Week 2
Personally I feel that the "Crow", "Assassin","Voodoo", "Chasing light" and "Puppet" stories have the most promise. While I love the characters of Riley and B3N, they would take too long to drawing in 3D, rig and animate to my standard. I also feel like 1 minute isn't long enough for me to explore their characters fully.
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As of Wednesday 22, I have decided not to use the "Assassin" idea. I don't think it is a bad idea or an uninteresting concept, I just think it would be too different to pull off to a level I am happy with. I am only just starting to learn 3D, trying difficult artistic concepts isn't in my best interest right now. I'll probably do some drawings on it in my spare time.
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I guess what I'm saying is that I 'm looking at the stories for what is simple to accomplish. I'm saving the best ideas that are more complex for later/ myself.
Animations that I feel will help me...
- Pixar 3D = Geri's game, The Incredibles
- Disney 3D characters
- Alice Madness returns trailers
- Bioshock Infinite character animation style
- Overwatch cinematic trailers
Examples for Overwatch, Kubo and Brave.
Character Bios
Dark feathered friends
-Wendy Gilbert
A bookish girl from St. Petersburg, Wendy and her parents moved to the west mid lands of England when Wendy was the age of 4, so they could be closer to her father's English side of the family. Coming from a academic family of introverts, Wendy grew up thinking it was natural to spend ages in silence reading and studying. When the time came for her to start school, Wendy found the other children ostracize her for being quiet and a timid. (Saved for a different story)
Puppetmaster
-The dancer
A puppet made in the image of Marcus's childhood sweet heart, the dancer is a wooden puppet that has come to life. Sick and tried of obeying the will of its creator (Marcus) and seeking to escape, the dancer tries to rebel against Marcus. Bound by the stings that keep it alive and moving, the dancer can't move beyond the stage and finds its rebellion punished by the threat of scissors cutting her stings.
-Marcus
An older man at the age of around 50 - 60 years, Marcus makes his living by creating high quality wooden puppets. A master of his craft, every figure he creates is a work of art. While he enjoys his craft, Marcus has been getting lonely in his old age. Reminiscing about his childhood, Marcus remembers the girl he fell love with as a boy. Marcus creates the dancer in the image of his childhood sweetheart, and uses his puppets to for fill his fantasies and suppress the loneliness that eats away at his mental state.
Chasing light
-Dominic Edwards
A young homeless boy down on his luck who spots an odd alluring light among the darkest of the city. (Discontinued)
Voodoo
- Lena
A teen girl who is physical abused by her drunken father. (Saved for a longer story)
- Greg
A drunken widower who attack takes his anger out on others, particularly his shy daughter Lena. (Saved for a longer story)
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As of Thursday 23 of February, I have dropped the Chasing Light story as Morgan seems to be doing something similar. One of the advantages of having multiple story ideas is that I can switch and drop story as I need to. It would be a bit weird to have a story so similar to someone else so it makes sense to leave it.
As of Saturday 25, I have dropped the "Voodoo doll" idea. I still like the idea, but when I think of the location, characters and story, I can't help but feel like they need to be complex. Complex is not something I want on this assignment. I'm only just learning the 3D software so super complex character construction should be avoided until the next semester. I'll keep the idea for next semester's projects where I can be a bit more ambitious. The current project is also limited to around one minute to keep the work load in check, Voodoo is the kind of story I would like to run for about 3 or 4 minutes.
As of Saturday 25, I have dropped the "Voodoo doll" idea. I still like the idea, but when I think of the location, characters and story, I can't help but feel like they need to be complex. Complex is not something I want on this assignment. I'm only just learning the 3D software so super complex character construction should be avoided until the next semester. I'll keep the idea for next semester's projects where I can be a bit more ambitious. The current project is also limited to around one minute to keep the work load in check, Voodoo is the kind of story I would like to run for about 3 or 4 minutes.
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This just leaves me with 2 story ideas, Puppet and Crow.
And the winner is...
PUPPET!!!
As much as I love the character of Wendy from my Crow story, I don't feel like the story itself has as much potential as the Puppet story. As I worked on it, Crow became more about comedy and karma and less about a character and moral storytelling, which was what I was aiming from with Crow. I guess the need to stay within the 1 minute and 1/2 character guideline stripped away my chance for a super complex character narrative in this story.Along with Voodoo doll, I'll save the Crow story for later and work on it in my own time. I'll rewrite the story so it focuses more on the aspects I want from the story, hopefully changing the tone from a darkish comedy to a more mood and grey character drama. Crow was meant to be about how Wendy lived her life as a bookish and slightly gothic social outcast and I think I ground off the idea's teeth by trying to make it conform to the assignment guide lines.
Don't worry, Wendy and Lena will return (maybe as the same character). I love them to much to give up on their potential.
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Farther Puppet Brainstorming
Overall I think puppet fits my needs very well. Short, sweet, gothic and potential for massive creepiness. I want to focus on the visuals that show how the relationship between Puppet master and puppet deteriorate and the menace the scissors pose to the life of the puppet.
I'm currently looking at visual aspects and techniques that could assist in storytelling and creating drama. I like the idea of have a "2D" moving Stage background like those you might see at a more complex puppet or marionette show. Some examples of what I am thinking are...
-League of Legends "The Harrowing" cinematic = https://youtu.be/s2FFGBPXNeU
-"Lemon Snicket's: A series of unfortunate events" credit scene = https://youtu.be/JoBnHYKcCRU
-Alice madness returns 2D cutscenes = https://youtu.be/9g8njk3xO64
I am looking into music to use for the story. While it might be nice to get a music student to make a piece for the film, I feel it would be quicker and more relibable to simply look for some in the creative commons.
Pieces of Music for the story
Classical choicesPart 1- Soft music
-Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
-Prelude in C major ~ Bach
- "The Funeral March" ~ Frédéric Chopin
Part 2 - Violent music
- Ouverture to Egmont ~Beethoven
-"In the Hall of the Mountain King ~Edvard Grieg
- Ouverture- Can-can ~Jacques Offenbach
Youtube artists and concept artists
https://www.youtube.com/user/revolutions34
https://www.youtube.com/user/Sycra
https://www.youtube.com/user/KienanLafferty
https://www.youtube.com/user/bluefley00
Reminder = Adobe Colour picker is a thing
Marius was nice enough to link me this video about Zbrush, watching it slowly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umg_spkkeu0
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