Group Reflective Blog

There were four members in our group Hannah Cummins, Iwan Evans, Roisin Stewart and me Rookshanara Khanum.
Our science concept was Food Chains and ESDGC. It is aimed at upper Foundation Phase and KS2. Our animation was inspired by the creature comfort animation.  The animation will sound like a nature documentary and have interviews with each of the animals in the food chain.
We were initially going to use 5 characters with a narrator but then decided it would be more humorous if the narrator was actually in the scenes.  Our characters are Mr Sun the energy source, Lady Grass the Producer, Monsiuer Grasshopper the primary consumer, Mrs Mouse the secondary consumer, Mr Owl the tertiary consumer and finally Tarquin Beefheart our presenter.We are not using green screening as it is very sensitive to light and technical. The set we will be using was made by hand using cardboard, foam, coloured paper and acrylic paint. The design is based on a familiar habitat for a simple food chain. A habitat that would fit our food chain. The conflict that the characters are having are survival and seeking attention. The conflict will be resolved by giving them time to say their piece and run away before their predator eats them. We will give each character their own voice and have narration from the presentor throughout the video. We will also use a background score of Vivaldi's four seasons as it fits the topic well and is familiar to the audience as it is a well known composition. We should avoid complicating the process as we have enough to deal with as it is with sound, visuals, making, lighting, editing and filming. We should keep in mind the skills and techniques we have been shown throughout this module by our lecturer and use them to the best of our ability to produce our final product.


Limitations

The limitations for our project was time and technical issues. We also encountered belbin's model of team members.