HI ALAN THESE ARE A FEW CONCEPTS WE PUT TOGETHER AFTER THE TUTORIAL WE HAD.
1st ALTERNATIVE
1st ALTERNATIVE
Chain reaction
Liang sends Tao to collect an ingredient for the mix, (colour specific?)
Tao brings back a ingredient of the wrong colour,
Liang shakes head and sends Tao back.
Tao throws the wrong ingredient s over his head which land on an old shelf
Tao brings another wrong ingredient s, and again Liang shakes his head and sends him back.
Tao then throws the second ingredient s over his head which hits the bracket on the shelf, causing it to slant.
Final- Again Tao brings a wrong ingredient s, throws overhead, hitting a bowl,
Contents of the bowl fly out, rolls down the slanted shelf and towards an open vial next to Liang.
The vial is knocked over and the contents fall into the bowl. Causing explosion
2nd ALTERNATIVE
Conflict of intrest
Liang wants to create gold. Tao wants to make medicine instead.
Liang says no, and begins to make gold.
Tao is upset and so tries to put his recipe into the same bowl as Liang, slipping ingredient s, in when Liang is not looking. [Causes a distraction to occupy Liang] [Tao switches Liang’s Vials]
Tao continues to switch ingredient s and distract Liang, adding more ingredients.
Close up of the mix as it starts to bubble and smoke due to the combination of ingredient s.
The final time Tao adds a different ingredients. And this causes the explosion.
3rd ALTERNATIVE REITERATION
Tom and Jerry effect
{Both take part in distracting each other in order to put their own ingredient s. Into one pot each time they try to outdo each other, for example a bigger distraction each time}
Hi guys
ReplyDeleteI would suggest that your story is growing instead of refining. Look at the two methods below of digging deeper into your idea and focusing more on reduction as way to find quality. I would also suggest the posibility of losing one of your characters and focusing on developing his personlity.
1) The odd couple - Think opposite 'character types' and find the simplest actions to convey their mismatched relationship. So 'stuck up, stiff, and aloof' vs 'slobbish, clumbsy, and overfriendly'. From this you can find ways to focus on simple interactions between the two characters.
2) One clumbsy person - Instead of two people think Mickey Mouse in the 'Sorcerers Apprentice' (Fantasia - without the magic brooms). In this senario the second character becomes 'internal clumbsiness' and its resulting effects on the environment. So one poor characters last attempt to make money (gold) results in the invention of fireworks (via catastrophe).
Remember - Limitation is the key, you only have 9 weeks to make this.
Note: Watch Fantasia (Below) and look at the use of shadow and colour. Also, look at the chinese / Japanese culture and the use of silhouette's. Your animation need not be full 3D and could use silhouettes to tell the story - eg side view only and all told in coloured silhouettes (3d models rendered to be flat) to match traditional art styles.
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Note 2: Take a look at the game 'Limbo'
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