Visual Language

Check out these movies for inspiration on ways to make your animations interesting. I know most of these are fairly complicated but they may give you some inspiration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3MAPvingT4

Here's a good way to show an animation of a boat. You could use the way they animated the sea.

Te Ika o Maui (Crusader, Marvin, Darius)

Maui's Birth (Vivienne, Osana) (Sesalina, Mele) (Ashleigh, Chante)

Paikea (Awhina, Mino, Jarna) (Lave, Tana, Heremaia)

Rona and the Moon (Melvin, Tevita)

Tinirau and Kae (Kayde, Matthew, Cruz)

Kupe's Voyage (Tupac, Kobe) (Piriniha, Kaiden)