Idea 1:
In this fight scene from the movie ‘Shrek’ it encapsulates so many animations I want my flour sack to be doing, or shares some of the ideas I would like to incorporate into my animation. The one that springs to mind is this one where Shrek does a cross body maneuver onto one of lord farquaad’s guards. This is how I want my dream sequence to end.
This animation is probably more fitting for the model that we have as Shrek has that pot like belly, all I would need to do for the frog splash is make the flour sack compress inwards a little bit. In regards to the main scene it self, which would be the living room, I would need assets that may include, but not limited to:
- Sofa – modular so that parts can be moved after Eddie has wrestled
- Television –
- Table – This will break in half
- Lamp – this will be a light source or will break.
- Magazine’s – good for when the table breaks to show effect, also showing characters interests.
- Chair – leap from this onto the table.
Then when it comes to the dream sequence, I will only need to make these assets:
- Wrestling ring
- Another flour sack or two – opponent and referee.
The step by step animation in this YouTube video by SketchToAnimate is also useful for a good reference to get some poses for my animation.
Moving away from idea 1, and heading in a totally different direction because the more I think about it, the more it gets less realistic, I have another idea!
Idea 2: Delivery Man LeFlour
LeFlour is a delivery man, working for a high quality pizza fastfood chain, LeFlour’s job is to deliver pizza’s in record time. He does this by running on all fours with the pizza’s on his back. The scene will start with LeFlour awaiting the pizza to be made, so he will be slouched on a chair and when the pizza is ready, he springs up and gets into pose! The chef then places the pizza onto LeFlour and he springs away. The scene he is showing LeFlour running in a street, dodging obstacles and people. Finally, he arrives at the destination only for the food to be ruined.
If there was an already animated character LeFlour could relate to, we’d be looking at Dash from The Incredibles. LeFlour is the fastest form of delivery, when you order from Papi LeFlour, you shouldn’t expect your pizza to arrive in 1 piece.
This idea is more practical and way better for showing off animations with not too much going on. The asset list will also be smaller, I will only need:
- Flour Sack
- Pizza Boxes
- Buildings for the back ground with a pavement.
- Maybe a fire hydrant and a couple of telephone boxes for the street.
- Couple of cars.
The animation will be fairly simple aswell. As shown SketchToAnimate’s video I am using for reference, this is how I plan on the flour sack running. This idea also shows what the character is good at and what the character actually does. It was okay having the back story of Eddie being a plumber but no one would have truly known it, where as with this idea, LeFlour is doing what he is employed as, it has a story and isn’t just a randomly put together animation.
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