To possibly solve an issue of time and whether I could fit the whole story that I want to tell into a short animation, I could set it out as one story of part of a series.

Possibly 5 episodes/chapters that relate to the five stages of grief e.g. denial.

Could delve into a fairytale that relates to the emotional stage that he's at. e.g. Cinderella step mother could be anger or bargaining.

Should look at:

• 'I am Tom Moody' (Encounters best British animated) -Good narrative style. Could do something in my story where a narattor is conflicting or thelling the librarians story, librarian doesn't like this.

• Dave Mckean - Guy who illustrates Neil Gaiman books - illustrated stories. Sets a mood that might be relevant to my piece - shadows.
  
• 'The fantastic flying books of Mr. Morris Lessmore' - magical books CG animation. Not so relevant but extremely cool!
  

My review summary in short: A stop motion film following a librarians torment with the fiction that fuels his grief.

Tutors critique: Add a second character to create interest. Harder to portray emotions with one character? One character can be very still and motionless trying to portray grief just through emotions, especially in a puppet.
I'm not so keen on this idea, a second puppet adds a lot more work especially as I am the only person working on this production. Maybe I should consider a change to the story instead - one where the character is trying to portray less emotion?

I bought these old photographs at an antiques market in the hope of inspiration. There is a feeling of nostalgia linked to old photographs and I thought I could use these to fuel the librarians grief. Perhaps the couple is a picture of him and his wife whom he grieves for, maybe his child, or his father?

I quite like the idea of the loss of a father...perhaps he was the librarian senior which would cause the librarians grief and hatred towards books as they remind him of his Dad.

A then and now of the Librarian...perhaps? Just a bit of fun using one of the photos that I found at the antiques market.

I have been trying to find a motivation for the Librarians grief and thought the young gent and lady in this photo were the Librarian and his wife. She is missing in the present day photo... good cause for grief?

In order for them to be bad, you should see them as a good person first. There should be a motive, someone receiving of the change.

Input>motivation
Internal dialogues and motivators.
Action enables change.
Characters are multifaceted and complicated.
Make them nice for them to be naughty or mad.

The relationship between the hero and the opponent must be unique and individual but also fulfil a crucial story function. This is the most important relationship in your story.

My initial thoughts for this project are turned towards how I can fit my idea which in its current state is rather large (in a sense of ideas bubbling round in my head) into a short film of no more than three minutes.
I have toyed with the idea of making a trailer which would be promoting a feature film (one I would obviously never have the time and funds to make for myself) that meant I could make some exciting scenes based towards a story idea.
However I have been given feedback to suggest this would be a very bad idea, it would be better to try and complete a full narrative in short form as making a trailer for a film that does not exist could mean creating material that isn't entirely truthfuil or fair to me as the narrator.

I have therefore decided I will be making a short film, huzzah!

The character is a Librarian.
He hates books and stories...reason? Unknown to me as of yet.

Let the work commence...