Style- Video Reference

I have begun looking into style, I found this film advertised in 3D world magazine and loved the render they have. the clouds tell a story as well as the action. The animation is not overly complicated with textures. Sams doing the rendering, so i guess ill leave it to him to do the main research into the look of the film.

Short Animation: Bus Stop from Mitch Perry on Vimeo.

Short Animation: Bus Stop 3D Version from Mitch Perry on Vimeo.

Storyboarding Rough ideas

The Drawing is in relation to the story board ideas. They dont all fit together, i drew them so David can get some ideas for shots.

The last page does sort of run together, it incorporates davids idea of the animal being in the bush. With alternate endings we could find a way of leaving the ending open, but we don't want to over complicate it, a we only have 30-40 seconds.

The boards run down the page, not across.

Title Name

Ive suggested the name Snatched as the food gets snatched by the Marmot and then at the end the Eagle swoops in and the food gets snatched........

I believe our team like it, so it will probably be the name we go for, even though it sounds like one of the other groups names... Unhatched

I feel better that the title has now been sorted.....

Marmot eating cracker! - Video reference

Found this video of a marmot eating a cracker for eating reference, thought he was cute....

Mongol - Character/Costume Research

The look of the mongolian is very important to try and get across what mongolians look like. The design needs to be very simplistic and old fashioned. David is designing our Mongol, but i have tried to do a bit of research for him to look at and refer to.

Below are some Hat designs and Pictures:

The Man in the red Fluffy hat is very much what we are hoping to go for, but we may characterize it a bit more so the man isn't too realistic....

Title Ideas

The Mongol and the Marmot seems such a long title, and David and I were discussing changing it. Our team tried to come up with some other alternatives which would be catchy and people would not have a mouth full if they were to say the name.

The film is about a chase sequence, so I tried to come up with names that would be around this area.

Below is my List so Far......

Hunted

Prey

Mongol and Marmot

Chase

The Hunted

Who's food?

Escape

The pursuit

Hustle

A good catch

Food chain

Always a bigger fish

What goes around comes around

Karma

Mongolia - Facts and History

I have begun doing some research into Mongolia, I think this will help understand some of the culture in the country.

Some of the population travel and set up tents in which they live in. This is the main point to the story, but our main character will be alone instead of in a pack.

Mongolia as a Country

• Country name: Mongolia (Local short form: Mongol Ulus, formerly known as Mongolian Peoples Republic and until 1924 was called Outer Mongolia).

• Capital: Ulaanbaatar (means Red Hero), population 904,000 people (2006). Situated on the Tuul River. From 1639-1706 was known as Urga or Da Khuree.

• Size: 604,826 square miles (1,566,00 square km)

• Area comparison: Four times the size of U.K. Mongolia is the world’s largest landlocked nation and is the 18^th largest country in the world.

• Location: Northern Asia, situated between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation.

• Population: 2.8 million. More than half the population is under age 30.

• Languages: Khalkh Mongolian (90%), Turkic, Russian. Cyrillic script is used in writing.

• Religions: Mahayana Tibetan Buddhism (96%), Shamanism,

Environment:

• Terrain: Desert steppe, Desert plains, Grassy steppe terrain is found in most parts of Eastern Mongolia, Mountainous zone covers 5% of Mongolia’s territory, Mountain forest, Taiga forest region in the north is 5% of Mongolia’s total landmass.

• The Gobi Desert is the world’s northernmost desert and has a mostly gravel surface with low-lying rocky hills. One of the earth’s great deserts it ranges through most of southern Mongolia and comprises 17% of Mongolia’s total landmass. Annually desertification in the Gobi Desert area is increasing due to overgrazing primarily.

• Mountain Ranges: Altai Nuruu Mountains ranging northwest to southeast, Khentii Nuruu Mountains in the northeast and Khangai Nuruu Mountains in Central Mongolia.

• Highest peak: Khuiten Peak14,350 feet (4374 meters) in the Altai Tavanbogd Uuul range.

Music Culture

• Music is an integral part of Mongolian culture. Among the unique contributions of Mongolia to the world's musical culture are the long songs, one of the greatest features of the Mongolian music, overtone singing and morin khuur, the horse-headed fiddle.
• The horse-head fiddle, or morin khuur, is a distinctively Mongolian instrument and is seen as a symbol of the country. The instrument has two strings. There is some controversy regarding the traditional carving of a horse on the upper end of the pegbox.
• Mongolia has a very old musical tradition. Key traditional elements are throat-singing, the Morin Khuur (horse head fiddle) and other string instruments, and several types of songs. Mongolian melodies are typically characterized by pentatonic harmonies and long end notes.

Cuisine/food

• The Mongolian cuisine is primarily based on meat and dairy products, with some regional variations. The most common meat is mutton, supplemented in the desert south by camel meat, in the northern mountains by beef (including yak).
• Dairy products are made from mare's milk (Airag), from cattle, yaks, and camels (e.g. clotted cream). Popular dishes include buuz (a type of meat dumpling), khuushuur (a meat pastry), khorkhog (a meat stew, usually a special meal for guests), and boortsog (a sweet biscuit). The meal commonly known as Mongolian barbecue is not Mongolian at all, but Taiwanese in origin.

Clothing:

• The deel, or kaftan, is the Monglian traditional garment worn on both workdays and special days. It is a long, loose gown cut in one piece with the sleeves; it has a high collar and widely overlaps at the front. The deel is girdled with a sash. Mongolian deels always close on the wearer's right, and traditionally have five fastenings. Modern deels often have decoratively cut overflaps, small round necklines, and sometimes contain a Mandarin collar.
• The hair would be divided into two pigtails, each of which would be divided into three braids. The ends of the braids would then be looped up and bound to the top of the braid behind the ears. Men also shaved the tops and sides of their heads, usually leaving only a short "forelock" in front and the long hair behind.
• Each ethnic group living in Mongolia has its own deel design distinguished by cut, color and trimming. Before the revolution, all social strata in Mongolia had their own manner of dressing. Livestock-breeders, for example, wore plain deels, which served them both summer and winter. The priests wore yellow deels with a cape or khimjthrown over it. Secular feudal lords put on smart hats and silk waistcoats.