Further Story Development // Initial Storyboard Ideas

Today at college we explained our idea to Mike. Feedback was generally positive, though he asked some probing questions about our understanding of the character and story - as had been the subject of the day's session.

We figured that our 'curiosity killed the cat' storyline fitted the 'Achilles' story-type from the basic seven, however the character needed more interpretation. We were prompted to consider the type of child he is - innocent? naughty? etc. which we'll be working on individually overnight to discuss tomorrow. If he is a mischievous child, maybe his disappearance is a comeuppance; if not, maybe it is darkly comic?

Once this is all considered, it will inform the way we animate.

We also started our storyboards, and so were thinking about the story step-by-step. At the beginning, we will establish the tent, then follow the child and his parents inside. We then see a couple of performers - a magician and a trapeze act. Then a reverse of the crowd in stands, where we see the boy at the end of a row, sneaking off. He pulls back a curtain and walk through backstage. Very roughly:

To be continued...