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Little Girl: Background voice

Cat: Main Character (Protaganist?)

Bow: hidden main character (Antagonist?)


Problem: can't get bow off - need to get bow off before little girl returns to be able to run away

1. Cat is sitting on rug, little girl's voice dalls and cat scrambles to feet.

2. Cut to cat sitting on rug with HUGE bow on its neck: annoyed/resigned look on face.

3. Girl's voice trails off with mention to stay right there for the bell: cat panicks at mention of bell and tries to run, tripping on bow.

4. Tumbles and stays that way, thinking, tapping claws: eyes wander, land on

Colored Character- up and running!

Again, since I can't figure out how to put actual images into these things, here's a link!


Character in color.

Story and Research

Concept: Cat can't get a bow off.

1. Little girl catches cat in the house.

2. Little girl takes off collar and ties bow on cat's neck.

3. Little girl is called away by mom, cat left there.

4. Cat tries walking, trips on bow ends.

5. Cat tries to get bow off with front paws, back paws, all four paws, but can't get it off.

6. Cat struggles to use a rocking chair end to pry it off, finally rips off (unties?) after much work.

7. Little girl comes back to find kitty, holding a jingly bell to put on it.



Research!

(I have no idea how you guys keep getting the images to show up on the post, so I'm likning them.)

Cats

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/6073/babycat6qs.jpg

http://www.esiee.fr/~faresc/Data/cat1.jpg

http://www.infovisual.info/02/img_en/065%20Morphology%20of%20a%20cat.jpg


Bows

http://www.communitymx.com/content/source/475D4/bow.gif

http://www.bowsandbands.com/bow%20holders/Light%20Pink%20&%20White%20Bow%20Holder.jpg


Scenery

http://www.thefurniture.com/store/Images/frmt/317/LivingRoom-Set.gif

http://www.mountaincomfortfrisco.com/images/living_room.jpg

http://www.geo.ua.edu/AMG/WF/images/Main%20Living%20Room.jpg

Character pretty much down... now story.....

(Image of my character for reference if needed.)

Well,
I've pretty much figured out the main gist of the character's
personality now. The problem is, I have difficulty pairing her with the
story idea I had (Not like it was all that great to begin with). I want
to come up with a relatively new idea.

So, my dilemma right now is that I'm at a lack of good conflicts for her at the moment. Here are
some of the possible conflicts that I've thought of, but so many of
them seem so petty and obvious.

1. She struggles to get her bow off.


2. She is trying to get outside to get a bird (or other animal) that's
   making fun of the fact she's wearing a bow.


3. The bell is in the way of catching a mouse because it can hear her.

Really, at the moment, that's most of what I can remember from sitting in
classes. (*shrugs* It's when I come up with a lot of my stuff: if I'm
busy with something else.) I have noticed I'm focusing a lot on the
bow. You'd think realizing that would help me move away from the bow,
but any ideas I get continue to rely heavily on the bow/bell. For
instance, if the thing was too big to allow normal movement, got in the
way of eating and using thelitterbox? What else could it get in the way of? How could this make a good story at all?! Grah.

Perhaps I'm just over analyzing it too much. I just get so tired of seeing my mind come up with stuff that don't feel like their at a high enough caliber to even be
mentioned in an art school. I have my section of things I enjoy coming
up with and section of things I come up with for art class and trying
to intertwine them normally results in me feelingnothing's good enough.

By the way, I apologise for anyone actually bothering to read this. It isn't as much of an assignment to read and comment on than a rant on style conflicts to read and
provide opinions on. Please, if anyone has anything for input on any of
this, I'd really love see it commented. Thanks.

Due Wed 5

Animation

Concept: Cats can't fly.

Seven sentences:

1. Cat climbs up a tree.

2. Cat gets near top branches, they start swaying in wind.

3. Cat almost falls, and scrapes its way back to sturdy branches.

4. Cat studies weak branches, grabs one.

5. Branch is pulled back to sling the cat into air.

6. Cat flies through the air, dreaming
it's chasing after a bird by flying with wings.

7. Cat lands right in front of a dog house.


Mind Map:
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa209/wildkat137/kakosey_mindmap.jpg?t=1189027983

There is no color for the mind map because there is a lack of colored pencils in my posession at the moment.