Tuesday 31 January 2017

Adaptation A: Main Points

Main Points

  1. Travel long distances in shorter times, resources and coal could be shipped quicker and further for power. Messages. Food. People.
  2. More people to move to city for work, cities grew in size, London, Glasgow etc
  3. Development in machinery, Spinner machines etc. Coal, Iron, Steel industry boom, in demand, more train more work
  4. Contribution to the Industrial Revolution
  5. Social boundaries were broken, both low and middle class travelled together
  6. Paved way for development in technology, telephones etc.
  7. More Train development, faster, more comfortable, more travel, across the country and to other countries
  8. Affected the world by making travel more accessibly to more people of all classes and to further and further places

Saturday 21 January 2017

Adaptation A: How the Steam Train Changed the World

How the Steam Train Changed the World

The Steam train had a big impact upon the time it was invented, leading to its knock-on effects to this day.

  • Travelled further distances in shorter times
  • More people to travel and move to cities
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Development of machinery in factories such as Spinner Machines etc
  • Coal, Iron and Steel industries received big boost in production as 'boom' for building steam trains, tracks and the industrial revolution, causing more jobs for workers.


Imagery:
  • Wheels
  • Vintage steam trains
  • Clockwork
  • Mechanics
  • Steams and pipework
  • Gears
  • Faberge eggs










Monday 16 January 2017

Adaptaion A: How the ___ Changed the World ver 2



How the ____ Changed the World

How the Lightbulb changed the world
How the Steamtrain changed the world
How Penicillin changed the world
How the Wheel changed the world
How the Telephone changed the world
How the Camera changed the world
How Paper changed the world
How the Compass changed the world
How Lego changed the world
How The Plague changed the world


Imagery to look at

Super Mario Galaxy, planets, geometric shapes, low poly, camera, lenses, wheels, circular imagery, tin can and string, paper aeroplanes, paper craft, origami, paper cuttings, lego pieces, squares, bright colours, bacteria, petri dishes, compasses, light bulbs, electrical components and glass.


Out of all f the ideas I'm quite leaning towards How Paper changed the world. Initial ways in which paper did change the world was;
  • Ability to transport messages such as letters (before technology).
  • A method of recording information.
  • Entertainment through Paper craft such as origami.
  • Promote creativity such as painting and drawing.
  • Able to make books for entertainment, information, education etc.
  • Affecting the amount of trees on the planet.
  • Littering
As well as the lightbulb idea I do quite like the idea of how the Compass changed the world, with its effect on traveling across the seas, how this improved trade across the world etc.

Thursday 12 January 2017

Submission Post 13/01/2017

Film Reviews



Maya Tutorials

Adaptation A: How the ____ Changed the World



Some initial ideas:
  1. How Penicillin Changed the World
  2. How Deforestation Changed the World
  3. How Gaming Changed the World
  4. How The Telephone Changed the World
  5. How Social Networking Changed the World




With the idea of 'world' being affected I like the idea of several small floating worlds which you could walk around quite quickly such as in Super Mario Galaxy.




If the deforestation idea is chosen I'd quite like to look at paper craft like origami or very simple geometric shapes, such as http://zimandzou.fr/




For the more technological based ideas such as gaming or the telephone I'd quite like to look at pixelated and/or very simple low-poly models similar to the geometric paper crafted shapes.


For the Social Networking idea I'd quite like to look at perhaps the 'can and string' idea for communicating or paper aeroplanes flying across the small world.




Maya Tutorial: Body Model

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Body Modelling Complete minus the Head Model

Development

Torso

Legs/Trousers

Boots

Arms

Gloved Hands

Maya Tutorial: Head Model

Head Model Complete

Head Model Complete

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Rough Blocking
Mouth Constructed
With Nose, Eye, and Brow
Skull Cap and Ear Piece.

Wednesday 11 January 2017

Film Review: Mr Bean's Holiday (2007) - Comedy

Mr Bean's Holiday is a 2007 British comedy film directed by Steven Bendelack. It is based upon the British television series 'Mr Bean' and is the second Mr Bean film, the previous being 'Bean'. It tells the story of Mr Bean, a silent and clumsy brit who wins a holiday to Cannes and a video camera, however as Mr Bean's character is, he gets caught up in missing his train, getting a child separated from his parents, blows up a director, and hijacks a movie premiere.

The type of comedy that describes Mr Bean's Holiday quite aptly is Blunder Comedy. These types of comedy usually focus on the main comical character making foolish and basic mistakes which creates a humorous effect for the audience. This type of blunder comedy is frequent throughout the film, as it begins within the very first scene of the film, where Bean loses his winning raffle ticket on a toy train running around a track. Again this blundering brit is seen making foolish mistakes once again shown in the scene where Bean catches his tie in the vending machine which causes him to miss his train.

One scene within Mr Bean's Holiday which presents an example of blunder comedy is the scene in which Mr Bean is stranded on the roadside. He holds his hand out several times for any passing traffic. What someone finally turns up, since the man's Scooter is not going fast enough, the mean hops off and tries to fix it, where Mr Bean makes another blunderful mistake and attempts to steal the mans bike. Just when the audience and Mr Bean believes that he has gotten away with it, the man comes walking along beside him and throws him off, reclaims his bike and drives off, leaving Bean next to an outhouse. After a few more hours of trying to hitchhike to no one passing by, Bean goes into the outhouse, and just as he gets lock in several cars drive by. Bean can no longer get out of the outhouse and picks it up from the inside, shuffling onto the road slowly off screen. The next thing the audience hears is a loud horn and is shown the debris of the outhouse being sprayed across the road as a large truck comes charging through. Just when the audience believes that Mr Bean has been killed or run over, he walks in from the side, brushing himself off, practically unscathed, and begins to walk off.

What I personally find funny about Mr Bean is that he cluelessly and clumsily creates a trail of chaos behind him in nearly every television episode and in both films, but at the end of the film it all comes full circle and he has somehow Mr Bean is able to solve all of the problems in one fell swoop, and particularly in Mr Bean's Holiday the finale all comes together of the movie premiere being hijacked with his own home video, allowing his newly made friend Sabine to become a movie star, the director to get a much better response to the film rather than of the one he originally made, the boy is reunited with his father and Mr Bean finally gets to the beach.

Film Review: Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Adaptation

Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton. The story of the film is an adaptation of the book Alice's "Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" by C.S. Lewis, as well as inspired by the Walt Disney animated film 'Alice in Wonderland'. It tells the story of Alice, a young adult girl living in England, on the day she is about to be proposed to by someone she dislikes, runs after a mysterious white rabbit and falls down a rabbit hole and lands in the world of Underland. Alice wanders through the strange land and discovers her destiny into saving her friends and the citizens of Underland from the bloody Red Queen of Hearts and defeat the dragon beats called the Jabberwocky.

Many aspects of the original sources have been used in the 2010 film, as the original Disney animation omitted the beast character, The Jabberwocky, the Jub Jub bird and the two characters of Tweedledee and Tweedledum. The latest film contained a very satisfactory amount of keeping many of the main characters from the source materials into the film. From the prior Alice Disney film the characters of the Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, the Caterpillar, the Mad Hatter, Doormouse, March Hare, Card soldiers, and the Red Queen of Hearts. Many of these characters which had famous designs from the Disney animated classic had been reinvented and redesigned in Tim Burton's recognisable style, which gives the overall look of the film a much more darker but interesting atmosphere. This redesigning of old characters and the introduction of perhaps lesser famous characters contributed to this adaptation's success, as it adds a much darker and slightly more adult theme to the old classic.

The visuals of the film are quite grand, the use of live action and 3D animated characters and scenery creates a visually stunning. Many of the characters are a delight to watch, such as the evaporating Cheshire Cat, floating around lazily and dissipating in the air. The great scale and power that is shown in the final creature in the film of the Jabberwocky, and the stunning effects of the electric purple lighting that is expelled from the beast's throat. Visually this adaptation presents the magical wonder that was captured within C. S. Lewis's novels, and each time you watch the film you notice something new, similar to how you would notice a new trait after rereading the books.

One reason for the large success, including a box office number of $1.025 Billion the starting point for a new sequel, of the film could be derived from the grand visuals and the dark spin of Tim Burton's signature style. Many children who had read the books when they were younger or who had watched the animated film would at the time be much older, and appreciate the new twist on the original source material that still captures the magic and wonderment throughout the world of Wonderland but has a much more adult and darker twist in the designs and story.

Film Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - 'Exploitation Cinema'

Mad Max is a 2015 Australian and American Action film directed by George Miller. It follows the story of Max, a lone survivor out in the post-apocalyptic world, who is captured by a band of Half-Life boys, who worship a warlord Immortan Joe. One of Joe's luitenaunts, Imperitor Furiosa, betrays him and steal away his five wives in an attempt to get them to safety. Max is caught up in protecting the wives and Furiosa, and the small group along with an newly outcasted Half-life Boy, Nux, drive away and fight off several groups of attackers and persuers, until they finally make a final charge back to where they came, killing Immortan Joe and putting a new life of freedom in the Citadel.

One major factor about Mad Max: Fury Road and much like all of the Mad Max films prior to the latest instalment is that it is an exploitation film. Exploitation film is a film which finds one aspect to exploit to make a large profit. Mad Max: Fury Road is an excellent example of an exploitation film as it takes advantage and exploits the use of grand visuals and a large amount of action with the use of large complex cars to gain a large target audience of vehicle enthusiasts and action film lovers.

The visuals within Mad Max capture the audience's attention straight from the very beginning of the film, with the bizarre haunting imagery Max hallucinates, and soon within the first few minutes into the film the audience is shown a two headed lizard, followed swiftly by a small chase with the dystopian, battle ready vehicles. These strange and bizarre visuals are presented to the audience again in the people who live within the Citadel, such as all the strange lumps and boils and the many deformations each person has, the unusual and grand visuals are exploited again in the appearance of the Half-life boys, pure white, again with boils, very lithe and thin, with car oil spread across their faces and eyelids like warpaint.

The visuals become even more grand as they plot turns onto the car chase as Max, Furiosa, and Joe's wives flee  from Immortan Joe. The large explosions and blazing flames flicker on the screen, the visuals bursting into energy and life as more car pieces crash into each other, metal crushing beneath metal and sand being kicked up in large clouds as the tires tear across the sand. This escalates into a large sand tornado, with flashes of blue lightning contrasting against it's opposing colour of the oranges and reds of the sands and flames.

The exploitation of visuals and action are not the only thing that is exploited within this film, as the exploitation of women is used to grab the attention of the audience, such as the wives are first shown as wearing pure white silk-like clothing which is drenched to their skin, exploiting the nudity and sexualisation of women. The topic of exploiting women however is discussed and represented negatively within the film, presenting that women should not be used as objects and cannot be 'owned', which is the entire basis for the plot of the film as the wives is what Immortan Joe wants back. Despite presenting the exploitation of women as a negative aspect in film and society, this does not stop the film using the exploitation of nudity and sexualisation for gaining new audience members, which is could be seen as quite an ironic aspect of the film.

What is quite usual of exploitation cinema is that the narrative within the film is in fact actually very simple. The entire plot of the film is to drive as far away as possible as fast as possible from the citadel, to only return as fast as possible back to the Citadel. Despite how simple the plot is the exploitation of visuals and action does make the film very entertaining and thrilling to watch and in fact was successful at the box office.

Film Review: Robin Hood (1973) - "Opposing Characters"

Robin Hood is a 1973 American animated film produced by Disney and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. It retells the story of the legend of Robin Hood with anthropomorphic animals. It tells the story of Robin hood, Little John and the creatures of Nottingham as they fight back against the constant increasing taxes set out by Prince John.

The two main characters within the film, the Hero and the Villian, have very different perspectives on life and both have very different morals. This contrast between these two characters allows easy readability to show who is the Protagonist and the Hero within the film, and to show who is the Antagonist, the villain of the piece.

The two characters, Robin Hood and Prince John are already on polar opposites from the start of the film, Robin Hood has a very woodsman like name, and Prince John already states his position of royalty and entitlement. Robin Hood is a character who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, while the character of Prince John takes from the poor to gain more wealth for himself, presenting Robin's generous and giving nature, and selflessness as he risks his life for stealing the money to give to those who can not afford food. This nature contrasts greatly against Prince John's nature, of taking and taking from the poor who can not afford the simplest of things, just to give himself much more wealth than he already has. This in itself shows the contrast of the characters, and presents the already heroic traits of Robin Hood and the villainous selfishness of Prince John.

The design of Robin Hood shows that of his simplistic lifestyle and morals. He wears a very simple green tunic, a small hat with a single feather, and is usually wearing his bow and arrows. This relatively bare attire reflects Robin's simple outlook on life, and also shows that all of the money he steals from the rich he does not keep a single coin for himself, nor spends any of it on himself on lavish clothing or on material things.
However a character that does in fact spend a great deal of money on expensive and lavish clothing is Prince John. The lion prince physically appearance is that of lush velvets and furred clothing, adorned with rings and jewellery of rubies and gold, presenting his selfish nature, constantly expressing his wealth in his appearance where the luxuries are not needed, as they were paid for by the poor in their taxes.

Despite how heroic the hero is, he does in fact have flaws, however Robin Hood does in fact have a significantly less amount of flaws than Prince John. Prince John's flaws are that of his selfishness, and constant want for attention and wealth. These flaws make Prince John very unpopular with the townspeople, and in fact stops him from achieving what he in fact wants, the love an attention he wants from the citizens.
Robin's flaw is that he is in fact a criminal, however he redeems himself as what he takes is not for himself but in fact giving back to the people of Nottingham. Both Prince John and Robin steal, but Prince John steals from the people and uses the money solely for himself, whereas Robin's hood much more 'good' morals allow him to steal from the rich and give to the needy.

One final aspect of these two characters is their goals, and what they aim to achieve. For Robin Hood it is quite simple what his goal is, which is to steal from the rich, and give to the poor, and to also fight back against the excessive taxing, and to be with Maid Marian, presenting the heroic nature of the protagonist. The contrasting goal of the villain of the film is that of wanting attention, to make everybody praise him. This need for attention could derive from his constant reference to his mother and how he loved her, but she always favoured his brother. This constant want for attention from his mother is soon projected onto how he wants his subjects to appreciate him, and therefore took more money from them to make him more noticeable in clothing and lush lifestyle, which undid what he wanted to achieve.

Film Review: Back to the Future (1985) - 'Five Act Structure'

Back to the Future is a 1985 American Science Fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It follows the Story of Marty Mcfly who is transported back in time in a freak incident. He travels back thirty years and interferes with the first meeting of when his parents met and fell in love with each other. This causes great repercussions and so Marty is forced to seek help from his scientist friend in the past and attempts to match his parents, George and Loraine, with one another once again.

The five Act structure is an effective way of presenting a narrative at a steady pace which allows for characters to be presented effectively, as well as establishing the protagonist's current lifestyle, the problems which they must over come, the climatic finale, a final challenge and the new lifestyle. Back to the Future is an excellent example of the Five Act Structure

Act 1
The first act begins with establishing Marty's current lifestyle. He is a teenager still at school who aspires to be involved with music. He visits his scientist friend Doc Brown's house often and partakes in experiments. His home life isn't too much to look at as his father is constantly being bullied by his boss Biff, his mother smokes and it is implied she is an alcoholic, and his siblings both are not very successful. Marty receives a call for him to meet Doc in a parking lot nearby at midnight, this is the point in which Act 1 begins to transition into Act 2, as when Marty does meet Doc in the parking lot and discovers he has made a time machine, Doc is shot by a group of Libyans and Marty flee's into the past.

Act 2
The second begins to introduce the problems and trials that Marty's will have to overcome. These trials being getting his parents back together, finding a way back to his own time, and avoiding/defeating Biff so his father is no longer scared of him. Marty's only success within this Act is finding a much younger Doc Brown who does not know him, and he has to convince him that what he's telling is the truth. The two figure out how they can get Marty home, but they can not leave just yet as they have to wait for Lightning to strike, and Marty has to get his parents to fall in love.

Act 3
The third begins the climatic finale to the film, where Marty is trying to get his father and mother to fall in love at the dance, and he is successful as his father knocks out Biff, forever changing how Biff sees George and how George sees himself. The film comes to it's most climatic point as Marty and Doc are now in a race against time to connecting the time machine to a lightning strike. They have only one chance at sending Marty back to the future however before he takes off his car stalls and the wires become disconnected. It builds up into one last minute crescendo as Doc connects the wires just as the lightning strikes, and Marty gets the car started and whizzes by, with a loud crash and bang and a flash of fire Marty and the time machine disappear and Doc is left cheering at the success.

Act 4
The fourth act shows the aftermath as Marty has come home. He has crashed into the local cinema in his own time and is delighted. However Marty's expression quickly changes as he realises he only has a few minutes to save the Doc from being shot. The car won't start again and Marty runs on foot to the parking lot, and arrives in time to watch Doc be shot again. He rushes over to Doc, only to find he is in fact alive, and the message he left in the past got to him successfully, saving his life.

Act 5
The film has come to an end, where Marty has returned home back into his own time. However everything is not exactly the same as before, as his father is now more confident and a successful writer, subsequently his mother paid more attention to her lifestyle, and his siblings are now more successful. Marty finds Jennifer outside of his home and the two share a happy moment at the end of the film. That is until Doc Brown returns once again and hastily persuades both Marty and Jennifer to return with him back to the future.


Film Review: Lion King (1994) - 'Archetypes'

The Lion King is a 1994 Disney animated film directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. It features the story of the lions in Africa, and the narrative is influenced by Shakespeare's Hamlet. The film tells the story of a young lion Simba, who is next to be king to the disdain of his uncle Scar. Scar murders Simba's father Mufasa and puts the blame onto Simba, forcing him to flee and leaving Scar as the new King. Many years later after being rescued by a meerkat and a warthog, a now fully grown Simba returns to the wasteland of a Pride and overthrows Scar, taking back his rightful title as King.

The Hero of the film is presented quite clearly as Simba. He is forced to watch his father die at a young age, runs away and is rescued, and returns to his old home to overthrow the evil and insane King. It is quite easy to pick out throughoyt the film who exactly the hero is as it is the protagonist of the story, who sacrifices an easy and carefree life to accept his responsibility of returning home to the Pridelands and becoming King. When the hero is accepted as King it is represented how his rule over the land will affect the lives around him, the rain pours down from the sky, quenching the fire, and the barren wasteland of sand and dirt begins to grow back to life with grass, trees and flowers.

The Shadow character archetype usually takes up place as the villain, a character who has very negative flaws and personality traits, and within Lion King it is quite easy to spot the Shadow within the film, Scar. From the first moment we meet Scar he is torturing a quite innocent mouse, presenting his sadistic nature from the get-go. This escalates to when he becomes incredibly power hungry, kills Mufasa, chases off Simba and becomes King, only to focus on himself and let the entire Pridelands starve. It is only when the Hero defeats the Shadow that the Pridelands becomes healthy and lush once again.

The Herald character archetype is usually that of a character which convinces the Hero into answering the Call to Adventure, within Lion King the baboon Rafiki plays the role of the Herald. A now fully grown Simba is refusing to return home and help the Pridelands, and wants to stay in his carefree life, however the mysterious Rafiki appears and convinces him to accept his responsibility and return home, returning to become the Hero.

The Trickster archetype within the film is presented as the pack of Hyenas, specifically the hyena trio, who have a very sly and mischievous nature, as they taunt the young cubs when they enter their territory, attempting to kill them, however as they are incredibly clumsy and disorganised they fail. The hyenas soon grow in numbers and in power as they follow Scar, and become part of the new Pride. One aspect of the Trickster is that they can cut the ego down of a character, which the hyenas acheieve at the end of the film, cutting down Scar's power hungry ego and forcing him to feel helpless as they group of hyenas pounce on him and eat him alive.

Mentor Simba has many Mentor characters throughout the film for each stage of his life. When he was a cub his Mentor is his Father, teaching him how to stalk prey, and teaching him the ways of being a King. When his father dies two new Mentor characters appear, Timone and Pumba, who rescue him and teach him the ways of living a carefree life. Finally when he is fully grown and doesn't want to return home, the Herald character Rafiki also acts as a type of Mentor character, as he teaches Simba about his heritage and his responsibility, as well as convincing him to return home.

The hero has several allies through this film, these being Simba's childhood friend Nala, the meerkat Timone, the warthog Pumba, the baboon Rafiki and the Red-billed Hornbil Zazu. Simba starts out in the film with very few allies, the most significant being his childhood friend, but as the film progresses Simba builds up allies and those who will fight with him in the final battle which includes his friends and the entirety of the lion pride who fight with him against Scar and his hyena followers.

The Mother figure isn't shown greatly within the film but she is shown, caring for Simba and Nala when the two are young cubs, and even so when they are older, she is still grieving over the death of her mate and son, and cares for the now grown Nala. She is delighted to know that Simba is still alive, and cares for him as equally as she did when he was a cub.

The Father again is not shown for too long within the film but plays an important part within the film. Being a Mentor to Simba, and also too being a father, sacrificing himself to save his son from falling into the stampede. His death marks an important event within Simba's life as it is here where he flees from home and Scar is crowned King.

The Child is shown as the Hero himself in the first part of the film. Simba is playfully, curious, and fun loving, not thinking deeply about the responsibility of becoming King. His childhood innocence ends when he watches his father die and runs away from home.

The Maiden shown all the way throughout the film has been Nala. She has been Simba's childhood friend and is the only lion who finds Simba once he has run away. The two fall in love during a musical number but he still refuses to return to the Pridelands. When he finally returns and overthrows Scar she is by his side as he roars into the storm.

Film Review: Ratatouille (2007) - 'The Hero's Journey'

Ratatouille is a 2007 animated film directed by Brad Bird and produced by Pixar. The film follows the story of a young rat who lives in the French countryside and has a large interest in cooking, when he and his colony are discovered they flee into the sewers and Remy is separated. Remy soon finds a hopeless chef Linguini and the two quickly become a team allowing both of them to achieve greatness in the highly acclaimed restaurant. Ratatouille is an excellent example of the use of 'The Hero's Journey' by Joseph Cambell

The Call to Adventure starts when Remy and his brother Emile break into an old woman's house for food, the tv flickers on in the background and shows an advertisement of the chef Gusteau, which instantly catches Remy's eye. His love for food and cooking begins here, and he keeps returning to the old woman's house, begins to read Gusteau's book, and learns to cook.

However these trips result in the old woman catching the rats red-pawed and after a manic incident with a large shotgun, Remy's entire colony is forced out of their home and swept into the sewers. Remy becomes separated and ends up alone in a sewer. As Remy waited and sulked under the sewers, his imagination conjures up and imaginary friend in the form of the chef Gusteau, who encourages to go up and look, this then begins the Refusal to the Call as he does not listen to Gusteau and stays in the sewer.

This figment of his imagination being the dead chef Gusteau acts as this story's Supernatural Aid, his encouragement and guidance helps Remy get up and out of the sewers, only to reveal that all that time Remy had in fact been under Paris all along, and had accidentally led Remy to Gusteau's restaurant. During this scene the escape from the sewers to get up and above ground also shows the Crossing of the Threshold, as Remy did not want to leave the sewers, but this decision to leave presents his acceptance of a new life.

While talking to Gusteau above his restaurant and getting angry and worried over the Cleaner Linguini who has ruined the soup, Remy accidentally falls into the kitchen, and is in the Belly of the Whale. Remy scrambles around the kitchen, trying to stay out of sight and out of harms way as he races towards an open window. When he finally reaches the window, he discovers the ruined soup, and his love of cooking stops he from leaving as he feels compelled to fix it. However once he has finished it is revealed that Linguini had in fact been watching the whole time, he catches the rat and is ordered to kill it, however he feels sorry for Remy and lets him free. Remy returns shortly after and the two begin their lives as partners, Linguini acting as a human front for Remy to cook.

Road of Trials begin here, which involve Remy and Linguini figuring out if and how their double act will work. When they finally get over the hurdle of allowing Remy to control Linguini. Another trial that they have to overcome is learning to cook in a very fast paced business kitchen, with the guidance of Celeste. The current owner of the restaurant, Skinner, begins to notice the rat around the kitchen, such as catching the silhouette of the rat beneath linguini's hat, and begins to cause trouble for the two. Skinner is finally defeated as Remy discovers the Linguini is in fact heir to the restaurant and not Skinner. This induces another trial in which Remy needs to overcome being stealing the papers and fleeing from Skinner.

The Temptress in this film affects Linguini rather than Remy, within the film the Temptress is represented as Celeste, whom Linguini becomes infatuated with. This affects his concentration in the kitchen and causes Remy to grow angry with his partner in cooking. However this does not mean that Temptation does not affect Remy within the film, as he rediscovers his family, who try to persuade him that all humans do to rats is kill them, and that rats belong in the sewers.

Once word gets around that Linguini is a great chef, the highly acclaimed and harshly critically critique Anton Ego visits the restaurant, warns Linguini that he will return soon for a meal, and this instigates the Final Battle. Skinner reappears and kidnaps Remy, the kitchen is in disarray and it seems the Ego will be giving the restaurant a low rating. When Remy thinks that all hope is lost Remy's father and brother save him from Skinner, presenting the Atonement with Father, and soon the entire rat colony aid Remy and Linguini cook for the entire restaurant.

The dish is a success with Anton, who gives the restaurant a five star rating once more. The Ultimate Goal has been reached. It doesn't last for two long however as due to all of the rats the restaurant had to be closed down.

After the success of the dish Remy is given the option of returning back to the human apartment with Linguini, and returning to the sewers with his family. Remy's Refusal of Return causes him to turn down both offers, and he strolls around Paris, watching the lights of the city until the early hours of the morning.

In the last scene of the film Remy has become the Master of Two Worlds, both hosting a restaurant for his rat colony, allowing him to be with his family, but also is allowed to cook for the humans in the brand new restaurant below, with Linguini who waitors and Anton Ego who has become a much happier investor into the new restaurant, Ratatouille.

Friday 6 January 2017

Character Project: Environments and Props

Environment 1 - Inside the Forest

Environment 2 - The Deserted Island

Props - Warning Do Not Enter signs, intact and chewed. A make shift botched 'weapon' made of Dentistry equipment.

Character Project: Final Design Turnarounds

Junior Dentist Turnaround

Senior Dentist Turnaround

Monster Turnaround