This week I helped Daryl out with his script for the film a bit. I felt some bits needed some reworking to get them to make sense. For example, parts where scenes literally just start with no explanation. Going back to one of my previous blog posts, I realised introducing what is happening is very important to keep the audience understanding what is going on in the story. So some changes, for example, would include things like an ACTUAL introduction, with a title, the Professor literally explaining what the show is, and what they will be going on in ‘today’s episode’.

Some scenes just cut to other parts also with no explanation. This can sometimes work well to show an amateur style of show, but we don’t want this coming across as amateur style storytelling on our parts, so it was important to make sure the show represented that these things are done on purpose.

I thought this video from Aardman helped with introducing the programme. It’s not really anything like Daryl’s film, but it helped to understand how a television programme needs a proper introduction... and needs to fully explain what is going on straight away, otherwise the audience isn’t going to have a clue.

Also this week I have done a background design for a scene in Anja’s film where the screen pans up a city. Anja wanted the bottom to be made of almost invisible parts of a nuclear bomber – in other words a texture made up from parts of a bomber but almost undistinguishable.

She also said she wanted it as dark as possible being almost black.

This was my result - click for full size. Look closely for the bomber detail inside the darkness.



The sky was created by dried mould on paper and coloured slightly. I liked to use textures such as mould to represent death and decay for this scene, especially as that is exactly what is to happen.

Here are some mood boards I created for texture ideas also;

The first is a mood baord organic and biological textures with a black and white version for easier viewing of just the textures.


Next is a mood board of bombers, particularly the b-29 bomber. Again there is one in colour and one in black and white.


And finally the last mood board is completely miscellenious showing all the images I have left over from my research.