Project: Anything-Can-Happen Week

Hellooooo~!

Since this week we're allowed to try anything we want, it’s time to bounce some ideas around! o3o

Depressing one first~!

I want to explore how the human psyche breaks down in isolation. The story is set in the Victorian era where a man dies after being bitten by a vampire, he then revives as a vampire a few days later to find out he is trapped in his own grave. His mind then slowly degrades until he finally commits suicide. The character and world would be introduced through his dreams and hallucinations.

Inspiration:

The original idea came to me when I was watching an anime called Shiki, in the anime a small group of vampires tries to invade a village by turning them all into vampires. The process of turning is once a villager dies, they resurrect a few days later as vampires. This led me to wonder what would happen if someone was turned undead and left in their graves.

There was a short story I read a while ago about sensory deprivation, where a professor (I think) shuts himself in an isolation tank for long periods of time. I also read about anechoic  chambers 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2124581/The-worlds-quietest-place-chamber-Orfield-Laboratories.html

The Film 127 hours.

Idea number two~~

Paul is inspired by his childhood, and wants to explore a story about joy and imagination, where children often imagine themselves as part of a fantasy world when playing. The story takes place in the imagined world of a child and is very innocent and fairy tale-esque. The route the story would take is still unclear as there are many plots that we can explore, such as a hero rescuing a princess, slaying dragons, leading an army, or maybe a combination. In reality it would just be a child playing with his toys, but in his imagination everything comes to life.

Inspiration:

Paul saw an animation at the Capilano screening last semester. It was about a father watching his daughter running around outside, but in the child's mind she was in a completely different world.

Also, this.

The story for this series is about a girl in middle school who can't stop living in her own fantasy world. The fantasy scenes are over the top and creates a great contrast from the normal everyday life scenes, Which is the general direction we would like to take with this idea.