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Hold On To Your Hats (2023, audience demographic: TV-PG age 8-13, episodic short format)

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Hold On To Your Hats (2023, audience demographic: TV-PG age 8-13, episodic short format)

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Premise: An overtly-curious pair of strange, globetrotting bedfellows: a scatterbrained, easily-perplexed inventor named Sergei, along with his aloof, pragmatic cat and assistant named Svetlana are on a seemingly endless conquest of travelling across most every part of globe in their flying contraption to find a place that they can finally call a permanent home and realise their calling in life. With their expansive onslaught of peculiar gadgets and inventions, they are constantly trying to live peacefully among the locals they may come upon and perhaps make a household name for themselves in the process. Unfortunately, these devices often end up blowing right back up in their faces (in some instances more figuratively than literally) and the consequential mishaps and antics they often find themselves getting mixed up with usually result in the two wanderers being driven away from each new exotic place to the next. Throughout their many misadventures they not only learn to appreciate the culture of every different area they end up in their attempts to emulate it with their own shoddy enterprises, but they also eventually learn to look past the many conflicting differences and disagreements that come up in their dysfunctional relationship developing further from their bond by tragedy.

Episode logline (Who is the character? What do they want? What obstacle is in their way? How will they get round it?):
1. Somewhere in the middle of scenic nowhere Sergei (with the help of Svetlana) is trying to fix the inner machinations of their flying contraption lest they stay stranded and will therefore be unable to travel anywhere else is search of their potential home; unfortunately, with Svetlana quite unenthused and not paying particular attention to the situation she hands Sergei the wrong tools out of her ‘hatterspace’ bowler hat by accident thus resulting in wanton shenanigans.

2.Stuck outside their flying contraption, Sergei struggles to find the keys for the door; pulling most everything (including the kitchen sink) out of his ‘hatterspace’ top hat; eventually, Svetlana finds the keys in his pocket.

3. Travelling through the air in their flying contraption, Sergei and Svetlana find that they have run out of charcoal for their engine’s furnace, they panic to yank out more things from their ‘hatterspace’ to throw in to burn as fuel so they can avoid crashing into the upcoming mountains; they eventually manage to narrowly propel themselves way over the mountains, although straight up into a field of stormy clouds where electrocution by lightning is imminent.

Culture: I wish to be able to appeal to all if not most demographics, but I suspect at the way the show would be produced that it would probably appeal to B-D (middle to working class). At this moment in time, I do not really view the characters particularly needing execute heavy lines of dialogue between each other, personally as I feel I do not have enough of the expertise this early on in my practices to consistently output enthralling and witty dialogue. I imagine that having the story flow through the specific actions of the characters, sort of in the same vein as pantomime performances would allow the show to be universally understood thus allowing it the potential to be internationally appealing as well due to the elimination of the need for translation. No exclusion of audiences of different genders or cultures, no need for gender or racial coding or anything like that. It would be rather satisfying if the world inside the show were to develop its own unique subset of creative cultures as the characters roam through it as it would make it stay somewhat detached to reality and thus relate to the audience more to an extent, despite it still being based in an entirely imaginary landscape.

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Summer Journal

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8-10

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Two competitive brothers, always trying to one up each other in everything they do, which sometimes, puts them in unusual situations.

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Kofi and Sam's favourite ball, goes over the fence and into the neighbours back garden. They must try and find a way to get it back. But a particular obstacle will prove such task difficult.

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Purely to entertain through the comedic/ humourous and occasionally dramatic performance acting and exchanges between the two polar opposite characters as they indulge in their world's misadventures; however if there is a lesson about core values that they need to learn and should be educated to the audience by the end of the episode, then the message needs to be presented in a nuanced manner through the characters' experiences and exist solely in their current setting, so as not to be incredibly pandering/ somewhat condescending to the viewers with what we think they should already know or come off as too preachy/ pompous. Seeing as how the audience is primarily made up of older children/ pre-teens, it is crucial that the show needs to be able to talk WITH them on their wavelength in order for them to relate to the production, not AT or DOWN on them thus making the production fall into the category of shameless 'edutainment'.

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Characters (Describe characters using adjectives to describe their personalities, likes, dislikes, what they represent and how they challenge stereotypes. Brief backstory of character and their relationship to secondary.)

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Characters (Describe characters using adjectives to describe their personalities, likes, dislikes, what they represent and how they challenge stereotypes. Brief backstory of character and their relationship to secondary.)

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Percival
Character Description:

What my character wants:

What obstacles get in their way:

What needs to change for the goal to be achieved:

What is at stake if the goal is not achieved:

Sherwood
Character Description:

What my character wants:

What obstacles get in their way:

What needs to change for the goal to be achieved:

What is at stake if the goal is not achieved:

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Aesthetic (What key styles are you synthesising? Reflect on effective productions discussed in class. How can you make your production visually distinctive?)

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Aesthetic (What key styles are you synthesising? Reflect on effective productions discussed in class. How can you make your production visually distinctive?)

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Generous use of primary geometric shape language making up the base of the character designs to annunciate their drastically differing mannerisms; akin to the way it was utilised in the films by UPA and Tex Avery.

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Themes (What themes might the episode that your characters' incident takes place in explore? e.g. losing something, wanting something, companionship, generosity, being creative etc.)

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Themes (What themes might the episode that your characters' incident takes place in explore? e.g. losing something, wanting something, companionship, generosity, being creative etc.)

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The hardships that come up in strange yet genuine relationships between dysfunctional groups of people, the constant pursuit for fitting in with different other groups and finding your purpose, embracing your faults/ human errors and learning to make them your own.

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Associated Studios (What studios would be good to make this show.)

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Associated Studios (What studios would be good to make this show.)

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At this point, I believe that it is a bit too early on in my creative career to be a choosing beggar/ too picky about the specific animation studio I would like this project to be produced by; I might be willing to work with the first studio that shows genuine interest in it. Although, animation studios such as: Titmouse Inc., Monkeystack, Princess Bento Studio (joint venture between Princess Pictures and Bento Box Entertainment; worked on several animated series by Michael Cusack), Lighthouse Studios (owned by Mercury Filmworks and Cartoon Saloon) that seem to be able to produce 2D hand-drawn and rigged animation have caught my interest.

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Consult a good number of the animated series I have listed in the Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+ and HBO Max sub-sections on this Padlet page to get a good idea of what has inspired me towards this production. Additionally, the pantomime performances of: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Paul Reubens, Rowan Atkinson, and Johnny Depp; as well as the heavy-action directing of Genndy Tartakovsky and the expressive, fluid artistic stylings of Marc du Pontavice, Jean-Yves Raimbaud, Thomas Szabo, Francois Reczulski, Olivier-Jean Marie, Hugo Gittard and Charles Vaucelle (from Xilam Animation) have continued to inspire me.

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8 - 10

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A moss gnome and a bigfoot living in and exploring the magical enchanted forest they live in; interacting with the magical and the mundane as they make their way through the world.

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Two friends encounter a fairy's magic toadstool ring. One, ignorant and dismissive of its magic, steps inside and is transported away. He returns changed.

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5-7 - just starting school

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Entertain and educate (specially about fairy-tales, myths and folklore about woodlands and nature)

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5-7

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5-7

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A combination of entertainment and education. Teaching them valuable lessons about life and the world around them in a very interesting and exciting way.

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Moss Gnome (happy-go-lucky, energetic, friendly yet wise main character; full of childlike wonder and thus appeals to children more) and Bigfoot (easily agitated, slightly egotistical, lower-energy side character; worried about his next rent payment, two pay checks away from being homeless, more "realistic" and thus appealing to adults more). Despite this they still relate to each other in a sort of older vs younger brother dynamic.

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8-10

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A forest nymph and a curious bumble bee venture through forests, learning about animals, insects, plants and wildlife safety.

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Kids (and Adults)
Defiantly regionally cultural (hopefully internationally cultural)
Genderless

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Entertain / educate and see wildlife

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Rankin Bass Lord of the Rings/Hobbit Films
The art of Theodor Kittelsen
The art of Ivan Aivazovsky

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a very shy kitten starting primary school, making friends and getting along with others
(theyre all cats btw)
Incident - she gets ignored and is too scared to make friends, so the teacher and her classmates help her out

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Who is the character? What do they want? What obstacle is in their way? How will they get round it?

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Describe character using adjectives to describe their personality, likes, dislikes, .
Brief backstory of character and their relationship to secondary.
Representation e.g. challenging stereotypes

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Describe character using adjectives to describe their personality, likes, dislikes, .
Brief backstory of character and their relationship to secondary.
Representation e.g. challenging stereotypes

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Folklore, Nature, The Fay and Magic (Unreality AKA The Good) vs Civilisation, Cities, Humanity and The Mundane (Reality AKA The Bad)

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a young girl and her imaginative alligator buddy explore the world around them, meeting new experiences day to day

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What key styles are you synthesising?
Reflect on effective productions discussed in class.
How can you make your production visually distinctive?

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Whoever

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5-7

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SpongeBob (S1, Ep5 "Pizza Delivery")
Gravity Falls (S1, Ep1 "Tourist Trapped")
Over the Garden Wall (Ep2 "Hard Times at the Huskin' Bee)

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8-10

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8+

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A child exploring the world and there relationship with there mother after the loss of there father

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Gekko.v2. - Magical lizard.
exploring nature in real life but there is no people, only creatures and animals

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A pair of twins siblings having adventures while they creating stories after school

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Entertain / Educate

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Entertain and educating

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multi culture,

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Gekko
(maybe with Owl as riding creature)

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Main (the brother)
A quit boy who likes to create fantasy stories by combining the knowledge and principles he has learned. Does not dare to share his works until his sister digs out his notebook.
-helpful, cautious, responsible
Main(the sister)
A sickly girl with many crazy ideas took the imitative  to create a story with her brother and imagined that she was the protagonist and took risks in the story.
-brave, rich imagination, cheerful
Side ( sport boy)
A very active skateboarding boy in the twins' class. He hate lessons and reading, but very good at imagine himself as a superhero while doing sports.
- active, outgoing,

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A lively young boy and his gigantic best friend dog, explore the rural world of Philippines, finding new things everyday, unique animals and new adventures every day.

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educate kids about making friends and coming out of your shell, can help more shy kids feel confident and shows kids that trying new things can be fun instead of scary.

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A young kitten starts primary school, but is too nervous to talk to the other cats and hides, so a cat in her class decides to help her break out of her shell and enjoy school.

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Multicultural

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Exploring children's imagination and encourage them to actively express their ideas.

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To Educate, Teach, and give lessons. Giving small life lessons through experiences and situations, to teach kids how to react and respond to similar happenings independently.

A push to get kids to play more outside with friends instead of staying inside.

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a balanced combination of education and entertainment; teaching kids about understanding basic lessons and learning foreign topics meanwhile providing them with an ounce of merriment

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Block of colors.
Simple shapes.
Round lines.

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The magic school bus

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Relationship with Mr Owl (no sure yet)
Adventure

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entertain and educate

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To educate children about listening to there parents

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A shy girl meeting new friends and having adventure in the magic school. They aimed to be the best magician and also find the secret of the magic school.

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Adventure time / Fionna & Cake.
Gravity Falls.

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main character - a transfer student of magic student
shy, helpful, brave
side character -
impulsive ,tsudere (proud pussy), honest
side character -
smart, calm, careless

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main cat - Socks
shy, cautious, nervous
side cat 1- Tom
Loud, boisterous, helpful
side cat 2- Leo?
cheerful, playful, reckless
Teacher cat- miss Whiskers
preppy, cheery, comforting

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Main Character is a playful young child who has trouble following instructions and is easily manipulated, they are close with there mother but is struggling with who they are since there father passed away not that long ago.

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Side Character is the main characters loving single mother who just wants the best for there child who keeps getting into trouble

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Demi is a five-year-old boy, that’s extremely active, the type of kid that hates sitting down and being bored. He’s kind but still naïve and childish.  He hates vegetables and loves hotdogs.

Absolutely despises mathematics and loves the arts. A terrible liar and a very honest kid.

He loves playing basketball and definitely wants to get better at it, however as of now he is terrible at the sport. It's the only thing he watches on the TV.

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friendships

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A child disobeys it mother and try's to eat some cheese on the counter and gets caught

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This isn't really gendered, as there are characters of different genders and there aren't really any gender stereotypes in primary schools.
International, since this is a shared experience in kids around the world, could explore cultures of different students in different episodes.

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New beginnings, getting along with new people and learning about the world.

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What shows would be a good reference for your idea? Or could it be a combination like "[show title] meets [show title]"