Project Description

334 Term Project Proposal Version 1

Meagan Couture

meagan.couture@stonybrook.edu

Title:

“Breaking Free”

Synopsis:

Though it is not recommended, I would like to do a scene from a 2D animation that I’ve been conceptualizing and working on, but in the 3D realm. This animation deals with concepts of emotion, but the scene that I would like to work with is that where a heart with wings breaks out of a locked wooden chest. The scene shown in the animation would start with a sweep around the chest from back to front, then a zoom towards to the chest as it shakes. The lock will snap open and a winged heart will fly out off into the sky. There is a slight inspiration from Pandora’s Box like ideas and I’m considering adding a chain which tries to pull the heart back in.

Objective:

To use 3D animation to illustrate a physical representation of repressed emotions breaking free from their confines. A 3D model of a simplistic and stylized red heart with stylized angel wings will be created, along with 1 chest model and one lock model. A short storyboard will be created and elaborated on. I will go purchase a small wooden chest and lock as aids in creating its animated counterpart.

Audience:

As this is one of the more positive scenes in the full 2D animation, this particular scene can be seen as a “for all ages” scene. It will have a more cartoony style, like that of a Nintendo video game perhaps, but it will deal with an emotional representation, therefore I’m going to say Rated E10+.

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