Changes To The Story

This week was mainly spent discussing and developing the story further. After numerous heated debates, it was decided that the beginning sequence, which showed how the chicken arrived at the farm, was to be scrapped as it was not essential to the story, and took up too much valuable time.
The story now begins straight at the farm, specifically in the barn where much of the focus will be. We'd decided to allocate more time to the barn scene as this is the most important part of the story, involving various gags and jokes, as well as where the main narrative actually takes place.
The ending has also been changed. Originally the chicken was to be taken away by the farmer who is seen walking towards the abatoire, implying the chicken's fate. However, as was aparent throughout the pitching stage, it seems that only 'happy endings' will be accepted in this project. Therefore, it was decided that the chicken will instead find its true calling once it realises it is a cockrel, and reside in the barn in blisfull happiness with all the hens to himself. He will also be shown throughout the credits in various states of pampering, i.e. being fed, fanned etc. Hopefully this should suffice as a typical 'happy ending'.

The process of storyboarding has also begun, with Gary and Samir working in joint unison seeing as they will be our animators. Ian has agreed to concept assets, while I volunteered to take care of general concepts, i.e. character, interior and exterior designs. Luke as director will oversee the overall workflow, as well as lending his help where it is needed. He has also began creating and organising a production pipeline to help keep us within schedule.