Story time: part two

So my friend and I both created Pansy. But this new post is a poem she wrote that I am interested in animating. We have been stuck on this poem for a while and really wanted to create something great out of it. For Pansy, I have a very very rough storyboard for, but this one still needs work. I would like to share with you a poem from my bff Cassie DeMario. Respect the Greatness :P


"Connor"


There was a kid playing guns in a toy store
And I asked him, “Hey kid what are you shooting for?”
He said, “Bang! Bang! You fall to the ground”
And I fell, I fell, I fell

I was walking through the streets downtown
And the children were making their way down
Rushing to see the new piece of plastic
Their smiles were superficial but fantastic

All through the day, life’s wasting away
And all through the night, I dream
Of going away, exactly where I can’t say
I don’t know when, but I’ll get there some day

I was zoning out of time
Then I heard a sound that rattled my mind
A mother was yelling at her weeping child
And then she smiled, she smiled, she smiled

My nephew only stares at the screen
When he grows up, I wonder what he’ll be
Some big success, the pride of the family
No, I suppose he’ll be more like me

There was a kid playing guns in a toy store
And I asked, “Hey kid what are you shooting for?”
He said, “Bang! Bang! You fall to the ground”
And I said no child not this time around
No child not this time around

I see a lot of potential for this visually. Hope you enjoyed it.

Story time

Hey guys,

So I have two ideas for thesis. Here is one:


Pansy’s Revenge:

Pansy is a mischievous young girl whose main rivals are the boys next door, Aiden and Peter. Pansy gets very irritated by the cruel way the boys treat her and plots revenge, sometimes for pure entertainment. Although the boys do taunt her with sexist remarks and/or poor 10-year-old boy humor, she secretly just wants to be their friend. Her mom always said that if a boy is picking on you, that means they like you. So why can’t she do that to them? I have no personal connection to Pansy, beside the fact that I had more friends who were boys than girls and that I wanted to be a part of their “bro society" to see if they liked me. Really, I just get entertained the dark humor I can instill in her. My friend, who helped me create Pansy, may have a different set of reasons. . . she’s psychotic. :P

With Pansy, comes a sidekick--her doll. The doll acts as a villainous accomplice who tells and/or helps Pansy get her revenge on the boys. It basically embodies the evil that influences Pansy’s actions. The doll was created for Pansy to have an ally, so it isn’t always two against one, and to also be the butt of the joke. Together they make a great duo in bringing chaos to young obnoxious boys who deserve a slap in the face.

For thesis I am going to show an example of her behavior:

Like every morning, her mother wakes up and drives away to go to work (single mother). She yells from the car goodbye and tells Pansy to be on her best behavior. A dark silhouette stands behind the back door to the yard. You think a mischievous creature will come out, but behold a cute girl named Pansy walks out; and starts her day off with a tea party. She pours a cup of tea for her doll (no name yet) and talks about ( insert funny subject here). All of a sudden a loud bang boom pow! comes from her neighbor's yard. This startles her and makes her drop her tea cup, which breaks and gets her doll wet. She gets furious and goes to see what the boys next door are doing. She peeks through the hole in her fence to see that they are playing "fireman." Pansy jumps with joy and forgets about the tea cup. Now, she wants to play "fireman" too. Pansy goes over and asks if she can play with them. They say no and make fun of her because she is a woman and that a woman can't be a fireman. She turns away mumbling to herself " chauvinistic bastards" and walks back home. Then she comes back on screen with a tank of gasoline. She then pours it into the boy's yard through the hole in the fence. They don't notice. She gets a lighter from her trainy bra and tries to light it but it doesnt work. She then looks up and finds a match in the pocket of her doll. She lights the match across the dolls head (who bellows in joy) and throws the match behind her shoulder. A huge fire rises from the boys' yard and in the end they are blasted by water by a real fireman.

My Turn...

I've been super impressed by people who put up their work! I been getting frustrated with my idea and restarting and re-organizing it a lot, so I'd love to have some feedback and input! (Even though what I've got is in a pretty bland stage at the moment) Here we go!

The Story of a Nice Girl
[Blurb]
Humorous personal exploration of being the ‘Nice Girl’ and coming to terms with that label and all it’s different meanings

(I'll add now that I'm going for something a little more indie and personal. I'm trying to shoot for something honest and use animation as a way of exploring thoughts. I was influenced a lot by a comic done by the artist Corinne Mucha called 'My Every Single Thought'. Here's a short example of the feel of her stuff: http://maidenhousefly.com/blog/2010/02/03/anxie-tea/)

[Outline]
Realization- Label
Looking back- Past
Bad side- Negatives
Inbetween
Good side- Positives
Coming to Terms- Acceptance

[Breakdown]
Realization
-Present- Being called Nice
-Initial Mixed reaction
-Worth Exploration
Looking back- Past
-When first labeled?
-Where did it come from?
-How the Past is similar to the Present
Bad side- Negatives
-When being Nice hurt someone else
-Hurt me
-People’s negative reactions
-My negative reaction
Inbetween/Extreme
-Young- Rebellion
Good side- Positives
-When helped me/benefits
-Helped someone else
-People’s positive reactions
-My positive reaction
Coming to Terms- Acceptance
-Plans to find that balance

I've been wondering too if this is going to be too subtle as an animation. I'm going to break each segment into chapter and insert humorous chapter breaks. I'm hoping the contrast will offer balance (and a chance for me to do a something on the flip side like a crazy fight scene) But let me know if you think that would be too much contrast and would harm the overall flow.

Also I really want to explore the topic though -so interesting moments to explore? Think that there's anything else that should be covered? It's in a weird stage right now, but let me know any thoughts!

cheers! :)

TIGERS!

here are some tigers that are completely unrelated to thesis

feel free to comment anyway though

Starting us off...

So this is the main character (well... pretty much only character) in my thesis. It was inspired by what I see as negative sources of information (television), and the narrow-mindedness that comes with it. I'm also doing a music video so I figured a TV screen is very fertile ground to represent a lot of things in an easy and metaphorically subtle way. Let me know what you think!

THESIS TIME!

Hey everybody,

This is the new and improved thesis blog for all to use. The seniors, meaning all of you, should use this blog to help critique work from fellow peers, update others on your thesis process, scan sketches and concepts to share with the world of your godly wonders, and use your IMAGINATION. We hope to use this blog to help outside of class in order to keep on giving feedback. Please share your ideas on what you would like to see out of this blog and how we can make this a fun last year at MICA (not a screaming, yelling, I WANT MY MOMMY! kind of year...that would be embarrassing and slightly awkward)

- Sid, Jean Bean Machine, Tara