Intended Audience

The intended audience for my project differs from most of the other MA projects that I have seen this year. As my project does not result in a finished animation with a complete narrative it isn't meant to be submitted at film and animation festivals as a short. Because it isn't narrative lead and instead focuses on developing new processes it does not have a target age range or group of people in the traditional sense. My project is aimed at people who are already working in the animation industry. 

My project is a research and development based project its finished outcome is intended to be a completed production pipeline, with a guide of how to create stop motion puppets intended for use in virtual reality, which will be accompanied by a written research proposal that outlines the potential development of the project into a virtual reality interactivity piece. The finished pipeline and research proposal will be presented at animation conferences to professional animators and companies, where I can hopefully acquire the funding to progress the idea to the next stages of development. 

As part of this project I will need to identify animation conferences, talks, studios, professionals and possibly festivals which I can attend and promote my project. At the end of my MA course I will also look at the possibility of using this completed project as a PHD proposal in order to further develop the idea as part of a formal academic qualification.