Project Thesis

Birds of a feather is a short animated film that aims to show a different side of birds in captivity and bring a view into the different personalities that birds can have throughout their time with us. Briefly going into the body language that birds have, this visual narrative shows a different way of communication. We chose this topic because we realised that we humans haven't understood the true importance of birds and their unique personalities. This short in-progress film is targeted towards the general public and possibly students to provide new perspective on the bird community in a different light.

We started our project as an exploration of bird intelligence and communication. For our final project we decided to explore African grey parrots because of their unique personalities and exaggerated body language.

Syrinx

Research Summary



Precedents -



Art Style - Precedent 1: Slack

Bird Intel. - Precedent 4: Bird Solving Puzzles

Humour - Precedent 2: Vega the Cow

Tone - Precedent 3: Odd1sout

Art Style - Precedent 6 - Playful & Bright Colour Palette

Bird Comm. - Precedent 5:Why Parrots talk like humans

Storyboard



Script



Asset Backgrounds + Color -

Color Scheme

Background (Multiple Species)

Background (Kitchen Scene)

Background (Bedroom Scene)

Asset Creation: Still Props -

Old

Old

New

New

Asset Creation: Rigging -

Asset Creation: bird process - jere



Asset Creation: Main Character Rigging -

Sound Design