July 6 Feedback - Character and Literacy review

To do list

• ShotDeck - Story plot points, Mapped out using images
• Colour points - What colours should be used where and why?
• Realistic photobashed map of Shliwyd
• Research schools of design - Costume design, landscape, character design
• Ignore gender when picking reference
• Use animated reference if no personal work is unavailable
• More historical reference 
• Find new ways to represent what you are making - As opposed to the british empire, use the french empire or Portuguese empire
• Episode/ Timeline breakdown - What are the character arcs?
• Try reintegrate the Fuamh into Shliwyd - How does the power the fuel provides make the city work? How would it fall apart if the city didn't have it (Trams/Trains?)
• Day in the life of a Shliwyd citizen painting
• Monotone Shape studies based on references from movies/Tv series

Questions to ask myself

• Where do the different cultural groups sit in the society?
• What is important to the society and how does that translate to the design?
• What sort of police force is present in the society?
• What are my final deliverables? What is important to the project? What can be cut/ignored?
• What is the selling point of the show? How can those be brought to the forefront?
• Monsters - Scale, Awe - Visceral and Horrific: Poaching and Whaling

Reminders

• Tv series focus on character and character interaction - Make sure the script and storyboarding are focused on these moments of the story
• Put important work and research into folder for Weta internship
• List most important aspects of the project to myself
• 1: Character
• 2: Monsters/Creatures
• 3: Vehicles/Tech
• 4: Landscapes/Buildings
• Set up Calendar to keep track of things to do

Literacy review

• Literacy reviews go more in-depth on a particular reference
• Why have you picked this author/article?
• How do they relate? What is their background?
• When doing writings, refer back to the stream resources
• Ground Ideas in research