Environment Design

When it came to thinking about the background design, a lot of research into these types of environments was needed. Luckily Emma and I had done quite a bit of previous research of places where these animals have already been reintroduced, so this was a good place to start! We took the time to go out and get some Primary research carried out, so we made a day of it!

We spent some time walking around Bolton Abbey and taking photos of areas that we thought would be relevant. I also refereed back to some phots I had recelty taken on a snowy day!

One of the main things that Emma and I took from this day was noticing the range of colours that are visible in natural environments like these. Often, the mistake it made to make colours too bright or intense. However after paying close attention to what was around us, I noticed that a lot of the colours in natural environments are quite saturated. Also, there was a huge range of prespective and ground levels, which is something we will need to think about!

The use of perspective seemed to be something that kept cropping up during the research phase, and the fact that so many trees were going to be incorporated into our backgrounds made Emma and I more determined to show good use of it.  

The Forest of Dean - Devon

Emma and I both carried out research on the Forest of Dean. This is the place in Devon where boars have recently been introduced. Having images of this place to refer to is something that I knew would make the background design process much faster, because we wanted our environments to look as though they are set in these places. The first thing that came to my attention whilst researching this forest, was the insane amount of trees, and how in some areas these trees create a lot of variation in lighting.

The Bavarian Forest - Germany 

The Bavarian Forest is a national park in Germany which is home to wolves. This was an interesting place to research because it looks very distinctive. It actually matches with a typical wolf habitat, because of the tall slender trees, and the vast amount of fog. The fact that their are also lots of rocks just gives us more of a reason to have our wolf sat on a rock. The incorporation of fog is something taht we would really like to use in our animation, because not only would this fit with the environmental setting, but it would also make the scene more distinctive and separate to the boar environment.