Last character sketches..

*New* Hero + Villian + Side-Kick

I have thought long and hard about Justin’s feedback and have been taking strong actions against the last comment, since then my characters have become stronger and more vivid, Justin had pointed out that I should keep an eye on the shapes of the character and construct them better, to some extent I have changed my thinking and opted for a more humanistic approach to designing even though preserving the cartoon element to the whole character design project. The shapes I’m using now I feel are much better then before, the facial features and the body are now more muscular becoming visually powerful I think it just my style of drawing. Now I believe is has hindered away from the generic style it was previously. Not a lot of difference will be shown with my sidekick he will uphold the basic shapes as it will contrast with the Villain more appropriately.

I’ve explored more features concerning the human form areas such as games, athletics, human muscles, bodybuilders have been looked into to get the poses right for my characters.

1936 Olympics - Gymnastics

US Men's Gymnastics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/default.stm

Tekken 6 Characters

http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/gallery/
Being a fan of Tekken pretty much from the beginning of this fighting phenomenon I have witnessed the change in the characters shapes and size plus forms over the years in addition the latest version is Tekken 6 it includes props this year… the games shows another medium of where characters influences each other they have relationships to one another I the sense that they contrast to reveal a better self-image, each and every character is individual.

Body Building - arnold schwarzenegger - biceps training

http://www.dannypadilla.com/81Olympia.html
http://www.fitnessmaniactips.com/Weight-Training/index.html

Ronnie Coleman : MusCle man best body builder! EVER!!!

 A lot of my friends like to train and to the gym this is where I received this idea of using athletic exercise to under stand the human body more and the shapes involved, I drew an additional collection of poses gestures using images and video reference as guides for my characters to take advantage of.

It’s now decided after looking at the human figure in a few different ways this muscular pattern will emerge between the Hero and the Villain, my hero is a rare extinct species one of a kind it has been fighting for survival in a prime evil Forrest/Jungle again predictors such as the Villain its entire life why not give it similar traits to the recent King Kong Film.

Seminar

Seminar for the post-modernism Essay was held in lecture theatre one unfortunately missed the how to write the Essay prior to this with Tracey Ashmore, I wasn’t to aware of what I was going to be write about the issues seemed the same for most of the group I remember one guy talking about Wallace and Grommet and other talking about war hammer also the whole 2nd life business was raised by a student, I like the entire idea of social networking sites taking over ordinary lives in some respect, divorcing someone because they cheated in a virtual world is a complete joke however it shows how serious SOME! of the society are taking it ….hmm very interesting however felt lost from the whole Essay thing, so the group had given an open conversation from Phil about what approaches to take I had my own idea of a few key routes from the lectures previously that can become a main topic in my Essay writing and shared this with Phil.

Metanarrative was the 1st intended area I wanted to look into however it become clear from the seminar discussion this may be too complicated then thought a lot of issues regarding political cultural famous figures of the ear such as President Barack Obama is associated with this field of research ‘postmodernism is power’. My next target I set my eyes on was Meta fiction, learning that fiction about fiction when you set your mind to it can become quite fascinating, Films such as Mulholland Drive, Pulp Fictions and Moulin Rouge depict this perfectly... ohhh and not to mention Funny Games. Perhaps I could base my research around this area along side the whole (Meta) phrase having more then one category as it can be merged in the midst of the postmodern genre.

METANARRATIVE
A story, narrative or theory which claims to be above the ordinary or local accounts of social life. Postmodernists claim that the majority of the writings of Marx, Durkheim, Weber are offered as metanarratives, presented as capturing universal properties of social life and thus superior to local or more grounded stories. Postmodernist social theorists argue for a return to the local, the rejection of grand theory and a privileged position for science and its narratives, and an acknowledgment of the inherently political nature of all narratives.
http://bitbucket.icaap.org/dict.pl?alpha=M

METAFICTION
Metafiction is a term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality. In providing a critique of their own methods of construction, such writings not only examine the fundamental structures of narrative fiction, they also explore the possible functionality of the world outside the literary fictional text.
http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/Literary_Criticism/postmodernism/metafiction.htm

I’m going to re-think about what my arguments are going to be in my postmodernism Essay structurally, starting by diving into the lecture notes once again and find some relationships between some terms and information some of this already includes eugenics, deconstruction, binary oppositions and Eugenics, Tod had an interesting idea of using the urinal shown in the lectures, I’m not entirely sure what the argument was in relation to postmodernism was however it involve meta narratives which is an area I might have to consider, the next stage is speak to Tod and find out his thoughts. Generally further investigation into something that’s completely anonymous like Postmodernism (‘Postmodernism is difficult’) can be hard to get a grasp of although the deeper I dive the better it becomes to understanding it.

Narrative Resolved Characters and New Story structure

Q and his Assistant

The images below show the final Q design proportions have been considered and this is corresponding within both images, the idea is to keep the sketches simple and affective they need to look similar to its inspiration the cartoony UP character Carl Fredrickson however maintaining its own icon I believe I have done this. Q’s female assistant has taken up form also having influences from Betty boo to Jessica rabbit. The design concept for this wasn’t too hard as there are so many references out there. Basing all the designs for our project in the 60’s era has transformed my way of thinking during this time a lot of things where moving forward to a better existent and forever growing now, I feel that looking into 60’s designs has enhanced developing character along with giving me a wider outlook on other approaches.

Few references for the female design .

Individual Spoof task..

I’m aiming not to leave everything to the last minute; part of the narrative project is to create our own ‘Swapping Genres Spoof of a movie along with a poster of your choice. I’ve tried to address everything onto my blog as much as I can in the time given. Time for me to establish the film and type of genre I’m interested in changing, initially thinking about a film which everyone knows first of all, something which has created a huge impact to film industry perhaps and technically a decent film. Godfather into a musical? Using influences from Moulin Rouge? Hmm… decisions decisions, more thought and time is needed here I think.
Researching the genres:

1. ANIMATED (Greatest Films: Animated Films)Film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
2. FANTASY (Greatest Films:Fantasy Films) Film: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
3. GANGSTER (Greatest Films:Gangster (Crime) Films) Film: The Godfather (1972)
4. SCIENCE FICTION (Greatest Films:Science Fiction Films) Film: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
5. WESTERN (Greatest Films:Western Films) Film: The Searchers (1956)
6. SPORTS (Greatest Films:Sports Films) Film: Raging Bull (1980)
7. MYSTERY (Greatest Films: Mystery Films) Film: Vertigo (1958)
8. ROMANTIC COMEDY (Greatest Films:Comedy Films) Film: City Lights (1931)
9. COURTROOM DRAMA(Greatest Films:Drama Films) Film: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
10. EPIC (Greatest Films:Epic Films) Film: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)http://www.filmsite.org/afi10topten.html

“Classy: Possessing elegance, the attribute of being tastefully designed, decorated and maintaining refined grace and dignified propriety.”

“Grindhouse (Exploitation film): A type of film that eschews the expense of "quality" productions in favour of making films on-the-cheap, attracting the public by exciting their more prurient interests.”

This example was given to us to give a sense of what editing can achieve
Brokeback To The Future

Example of editing to create humour
Television programme debate