CHARACTER PROJECT:

OGR, 7/11/2016

BRAD LEE KING

SOUND CLIP:
NO.7
SETTING:
PRISON CELL
AMERICAN
FOOTBALL
STADIUM
OTHER

FILM: KNIGHTS TALE.

William: Uhhh... were you
robbed?
Chaucer: [laughs] Funny
really, yes, but at the
same time a huge
resounding no. It's more
of an... involuntary vow
of poverty... really.

MY TAKE ON THE AUDIO.

The way that the conversation plays out, it comes across as
someone replying to a question who is not in a good way, they're
post bad event and it shows because they are being asked about
their current state.
But at the same time the reply the person gives has a sense of
refusal to it, like someone who refuses to fully acknowledge the
situation that they are in and has a rebellious attitude. So to the
answer they give is sarcastic and a full of attitude, like they
actually doesn't acknowledge what has happened and instead acts
like its not a big deal and only temporary, but at the same time
you can tell from the answer that they are angry about what's
happened to them.

INITIAL IDEA'S
At first I had no idea what I could do with this audio,
the situation seemed so specific that the only
situation I could think of was the literal scene from
the film, where someone has lost their fortune due
to gambling or theft and if informing another person
of it.
But after voicing my queries with Alan he explained it
in a way that I could run with, and eventually a
scenario started to form while we were talking and I
went from there.
I decided to focus on someone from high power
command who had just lost their position and was
talking to the person who caused it.
The notes for this conversation can be found to the
right.

CHOSEN IDEA
The idea I finally settled upon is the scenario of an Old King who has been
usurped by a young, cruel conqueror who has defeated him in battle in his
throne room.
As the King tries to hold his composure the only other person in the room
besides the two fighters, the Kings Bard, starts to negotiate with the Usurper
pledging his allegiance to him, showing he had no loyalty to the Old King
The Usurper comes over to the Old King as he catches himself from falling,
the Usurper patronises him by looking at the destroyed and looted Throne
Room and Castle, asking him Facetiously "Have you been robbed?"
Which the king, pulling himself up with the last of his strength, refusing to
lose this battle, laughs to himself before replying "Funny really, yes, but at
the same time a huge resounding no. It's more of an... involuntary vow of
poverty... really. "

THE OLD KING

VISUAL RESEARCH

INFLUENCE
MAP

CASTING

DEVELOPED
SKETCHES

THE USURPER

VISUAL RESEARCH

INFLUENCE
MAP

CASTING

DEVELOPED
SKETCHES

THE BARD

VISUAL RESEARCH

INFLUENCE
MAP

CASTING

REFLECTIVE STATEMENT
I feel like I have made good progress so far, and am close to having
the near final designs for my protagonist and antagonist, now that
just leaves the sidekick(The Bard) to develop more.
I also need to decide on a final look for the Kings outfit and then do
colour tests for each character.
Something I think would help would be an expression sheet, so
once I have the approval of my characters looks I shall produce a
sheet of expressions for each character so that you can
understand their personality better and their range.