Storyboard & sketched ideas

Character Designs

Scribble the squirrel and Scratch the cat are both origami puppets that correlate with our paper-themed project!

Inspiration:

World Designs

Pink represents Scribble and blue belongs to Scratch. The two distinctive colors represent they are polar opposites.

When their colors and worlds combine, periwinkle purple appears.

One of the most difficult aspects of constructing their sketched-up worlds was imagining how the two perceive the world from their viewpoints while working with restricted colors. We wanted to show the audience what makes Scribble and Scratch’s beloved things so magnetically appealing to them. It was also difficult to strike a balance between connecting the two worlds and without overcrowding them with distracting elements.

Inspiration & references:

Work in Progress & Music Design:

We used the app Capcut to join our videos together, as we split the 30 second animation in half and animated our parts separately. We also shorted some of our scenes with the help of the software, so that we could make the film exactly 30 seconds.

My partner Justine and I created our own music using the Garage Band software. We went back and forth to decide on which musical instrument we should use. We tried violins and cellos, but the lovely melody they generate does not fit our animation style, it was too elegant to our liking. We also looked at other instruments, such as electric guitar, but we thought that the sound was too harsh and forceful at first, which may be distracting. Finally, we decided on a whirly piano to complement our lighthearted yet bubbly animation approach. We also added a second instrument, the drums, to liven up the beat and to give it some ‘texture’. In the end, we reconsidered the electric guitar and added a small part of it for the fight scene, so to show the intensity between the two characters and how much they want to be the better one.

We are not music professionals, but the process of composing music with my partner taught us the necessity of matching a decent audio soundtrack to animation or films, so that the audience can dive into the story and be able to comprehend what type of emotion is extruding from the animation based on the soundtrack.

Key Frames

Final Product: Periwinkle-d

Short Summary of Story-line:

Scratch the cat and Scribble the squirrel have extremely distinct personalities and enjoy/value various aspects of the world or the cosmos. They express their passions by sketching expressively on paper walls and wearing single-colored 3D glasses to see their work come ‘alive.’ Scribble draws in pink, while Scratch creates in blue, symbolising they are total opposites. Scribble appreciates nature and the fantastic city vistas. On the other hand, Scratch is fascinated by outer space and the ocean, both of which contain many unexplored mysteries.

They realise they drew in the same space with their artworks merged accidentally. Dissatisfied, they start a fight to convey their severe disdain of each other’s interests.

Their respective 3D glasses fly off and crash on the floor as they beat each other to a pulp. The blue and pink colours from the 3D lens soon seep out and begin to flood and fill up the drawings they made earlier. PERIWINKLE purple emerges from the sea of blue and pink as the colours blue and pink mingle and blend like a smoothie. The two cease arguing and start to realize their differences compliment one other’s perspectives and that breathtakingly lovely things may happen when you least expect them.

Scribble leans down and picks up a two-colored 3D lens that appeared out of nowhere with both blue and pink colours on it. She tries them on to see how their united worlds might come to life through the lens, as both characters’ features change into astonished looks. The scene abruptly cuts out to allow the viewer to imagine what they saw through the glasses. Were they amazed, or were they mortified? I guess it’s up to you to decide now!

The message behind the story hints that resplendent yet extraordinary things could happen when we respect different people’s Point Of Views. : )