Initial research

To start off the research for this module, I wrote a list of films and animations which are related to fishing and the sea, which quite specifically relate to my chosen narrative. The list that I put together was The Life Aquatic, Lost and Found, Fisherman's Friend lozengers adverts, Mighty Boosh (Old Gregg episode), A series of Unfortunate Events (Count Olaf as the fisherman).

Below is a short clip of an episode of Mighty Boosh where the main characters become lost and end up in a strange fishing town. I love the over the top character and set design, which makes the whole situation even more surreal, humorous and just plain odd!

As well as looking at films and characters that look at fishermen and the sea, I also wanted to concentrate on how bears have been developed and anthropomorphised too. The main influences for this are the characters in Panda Go Panda, Brother Bear, Winnie the Pooh, Brave (mother and triplets), Jungle Book (Baloo) and Bear in the Big Blue House.

All of these films/animations/adverts have influenced the art direction so far, and have been a good grounding for the sort of film I want this to become.