Archetypes - Lion King

Hero - 

 Simba - The main character throughout the film

 or Mufasa - Saves Simba from the wildebeest. 

Mentor -

Rafiki - he acts like a mentor getting Simba to remember who he was in his past life and convinces him to go back to take his place in pride rock.

Herald - 

Zazu the in between character, always looking out for Simba and the others.

Shadow - 

 Scar - The lion that wanted Mufasa and Simba dead to rule pride rock.

The Threshold Guardian - 

The Hyena's in Scars army that are trying to stop Simba from returning and regaining his place back. 

The Trickster - 

The three hyena's (Ed and the two others), never taking anything seriously and fooling around.

The Shapeshifter -  

Nala because she was seen as a friend at the beginning and then half way through is seen as a hunter towards Timon and Pumba and more of a predator, but then returns to being a friend towards Simba and ultimately staying with him.

Allies -

Timon and Pumba, The Lionesses and Lions.

The Hero's Journey: Shrek

Shrek

Ordinary World

- The Swamp and his home.

The Refusal

-Throws away the notice of fairy creatures wanted, and the creatures invade his swamp.

Call to Adventure

- Fairy tale creatures invade the swamp and is given a quest.

Crossing the threshold

-leaving his home town (Swamp) and going towards the tower to rescue the princess.

Meeting the Mentor

- Donkey

Tests, Allies and Enemies

-Allies - Donkey, Enemies - Lord Farqud, Tests- Crossing the lava river and rescuing the princess, Fighting the merry men, defeating robin hood.

Approach (Major Challenge)

- Getting the princess to accept what he really is inside (an ogre).

The Ordeal (Death and Rebirth)

- Throughout the film we were under the impression that Fiona was a human but we find out that she is half ogre and was cursed from a witch so her portrayal of a human was reborn as something different (a half ogre).

Refusal to the call

­- He stops the wedding from happening between Fiona and Lord Farqud.

The Reward

-Getting Fiona.

The Road Back

-After 'freeing' Fiona from her curse, Shrek takes her back to swamp and celebrates them getting together and finding love.

The Resurrection

-When Lord Farqud was eaten by the dragon at the end of the film to finish off the enemies of Shrek.

The Elixir

- Shrek returns home to his swamp and ends up being the master of two worlds that we were lead to believe could not happen that being, Shrek is an Ogre but also had found true love that he was seeking.

Maya Modelling: Refined Blocking

Maya Lip Syncing - The lips (Part 2)

Maya Modelling: Head (1&2) Blocking

Narrative: Slapstick Comedy Research

For our project we have started to focus on the slapstick genre of comedy and for this I have researched into the classic slapstick comedies where the essence of the comedy is most pure. Facial expressions and body language seem to be key when looking into slapstick comedy. 




 

When looking into these videos, they show two characters that are almost opposites of each other so they can work against each other in both personality and characteristics, having two characters work against each other would be a good direction for our animation to go in.

Maya Lip Syncing - Part 1

This is my first attempt at lip syncing just using the jaw movement to start off with and then onto the lips at a later stage using the Generi Rig.