Set Update

 Since the initial design for the set, I have made some changes. Though I still want the animation to take place on a street; I want to make it a completely white street.

This comes after seeing the sets used in the original Paddington Bear series, where they would be completely white (presumably made from foam-board or card) to save time and money.

I think that having a plain white set with only the minor details such as windows and doors to be drawn with pen and ink is a much better idea than trying to replicate an actual street using printed cartridge paper and cardboard cutouts. I think this because not only will it be a direct reference to Paddington Bear, but it will also be a lot cheaper to produce and it will be more aesthetically pleasing.

I am making the set from cardboard with sheets of thick A4 paper stuck on using strong sticky-back tape (like what they used to tell you to use in Blue Peter all the time). Measurements for windows and doors are marked out thinly with a pencil and then drawn on with pen. The windowsill and doorstep are made using cardboard cutouts with the edges drawn in pen also, this gives them a shadow which in turn gives the set more depth.

The details are drawn roughly and with crude lines with little care for neatness, itself reminiscent of the artwork by Tim Burton and low budget cartoons of the 1960s-90s.

The Main action I wanted to take place on some steps outside the house. The steps were made from a thin cardboard with paper stuck to the alternate side where the measurements were marked out. They were held together with masking tape and glued on the inside with hot glue, the result is better than I expected as I took my time particularly on the stairs.

The door is made with a thicker cardboard, I cut the indents with a scalpel and glued paper to the back to make it 3D. The handle consisted of two cardboard pieces which were carefully cut to scale. All the edges were drawn with pen so as not to make it out of place with the rest of the set.

Five additional smaller houses were made and glued to cardboard boxes, the smaller houses give a forced perspective making the street look larger than it actually is.

To the main houses I have added three extra windows on the second level and I added a roof also