My animation idea

after learning about all the different techniques that can be used to create animation i have decided that my favourite style is model or paper based animation.

my idea is to create a mixture of  3 different techniques to create the illusion of real life animation.

i want to use real people, plasticine models and paper cut outs in my animation.

I have 3 different ideas for my animation. My first idea is to use a mixture of humans, models and paper cut outs.

the plot is a young child is playing with a dolls house when she leaves to go for tea. as soon as she leaves the models come to life and start using scissors to make there own models but with paper.

I would create this using stop motion animation showing a wide shot of the child leaving then panning inside of the dolls house to the plasticine models sitting around a table 2 out of the 3 models will walk into another room while the third pulls up a fourth chair. In the other room one of the models will trace a person on a piece of paper when finished the second model will use real scissors to cut around the paper. the final scene of the animation will be the two models helping up the paper model before returning around the table just before the child returns.

My main worries about this idea are the lack of props. the main prop that i need is a dolls house with basic furniture in (table with 4 chairs). as well as this the only other issue is the time as the animation is suppose to last 30 seconds i may run over time, if this is the case this could create a longer filming time which could risk meeting the dead line in time.

My second idea is to create a small section from a song. the song i have chosen is singing in the rain. like the first idea i would use models and cut outs. the model would be the main character and the cut outs would be the back ground as well as the people walking by to bring to life the scene from the musical. To create this i would find the back drop from the actual film and set that up against a sturdy surface. i would make the famous street light out of a painted stick placed on a small block and add lighting effects during the editing process. The section of the song i would use would be the first chorus and i would animate the part where he walks while spinning the umbrella and then spinning around the street light. If possible i would like to use special effects or small pieces of tissue to create the illusion of the rain. As all props are easily made i dont think that there would be any problems that could risk this animation being created.

My final idea for the animation is to take a scene from a film and re-create it. although the last idea was from a film it is different as that was a song from a musical more than a scene. 

for the film choice i would choose an action film and use plasticine models and paper cut outs like the others.  Out of the three this is my least favourite idea, purely because i would struggle to choose which film and which scene to re-make.

After discussing with my tutor i have decided to attempt to create both the dolls house animation and the singing in the rain. i struggled to choose between each idea as both idea really fascinated me. i wanted to see if i could manage to use 3 different techniques for the dolls house and i also wanted to re-create my favourite scene from one of my favourite musicals.