Thesis Idea 1: Montage

This would be a 3D animation showing a montage of various Super-Heroes and Villains. In a short 3D animation, focusing on modeling, ranging from 1 to 2 minutes or so, I would animate various clips of Super-Heroes and Villains that I have created. The shot would be in style with the opening of a comic book cartoon show (ala Justice League or X-Men), showcasing the various heroes and villains and their powers. I will open it with a group shot of the heroes, then follow it up with a shot of the villains. Next would be various individual shots of the heroes showing their powers, and I would either follow that up or intercut it with shots of the villains showing their powers. I’d be aiming for probably 3 heroes and maybe 3 villains, maybe setting each off against their arch-enemy. The animations would be simple, like a character moving their arm and producing ice, or lifting a building. Environments would be extremely simple, if almost non-existant (ala Justice League). I would have a theme produced specifically for this. The final shot would be a side view of the heroes and villains facing off.

Initial Reference Material:

Justice League Opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p81_kAFdyr8

X-Men Opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tFc9svb2os

Thesis Idea 2: Fight

This would be a 3D animation showing a face-off and fight between 2 characters as another looks on. In a 1 – 2 minute 3D animation, focusing on modeling, I would have two characters square off and engage in what could barely be called a fight. The environment would be a simple city street, with buildings on all sides, with the street looking like a capital ‘I’. The villain would be a giant creature, possibly a robot (or revealed to be a robot). The hero would, instead of engaging in a long, dangerous fight, simply use his powers of ice and electricity to destroy the villain in one swift movement. The villain’s mad scientist creator would be watching intently from a dark lab. The animation would be similar in theme to the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, when a swordsman shows his skills with a sword to Indy, and the audience expects a fight to break out, but Indy simply pulls his gun and shoots the swordsman. The animation begins with a shot of the hero’s legs hitting the street, as if he just landed on the street from a building rooftop. He would stand and look ahead at his giant opponent. The camera would then circle around the villain, from his feet to his head, finally going inside the villains head to his Point-Of-View, which would transition to the view of a computer monitor watched by the mad scientist. The villain would let out a Godzilla-like roar, and our hero would look down, smirk then look back up at the villain as his eyes frost over, with an electric glow behind them. Our hero would then quickly raise his hand to the villain, as a steady beam of ice launches out, and pierces the shoulder of the villain. Electricity would then channel through the ice, destroying the villain who then falls to the ground. The hero would nod, as the last shot is the villain, on his knees, pounding his hand in depressed frustration.