Thoughts?
Friday, January 28, 2011
[character designs: round 1]
Just whipped this up! This is the design I'm thinking of working with for the Girl. I'm still tweaking it (i.e. I don't know if I'll go with that hair colour yet) and I'm aware of the discrepancies in height, dress length, etc. But I like to see all the steps of character evolution, so I'm posting step 1.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
[premises]
I have not given incredible thought to all of these yet. But they are my ideas. Yay?
1) Untitled Caterpillar Project
James and Larry are two best friends who also happen to be caterpillars. James is a quieter, more timid soul, while Larry wants to see the world. They grow up together and have lots of fun until one day, the inevitable happens: Larry turns into a butterfly. James has to cope with Larry's imminent departure and the fact that Larry is not as sad about it as James is.
2) Untitled Clock Horror Project
Amelia, a young girl, is very precocious and loves reading tales of the supernatural or fantastic. A story has been passed down her family for generations about a magical clock that has the ability to freeze time, either for yourself or another person, locking the person into one moment of time forever. This is Amelia's favourite story and the one that her mom tells her the most until, suddenly, her mother dies. Her dad marries his secretary from work. The story continues with Amelia's narration: she thinks that her stepmom doesn't like her until one day, for Amelia's twelfth birthday, her stepmom tells her that she has a present for her. She makes Amelia sit in a chair in the middle of a room with her eyes closed and says that she'll be back with her present soon. The ending line is "And I know that I'm just excited, and Dad says that makes time pass slower...but it feels like she's been gone for a very long time..." The camera pulls back to reveal that outside the waiting room, desolation and nuclear apocalypse has wreaked the city, leaving Amelia suspended forever in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
3) The Boy in the Well
The main character is an eight-year old girl. She is not a bad girl, but like most children, she doesn't like chores or responsibilities. She likes to get out of the house a lot and explore the woods behind her house as an escape from the grueling pressure (or so she sees it) of being at home. One day she discovers an old wishing well in the forest. There is the voice of a young boy emanating from the well. Over time the girl keeps coming back and talking to him, asking if he wants to get out of the well and go back to his home. He keeps insisting that it's better down in the well--there are no responsibilities, no parents, etc. After a scene where her parents yell at her, the girl decides to go into the well and join the boy...only to find that he's dead. And there's no way out.
1) Untitled Caterpillar Project
James and Larry are two best friends who also happen to be caterpillars. James is a quieter, more timid soul, while Larry wants to see the world. They grow up together and have lots of fun until one day, the inevitable happens: Larry turns into a butterfly. James has to cope with Larry's imminent departure and the fact that Larry is not as sad about it as James is.
2) Untitled Clock Horror Project
Amelia, a young girl, is very precocious and loves reading tales of the supernatural or fantastic. A story has been passed down her family for generations about a magical clock that has the ability to freeze time, either for yourself or another person, locking the person into one moment of time forever. This is Amelia's favourite story and the one that her mom tells her the most until, suddenly, her mother dies. Her dad marries his secretary from work. The story continues with Amelia's narration: she thinks that her stepmom doesn't like her until one day, for Amelia's twelfth birthday, her stepmom tells her that she has a present for her. She makes Amelia sit in a chair in the middle of a room with her eyes closed and says that she'll be back with her present soon. The ending line is "And I know that I'm just excited, and Dad says that makes time pass slower...but it feels like she's been gone for a very long time..." The camera pulls back to reveal that outside the waiting room, desolation and nuclear apocalypse has wreaked the city, leaving Amelia suspended forever in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
3) The Boy in the Well
The main character is an eight-year old girl. She is not a bad girl, but like most children, she doesn't like chores or responsibilities. She likes to get out of the house a lot and explore the woods behind her house as an escape from the grueling pressure (or so she sees it) of being at home. One day she discovers an old wishing well in the forest. There is the voice of a young boy emanating from the well. Over time the girl keeps coming back and talking to him, asking if he wants to get out of the well and go back to his home. He keeps insisting that it's better down in the well--there are no responsibilities, no parents, etc. After a scene where her parents yell at her, the girl decides to go into the well and join the boy...only to find that he's dead. And there's no way out.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
[test post]
Just testing out to see how this looks. I need a better blog title. Kristina Lendrum's Thesis Blog is so boring and obvious.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)