Beyond the Boundaries : Animation // Mockumentary Style Inspiration

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I've been very into Parks and Recreation lately, and noticed that we incorporated some of the style from it, as well as The Office into our film when writing the script. We liked the idea of using a lot of B-roll style material, with a voiceover at times, intercut with the character actually speaking in the interview - something both these programmes do.  This can be seen close to the end of this clip from Parks and Rec :


We also liked the idea of having a character give a look to the camera instead of using dialogue, to give away how they're feeling. This brings me back to the Chuck Jones documentary discussed in a previous blog post, about questioning how the character moves. It says that how the individual moves is dictated by what is going on inside, so hopefully using a mood specific look to the camera at some points will achieve this for our own film in an interesting manner. I think this works well as it doesn't exactly spell out what exactly is happening through a normal dialogue to the audience and gives something a bit different, and much more animated to the visual aspect of the scene. Here are some examples from Parks and Rec and The Office :

Parks and Recreation Gif Examples


     The Office Gif Examples







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