LO3: Task 4 - Production Plan

LO3: Task 4 - Story Board

LO3: Task 4 - Legal and Ethical

The main legal problem I may have to consider is using a music that is not owned by me in anyway. I would have to ask for permission and/or buy the music if I want to use it in my short animated film. If I'm unable to acquire this music, there are certain alternatives that I can use in case. The music is instrumental and is piano based which means there are quite a lot of alternatives.

An ethical issue may be the concept of death in a rather cartoon/young audience short animation. This may affect certain people who dislike the concept of death being shown on animation. However, as far as anything goes, there isn't many ethically or legal problems with the animation.

LO3: Task 4 - Moodboard and Target Audience

The animation style is influenced by the Studio Ghibli style of animation which means it will be popular with a lot of people from across all ages. It also features an ideology that a lot of people learn through experiences i.e. in every good person, there is always something dark and hidden away and within the darkness, a small light of hope is always present. The main characters have no gender which means that there won't a be a gender specific target which technically enlarges the target audience range.

LO3 - Task 4: Character Design

LO2 Task 3: Planning a character for use in an animation

A) Character Profile

Character Profile:

Luno - Is a light spirit who is a the light embodiment of a person's spirit. In the same sense, there is also the

dark embodiment of a person's spirit (Umbra). These spirits appear after a person's death; both split apart from

the soul and must find each other in order to become another person's light and dark. The light side of the spirit

shows the more up-front side of humans. Happiness, sadness, curiosity, shock and genuine trust. Whereas the 

darker side of the spirit displays what humans tend to keep underneath; secretive, guilt, mischief and deception. 

Neither spirits have a gender and they do not age. They do have an aura that signifies which type of spirit they

are. Luno has an almost bright light and Umbra has a darker light, almost like the absence of light. These spirits

are technically just balls of light but if clearly seen, they are simply little robed sprites that don't appear to have

any arms but have some form of legs that they can use to stand upright.