20 October 2009- First Consultation of Week 1

I had consultation with my lecturer, Ronald, today, and this is the agenda for the discussion:

* Show him the Learning Contracts and Story Questions for my two FYP ideas

* Show him the loose drawings I did for my FYP ideas

* Get suggestions on improvements and which idea to do

So I showed Mr. Ronald my two story ideas, 'Fading Light' (the tragic ventures of a child-like being in the town he ends up in) and 'Love Letter' (the mental dialogue between a girl and a boy caught in a 'relationship').
He said both stories are very interesting, though they need further development.

He advised to go with 'Fading Light'...explaining 'Love Letter' is too complex and may be hard to understand, and the character designs may be beyond my capability.

So, we discussed on possible improvements for 'Fading Light':
* He told me that to use human characters will prove rather challenging (considering my drawing capabilities), so he advised me to make the characters anthropomorphic (animal-like), since it will be easier to stylize.

* Try to put my writing into visuals; visualize how things are going to look in the animation.

* Change the story a bit...it can get too 'dark' and 'graphic' at times (he pointed out that 'Fading Light' can be somewhat like 'The Ugly Duckling').

I plan to see him again this Thursday...so my action plan until then is re-draw the character designs for 'Fading Light' and maybe change the settings from a village to a forest.

Although I am not so sure of the 'anthropomorphic' bit...I am afraid it may defeat the purpose of 'Fading Light' altogether...*really want to stick to humans*