The boy with the
crazy idea
CHARLIE FORBES - 50304637
Introduction about myself
My name is Charlie Forbes, and I am studying level 3 animation the course number is
5113. My ID number is 50304637.
I had a choice whether to do a book based on something dead or on a children's book.
My choice was a children's book. I chose to do this because I watch more children
movies than I do watching death movies.
Mission statement
This presentation is based on my idea on a children's theme. I have decided that My
idea is going to be a movie as one of thing and not a TV series because I don't like the
idea of keep having to focus on the same project over and over. I would want to have
a new idea, a new story with different characters.
My film is going to be 2D as I find it easier to use the software and to design my
characters from that method.
My target audience is children aged 10 and above as my story is based on a child who
is 10 years old with wild dreams.
You will find my film in the cinema after a while it will air on children's shows and popular
channels such as BB1, BB3 or ITV.
INTRODUCTION
• My idea is based on ratatouille as the movie is set in a restaurant where they serve
their foods to their customers. This relates to my idea as I have created a waiter who is
on skates serving people his food. However my idea also links with cloudy with a
chance of meatballs 2 as the food in the movie comes to life. This relates to my idea as
the characters come up with an amazing idea to spike the secret recipe which changes
animals into the foods they eat for example, a rabbit turning into a carrot, a mouse
made from cheese.
• I also got my idea from Princess and the frog, because the main character has always
had the dream of having her own restaurant. She saves her money and buys an old
broken place but she transforms it into something amazing. She made her dreams
come true.
• Watching the triplets of belleville. I enjoyed watching how the waiter walks around the
My inspiration
Another inspiration for my idea came from BB1 where they air a show
called ‘Junior British bake off’. This program give children the chance
to show off their cooking skills. The youngest age can be up to 9.
This relates to my idea my main characters dreams is to become a
chef in his own restaurant. This gave me inspiration as I wanted my
character to start of at a young age wanting to reach his dreams and
achieving them. Just like the children on the show, they show of their
cooking skills and when they win they get a prize.
My inspiration started in traditional
animation when i started scribbling on my
paper. I was looking for shapes and
characters. In this picture it shows what
shapes I found.
Here is a small video showing you what the show is about: British
bake off
summary of the STORY
At the start of the story it tells us about a young boy called Tavis aged 10 who sits at
school in his lunch breaks thinking about his dreams. His life changes when a new boy
starts the school called Clive, Clive is into magic and entertaining people just like Travis
as he loves to make people laugh and smile. Travis parents doesn’t support his dreams
as they think it's not possible and just a silly dream that he has.
Half way through the story Travis feels distant from his parents as they push him and his
dreams away. His friend Clive is a crazy wild boy whose mind and creations are mental.
Tavis and Clive spend most of their time together learning each other's skills.
Travis developed his skills from his grandma which she then advised him to go to a
cooking lesson to help him improve more...
Summary of the story
When Travis left school he got a job in a little cafe waitressing. He save up his money
so he could build his own restaurant. He wants a grand restaurant that is different from
all the others. After a couple of years Travis has enough, once he's glammed up his
own restaurant he has finally achieved his dreams and proved his parents wrong.
Every Night he would stay at the restaurant working on his invention and turned his
food into animals. After using Clive’s magic spell. He turned cheese into a mouse, a
dog made of bones, a rabbit made of carrots, and a cat made of fish. He had created
a new species.
Primary pictures
SKETCHBOOK PAGE
SKETCHBOOK PAGE 2
Furniture
Restaurant visuals
Location of the movie
My film idea will be placed in Germany as its one of the largest populations with ‘80.8
million in 2014’. Germany are marked as third in the Europe as one of the top
animations.
Germany have produced 20 animation films which was released from 2010-2014 and
was ranked fourth in European Union.
For my primary research I asked 5 boys and 5 girls about what sort of books they read. The tables
below show my results.
I found that most children buy their books for he shops and most of the children read at weekend.
market
Advertising: I will advertise my film on posters around childrens schools and in
supermarkets. I will also advertise my film on Tv adverts. I will show them at 7am
and 4pm as children tend to watch TV in the mornings and when they come home
from school.
Competition: My competition will be dispicable 3, croods 2, Pinocchio, get smurfy.
Theses come out in the same year as my movie will come out so I will have to
advertise my movie a lot more to show my target audience that they should come
and watch my movie.
Equipment list and costings
To help create my movie I am going to need to use a computer, preferably a mac.
I will be using a graphics tablet to animate my characters myself. I have been using my
sketch books to design my characters and design the ideas of the story. For example
having the setting and the background and the development of my characters.
I will do most of the animating on my own. I will do my own voice overs, my own
colours, my own character concepts and ect...
I am going to need a studio where I can employ my employees to help create my
concept. I will need to employ a storyboard artist.
This will take me about 2 years to create.
Studio per month- £215
storyboard artist- £7 per hour (6 months) : Overall my project will cost about : £19,272
Thank You for listening
Bibliography
https://hubblehq.com/office-space/839/hampstead-design-hub/1481 [acsessed
18/11/15] studio rental in London.
http://www.peopleperhour.com/freelance/storyboard+artist [acsessed 29/11/15]
storyboard artist.
http://movieweb.com/movies/2017/?page=11 [assessed 30/11/15]
Focus of animation [accessed 29/11/15]