UPDATE: Poem

Just an update of the poem for everybody:

There once was a girl named Lucy Firr

Who never moans, never causes a stir
She lived in an orphanage and that's where she'll stay

The shame is her friends never ask her to play

They just run about their childish deeds

Without a thought or glance as this girl recedes

Into the darkness isolated and alone

While the orphanage owner sits high on her throne

The orphanage owner is horrible and fat

Lucy's only true friend is the orphanage cat

He pays her attention he'll let her come play

And in turn for his comfort she allows him to stay

High up in the orphanage inside a small room

Lucy and the cat will play in the gloom

Rather than games such as hide and seek

Lucy would rather play torture the weak

She scares the children with spiders through floors

And howling loudly at night throwing novels at doors

The orphanage children who are frozen with fright

Lie aware of the things that go bump in the night

One morning when Lucy lie awake in her bed

Sudden thoughts rushed through her and filled her with dread

A memory? A dream? A nightmare perhaps?

Whatever it was had caused her to collapse

When she next awoke she was surrounded by black

And when footsteps approached she was forced to step back

Impaired by the darkness leaving her blind

As she reached on wary of what she might find

In a desperate attempt Lucy grasped at the door

But found a soft comfort that she'd felt before

When she opened her eyes she felt like a prat

As she gazed up aware of the orphanage cat

Let me know what you think of the last two lines, they're meant to relieve some of the tension from the previous lines, but are they disturbing the feel of the poem? Please comment.

Target Audience

Our target audience is mainly for children and young adults because we feel it contains criteria of interest to a younger audience rather then adults but that's not to say adults will not enjoy the film. Although the animation is for a younger audience I would suggest the rating is a PG rather then a U, this is due to the fact that it contains some disturbing scenes due to our Dark , Gothic, Tim Burton inspired theme, which may scare younger children. So in terms of age range I would suggest it's targeted at 11-16 year olds, maybe even up to 18 year olds as it seems as though Tim Burton films such as The Nightmare before Christmas attracted a vast teenage audience. With this audience it allows us to be creative with our imaginations as children have an active imagination and often like to think outside the box. Using the idea of impossible worlds is also appealing for children as it's not realistic, it's a form of escapism. Hence why we are using plasticine models but what child doesn't dream about objects coming to life? So we put that into a narrative and made our characters turn from that boring block of plasticine into it's own characteristic life.

The cat has officially been molded

After debating whether the cat should be modelled realistically or with exaggerated size we decided for the purpose of detail and proportion to Lucy, the cat should be bigger rather than smaller. So after hours of fiddling about with plastacine this is the final model I have come up with which suits the original artwork perfectly.

Here are a few pictures: