Interior background progress

From the research i did into the interiors of buildings in 18th Century, Colonial America, I have come up with this room design for one of the scenes in our animation. Because the room is that of Alexander Spotswood, Governor of Virginia, i tried to make it quite grand and fancy inside to reflect a room in the house of someone of his power would have lived at the time.
What went well;
-i really like the perspective and framing of the background
-my team approve of this layout
-i used inspiration from the research i did and think this room stays true to the interiors of the time period

what could be improved
-perhaps add more furnishings as i start to paint

Background research- Interiors

Above is some research into what the interior of quite a grand house would look like in 18th Century colonial Virginia. I will take inspiration from this research in order to create my own background, as one of our shots takes place in a setting like this.

Documentary Research

I have formed a team with Andy and Liam for the documentary brief, and we have decided that we will be focusing on the golden age of Piracy for our animation, specifically on Blackbeard's death. I will be doing the backgrounds for the animation, as well as animating, which we have decided will be in a paper cut-out style. We have also decided we want the character designs to look quite illustrative, as if from an old history book. We intend the documentary to be an expository, narrated style documentary to tell the facts of Blackbeards death. In terms of research, sources like books, documentaries, and trying to get in touch with professionals and visit museums.

Below is a mood board I have put together with some research that will be essential knowledge to make this documentary. I have researched and gathered images from the setting of this event, (Virginia, Ocracoke island, surrounding sea) as this will be necessary to me when creating the backgrounds. I have also gathered some illustrations of Blackbeard himself as inspiration for what our character designs might look like, as well as looking at details like the ships (sloops) used and Blackbeard's flag. I have also linked some documentaries I watched as research.