i have chosen these 3 aesops fables to narrow down to the final idea.

Hercules and the Waggoner

The Cock and the Pearl

The Mountains in Labour


each of these have more than one character so will be challenging to animate them and make it look asthough they are interacting.
each would involve slightly different walk animation if that is what i decide to do. partly being 2 or 4 legs to animate.

i think the use of the camera will help greatly to make the animation more effective and help link the characters and the environment.

my favorite at the moment is the Hercules and the waggoner fable. i think that maving only 2 characters will give me more time to help them interact better and more time to create better models. the environment around can be quite simple with maybe some trees in the background and some clouds.
other than the characters i will need to model and animate is the cart and horses, which can be as simple or as complex as time allows.