Rationale

The most popular interpretation for the rhyme ‘Ring o’ Roses’ is the black plague interpretation – The roses being the rash that came from the disease, the posies resembling the herbs used to ward off the disease, A tishoo! Representing the sneezing and we all fall down resembling death. I think this interpretation is very believable and I personally believe it.

My interpretation of the rhyme shows a story of bullying. The character Rosie is the bully who sees the innocent Sunny swinging on the swing that Rosie wants to swing on. (Rosie represents the plague and sunny is the victim of the plague)

Rosie tries to bully sunny off the swing, but sunny uses her inhaler to try and protect her self. (The inhaler represents the herbs that ward off the plague).

This makes Rosie angrier and he bullies Sunny more. Sunny uses her stronger inhaler to fight off Rosie and this time it works.

In the original interpretation, the plague takes over and kills people, but in my interpretation, the plague (Rosie) loses the battle. I did this because my animation is aimed to tell younger children that bullying is not okay, and to show them not back down.

I tried to use the music as a tool to help portray the characters feelings/ emotions.

I chose to do a hand drawn styled animation and font to make it appeal to a younger audience. I also used a bright colour palette to keep the attention of a younger viewer. I got the animation and aesthetic style and character style from the popular children’s cartoon, Dora the Explorer