Oliver Thacker, BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts, UCA Rochester

Thesis Proposal Ogr by on Scribd

Face sketches. My Character Design Characters face was more rounded and trying to change it a bit was going nowhere. I tried more straight and sharper edges and I think there might be something in this. I should try and design the rest of the character in this way and see if it leads anywhere. Prop Designs. I tried imagining what this character would have on him in terms of equipment. I tried combining tools, with the idea that alchemists combine things together in order to make something new and improved. I also figured he would scavenge things from the castle and use them to make more tools, that was the idea behind the mace hammer which would be a very interesting tool.  Also, I imagine this character would have built some interesting inventions to make his life easier, especially a machine to track the things he makes (especially the things that go wrong).  On top of this I have ideas for a sidekick character. I thought that a chimera would m...

Part One: Define Parody. From Postmodernism > Related to Modernism > Define Post Modernism by it's relation to Modernism > Introduce the idea of Structuralism and Post Structuralism > Follow up by introducing Meta narratives and how they relate to both forms of Structuralism > Bathes and how he feels about Meta narratives, as well as his 'Death of the Author' theory> 'Death of the Author' and how it relates to Parody, reader interpretations of a text allows for a parody interpretation of said text or texts Define Genre. Began as a classification system in Ancient Greek Literature, most Greek actors were restricted to only acting for one genre > Over time Genre became a tool for the public to make sense out of unpredictable art, and to predict what may occur in what texts they are viewing. Define Tropes. Tropes are visual actions or metaphors used to quickly convey a concept or meaning > Often taken and reused by other texts and ...

Genre, Tropes and Parody by on Scribd

Story Idea- - Boss calls for something to be made off screen, can be gold or something like a potion to cure a cold (Ideally there would be a different thing called to be made per episode) - Alchemist tries to make what is asked for, flicking through tomes and grabbing handfuls of ingredients. He runs up the machine and throws everything in at once. The machine hums, shakes and judders around. The alchemist runs down the machine, arriving at the bottom just as the machine spits out the result. - What the Alchemist tried to make doesn't come out, instead a monster based on what the Alchemist tried to make. For example, a monster made out of lead or whatever is next to gold on the periodic table if he tried to make gold or a snot monster if he was trying to make something for a cold. - The monster goes on a rampage through the workshop, causing havoc and possibly heading up to the Boss's Room and harassing him. - The Alchemist needs to stop said monster, using things around ...