"Be the defendant of the things that you love"
I'm going to redo the story again because I feel like what I really want to do is getting lost from countless revisions and advice from every opposite direction.
On Thursday I met with Scott and he gave me great and encouraging advice to really be honest with myself on what I want out of this and write each thing down in order of importance. Then, on Friday, Youri Dekker came to visit our class and also encouraged me to stay focused on what I want because ultimately this is my vision. They both had a pretty big impact on me and made me realize why none of the stories I have been chasing have been working... It's because it wasn't really what I wanted.
I am very thankful for all of the advice and critiques and I would not be where I am now without it. Instead of taking every single piece of advice, I really need to be more selective so that I am still following my vision. This being said, I am reevaluating my story again.
What I want:
I'm going to redo the story again because I feel like what I really want to do is getting lost from countless revisions and advice from every opposite direction.
On Thursday I met with Scott and he gave me great and encouraging advice to really be honest with myself on what I want out of this and write each thing down in order of importance. Then, on Friday, Youri Dekker came to visit our class and also encouraged me to stay focused on what I want because ultimately this is my vision. They both had a pretty big impact on me and made me realize why none of the stories I have been chasing have been working... It's because it wasn't really what I wanted.
I am very thankful for all of the advice and critiques and I would not be where I am now without it. Instead of taking every single piece of advice, I really need to be more selective so that I am still following my vision. This being said, I am reevaluating my story again.
What I want:
- I want to create an animation for the art of it. I want awesome background paintings, colorful, imaginative, and vibrant environments, and I don't want to animate a domestic scene. The best part about animation is that you can animate absolutely anything!! I want it to be about a fantastical planet that is larger than life.
- I want an audience response. I want it to be unlike anything that has come out of SJSU. I don't want it to be studenty. I want it to be epic and have a larger scale! I want to wow others with the art of it.
- I want it to have an underlying story but I don't want that to completely drive this short because I want it to be a teaser - there needs to be a slight cliffhanger to keep the audience wanting to come back for more. So essentially I don't want it to feel like a short that necessarily has a beginning, middle, and end.
- I want it to be something I can use in my reel! If I can hit the first 3 criteria then I am sure that this 4th one will be fulfilled.
Inspiration - Teasers or Shorts