Meeting with Lynn - Personality & Character Performance

I had a meeting with Lynn today in which we discussed the newest idea toward what I wish to do for my project. The proposed research question was The interpretation of a characters personality through the actions and reactions during their performance. However Lynn advised toward changing interpretation to creation as by using interpretation I am stating that the project will defiantly be based toward testing on people. When with creating it will allow the original idea to be present but also be open toward testing later.

With this established we began talking about what activities I believe I would be conducting toward this proposal. The creative side toward the research will be based toward taking character personality descriptions, Sections of stories along with the creation of my own character personalities and then creating character performance animations based on that information. This can be used with both singled characters to establish a personality and then toward multiple characters that will help to enhance the individual personalities.

 
We also used this opportunity to discuss my current ideas and animation projects. The first Idea featured two characters interacting with each other though I could not find the best words to explain one of them when Lynn pointed out Extrovert and Introvert, Unaware of their meanings I have begun looking up their definition however the exact spelling seemed to be varied on both wiki and online dictionary.  A point of reference she also pointed out was The beginning of Pixar's "Up" when Carl and Ellie First meet.

 

Another area of this idea we discussed was the context of the two characters relationship and how they would act toward each other under those circumstances along with how exaggerated their reactions to one another would be. As I continue to watch Japanese animation and scare my dad regularly the expression of surprise I imagine is around the lines of this.

"Negima!"

though we discussed more toward how the extrovert character would react toward realizing the just scared someone. Establishing a context for the characters will also begin the process of giving my characters name during these tests making it easier to talk about individual characters.

The second idea leaned more toward a humorous side which involved a lazy boy at his computer who hates policemen and repeatedly abusing them by pushing a big button that slams them between the door and the wall. Which may I add he repeatedly pushes to get his point across. This lead to Lynn suggesting taking a look at the work of Tex Avery who was a master of making a joke/gag and then continuing to take it even further. After looking at some video I wouldn't be surprised if Tex Avery is the person who influence my humor toward multiple takes over a singular gag. 

"Jerky Turkey" 

This test would be somewhat longer than my previous as it would make use of props and environment interacting. Though the base of it will allow me to work on my personal development in animation techniques and allowing characters in interact with props effectively which is an area I have struggled with in the past. My next course of action will be toward researching toward the personality driven areas of literature along with a stronger focus on the development of these tests, As I prefer to draw thumbnails for planning these tests. I will begin animating them once iv refined the actions and reactions more in my sketchbook.