Burned Out - Cartoon Pilot
This project was self assigned in the framework of the capstone class. In this class students come up with their own ideas on what to create and then pitch the idea to their peers and instructor. As the assignment was of our own creation, we also had to create deadlines and check-ins to help make sure we were staying on track. I saw this as an opportunity to set myself up to complete something I had wanted to do for a long time, which was create an animated short. The process began with brainstorming, who would the characters be? What would they be like? Where do they live? What kind of problems or fun things do they get themselves into? In addition to trying to solve these problems I also conducted a lot of research, referencing other successful cartoon pilots, checking them for length, characters, number of backgrounds, and various elements that I thought would help inform my development. Of course my references were created by teams that had individuals with very specialized roles