Target Audience and Design

Target Audience


Age : 7+
Gender: Male
Media Consumption: Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles, Legend of the Dragon etc.

Typical viewer:

Name: Connor

Age: 8

Basic description: Connor lives at home with his mum, dad, and younger brother.  goes to a primary school. He likes to play games with his friends where they pretend to be ninjas. He enjoys playing video games, and card games also. Connor is a very fun, bouncy 8-year-old.
Connor wakes up at around 8 o'clock most days, and goes to bed at around 7 30.

Typical media consumption: Connor watches Cartoon Network every day after school with his little brother for about an hour and a half; this includes shows such as Ben 10: Omniverse and The Amazing World of Gumball. Connor also likes playing the Cartoon Network games online.


Why will the animation Appeal?

 The animation will appeal to Connor as it fits his preference; he enjoys action packed cartoons with fighting ninjas, so it should be right up his street.

BBFC

The BBFC or British Board of Film Classification is a British non governmental organisation, funded by the film industry. They have the role of categorising films with each licence they fall under. BBFC classify films in terms of violence & gore, sexual content, drug use and profanity.

There are several different certificates which the BBFC categorise films under:

- Suitable for all

- Parental Guidance

- Cinema release suitable for 12 yeasrs and over

Video/DVD release suitable for 12 years ad over

Suitable only for 15 years and over

Suitable only for adults

Adult works for licensed premises only

Animation tests

These are the first two shots of my opening credits scene. I animated them in photoshop; I used my storyboard picture to help me.

Legal and Ethical

Animation Treatment

Animation treatment from Ben Harrison

Animation in Current Trends

Like my tv series 'Ninja High', there are many other existing franchises that have similar themes, and are of a similar tone. The TV shows/Films are all similar in some way to 'Ninja High':

Legend of the Dragon (First appearance July 29th 2005)

Legend of the Dragon is an animated series consisting of 26 episodes followed by 13 additional episodes for a total of 39.
Ang and Ling ar fraternal twins; a conflict broke out between the two when Ang was chosen to be the Golden Dragon, and received the Golden Dragon Power Band. This infuriated Ling, and drove her away from the Dojo in which they train. She joined the Zodiac Master and became evil. The series shows their constant battle. It involves martial arts, has themes of respect and Master Chin's character is a heavy influence on Master Hakiru.



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (First Appearance May 1984)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (often abbreviated to TMNT) is a popular cartoon series about a team of highly trained anthropomorphic turtle named after four renaissance artists, trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei Master Splinter, in the art of ninjutsu. From their home town in the storm sewers of New York City, they battle petty criminals, evil overlords, mutated animals, and alien invaders, while attempting to remain isolated from society.





Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Kung Fu Panda directed by Mark Osbourne and John Stevenson, is the story of Po, and his struggles as a fat panda in China. He finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts. He becomes part of a team with other aspiring ninjas. This is very similar to Legend of the Dragon, in the fact that the main character is chosen by a higher calling to become something greater.

Jump Cycle

This is a very simple jump cycle that I made in Adobe Flash. I took 7 still images of a cartoon character jumping, and put them into 7 separate frames. I then added the ball, and used the motion tween tool to move it across the screen.