How to write an animated script

No. 1 The importance of creating animated characters

Establishing animated characters is the primary task of the script: for the script, people are the main object of film and television drama description and the theme of film and television art modeling image. Creating vivid characters is the fundamental task of film art.

No.2 animated characters' humanity'

Exaggerated and concise personality, fresh and beautiful mind

CBS commented on Disney, the master animator: "He understands that naive childlike innocence will never be confused with adult sophistication. However, every adult retains a part of childlike innocence. For children, this boring world is still brand new, and there are still many beautiful things; Disney strives to keep these fresh and beautiful things for tired adults, which is a valuable asset in the world. "

When everything around us is changing in a hurry and the complex society is at a loss, only these old friends on the screen remain the same. This simplicity and warmth is the unique charm of comics. It can be said that comic world is a quiet and clear spiritual hometown for people.

Therefore, the emphasis on characterization comes from the audience's demand for watching cartoons.

Not as expressive as .3 animated characters.

Animated characters have a lot of creative space:

Compared with ordinary movies and TV plays, most animation scripts are designed with characters with a clear distinction between good and evil, and typology is generally used to shape the protagonist. The main clue of the story is simple, the ups and downs of the plot development are clear, and the contradictions between the characters are not so sharp. This design arrangement takes into account the psychological characteristics and viewing needs of children's audience. Objectively speaking, the story of an animated script not only captures the audience, but also attracts the audience. Creators should use more space and more pen and ink to describe characters.

As far as shaping characters is concerned, animated characters have a unique feature: their shapes are carefully designed by the creators, and there is no need to stick to the shape of "people" at all, so there is a lot of room for creation. Its shape can be closely related to characters and even stories.

The fourth chapter is the characteristics of animation role-playing.

In some art short films, in order to express a certain theme, or a certain mood and emotion, characters are condensed into symbols representing specific meanings. The characters in commercial cartoons have the same dramatic characteristics and creative rules. The creation of animated characters in scripts must first conform to the * * * characteristics of characters in film and television dramas. The characters are vivid and vivid; Personality should be typical. Due to the limitation of capacity, most of the characters in the script are concentrated, which is the main body of contradictions and conflicts and the axis of the plot. Of course, it has its own characteristics.

No. 1 shining hero

The uniqueness of the protagonist is the center of drama contradiction.

Disney summed up his creative experience, and he thought that animation needs a strong and attractive central role. Usually, it can be arranged by the name of the cartoon, which can integrate the fate clue of this specific character with the inheritance of the story, make the film more focused and highlight the character image more clearly.

Therefore, when designing an animated script, we must first make clear which character you want to take as the center, so the main drama contradictions and emotional atmosphere should revolve around this character.

Specifically, how to make your hero appear in the plot will definitely be far more than other tasks, with clear priorities.

Second, more importantly, the protagonist is at the center of the conflict. In the whirlpool of drama contradictions, is the protagonist always the most important and powerful force to promote the plot? The contradiction began with him, because he grew bigger and bigger, and finally he solved it.

There is no personality of an animated character.

The unique personality of animated characters: typed personality and naivety.

Typed characters have two characteristics: first, the character characteristics are obvious, and we can often summarize the character in one or two sentences, which is easy for the audience to grasp. Secondly, compared with the key figures in reality, the characters of typed characters have been refined and exaggerated, and vivid details have been enriched to make them more vivid.

Baker, a drama theorist and educator, divided the typed characters into three types in his drama skills.

A conceptual figure-the spokesman of the author's position, the author does not care about the description of the characters.

Type b personality-the characteristics are very distinct, and people who are not good at observing can also see these characteristics from the people around them.

C circle people-distinguish themselves, big differences or subtle differences. Personality has many aspects and complexities, which cannot be expressed by simple proverbs.

How to create typed characters;

Character orientation: perceptual and generalized ideas. Role positioning plays a decisive role in the cartoon characters and even the whole cartoon.

Choose to refine the "original" characters and exaggerate their characteristics. Even to the extreme, the characters will become more distinctive and unique, and the restart of comics requires the characters to exaggerate. ) exaggeration and fantasy are the nature of animation. )

The last step is to add personalized details to the role.

Finally, talk about the differences of design personality to strengthen the distinctive characteristics of the characters.

No. Give the characters a pair of imaginary wings.

First of all, the overall creativity of the film should have enough imagination to create a fresh fantasy world to attract the audience.

Secondly, give the characters animation characteristics, that is, some surreal power.

As Disney said, "fantasy and exaggeration" is one of the essences of animation, and the protagonist and animated characters in the script should embody this feature.

How to add elements of imagination to characterization?

1, meaning and function of character animation features (weather vane). First set the characters and conceive the outline of the story. It contains personality and background, and animated characters should also be "animated" and injected with imaginative elements.

2. How to design animation function

The animation characteristics of character A and his personality characteristics complement each other, and the animation characteristics should conform to the character. The imaginative "super power" of characters can shape characters more vividly.

B design animation features for characters and choose those that are unique and important for farming. Will have an effect on the plot, and can provide the characteristics of "motivation" for your story as the focus.

C animation features are always reasonable.

D conceiving the plot pays attention to "unexpected, reasonable", which is in line with the characters' ideological habits.

"New Logic" of Character Behavior

Design of behavior details.