Reflection - Pitch and Planning Presentation - 19/10/2016

The presentation was ok at the start, however it kind of fallen short in terms of expressing my ideas clearly and my intentions. There has been a lot of critical responses and analysis of my project’s main goals and it appears I have not backed up with enough structure when expressing the ideas. They understood that my aim is to create original content of fictional characters in my fictional world (world building) however the tutors believe that the project at the moment is lacking structure, in terms of characters’ homes, environments, moments in narrative and character designs.

They say that the concepts of my ideas needs to be more grounded and I cannot really rely on the characters and scenes I have already produced previously in my spare time that I want to establish as part of my FMP, considering that they already exists and it adds nothing new to the project. They are indeed correct, however the artworks I had shown on my presentation board is nothing more but to show my development of my digital painting skills and to show what I am interested in creating when it comes to original content. I was hoping to develop an animal character I had designed a few years ago to be as part of my FMP, though after discussing with the tutors about what the project critically needs now, the character adds nothing new to the project so I will perhaps drop the character and start all anew, however I will be using some of the artworks I had produced as a stepping stone to continue creating visual imagery for my FMP.

My FMP just needs more work with the development of the world I am creating and its characters, which is what I am lacking in producing at the moment. The tutors suggested at looking at real world places, such as the locations of my hometown, the places I go to, or festivals/holidays we celebrate in cultures, which is something I could actually delve into, to give more ground to my project to work directly from as my primary source of research (real world locations) rather than making places up. This somewhat ties in with my initial idea of blending reality with fantasy on my initial FMP proposal, which is something I kind of completely forgotten about, so I will actually take and tie in that idea with my research on real world locations.

One half of the presentation board showcasing mostly the visual quality and the genre of fantasy and enchantment that I like to paint in my previous works. On the left of the board are images from a few Japanese animations (mostly Studio Ghibli) as inspirations for the genres and themes I will be incorporating.

Bottom half of the board shows a original character (top left image) I am hoping to develop further to be as part of my FMP, though due to the lack of structure and original designs it may be scrapped and start anew. 

It has been a critical discussion of where and how I should move forward with my initial ideas in order to harden the structure behind my intentions and I think it serves as an important moment to help my ideas and to have a clear vision of how to develop the project.