Friday, 6 May 2016

applied: getting stories from the public

Before we could start any of our planning (storyboarding, animatic ect)  we needed our script. Since we wanted real life stories we needed to go out to the public and try and get as many stories as we could so we had a range to choose from. We came up with a questionnaire to send out to people via email and social medias.
Here is the questionnaire:

 For my current animation project I'm collecting stories where parents have to tell their children white lies to cover big or difficult issues. If anyone has any stories relating to the following questions or can show them to people who could answer them (as they are aimed at parents): 
-How did you explain to your child when a family member or pet passed away?
-How did you explain to your child that they were getting a new sibling or cousin?
-A story to stop your child being a picky eater?
-What did you say when your child asked about a fairy tail?
-How did you explain to your child if they lost or broke something they loved (like a toy or teddy)?
Any answers would be really appreciated you can PM me any stories related or if you know anyone I could get in touch with it would be a great help.

I sent this to family and individual friends as well. It was harder than expected to get actual stories that were usable from the public. Waiting for stories became quite a time sink for the project. 

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