Development on the dancer

This is the dancer i have decided to chosen. I am now going to cut this dancer out ans also cut around where the dancers joints would be.

This is my dancer when all the joints are cut out. Where i have cut the joints out i am going to put blue tack so then i can move each joint around and make the dancer look like she's moving.

Dancer ideas

These are the four different dancers i have drawn up to choose from. 

developed storyboard

Draw ballet dancer onto sketchbook.

Dancer come to life.

Dances off sketchbook.

Stack the hand made paper mache teacups up.

Dancer dances back onto page and starts to dancer around the teacups and up them.

Dancer finally reaches the top and slides into the top cup.

Research Images And Materials

I have been researching into my three descriptive words and my music and i have gathered a collection of images and materials to help me along with my designs of the teacups, background and dancer for my animation.

Images out of magazines 


images that relate to england:

Craft:

Flowers, spring:

Different colours, shapes, cakes, tea sets:

Materials

All these images that i have collected all relate to my three descriptive words. From some of these images i have put together i am going to use them to help me cover my paper mache teacups. 

Type Of Dancing

The type of dancing i am going to be using which i feel goes best with my music is ballet.



Research On Ballet Animations 

These three animations are all on ballet and this is the type of dance i am going to use for my animation as i feel it fits in well with the old english style i have gone for.

Research On Dance Animations

This animation is very clever the way that both dancers come alive from the one line and made to look very real.

This video relates to my storyboard as it is of a dancer waking up. This video is very flowing and uses a lot of different lines and structure.

This animation uses a lot of different shapes  even though it uses a plain body structure for my dancer in my animation i want mine to be a lot more simple. 

Teacups

Using my descriptive word 'craft' i am going to make teacups using paper mache.

• I cut out a template of the size i want my teacups, which includes the teacup, handle and bottom. I copied it four times onto cardboard (cereal box).

• I cut out the pieces.
• I first used the main part which is the long teacup i folded the teacup so the bottom sections met together i did one at a time and taped it together around the bottom.

• I joined all the sections and taped the inside and out to form a teacup shape.
• I taped the bottom base onto the teacup.

• I covered the teacup in paper mache by using wall paper paste and newspaper.
• I then left the paper mache to dry and then added another layer to make the teacup stronger.
• I then covered the handle in paper mache.