On set (a.k.a blacked out bedroom!)

 Day 1 trying to position camera for downshot             Day 7 plenty of plasticine on hand for running                                                                                           repairs to well-worn model!

Photoshop 2d pictures and posters etc for the film sets and props

book cover

driver's license for wallet

newspapers for credits

photo on kitchen wall

posters for bus stop

Completed Sets

 Kitchen complete with props and characters

External shot of house and garden

Gravestones of Old Lady's beloved dogs

Park

Ice-cream van (grate beside it)

Bus Stop

Supporting actors!

Teddy

Ducks on grass (a mixture of bron paint with clay/dirt from real garden was used to create dirt surface on a canvas and green plasticine added for grass effect)

Wire armatures covered in super light, air drying clay; I used a similar armature for the teddy

Props, props, props!!

 Smaller props made with Super Sculpey. Firstly, they are baked
 in the oven to harden and then painted. Props included various kitchen implements and appliances along with Euro coins, cone for ice-cream (ice-cream itself made from plasticine as character will bite off bits)

Old lady's bag, needed to be big (so she won't have to bend down to pick it up, and so that all of the props she will collect will look like they could fit in her bag) I padded out the middle of the bag so it would be lighter. The wheels are made out of super sculpey

Wallet and purse made out of plasticine. Driver's licence created in Photoshop and printed out. Money hand drawn on bits of paper. Cook book is an actual miniature book with new cover created in Photoshop glued on

Characters-Phase Two- refining and improving

I fattened and rounded the face and padded out his body, adding a coat for consistency with clothes worn by other characters. Also, I added pockets to the coat, enabling easier placement of his wallet (will protrude from pocket to catch Old Lady's eye)

 Younger looking girl character, more innocent and cuter looking (will add more of a surprise when she treats the Old Lady nastily) I had to cut the wire in the arms and legs to shorten her which may affect how she animates, particularly the arms

 Early stages of development of bus stop

Updated characters

Characters-phase one

 First attempt at little girl character; I was happy with her naughty look and how the jacket turned out but she looked much too old, particularly to have a teddy with her

Basis for man character, still needs bulking out to make him greedier looking

Three Characters together as a size comparison

Set Building continued!

 Paper Mache to build texture for hedges, which I then painted with acryllics

Making the park bench with wire and lollipop sticks before again painting and adding clay for stability at the bottom 

 
The ice-cream van using cardboard boxes and plastic mushroom trays I paper-mached together to create the shape. Painted, then added real pictures of wheels and created posters for it in Photoshop (see later picture)

Kitchen cupboards, cooker and fridge with cardboard and paper mache

 prints of a lino texture glued to floor

 Tiling the wall using painted cut out pieces

Adding real wood textures to the cupboards gave a much more realistic look to the kitchen

Also real print out of the oven door gives a greater sense of depth

Rendered Sketches of the Park Set and the Bus Stop

Sketches quickly rendered in Photoshop to get an idea of layout and colour scheme of sets