[Ben] Soundtrack Idea

After a discussion between the group I suggested a piece of music which I felt would be good to use as a soundtrack for our animation.

The song is called 'Rip it up' by Jet which can be found here

[Paul] Tag line

after seeing the visit/move to california advert where at the end Arnold Schwarzenegger says "when can you start?" i felt we need to add something at the end of the animation to end the animation and engage with the viewer.

again while driving i thought of the tag line " What will you do in essex? " i think it is effective as a proposition and gets the viewer thinking.

[Luke] Design Ideas

The two places in Essex which I have chosen to do for my animations are:

Adventure Island
Colchester Zoo

Both of the attractions are very appealing to the younger generation which is what our intended audience has been set to. Both have interesting features which can be expanded upon and made into an interesting animation to persuade the viewers to come and visit. I will create each of the animations separately and receive regular feedback from my group members on changes or improvements which I could make to enhance the project.

[Ben] Personal Design Ideas

I have decided to base my two animations on:

1. Mayhem Paintballing
2. Festival Leisure Park 

There are numerous paintballing venues around Essex however Mayhem has a high-reputation for being one of the best in the area. Festival Leisure Park is a very popular attraction to all age groups, featuring bars, restaurants, night clubs and other leisure facilities.

[Paul] transition idea

as we are all doing 2 animations each we needed a way to link the clips together, as the clips are goings to be fast active and short we needed a way to link them together that mirrored this feel.

on the drive into uni today i had a eureka moment:

as each is fast paced it would be cool to have a way of changing between each quickly. so my idea is to white out the camera and then fade the camera back in to the new scene.
each scene would have a different relevant way of doing it

for my monster truck scene i will have the truck start to jump up the line of cars and the headlights shine into the camera.

and the go kart scene will have the checkered flag wave through the camera.

[Paul] Texture Decision

as a group we agreed to keep the texture simple and go for a cartoony realistic effect. using block colours and ray traced shadows to cast the realistic shadows across the scene

[Paul] personal design ideas

i have decided to do my 2 animations on:

Arena Essex

and

Lakeside Go Karting.

both are in close vecinity of each other, although as far as i know there is only one stock car/bangerracing/ monster truck arena in essex  i know there are a number of go kart tracks in essex so i wont specifiy the location but the layout will be based on the lakeside track.