Mime

character profile

age:20 to 25

genger:male

health£ºgood

physical appearence:  tall and thin

job: a mime actor

education: college or high school

intelligence: not so bright

general psychology: outgoing, positive

HOW"DOES"THE"CHARACTER"FEEL"ABOUT"THEMSELVES?"

 good

WHAT"MAKES"YOUR"CHARACTER"SPECIAL/"UNIQUE?

the movements against the wind are more like dancing

WHAT"ARE"HIS/HER"STRENGTHS"AND"WEAKNESSES

 strenth:never give up ,positive

 weakness:not strong enough phisically 

overall aim: tell a story using body language

IF"THERE"WAS"AN"ANIMAL"OR"PIECE"OF"MUSIC"THAT"REFLECTS"YOUR"CHARACTER"¨C"WHAT"WOULD"THAT"BE?

giraffe. tall and thin, not so flexible

goal:get to another side of the stage

confilict: suddenly wind blow stronger and stronger which stop him from moving forward

What"happened"BEFORE"this"Scene? 

the character is having a walk

What"is"going"to"HAPPEN"after"this"Scene? 

character falls down

Do"we"care"about"your"character"in"this"scene?"

yes. we hope he can go through the wind

HOW"DOES"THE"ABOVE"AFFECT"THE"MOOD"OF"YOUR"CHARACTER"AND"WHAT"HE"/SHE"IS"

THINKING?"

was happy before the storm.confused when the wind become stronger. become struggling in the storm.

Storyboard:

reference:

first version

The feedback says when the character first time going back, his hands waving around is not working.
There also no facial expressions so we can't tell what the character is thinking.

In the second version, The character is too stiff.
I didn't know the method of making the foot to bend so it has the problem of flat foot.
When the character come into the scene, feeling the lovely day, he should have put down both of his hands. With one hand on the chest for such long time makes the audiences confused.
when he bend his body walking against the wind, he should bend lower.
There also has problem at last for the character goes out of the scene spinning too slow. If the wind is so strong that can blow him away he should move more fast and random,

I found some videos of how do people walk in strong wind.

Here is the third version.
I adjust the feet and changed the last pose and so on.
According to the feed back it's getting better.
But when the first time the wind comes, the hand raised too high.
And the camera is not good because there are so many empty spaces in the scene.
I was suggested to try cut the scenes from different angles.


I adjust all the problems mentioned above and get the last version.

Thinking Character in 《Philadelphia》

《Philadelphia》 is one of my favorite movies.
“Philadelphia is a 1993 American drama film and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS,homosexuality, and homophobia. 

Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Andrew Beckett in the film, 

Andrew Beckett is a senior associate at the largest corporate law firm in Philadelphia. Although he lives with his partner Miguel Álvarez, Beckett is not open about his homosexuality at the law firm, nor the fact that he has AIDS. “
When his bosses knows about that, they make a plot and fired Andrew. The story is about how Miller helps Andrew with this case.

I'm going to select one partsof the movie to show how great the acting is.

Thinking Character

This is the part I like the most in the movie.
They were going to talk about several questions after a personal party for the next day's court.
While Andrew does not answer the questions but  begin to play a piece of opera . He explains the story of the music with great passion that he lost himself in it.
He was weak and thin, moving around in the room with infusion bag.
The camera angle is above his head, and it is a close-up shot.
I think it emphasis his brain and strengthen the feeling that he is listening to the music intently.
The tight frown and closed eyes also shows his attentiveness.

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In this progress, he does not stand still but walks several steps as well as turned around.

He is feeling the music with his whole body.

At first Miller is not so interest in the music and feels a little awkward.

Andrew keeps telling about the music.

When the music first changed, his face changed too. The music is full of  hope, so he looks happy.

Here is the second change of the emotion in the music., it turns to sorrow.

Miller begin to focus in the story.
Then the light changed. It become dark.
Characters' faces hide in shadow that we could not see the facial expression clearly.It was a moment the music turns desperate to the joy of life.
at first we can only see his ears clearly, which tells that he is carefully litsening and feeling the voice.

Then the light become stronger and the color turns red, makes his pale face looks lively.
He says"It says, live still,I am life. Heaven is in youe eyes"

Then there is no words, Just the acting shows how Andrew deeply moved by the song.

The light getting dark and bright, Miller is totally focus now.

Andrew talks about the feeling in the music. He is so moved that his tears burst out.

He feels the love and life in the song.

Camera become closer to Miller, we can see some tears in his eyes too.

He is absorbed by the vibrant scene.

Here comes the last highest tone, the crying out of life.

The facial expression and tightly fist strengthen the power.

The music end and Andrew back to reality.

The camera moved back fast, lights become normal.

He put his hand on his chest shows his heart is still bumping fast and he is comforting  himself.

Miller quickly moves his eyes away to hide he is so absorbed and excited.

Character Design

I participated in an activity of creating fantasy  characters on a Japanese website.

Because the activity is held by Japanese I typed introduction in Japanese on pictures. 

Here is the character I created.  I'm going to use the character profile to make it more complete.

AGE:14
GENDER: MALE
HEALTH: PERFECT
PHYSICAL"APPEARANCE": SKINNY
                                                 SLANTING, SHARP EYES
                                                 SHAGGY HAIR
                                                 
JOB ： BODYGUARD OF THE CHIEF OF "RAVEN KNIGHTS”
EDUCATION：KNOWS HOW TO WRITE
                           HATE READING BOOKS
CULTURAL"BACKGROUND": WAS AN ORPHAN WHEN BORN
                                                     RAISED UP BY GROUP OF WOLVES
                                                     THOUGHT HIMSELF AS A WOLF BEFORE MET HUMAN
                                                     WOLVES DIED DURING A DISASTER CAUSED BY WAR
                                                     BROUGHT BACK BY THE CHIEF KNIGHT TO HIS PLACE
                                                   
INTELLIGENCE:  A CLEVER WARRIOR, BUT KNOW LITTLE ABOUT PLOTS
HYGIENE: ALWAYS MAKE HIMSELF COVERED WITH MUD AND BLOOD AFTER FIGHTING
                    FORCED TO KEEP HIMSELF CLEAN IN DAILY LIFE
                    HATE SHOWER
DIET :  HATE VEGETABLES
MANNERISMS : A LITTLE RUDE
                             HONEST, OUTRIGHT, STRAIGHTFORWARD
                             KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT SOPHISTICATION
GENERAL"PSYCHOLOGY" ALERT
                                                ONLY TRUST LORD AND FRIENDS HE ADIMITED
                                                HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP
                                               

IF"THERE"WAS"AN"ANIMAL"OR"PIECE"OF"MUSIC"THAT"REFLECTS"YOUR"CHARACTER"–"WHAT"WOULD"THAT"BE?"
WOLVES

WHAT"ARE"HIS/HER"STRENGTHS"AND"WEAKNESSES"
STRENGTH: LOYALTY, HONEST, BRAVE
WEAKNESS: NAIVE, LONELY NATURE, BAD TEMPERED

 ALWAYS WEAR MASK WHEN AT WAR

 THIN BUT WITH GREAT POWER
LIKES TO USE HUGE WEAPON WHICH COULD BRING HUGE DAMAGE

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS