Abstract

Basiclly, it's from K's article. Hope everyone can read it for a while then we can add or delete something.
It is also for getting more feeling when we are doing the presentation or being asked question after the presentation.

Abstract

This is a story about a bird, an old lady and more birds.

This bird was pushed by other birds when they were fighting for food. With the irresistible attraction of seeing more food, he ignored anything that might be dangerous. So he started to follow an old lady who had a bag of bird food. After overcoming many dangerous obstacles, the bird finally went into the old lady's house which was far away from his sweet home, the park.

We always consider that the safest place is our house. But, by using different angles of camera shots, audiences would know the lady’s house is not as safe as we might think. It seems like the lady is treating the bird very nice and kindness. After finishing his breakfast, the bird finally found something unusual. Lots of glass cases with different color of bird specimens were hanging on the wall. The lady shows her true personality by start to catch Chunky. She is a collector of bird specimens, and this orange bird is the last one she needs in her collection.
This story is about a war between humans and birds. But it also tells us not to live apart from others. The bird finally learns a lesson -he would never risk his life for food.

The inspiration of this story comes from the experience of our daily lives. One day, one of our group members created a short story. The story was about someone who uses something delicious to trick a bird. Then we started a series discussion to let the story makes more sense. A lot of topics about humans and birds, good and evil, big and small, fast and slow, dangerous and safe. Then the story for our proposal was created.

We used a lot of metaphors in the story we are going to animate. For example, the dog's barking and cars passing quickly signal approaching danger. However, the most danger comes from the old lady. We should know that the old lady is not as kind as she looks and the bird is not as stupid as we think from the interaction between the old lady and the bird. Finally, the bird wins this war because of his flexibility body.

Besides, we tried to tell the story by using different camera angles and timing. We are going to use that to present the untold dangers of this world.

At last, the concept behind this story tells us the importance of group work and how important to get on well with your friends. We might have some benefits for a little while by being selfish but we might also place ourselves in unpredictable dangers. There is no such thing as a free lunch.