I showed Mr. Ronald my character design for the main character, and my loose storyboard sketches. The main issue, from what I can comprehend, was mainly on my character design.
Character Design: He was okay with the ‘black-cat-in-Goth-clothing’ concept (I think), but he said that the main character looks too general, and it needs more definition that it is a female (kind of similar to the feedback Laurie and Hanis had been giving me).
So to make it more female-looking, I guess I have to add some curves, a more girlish hairstyle, eyelashes, and maybe some lipstick.
Another factor is that since she is the ‘outcast’ character, she has to look very different from everyone else, not just in color and clothing, but also in facial features and maybe body shape (maybe a bigger nose, smaller eyes, etc.).
However, I am not so sure if I am so keen to ‘disfigure’ my precious main character that way…
Storyboard: My storyboard lacked a variety of shots, and most of the shots were straight-on side views. Also, it did not show the proper use of camera tilts.
Mr. Ronald advised me to use more three-quarter shots instead of side-views.
Not only that, he advised me to look through my thumbnails, and see if there are some shots/scenes that I can re-use and recycle to save production time.
Guess I have to re-do my storyboard, and very much more detailed at that…
Since I am planning to have another consultation with him tomorrow, and I have no time to re-do storyboard, I might as well re-do my character design (since that is the issue) and show him then.
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Your character DOES need more definition that it is female. You can still make her scruffy looking and whatnot but you don't have to resort to adding lipstick or whatever. A female, irregardless of build, has a different body structure from a male and your character lacks ANYTHING that would suggest it's actually a female.
ReplyDeleteStudy a cat's facial features and adapt from there.
Don't make it sound like it's so painful to change. You don't want to change? Fine, your call, but if you fail, then you asked for it.
That's one reason I always get so annoyed when you ask for opinions. You almost always seem unwilling to change what you've already done. I'm going to tell you now that your attitude during Interim for Project 3 seriously pissed off those who were offering you HONEST FEEDBACK and if you don't want to change that aspect of yourself, I give up.