Rationale

The destination we explored was the Wellington Botanic Gardens. We wanted to portray the beauty and serenity, while also including its mystical night time qualities. We decided the best way to show this was through a day to night to day time lapse. We chose the gaziebo beside the lake as this is an iconic feature of Wellington Botanic Gardens. To further identify this specific area, we included the notion of the light festival which the botanic gardens is renowned for. We approached the animation from a fantastical point of view by transforming the lights into fairies, which enhanced the mystical qualities that created our story. The line weight is loose and the animation of the scenery is subtle, to create a more relaxed and calm feeling. The colours blend from vivid to dark rich colours to fit the feeling of the night setting. We used native New Zealand bush sounds to further communicate that this is a New Zealand landscape.

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3HX5-L8558

First attempt with colour

First drawing of chosen setting.

Botanic Garden images

Botanic Garden INTERNET Research

Thumbnail Sketches and Story Boarding

We began to brainstorm what style we were going to stick with, we both are very confident using illustrator, so we are thinking of doing a vector style. Or maybe something more fluid and sketchy to suit the mythical feeling that we want to create.

Some of the scene sketches that we did over the week:

First Class

Laura: My Puna project was on Wellington City walks and trails. My style in the project was very structured and geometric so i think it would be great to try something a bit more illustrative and fun.

Jessica:

Our initial ideas: 

- Inspired by the war posters shown in the slideshow at the beginning of class, We could do something to do with paintball and the shooting games with a war-like style to it.

- We both loved some of the examples shown that had more of a mystical feeling to them, so something in the botanic gardens might achieve this feeling. Perhaps a mythical story in the botanic gardens