Initial Ideas

When thinking about what kind of animation I wanted to make, the most important thing to me was to take advantage of the fact I would be compositing both filmed footage and 3d animation. So this to me meant looking for somewhere beautiful to set the animation. I settled on the idea of having my character wandering through a forest, and simply enjoying being there. I could have some nice lighting if I go at sunset and can get the light coming through gaps in the trees. And if I can show this light also interacting with my character it would really help to sell the idea of my character actually being there.

Looking for other videos featuring composited characters I found this stunning animation

Gloam from We Are The Forest on Vimeo.

it also has a nice video breaking down the different elements to it


Gloam - Character / Shot Breakdowns from We Are The Forest on Vimeo.

I would like to try and get the same kind of calm and serene feeling in my own animation as is in that. Trying to focus more on having simple but well done animations and making sure my character fits into their world perfectly

I want to use a robot if possible to try and help make the difference between 3d model and filmed footage less noticeable. Since a robot would already seem out of place it will hopefully be less off-putting than seeing a more natural thing like an animal or person that doesn't match reality perfectly. I also think it would help with my idea for the animation as the robot would be wandering around this forest being amazed at all the natural scenery thats a completely different world to what it would be used to

The scene would open with a shot of the forest and a tree in the foreground as the robot wanders into view, looking around in amazement. He spots the tree and moves over to examine it before seeing something else out of frame and disappears off to see that. The overall time would be around 10 seconds