For this assessment we were asked to create a 6 second animation in which we re-imagine a popular movie scene in another genre. First of all I brain stormed a few ideas.
I settled on the idea to turn the "I am your father" scene from star wars episode V as a Spanish soap opera.
After thinking about the idea I realised that it would require quite a bit of lip syncing (a daunting task for a first time 3D animator) so I created a workaround by changing all of the characters to marionette puppets. Thus the final concept is Star Wars as a Spanish soap opera/puppet theater. Quite a concept.
Next up was visual research.
I didn't do a ton of reasearch because I had a fairly solid idea of what I wanted in my head already. I looked up Antonio Banderas as well as Spanish soap operas and marionette puppets. Even though there isn't a ton of research here I can always look up more if I feel I need more inspiration.
Next up was character ideas. This is just the very beginning of character creation with some rough concepts just to get ideas down on the page. I have my Darth Vader character - Diego Varela, and my Luke character - Llucia. The next thing I'll have to do is more in depth character concepts and then I can begin development.
I like the concept of puppetry! I also find the joints on the arms of the puppet very interesting and your shape exploration of Diego's head. I got confused at one point looking at the grandma's nose (top right) but it looks good after some intense staring.
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