Legal: relating to, appointed or acquired by the law. Legal requirements need to be met when creating a product of any sort. Copyright – images, film clips, music, logos, product, well-known designs and fonts Obscenity – Obscene Publications Act of 1959. The definition of obscene is “likely to deprave and corrupt” the audience for which it is intended and includes not only sexually explicit material but material relating to violence and drug-taking. (the film usually never gets made – stopped at the research phase). Blasphemy – the crime of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God or […]
Category: Fantasy Brief Research
Storyboards & Animatics
What are Storyboards? Storyboards are like plans for an animation. They allow artists to visualise their story and script and allow for more in-depth planning and pre-production. They consist of multiple boxes (frames) which consist of drawings, sketches and notes that show what is happening in the scene, and are mostly used for animation, film and tv, to make the final shoot as streamlined as possible. Storyboards are really important in saving time, money and resources by limiting any early changes that need to be made to the paper, rather than later in production when turning back or even redoing […]
Target Audience Primary Research
Primary research is different from secondary because it includes qualitative and quantitative research and can include surveys, focus groups, questionnaires, and interviews, whilst secondary research uses data or research that has already been collected. In this age, primary research is incredibly important and can be a real asset to a business in the fact that it creates a dialogue with the target audience, and builds up a bank of unique data and knowledge that can help you be well-informed about what is seen in other products, what is expected and what could draw in a greater audience. The beauty of […]
Netflix Research
Netflix is a subscription-based television streaming service that has a vast library of films and TV shows, which it offers to its users with on-demand access for a set monthly fee. This means that users can watch any of the platforms TV shows and movies whenever and wherever they want to, along with the option to build their own user profiles to receive tailored viewing recommendations. These features make Netflix popular amongst families or friend groups because one payment means that multiple people can use the account and create their own profiles and space to watch. An exclusive part of […]
Race, Culture & Folkart
Race and Culture Race (in the media) – the representation of different people with varying ethnic background, including aspects such as appearance and speech, through the use of characters. Culture (in media) – the inclusion of the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. When creating characters, and content, it is important to consider these things, because they are very real and large parts of life. Different racial groups and cultures exist worldwide, and they are what bring colour, vibrancy and exuberance to humanity. People’s differences in appearance, […]
Fantasy Genre and Characters pt.2
Following on from my earlier post on this topic, I’ve decided to continue my research by analysing fantasy films using the conventions that I already established. The first film that I will be doing some analysis on is The Golden Compass, a 2007 fantasy adventure film based on the 1995 book Northern Lights, the first novel in Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials. The film follows Lyra Belacqua, an orphan being raised at Jordan College in Oxford, set in an alternate Earth, where a powerful church called the Magisterium strictly controls the populace’s beliefs and teachings. Every person in this world has an animal companion called a […]
Title Sequences
A title sequence is a way of introducing a show: its name, brand, content, cast and crew. Title sequences are made to be iconic and memorable so that they stick in the viewers head and they not only easily recognize the show but are more likely to be drawn to it, and will watch it more. They can also be a way to call back previous events or foreshadow elements, as well as using aspects of the show to create identity. Closing sequences can be just as important and visually stunning and stimulating, hiding content like after credit […]
Age and Disability
In the media, different ages and disabilities are often presented, but it is often in a negative light. Certain age groups have trouble understanding others and lean on the negative aspects portrayed by a fraction of the population in that age range. At times, a hidden cause may be the reason behind certain behaviours, but the truth is too often ignored or overlooked, and an entire group of people end up suffering because of this. There are also some problems with age representation in fantasy. Here are some examples and their positive and negative connotations. Wizards, […]
Target Audience
A key part of the fantasy brief is understanding the target audience. So, we had a lesson on this topic and I’ll be covering the notes I took in this blog, as well as any extra research I did outside of the lesson. First, it is important to know what demographics are, since they fit into the apprehension of the target audience. The definition of demographics is the statistical data of a population, especially those showing average age, income, education etc. I found it pretty simple to understand what demographics are, as in my head, they are different ways of […]
Gender Representation in Character Design
An important part of character design is gender representation. Gender can generally be defined as: “The behavioural, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex” To understand how gender is positively or negatively represented, you have to look into different characters and their presentation in the media. The first example I did a quick investigation on was the film Moana. I chose another film to study, but this was actually a difficult decision. I want to show both good and bad examples of gender representation, but also of both genders. I found that most articles and websites talk […]