Paper Plane Idea Exploration

To explore the idea a little more so that I can work out how it would play out, I have done a series of images to  explore it visually. I like this idea and now I can see it a little more how the plane would fly and go from very large constructions slowly getting smaller and smaller. Then finally ending on the bumblebee pollinating a flower and then flies off while some pollen falls off of the bumblebee.

Brain Storming Continues - Lot 2

Continuing the brain storming, I have written down some ideas that came to me while watching the film Bee Movie. Some are less structure and are just a simple notion of an idea that has popped in and out of my mind.

Idea List:-

- The Goldberg Machine
- Old Film
- Sums
- Children's Toys
- Bee Facts
- Flying Pollen
- Paper Plane

The Goldberg Machine:

The Goldberg machine is a contraption that is overly complicated to do something very simple. (like the car advert from before: Here)*/

This could be a way to show how a lot of small things can turn into big things and then end by planting a seed or something like that.

In not quite sure how this would play out but I though I would note it down.

Old Film:

This idea is based on photos and film from the present to the past, graying out and becoming more dirty and dull.

It starts with lush fields, flowery meadows and full of life. It would then move on to show a decline in flowers and houses/buildings one by one coming into shot. As this transition happens,  the screen and colour become grey and dulled, like old tea stained film. In other words, nature and the flowers are pushed away as developments begins and the natural life/colour fades away.

Im not quite sure how this would end. Something along the lines of a single seed or particle of pollen falling and landing on something and then colour and life comes back.

Sums:

An idea I had while thinking of math is of a narrative piece, which tells and shows how things are connect to one another. Also how you can't have one without the other. This is meant to be somewhat comedic in a way. An example of this could be you cant have Dick with out Dom, Sweat with out Sour and Chips with out Seagulls etc showing how one comes hand in hand with the other.  This would then lead to the Bumblebee, pollen, flowers etc.

This would be shown in an empty space with things flying and popping in and out.

Children's Toys:

A collection of  shining  images of small toys for children and safe guards around the house like child gates etc. This would be with a narrative saying it is the little things that children love and how its is the little things that keep our children safe.

It would then turn to the future of the child, where they play etc, slowly making its way to the garden. It would say about trying to save the garden and to fill the garden with love so then the child has a bright future full of wounder in the garden of something along those lines.

Bee Facts:

A mix of narrative and images. As the narrative speaks about facts and interesting theories of the  bee, like how it shouldn't be able to fly etc, it will have little images that follow along. It would also say how the bee are important and how it would effect the food chain if they died out.

Flying Pollen: 

A Cam follows a bit of pollen flouting in the air. In the back drop you see all the things that relate pollen and how they help with. Leading to the result of pollination/food chain. an example could be a cow eating flowers or human crops etc. Finally, shows Bee moving the pollen and pollination fruit, veg and flowers.

Paper Plane:

The paper plane fly's out a window into an empty space. Random things pop in and out around the plane like flower meadows etc, then finally the bees pollinating them.This would end with a message of its the little things that go a long way. 

Brain Storming Ideas-1

Going from the idea of Little things make big things happen, I have been trying to think of a way to show this while also using Phil's suggestion of the possibility of it being metaphorical.

I have been trying to think of a main point are argument for my work for a little while now. And as I have not heard back from the bumblebee conservation trust I have decided to go with the theme of habitat lose.

This is one of the biggest threats to the bumblebee but I also found an interesting figure. In the UK gardens cover over on million acres which I think is also going to be apart of this idea.

Idea one

Im not sure if this is or if it could become metaphorical in any way.

The idea is based on the news channels like the weather etc.

Based in a sphere room, the camera turns around the room, viewings TVs and other such things. What is being shown is very much like a normal news channel but their stories have ties to the Bee in some way. 

An example could be the weather channel suggesting how the weather is looking grim with the development sweeping in from the west into the main land, taking more land and habitats or something along those lines.  

It would show a few of these, hinting at what happens if they decline and then brighten up, hinting at ways on how you can help the bumble, like planting flowers in your garden. An example could also be shown in the weather channel with little red dots appearing over the UK to show gardens helping the bumblebee by planting flowers for them. This then could slowly sweep over the UK as to show all the gardens doing this over the UK.  (Little things make big things happen)

The camera still turning would the end on a doors. The door wood open to show a garden full with flowers and wildlife.

Little Things Make Big Things Happen

I thought I would post these as while I'm experimenting with style I am also thinking about what and how I am going to convey some sort of message. These were shown to me as ideas on how I could show or explore my idea rather than the simple, here is a bee, now here is so info written down. I quite like the idea of lots of little things happening to make something big happen, like the domino effect, which in the case of the bumblebee, would happen if the bumblebee was to die out.

Exploration Combo

A simple combination of the different parts I did yesterday to see if it is any better than before. I think it looks a little better, the ground plane may need experimenting with but I like the clouds. I also like for flowers although the stems may need playing with instead of the squiggles that they are. 

Underground Bees

Editing The Shapes

Going from Alan's advise about the different languages within the paintings, I am trying to change it up so it all reads as one language rather than separate ones. 

The Clouds

The Hills Together

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The Flowers

Simple Shapes - Gass

Pester-sides and gasses kill bumblebees.

With no bumblebees, there help in pollination, and keeping flowers breading and alive  is destroyed.

Simple Shapes - Building Development

Another from the small list of what is killing off bumblebees.

Simple Shapes - World War II

Going from my mini list from before, I have continued to use the simple style to create a couple of thumbnails to see how it could look with the simple style.

A Little List To Experiment With

While waiting for a reply from the bumblebee conservation trust, I thought I would make my own little list of what is putting the bumblebee in puerperal so I can begin to experiment with style. 

-World War II : After World War II the government put much of the land into farming and thus destroyed much of the bumblebees habitat.

- The lack of  meadows for the bees to pollinate and thus feed on.

- Development 

- Neglect 

- Neoonicotinoids/pester-sides : From farm land and there crops, the gasses kill many of our bees.

The effect of what would happen if the bumblebees die's out.

- Pollination is the main consequence and thus many of the plants reliant on them to pollinate them would die out. This wood effect :

• The foods we eat
•  foods that feed animals such as cows etc 

Basic Shape Experiments

My first experiments of doing a basic bumblebee. I quite like 5,6,9 and 10. They have a few problems like 9 and 10, with the pointed end they look at little wasp like and 6 is  little to square.

Some simple flowers. I quite like no 5.

With the style I am going for with the basic shapes, I thought I would try adding to the back drop to see what it would look like. I think with this less is more.

Charming Videos About Saving The London Bee

Found these very charming vids of real bees being used for the animation short. Very simple yet effective.

Another Very Quick Animation Shopt

Another simple, but very quick animation short. A little more going on here rather than others in regard to style and backdrop.