeal to the younger audience and create the ambience I would like to make my set as colorful and bright as possible. I want the viewers to look at the set and want to be a part of it. My Short film would appeal mainly to females as Alice in Wonderland would most probably appeal more to young girls due to it's main female character however I am not setting out to aim it mainly at them. There isn't a actual story line in my short film however it will feature a appearing and disappearing cat which is insipred by the Chesire Cat from the original Alice and Wonderland. My blog is my overall journey of the creation of my Short film so I hope to include everything from the Brainstorming stages and research to the actual final outcome.

Set Ideas

These are ideas of props I'd like to include to create the over all atmosphere of my short animated film

Little things

I researched online how people created their home made dollhouses and I found different ideas on how to use everyday objects to create my mini tea party scene these are the images I will be using for inspiration