More Prof talk / chit-chat

Yesturday Ferry and I decided to get more work done on the project. We decided we had to try and get more feedback on our further developed story and idea. We first hunted down Kathleen after class to tell her what our idea was since we hadn't had the chance to talk to her yet. Galen was also there so we got more than one opinion. Thankfully there was no negative feedback on the fact that we were doing a computer animated short, I was fearing we may get some head turns...

Kathleen and Galen pointed out that we don't have to make a comedy for the sake that almost every animated movie is like that. We could go serious and just showcase what we can do with the medium. But I still like challenges and I don't want to deliver a half-ass project in the end so I think we should make it look great of course but also not skimp out on a good story. I love to see characters come to life, but I also like the satisfaction of knowing I made something people like as a package.

Our next meeting was with James, again. I felt we had to go back and see James since he knows the industry and has good ideas on how to put together a good movie. We pitched our story and pointed out we had troubles with the ending. James threw out some helpful pointed and suggested we understand our character better by formulating a list of what we know about the character. Knowing our character is a combination of two personalities we made the following list, a character sketch:

Jackson: What we know
- over sensitive
- loves children
- overprotective in public
- not fit to be a father
- trying to make a comeback
- respected by black community
- tries to be godlike
- selfconcious about his face
- he can sing and move
- accused of molesting kids
- one son one daughter (claim to be his)
- has skin disorder
- plastic surgery, nose
- used to be black
- was a superhero type in his age
- in debt now
- was covered with lawsuits
- sold neverland ranch
- loves kids, literally

Superman: what we know
- wants to be accepted for who he is
- greatest hero of all time
- has a large responsibility
- always saving people
- an alien from another planet
- weakness is cryptonite
- has abilities beyond human capabilities
- has many fans, people like him and hate him
- killed by doomsday
- hides his true identity
- gain knowledge in fortress of solitude
- an icon
- doesn't age

SuperJacko (combination)
- he likes being immortal
- uses his power mostly for good, but also for personal satisfaction
- has a lot of fans
- tries to show his alien personality
- wants to appear as unhuman as possible, different, plastic
- has gay parents
- has a fondness for little boys
- designed a suit to make himself look muscular, hide his freakisly alien body
- likes coffee for free
- likes to endorse products, appear godlike..a celebrity
- he hates people touching his face, obsessed about his face
- very impatient of others...demands attention for himself
- likes chimps
- favourite movie is peter pan (likes to fly like peter pan)
- doesn't have a dayjob
- relies on his heroism for money
- he likes saving people from death like danger
- he enjoys knowing he has made a difference
- he doesnt realize he is gay
- bullied as a kid

So we ended up with a sketch of the personality of our character, and this is suppose to help us determine what the character may do in the ending.