*Disclaimer*: I spoke to Phil after Jordan's lesson and he gave me advice on character design and story but for now this is my OGR before my talk with him.
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After some talks, I was advised to step away from my sketch book and try using a different medium on a bigger scale. I then got... -
Presentation 1 by Alfie Gunter on Scribd
OGR 15/03/2018
ReplyDeleteHi Alfie, so the upshot of yesterday's chat seemed to reveal that you don't quite have a concept above and beyond re-showing the various elements of the carbon cycle - leaving you with some ideas about the aesthetics, but not the actual framing mechanism by which you can re-vitalise the carbon cycle for bored students...
The one thing you mentioned about Carbon was the fact that it just goes round and round in a cycle and is ever-present, hence us comparing it to those holidaymakers who are always passing through and never staying - sort of professional tourists. This idea of narrating the carbon cycle as if its a series of destinations or places of interest through which your carbon character travels does open things up for you in terms of having more than just the carbon cycle as your hook - here, it's your understanding of the key characteristic of the carbon cycle that is giving you the hook - and this is already a stronger start position. So, I'm just jotting down a few references here that might bring this idea into sharper focus:
https://vimeo.com/22913896.
Also check out the famous Art Deco travel posters associated with the 'golden age of travel' (so 30s/40s/50s).
I guess you could say the carbon molecule is always on the 'round trip' so like those tourists who are always on a world cruise...
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/american-tourists
https://www.diariofemenino.com/moda/looks/articulos/turista-peor-vestidos-deterioro-imagen-vacaciones/
It feels like you've got an opportunity here for a script wherein a carbon molecule invites the audience to look at his/hers/its 'holiday snaps' of its most recent 'around the carbon cycle' adventure...
https://youtu.be/PsbPjE5oI_U
In terms of character design itself, I think it's obvious that you can't really wrangle the complexity of the carbon cycle into a physical state - so you could consider just creating a simple character who is perhaps wearing one of those 'I heart' t-shirts - only it's 'I Heart Hydrogen' for example - you just find another way to get the information about the molecule into the character?
Anyway, let me know what you think and if any of the above chimes with you.
Thanks Phil, I get it and I'll ask any if I run into trouble
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