Based on feedback recieved from my crit week presentation i have begun to think about the main essence for my honours project, the finished artifact. My finished piece should be around a 2 minute long animation showing a character and its development of performance shown through a personality arc.
To begin.
What causes personality arcs?
A shy character, ashamed of their appearance.
A lonely character, the way he is from events in his childhood. Lots of small failures and loss of confidence result in a depressed person devoid of hope.
Brain's Advice!
Just draw and see what comes out!
A man who tries to change who he is to please a woman but it turns out that instead of doing it for her he does it for himself.
A blinded man, depressed and given up on hope, is given a guide dog that gives him both independance and a loyal companion.
A tiger, born different from the others, feels left out and insecure about themselves. Perhaps born a strange colour or with an allergy to meat.
Disney DVD, 2007. 'Meet the Robinsons'
Took a look at this disney film for inspiration, mainly on character development. There are so many wonderful and wacky character designs in this film that it was difficult not to be inspired. A lot of the characters personalities are shown through their relationships with each other. The villain of the story, Bowler-Hat-Guy is made the way he is through his distain towards the main character, Lewis. He himself has a strange relationship with his own hat, who controls him through superior intelligence.
