Context & Themes
10 things, Quotes, Images, facts you know, statements you want to make.
‘What the audience sees on screen is a manifestation of what's inside your imagination.’ (chapter 6, page 77. Make toons that sell)
‘The animator wants to control the eye to help tell the story [...] character design should reflect this control of the audiences vision.’
(chapter 6, page 89. Make toons that sell)
https://youtu.be/xt2PcwKHbxc - This video may be about a written character, but I feel I’m going to need to understand this aspect of the writer's point of view, and how they intended their character to be seen.
- ‘Plot comes from character’ John Truby
A series of videos on characters and story telling.
- ‘We easily empathise with character that are like us. And even more easily with character that we wish we were like.’
‘What we want to achieve isn't realism, its believability.’ (page 34, the animator’s survival kit)
‘The appearance serves a character’s personality but also the story they are in, their role should be visible.’
- Marika Nieminen PSYCHOLOGY IN CHARACTER DESIGN Creation of a Character Design Tool. (Page 36). https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/126784/MarikaNieminen_Thesis.pdf?sequence=1
Case Studies of Practice
An interview with Luke Pearson, the creator of the graphic novel, and now animated adaptation on netflix.
When asked about if any of ‘Hilda’ the protagonist of the story’s experiences where based on his real life, his response was that not alot of the story has any connection to him, but there are small details that are.
‘ And obviously her emotions and the way she reacts to things are closely connected to myself, past and present.’
Ratatouille - We empathise with Remy. Unlikely, as he is merely a rat, but he is a rat that wants to be something he can not. To be a chef. We want him to succeed as many of use can people see ourselves in this small rodent, striving for something we may feel is unachievable.
Harry potter's character basically is the plot of the film. Harry's scar play an enormous part in the story, it defines his tragic backstory. Even his eyes get commented on by almost every character that met his mother; with their uncanny similarities.
A quote from ‘Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability
‘Growing up I searched for characters who mirrored the people in my community.’
Which is true, you look for something that mirrors our society, as we progress, so does our diversity in animation.
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