Design of mini set for animation

As a group we decided it would be best to make our set by hand instead of green screening as green screening was new to us all and we felt that a traditional set would work best with clay animation. 

From our initial meetings I was given the responsibility of designing and making our mini set.

Whilst designing the set I tried to keep in mind what kind of habitat the animals in our food chain would live in. I made the following four sets for the group to choose from. We unanimously decided to choose the fourth one, as it was the set that was the most aesthetically pleasing and fit our narrative and science concept the best. I enjoyed the creative freedom I had in the designing and making of this particular task. I was also very glad that I had managed to make a set that everyone was pleased with.

Set design 1                                         Set design 2

 

 Set design 3                                     Set design 4 and final choice. 

Once the set was chosen my next steps were to make props to make the set more like a natural habitat. Below are a sample of the types of props I made.

This is what the final set that we filmed on looked like. It is all coming together can't wait to see the final animation.

.