introducing the geek- Gangster and the Geek

Gangster and the Geek
Geek constructs software to make gangster sound amazing
Set in geeks home lab/computer room.

Geek:

At computer listening to music types. Jazz is playing first.

“hummm……. that’s never going to work”

Geek goes to another music style. Moves computer mouse and clicks it to a new page, brings up bad rave music. Covers his ears in pain.

“ ahhhhhhh… what the”

Quickly closes page with rave music.Picks up a mug of hot chocolate.

“mmmmm”

Goes on to another page. Elvis plays. Nod head and sings like a cat.

“ ohh don’t you step on ma blue sued shoes you can do anything……”
-sings to teddy on desk top.

“ gotta love the king! don’t think it would suit gangster though ”
Taps his fingers on desk top, then puts elbow on table to rest his head.

- talks to teddy bear on desk top
“ this isn’t working” .

Takes bear and dances with it to Elvis. Thinks to him self.
“why does gangster listen to all that hip hop, when he could listen to classic stuff like the king”

Excitedly waves arms about
“Ohh.. Ohhhhh that’s it, I will turn him into a rap star, just like that ehh wus his name kanye pepper, fifty pence and twin pac”

Scene 2

Geek: Geek is at the white board writing formulas to make gangster great.
Keeps scribbling and wiping it off.

Clock on the wall indicates the time going in quickly.

“ if q is equal to the sum off 125000 to the power of 25 then….. then x has to be……”

Close into the clock with the hands spinning round.

“Yes ye…………ssssssssssssss!! Y equal to m to the power of three, meaning that it’s the perfect sound wave.”

“ I’ve got it, I know the formula to make the sound modulator…. A genius if I don’t say so my self.

Scene 3

Geek is in lab surrounded by wires.
Pulls a section of wire in the air and tosses it behind him.
Tugs at another section and secures it in place.
Places top on the box (sound modulator).

GANGSTER AND GEEK, GEEK PROFILE

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

PROJECT

Gangster and the Geek
NAME
geek
SEX
male
AGE
23
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Plump, short 5 ft3ish , glasses, quite moleish?
APPEARANCE/HYGIENE
Scruffy, badly dressed in clothes that don’t match. ( but quite funky but he just wears them badly.
IQ
Very bright, verging on genius
DIET
macrobiotic
CULTURAL BACKGROUND
Nerd culture, star trek conventions etc.
HISTORY
A total recluse because his parents fought like cat and dog. So he withdrew into him self and lived in his own world. didn’t have any real friends, was a bit of a victim and easy target because of his feeble appearance and geekness. Tired of being beat up, and not wanting to be abused like his dad ( mums a maniac) he began going to a boxing club in an attempt to learn how to defend his self. He meets gangster and they become unlikely friends. They keep each other out of trouble in different ways.
INCOME
Writes software and posts it online for free, makes a little off of the advertising that pays him to post on his websites
OCCUPATION
Various geeky things like writing software. And always will be a student of some level
EDUCATION
Very little, he is self taught as he was always brighter than his lecturers
SEXUAL PREFERERENCE
Confused, secretly bi-curious but only because he has never experienced any type of sexual contact. He is yet to discover that he is straight. To his disappointment as he thinks gays are very cool and trendy.
FAMILY
Mum dad, and a mean grandfather.
OTHER

RULES, RED BALLOON

POSSIBLE RULES FOR BOTTLE DUDE.

ALWAYS SWAYS ABOUT.
NEVER WALKS IN STARIGHT LINE.
SLURS WHEN HE SPEAKS.
OVERLY HYPER.
STEREO TYPICAL DRUNKS PERSONALITY.

MORE CHARACTER DRAWINGS

THE DJ IS LOOSLY BASED ON A FRIEND OF MINE. THE BEE CAME ABOUT AFTER DOING A LOGO FOR A FRIEND, MAY EVOLVE INTO AN ANIMATED GIF, OR SHORT FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

MADE THIS ON PHOTOBUCKET

GANGSTER AND GEEK

Gangster and the Geek.

Following a conversation with a friend of mine I decided to begin to plan making an animation called The Gangster and the Geek.
He was teasing me calling me a total geek, and I was like what ever you’re a cardboard gangster.
We were laughing at the idea of a gangster and a geek, two total opposites. The contrast of the two would make for a great story, or set of story’s. I suppose this idea is where the story for Big Things came from. Big things spiralled into something else, it wasn’t true to my original vision of what I wanted to do, mainly because I was lacking in knowledge to make it, to a extent I still am, all be it I am collecting pieces of information for when I do eventually get round to making it the way that I want to.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

PROJECT

GANGSTER AND THE GEEK
NAME
GANGSTER/GANGSTAR
SEX
MALE
AGE
24
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
TALL APROX 6FT. BROWN HAIR, *AFRO OR SHAVED?*.
BROAD SHOLDERS. AVERAGE TO SKINNY LEGS. LOTS OF UPPER BODY STRENGTH AS HE TRAINED AS A BOXER WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE YOUNGER.
REASONABLY ATTRACTIVE, CARAMEL COLOURED SKIN. LONG EYE LASHES, GREEN ALMOND SHAPED EYES.WIDE MOUTH, ALWAYS AT A SLIGHT ANGLE.
BIG HANDS. LOTS OF VARIOUS TATTOS.
APPEARANCE/HYGIENE
VERY WELL DRESSED IN STREET FASHION, BAGGY, SPORTS CLOTHES, JEANS,HOODYS, T-SHIRTS.
IQ
AVERAGE/A LITTLE BELOW AVERAGE. ALTHOUGH VERY STREET WISE
DIET
LOTS OF STEAK AND CHICKEN.
CULTURAL BACKGROUND
HIP HOP STREET CULTURE DEFINES HOW HE CONDUCTS HIS LIFE
HISTORY
MOVED ABOUT A LOT AS HE WAS GROWING UP AS HIS FATHER HAS TO TAKE JOBS ALL OVER. HIS FATHER BROUGHT HIM UP, MUM LEFT WHEN HE WAS 2. WENT TO VARIOUS SCHOOLS, WHICH HE HARDLY TURNED UP TO.
DAD WAS SENT TO PRISION FOR ARMED ROBERY AND HE WENT TO LIFE WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 12.SHE WAS STRICT BUT FAIR VERY RELIGIOUS WOMAN MAD HIM GO TO CHURCH.
SHE KEPT IN IN SCHOOL FOR HIS REMAINING YEARS AND SENT HIM TO BOXING TO FOCUS HIS ANGER.
HE MET HIS BEST FRIEND WHILE AT BOXING HIS FRIEND IS A SKINNY GANGLY WIMP WHO JOINED BOXING TO LEARN TO PROTECT HIM SELF AND IT TURNED OUT HE HAD A NATURAL GIFT FOR GETTING OUT THE WAY OF A PUNCH.
THEY BOTH WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY LEARNED ABOUT GIRLS AND WEED.

INCOME
VARRIED DEPENDS HOW MUCH DRUGS HE SELLS.
WAGE IN GARAGE APROX £300 PER WEEK.
OCCUPATION
DRUG DEALER, SCAM ARTIST. WORKS IN A GARAGE TO COVER HIS OTHER WAYS OF MAKING MONEY.
EDUCATION
A LITTLE WHEN HE TURNED UP TO SCHOOL. EDUCATED ON THE STREETS
SEXUAL PREFERERENCE
WOMEN WOMEN AND MORE WOMEN. HIGH SEX DRIVE, BUT FAILS TO CONNECT ON ANY KIND OF EMOTIONAL LEVEL. CURRENTLY HE HAS 3 GIRLFRIENDS WHO HE RARELY SEES OTHER THAN WHEN HE WANTS FED OR TO HAVE SEX.
FAMILY
DAD IN PRISION, AND HIS GRAN WHO HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR.
OTHER

TECHNIQUES

THE KEY FRAME.

Key frames are used at either side of a action, at the start and end. For example if a little boy was to swing a bat a key frame would be the first frame of the boy beginning to swing the bat, one as the bat connects with the ball, as this begins the action of the ball changing course, and one of the bat coming to a stop. Key frames are normally of a higher quality than in other frames.

THE OTHER FRAMES - THE INBETWEEN

An inbetween is a frame that comes between the key frame. Although more time is spent on the key frame, the inbetween plays a bigger role in holding the animation together. Without the inbetween frames the timing for the whole animation would be wrong and the whole look of the piece would be weak. Inbetween frames are drawn at varied spacing this is how the animations timing either increases or decreases

SQUASH AND STRETCH

The principals of squash and stretch can be applied to everything in animation from walk cycles, to bouncing balls. Squash and stretch indicated the weight of object is its heavy its going to compress more as it hit’s the ground than something that’s light with little weight to it. Squash and stretch also hints to the viewer what material the objects made from.
often in animation squash and stretch of over exaggerated for impact, comedy or to make the animation look real, in Disney’s case hyper realistic