I still can’t believe I'm actually going with this crazy idea.
…then again, I often question my sanity to begin with.
For those who don’t know, Insignia is this story I’m developing as a hobby of mine.
“Ryu” and the others come from that world.
My project is what my peers would call, “The Suicide Combo”.
So you see, there are 5 options for us students to choose from as the final form of our project:
1. Short story (min. 3 minutes)
2. TV Series (creative strategy + min. 1.5 minute trailer)
3. Documentary
4. E-Learning
5. Public Service Announcement/PSA (2 versions @ 30 seconds long)
Out of these 5 options presented, I chose to make a TV Series, which was the hardest option of all, because the project involves designing a product on a much bigger scale (aside from the trailer itself), which is the entire franchise, starting from the market research, content, multiple background stories, character & environment design, down to how the character’s mannerisms.
So that was the first deadly ingredient…
The second one is the fact that Insignia is an original story, as opposed to basing your story on a particular storybook or a local folklore.
Since I have no credibility what-so-ever in storytelling, this makes every choice and decision I make questionable. Which later leads to me having to do a whole lot of research to back up every choice of action I take. Fortunately I am genuinely interested in this title, and I love doing it, so wth.
The final deadly ingredient is the media that I chose, which is 2D animation. Yep, the old traditional animation. Well, I will be using a tablet, but it still means hand-drawing the frames one by one. So I’ll still have to work my butt off just to be able to finish all this in 4 months time.
And that is why most conversations with classmates who ask about my project end up like this:
Classmate_1: Hi, there! So what are you making?
Me: A TV Series~
Classmate_1: Whoa! owo …………….. What’s the story?
Me: Oh it’s an original story of mine.
Classmate_1: ……whoa! (o_o)
Classmate_2: And he’s making it in 2D!
Classmate_1: You’re making it in 2D?! ..................Whoa! O_O;
Yes, I admit. This is crazy, and I am overly idealistic about this one.
But I refuse to follow the stupid regulations that makes it almost impossible for the students to come up with something original and creative.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if I became the first student to actually went through with an idea like this?
Wouldn’t it be awesome if I could boldly say, “I followed my heart, and succeeded by doing so!”?
Wouldn’t it be awesome if I actually got a good score and get the chance to showcase Insignia at the next art festival at the mall? That would mean real live audience!
It would be like--oh, sorry…. alright, I’m back now ._.
Anyways, I’ll be busy making my thesis for the next few months. Fortunately however, my thesis is about Insignia, so I might be able to submit the early design elements. Isn't this great?
Wish me luck~ ^^/
…then again, I often question my sanity to begin with.
For those who don’t know, Insignia is this story I’m developing as a hobby of mine.
“Ryu” and the others come from that world.
My project is what my peers would call, “The Suicide Combo”.
So you see, there are 5 options for us students to choose from as the final form of our project:
1. Short story (min. 3 minutes)
2. TV Series (creative strategy + min. 1.5 minute trailer)
3. Documentary
4. E-Learning
5. Public Service Announcement/PSA (2 versions @ 30 seconds long)
Out of these 5 options presented, I chose to make a TV Series, which was the hardest option of all, because the project involves designing a product on a much bigger scale (aside from the trailer itself), which is the entire franchise, starting from the market research, content, multiple background stories, character & environment design, down to how the character’s mannerisms.
So that was the first deadly ingredient…
The second one is the fact that Insignia is an original story, as opposed to basing your story on a particular storybook or a local folklore.
Since I have no credibility what-so-ever in storytelling, this makes every choice and decision I make questionable. Which later leads to me having to do a whole lot of research to back up every choice of action I take. Fortunately I am genuinely interested in this title, and I love doing it, so wth.
The final deadly ingredient is the media that I chose, which is 2D animation. Yep, the old traditional animation. Well, I will be using a tablet, but it still means hand-drawing the frames one by one. So I’ll still have to work my butt off just to be able to finish all this in 4 months time.
And that is why most conversations with classmates who ask about my project end up like this:
Classmate_1: Hi, there! So what are you making?
Me: A TV Series~
Classmate_1: Whoa! owo …………….. What’s the story?
Me: Oh it’s an original story of mine.
Classmate_1: ……whoa! (o_o)
Classmate_2: And he’s making it in 2D!
Classmate_1: You’re making it in 2D?! ..................Whoa! O_O;
Yes, I admit. This is crazy, and I am overly idealistic about this one.
But I refuse to follow the stupid regulations that makes it almost impossible for the students to come up with something original and creative.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if I became the first student to actually went through with an idea like this?
Wouldn’t it be awesome if I could boldly say, “I followed my heart, and succeeded by doing so!”?
Wouldn’t it be awesome if I actually got a good score and get the chance to showcase Insignia at the next art festival at the mall? That would mean real live audience!
It would be like--oh, sorry…. alright, I’m back now ._.
Anyways, I’ll be busy making my thesis for the next few months. Fortunately however, my thesis is about Insignia, so I might be able to submit the early design elements. Isn't this great?
Wish me luck~ ^^/
Nifty.....
ReplyDeleteWell, good luck with that. I'm happy that you're able to work on this. It really does sound incredibly overly-ambitious....but then again, being really ambitious is a very good thing. =)
I'm sure you'll do fine on it.
-firespun
Thanks, hopefully it doesn't destroy me in the end, ha ha ha.
DeleteI still think it's way awesome that you're going to do this. I'm wishing you all the best in the world! And it won't destroy you, you've got a great start to it: story, character art and the skill to pull it off. You'll rock this thing!
ReplyDeleteHahaha, oh how could you possibly know the story is any good when I've never told anyone before? xD
DeleteBut thank you so much. I really do hope this project ends well.
True about the story, but I sort of pick up on your writing style by the composition of your comics, how you've presented the characters and their dialogue.
ReplyDeleteWow... that actually sounds awesome when you put it that way .0. Haha~
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