Adaptation (A): Initial Music Options

Music Options

These two videos are by Morgan Mathews and as long as he is credited anyone is welcome to use his music. They are happy and country-based acoustic beats that could potentially enhance my infographic as I am not using a voice over.

Adaptation (A): Colour Experiments

Colour Experiments

Just testing out some colour ideas for my infographic. Not sure on having a white background just yet, however I am happy with the style.

Film Review: India & USA - Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

Written, directed, produced and animated by an american artist called Nina Paley, Sita Sings the Blues is a musical created primarily using 2D software graphics and Flash; after the end of several copyrights. The film features three heavy styles of design that stays in relation to classical Bollywood cinema, aiming towards the modern audience and therefore winning an award for 'Gotham's Independent Film Award' for 'Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You'.

Based on the stories and events of the Ramayana, which is in discussion by a comical trio of Indian shadow puppets, the film features the contrast and comparison of artistic style from Paley's real life event and how it relates to the Ramayana legacy. Both stories feature a woman who has been true and faithful to their partner's, but are ultimately let down and 'dumped' by their former lovers.

Sita Sings the Blues has a very strong visual style, but for a modern audience it can loose track of readability and understanding of the general narrative. Despite the repetitiveness of songs and general beat and flow of the animation itself, there is no denying that the trio of puppets sell's the film completely. This film could appeal to anyone studying Bollywood film and cinema, along with seeking inspiration for making their own unique film by themselves.

Adaptation (B): Character Abilities & Methodology

Character Abilities & Methodology

As I want to create a group of five characters (But model one for my Adaptation (B) project) I want to outline each characters abilities with a general understanding of who they are before I begin designing them using a particular method. I was thinking either watercolour/ watercolour pencils/ pastels.

Briar Rose: Necromancer, can call aid from the undead, can control nature at her will.

Master Thief: Master of deception, gunslinger.

Rose-Red / Bear: A young girl that looks innocent until she calls her bear-like-creature companion to fight along side her OR a man who turns into a bear-like-creature to fight/Jekyll and Hyde - cute until threatened.

The Girl Without Hands: Bionic hands, out of proportion, detachable/up-gradable/changeable.

The Owl: Creature-like, hides away until aggravated or tormented, the groups secret weapon.

Adaptation (A): More Thumbnails

Adaptation (A):

More Thumbnails

After yesterdays tutorial, Alan and I agreed that a more illustrative route would work best for my infographic, so I have quickly come up with a few thumbnails just to visualize it more before posting my updated storyboard.

Mudbox Lesson 02: Red Pepper

Mudbox Lesson 02: 

Red Pepper - Created Using a Mouse

Today's lesson was more structured in terms of what we would be aiming to sculpt. We were given the task to create a pepper. I had no tablet with me today so I continued by using a mouse.

Adaptation (B): About the Characters

Adaptation (B)

BROTHERS GRIMM STORIES

After my tutorial with Alan, we discussed that these characters are very different yet all want the same things. Which works as a group. The stories all have something sad about them that could connect them all together. So now I am outlining what we discussed in this post; what the characters could be, their personal issues as well as any other potential ideas for them.

- Briar Rose

http://www.authorama.com/grimms-fairy-tales-7.html

Story: In the original story, Briar Rose sleeps among the many corpses of her attempted rescuers that got caught in the thorny Briar hedge that surrounded her chamber. She was never rescued and after 100 years, the curse was lifted; and she awoke.

Idea: Necromancer/Voodoo/Death

Personal: Wants someone to be her 'savior'. Seeks companionship, but not one of the dead.

- The Master Thief

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_Thief

Story: The Master Thief is a boy who becomes a man but throughout his life he has to prove himself and make friends through his ways of being a thief and a master of disguise. He is denied to marry a girl he loves, until her farther is so afraid of his stealing ways, he allows it.

Idea: Shape-Shifter/Ninja/Magician

Personal: Wants to have true friends. Never has had the feeling of being part of a family.

- Rose-Red

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow-White_and_Rose-Red

Story: The sister of Snow-White, who befriends a bear. The girl finds a dwarf who is nasty to her when she tries ties to help him and one day the bear finds the dwarf and kills him. The curse is lifted and the bear turns out to be a prince.

Idea: A girl who has a bear as her weapon and protector/Jekyll and Hyde bear

Personal: The girl wants a relationship with the prince, but he can never stay in human form long enough and remains mostly as a bear. They can never truly have a real relationship, but they are each others protector.

- The Owl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Owl_(fairy_tale)

Story: An Owl wants to live in a barn, who terrorizes the locals who then want him to leave. They burn the barn to try and kill the owl.

Idea: A shadow/Mysterious Creature/Pet

Personal: Homeless and just wants to find somewhere to stay; also no one to be scared of him/her.

- The Girl Without Hands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Without_Hands

Story: A girl plays with the devil, who then fails to complete a task set by her and because her hands are too clean; he cannot take her with him. As punishment, he cuts of her hands. A fairy helps her, where she she later marries a king who makes her hands out of silver, but is tormented by the devil.

Idea: Can control objects or gravity/Bionically enhanced/Turns people to Silver/Stength

Personal: Doesn't want anyone to judge her by her appearance.