Statement of Intent: Capstone Animated Cartoon

The direction that I am taking for my Capstone project is the creation of an animated cartoon.  I have always had a fondness for animation and cartoons and would love to pursue that passion for a future career. 

My cartoon will be an extension and expansion of an attempted graphic novel that I have planned out and storyboarded.  The cartoon will be focused around Doug, a mild mannered dung beetle, and his journey to replace and rebuild his home.  The overall idea that I would like to convey through my cartoon is the idea of using constructive criticism and ignoring useless insults.

Rainbow Scarab Beetle, a type of North American Dung Beetle.

I will be producing this animated video using several different programs.  I plan on creating the graphic component of the video using the program Anime Studio.  I have taught myself the basics of this program in conjunction with an animation class that I had taken the previous semester.  I would like to dive even deeper into the program and learn even more of what it has to offer.  I also may utilize Adobe Edge, though I am going to look into it more as part of my research to see if will work with my plans.

Along with graphic work that I am going to put into this, I plan to incorporate sound because I have no desire for this to be a silent film. 

 

 My plan is to use Garage Band, Sound Booth and Audition to generate background music and voices for my video.  I have taken the sound design class and have learned the basic of the creation and the manipulation of sound; though I don’t plan on pursuing sound design as a future, I think that it will be good to show that I know how to use it which can leave my options open for the future. 

Finally, the content of my story has come about of the lessons that I have learned throughout my life and school.  I would love convey to other the lessons I have learned about dealing with criticism in the hope that I will help others to improve their lives.