BA1a: Character Research | Week 7

I have started writing my essay and selecting pictures to insert on the project. I think that I started in a good date because I have some difficulties writing and organising my thoughts in a text, but I am moving one and I am almost done. However, I am having some problems with the quotations and how to identify them so I watch Lynsey presentation again.

BA1a: Character Research | Week 6

This week I have been researching and writing about Bill Cipher. I found some interviews from the creator to some magazines and it was very useful information. However I think that I am talking to much about Bill's story in the essay and I am not being able to remove. I also had some issues with the Harvard Reference, but I found a site that generate them. I also think that I should post more research and information in the blog.  

BA1a: Character Research | Week 5

This week we talked about the importance of the body language, gestures and movement and how they are influenced by the feeling and thoughts of the person or character. We also had some advices and information about our essay. For example we should look for interviews, books, and more believable sites. At this point I finished watching the series and taking some notes. Now I am starting to look for more information online about the character.

BA1a: Character Research | Week 4

This week we had Robin talking about how to analyse or what to look for when we are analyzing an animated character. He explained that the signifier, which is the form, are always the same, but the signified, that is the meaning, depends of the culture. He also talked about the shape and their meaning, like for example that triangles are associated with danger and squares are related with stability. He also referred the style of the animation that can be realism, abstract or symbolism. It was a very interesting presentation. Then we started analysing some famous characters using what we learned during the presentation and it was funny. I already decided which character I am going to talk about in the essay and it's going to be Bill Cypher, the main villain of Gravity Falls, I already started watching the series again and taking notes. I am probably going to watch the series one more time because Bill is a very odd character with a lot of history and mystery.

BA1a: Character Research | Week 3

This week in character research we talked about very interesting and important things. First we received more advices about the essay, we should talk about the series or the movie where the character appears, who created the character, what is the animation style and how the character interact with other characters. Lynsey also said things that we shouldn't write in the essay, we have to be objective and formal. In that session we also learned more about the types of characters, like the hero, the herald, the shapeshifter. It was very interesting to learn more about the concept of "mise en scene" and what can the setting, lights, etc tell about a character. We approached a little bit more about the types of hero, which are the hero, the anti-hero and the tragic hero, and the qualities they must have. We also talked about the shadow type. At this point I already have two characters that I would like to talk about, one is one of the heroes of Gravity Falls and the other is the main villain of the same series. 

BA1a: Character Research | Week 2

This past week we were given more advices and information about some points that we should analyse in the essay, for example the type of animation and the way that the character moves. But we talked mostly about characters, their importance in a story and the connection that should happen between a character and the audience. I found very curious that really good characters are more memorable than the story itself. I had never thought about that but it is really true.

BA1a: Character Research | Week 1

This week we received a lot of information and some advices about the research project that we will have to do. We have to choose a character and I do not know which one I am going to write about.  I am going to do a list of some characters and then decide which one I would like to talk about.