OUIL505 Applied Illustration SB2 - Storyboard Plans & A Change of Plan

Above was an initial 'storyboard' I had planned for my initially proposed animation. I took this to a crit with me to show people the general look and feel I wanted the end thing to have - based off a lot of the infographic and public broadcast videos I'd being looking at. 

Feedback I got back from the crit was good - people liked the bright colours, and felt the tone would suit what I was wanting to do well - it just needed to be extended and finished, as a storyboard would have been something I would have included within the pitch boards if it was to be sent out to a company.

I was pretty set on doing an animation all the way through - though constant stopping and starting to accommodate for other modules meant I hadn't given myself a great deal of time to really sit down and develop it. I was also feeling a little bit lost with my project - seeing everyone else being very certain of what it their practice was shaping up to be, whilst I was still in the process of deciding.

I also was unsure about who the project was really meant to be aimed at. I'd stated in my proposal that I'd wanted it to be aimed at kids, and schools - but then I was wanting to do a bilboard and animation? which made it more applicable to a wider, broader public audience? I knew the work I was doing was meant to be tailored for someone like Friends of the Earth or Greenpeace, but it didn't really feel like a campaign that would come from them - there was too much of my own 'voice' behind it. My research into plastic had gone beyond the scope of just looking at the bits that had ended up in the ocean, and I was sort of feeling like the work I was doing was moving away from what I'd initially proposed.

Through speaking to Eleanor, she agreed that the original direction I'd planned was probably not the best route to choose. Given my quick and immediate method of work, She suggested that instead of trying to tailor the work to an existing organisation, I should try to come up with an organisation of my own - focusing on workshops and education, as i've also being teaching quite a lot alongside the course in the Student Ambassador programme. At this point - the project changed from a simple animation and poster brief to something more along the lines of branding & proposal instead.