RESEARCH PART 2 TEXT MESSAGE: PETER LORD/ WAR STORY/GOING EQUIPPED

RESEARCH PART 2 TEXT MESSAGE: PETER LORD/ WAR STORY/GOING EQUIPPED

Peter Lord is a British animator, Film producer and director and theco-founder of Aardman animations. During the brief of our next project, My lecturer showed the class two Aardman animations called 'WAR STORY' and 'GOING EQUIPPED' which gave me a clear example of the type of animation that is expected of us. They are based upon the title of 'TEXT MESSAGE' which requires lateral thinking and a free range of creativity. I am required to find a short text as the source for the animation which can range from creative writing or found sources or from nature.

Currently in the early stage of research and planning, I have at the moment found innovation from these two animations I have noted above. This is primarily due to Peter Lords' creativity and his approach to development processes. I purchased a book called 'THE ART OF AARDMAN'  and Peter Lord spoke about how "Every film that we bring to the screen has been developed through words and in pictures." He also said from the source that "I love to dig out the stories within stories and hidden histories buried under the surface." In my view he means that he likes to anchor ideas from other ideas and reform it and recreate it as his own, and through this regression, new ideas can emerge.

Peter also said that "ideas come from inside your head, and as often as not, they tumble straight out as drawings and into sketchbooks." I came to learn from this one quote that you should always have a sketchbook and pencil in hand and always jot down ideas and drawings. They do not have to be oil paintings or even remotely interesting or complete, but jotting things down can give you the first step to the path of experimentation.

I also decided to learn about the synopsis of 'WAR STORY and 'GOING EQUIPPED' Below you can view the animations:










According to sources from IMDB, 'WAR STORY' used a real interview for the sound, where a man named Bill Perry who relates back to his youth days and his tilted house and his adventures during the world war 2 blitz. For a potential idea I am suggesting anchoring the same format of a person narrating about their youth with the person talking about their memorable moments.

I also dug out for information about 'GOING EQUIPPED' The plot is simply, very similar to 'WAR STORY' a person being interviewed about his life, how he got into prison and what it is like doing prison time. For my idea, I am potentially looking to this format. I particularly enjoyed 'WAR STORY' more because it was more light hearted and the flash back scenes were of high interest to me.

In conclusion, These two animations are sources rom which I am going to anchor from and I am going to look for more sources to help me broaden my knowledge and my creativity skills. I also need to pin down idea for a story, this is the area I am currently struggling with.