Characters
After a long discussion with Liam, we have decided that the best style for our stop-motion would be best created using crafted puppets. While I am a bit disappointed, it was important that we got the style sorted out as quickly as possible so we could work on the animatic and material list. Anymore delaying would set us behind.

I have been working on the character concepts when I can find time. So far I only have sorted out the look for the police officers. While I don't have a finished sketch for the Magician or his assistant, I have an idea of what they should look like. The Magician should be a slender man in a suit and bow tie. His face is a sharp triangle with a point for the chin and a long pointy nose. Some examples of this would be Count Olaf from Lemon Snicket or the magician from Pixar's "".

The assistant is a beautiful 'well built' woman wearing a long red dress. She has big blue eyes and wears make up. Her face is much rounder, like an oval or sphere. Some influence's on her look include 'Meg' from Paperman and 'Sally' from "A Nightmare before Christmas".

The police are muscular tall men in stereotypical british police uniforms. While aren't overly buff, the police men are much taller and stockier than the magician. Their faces are very hard and are rectangular in shape. For the design of the police men, I used examples from a new video game called "We Happy Few" as a reference.