The creation of dizzy

Annushka sims from 30033

Combining elements to create characters

Picture collage

The idea of smoke and the way it moves inspires me to use it to emphasise the smoke and prove to the viewers that it is bad but by making it bright colours will also give the viewer an idea that it is not smoke and something else. So by using the colours I will draw the attention away from what it actually is and draw the viewers attention to the colours rather than the smoke.

I origionally wanted to have the style of little mermaid and do this within photoshop frame by frame. It will take alot of time but eventually it will be worth the time and effort. I like how the little mermaid is designed because it is so simple with black lines and block colours but is also shows an interesting, bold image for the viewers. The character is so realistic by using simple things but also complicated.

Things that have helped me along development

All these different shows and characters have helped me create my character and ideas for the tv programme that i will hopefully, successfully make. Peppa pig: This programme has helped me to discover my target audience and the genre of the tv programme (educational but fun for kids) Harry Potter: I have literally used this purely to pick up the vocabulary and voice acting i would like for my finished performance. South park: This has helped me design my character using large circular shapes and keeping the character extremely simple. It has also helped me create an idea of how i will film my program (stop motion) Rugrats: Helped me give an idea of a walking, talking, highly educated baby which learns lessons throughout everyday life by making mistakes and learning from them. Phineus and Ferb: Colours and simplicity has help me build an idea to what kids would like in the current time eara. Arthur: giving typical everyday sinarios and finding a way around them.

Typical viewer for my television programme

Target audience

I want my target audience to relate with peppa pigs target audience. This is because Peppa Pig is a short episode with a meaning behind each screening, it always contains some sort of moral which kids at a young age should learn from. Although Peppa Pig is quite a naughty character which provokes children to be naughty 'But peppa pig does mummy' where as i want people to see my character Dizzy as naughty with making her mistakes but faces consequences which will make children not want to be naughty or encourage them to talk back to parents ect. The programme i am developing is actually more to encourage parents to show them that television can benefit their children and help their mannerisms. As a kid, i wasn't allowed to watch much tv as my mum would call it 'american trash' which was rude and clearly just for an entertaining purpose. I want mothers and fathers to see tv as an educational basis rather than a treat for their kids.  For example: Peppa pig says 'yuk' to her vegetables and doesn't eat them, which almost shows children that eating vegetables is not 'cool' because peppa doesn't eat them. On the other hand Dizzy reads a book about a girl called lucy who lies (lying lucy) this encourages children to read books within the opening scene. She then lies a couple of times but does not get away with it (her mum gets angry and shouts, taking away her books which are a privilege to Dizzy) This shows to kids that lying is bad, and you will have consequences out of bad things which in this case is lying. I also want to make the programme colourful and pink! This will appeal to young girls as pink is a popular colour within the age market I am looking at. I also think that if i make the visuals as simple as possible, less attention will be drawn to the imagery but more to the morals and lessons within the show, simplicity is key for the younger age group; they'll still be entertained by the imagery but more focused on what that character does, how they act and the responsibilities and life lessons learnt. Realistically I want her to have a typical english family: Mother: Strict but caring and the child: naughty but by being punished lightly, improves her actions. I want her to be an only child so that all attention is drawn to that one character.


Perfect Viewer

Name: Emily
Age: 7 (and three quarters)
Average day: Emily likes to hop out of bed and be excited to learn all the spellings and maths equations at her day at primary. In her spare time she likes to go to read an educational book and tell her friends that she'll have time to play horses and gallop around the playground after school hours but during school she is the hard working top student all children should be. After all her lessons are over she's fairly upset but then her mood brightens by then being able to play that exciting game of horses on the playground with her friends. Emily is quite naughty when she gets home because obviously she's tired from all those hard spellings she had to complete. She refuses to eat her cabbage at the table so her mother switches on the tv and shows Emily how the character Dizzy eats them when her mums told her to. Emily then thinking this is completely satisfying and cool doesn't only eat her cabbage but she sweeps up everything on her plate, including the hated green beans! (because dizzy does) She then watches more of Dizzy after dinner until the clock strikes 7Oclock and prances up stairs with a scrub in the bath and then returns to bed to start an educational fun day all over again!
Hobbies and Interests: Emily loves baths (bubbles amuse her) ,Reading (maths books and science equations), she likes playing with her friends (after school hours of course) and attending book clubs or science fairs in her spare time and finally of course watching a lot of The dizzy show.
Spending power: Emily being at a young age cannot fund for herself so mummy helps pay for all the books and toys she can imagine with her dad sending a certain amount of money to her from where he lives just a while away.
Typical media consumption: Emily watches television before she attends a hard day at school and every day after her dinner. She doesn't regularly play video games but she is awaiting the 'Dizzy video game' to arise from the media world. She's very interested in book and loves how entertaining they are learning life lessons every day

Legal and Ethical

Copy right

Potential issues:

With the character that I have designed I used a basic structure of south park characters being very simple and rounded features. As you can see these two characters: my own 'Dizzy' and South Parks Kyle are fairly similar with the shapes that i have used. This can also be a potential threat to my tv programme that kids may have the idea of the tv show Dizzy having some sort of relevance to South park which is not the look I am going for.

Offensive material

With the age group I am aiming for I personally don't think there would be any issues. I have to thin carefully about what voice I choose for Dizzy so that she is not seen as a racist character. I would like to use stereotypes as a typical, posh english girl but I want the tv show to be as realistic as I possibly can so I will not use this, instead I will look at her realistically to give kids a true, non-false intake on situations. I would rate my tv programme a U/PG. Some may find the television show slightly offensive due to its harsh realistic intake, but some hopefully will find this more helpful than trying to get across to kids that everything will be fine and life is easy. As shown in this story board idea.

I personally think by being harsh but still realistic and true it will be beneficial to children of a young age and their parents as well. I'm trying to do something different to my programme rather than matching others in this current day because the character i am trying to portray is a harsh lesson that they will understand realistically but also learn in a fun way. 

Representation

I would like Dizzy to be presented as a nice girl that makes mistakes like everyone does in life but has help resolving them or consequences from her actions. I will choose her voice carefully so that it is not racist/ discriminating and i will also make sure that the morals of each programme are clear so that the programme isn't showed in a  bad way to viewers. 

Profiles for my character

Animation Production Schedule

Story boards

Voice acting

My character is meant to be  a baby. Although Dizzy looks like a baby, i want her voice to be sophisticated and smart so that children understand the show easier.

I think that Emma Watson's voice would be perfect considering her voice is fairly high and very intellectual! I think that it would fit the characters image perfectly and show a good example to young children on mannerisms and how to speak because she is very pronunciated.



I also think that for the mother i want a deep voice like marge simpson from the simpsons. This is to give the impression that the voice and character is slightly humorous but is also stern and strict. This will give the kids an idea that it isn't like their mothers but she is also a mother figure. Also the viewers can make their imagination wonder about what the mother would look like according to the voice of the character.

Final design

For my final design i have created the character dizzy as what looks like a baby. This will excite children to have a walking talking baby with a smart vocabulary. As you can see Dizzy is a very rounded character, she has a circular head and all of the features are rounded with no square/straight edges. I hope to portray this as her characters personality. I have used pink as her dress because its a very attractive colour for young girls which are likely to watch my television show. I also like how i have used the bow as her head piece instead of hair because it is a very popular accessory which again children of a young age would find appealing. I have dressed her in a frilly dress as a typical attraction to young ages and i have tried to relate the dress to sleeping beauty which is a very popular movie so that my show will attract the young ages which enjoy the movie. I have also made her very short which is the idea that the walking, talking baby is near enough realistic of course avoiding the fact that a baby without hair is talking and walking.

Expression sheet

For the expressions for my character 'Dizzy' I have created 5 main expressions in which i will use for my tv series. Dizzy will be a character which is very over-eggsadurated. Sad- For this expression i have filled her eyes up with a tear line which gives the impression that Dizzy is 'welling up' I have also made a thin line which curves down with a bottom lip which gives a sad expression. Also i have moved her bow down so it almost sinks into her eyes which shows that metaphorically she is feeling 'down. Scared- for this expression which is located at the bottom I have enlarged her eyes which gives the impression that she is shocked, i have also enlarged her nose which shows that in real life that her nostrils are flared. I also have literally turned her mouth upside down to make it look like she's shouting. Shocked- for this expression i have put a dot for her mouth, made her cheek colour smaller and made her eyes skinnier making it look like all her facial features are distorted. Angry- located at the top left i have squinted her eyes, made her eyebrows curve to frame her eyes and exaggerate the anger. I have also created my own mouth just by using the brush tools on photo shop to make her look like she's gritting her teeth.