Rationale

In my research of "Ring O Rosies" I discovered the main belief of what the rhyme was referring to. The most popular theory I found was The Plague theory. This interpretation was a very dark one and it interested me a lot. However I cannot decide whether or not to believe this theory of the rhyme because after researching into it as both arguments had fair points.

I wanted my own interpretation of the rhyme to be modern and I did this by addressing a very big problem of today: bullying. I wanted people to get a "shock factor" from my story and to realize that it is a very harsh reality of what bullying can achieve. I want the audience to think twice about their actions.

I chose a very influenced Tim Burton style for my characters and along with it a very messy, scrawled, textured style to the animation as a whole. I want to communicate visually the moods and ideas behind my chosen theme and I feel these dark (lack of colour) and messy styles portray this just so. 

I chose my fonts to be creepy and quite informal. I want to get the viewer on a personal level with the main character of the story. The title seems as if it has been written in blood which relates to the theme of death -"we all fall down." The rest of the text however Is very thin lined ad looks as if it is written by a child. I wanted this is link with the style of my imagery within the animation.

The music is in Korean so the lyrics wouldn't distract from the viewer. I chose a very raw, emotional song with soft female vocals. I researched the lyrics and discovered that they were about feeling alone all the time and how crying for them has become their default setting. The fade out at end of the piece suits the theme, style and animation perfectly. It is very slow and has no instruments, so the audience solely focuses on the emotion of the singers voice and what is happening in the animation.