Research FMP

Genre Research:

Sci-fi
Cyberpunk
This genre is a sub-genre within sci-fi that relies heavily on certain themes which are the blurred line between virtual reality & real life which can resulted in some intresting worlds and characters; the world of cyberpunk also relies heavily on human augmentation (swapping body parts for mechanical ones) & heavy use of robots/ A.I. Cyberpunk has influnced many different insustry that could be used as refrence points in the future which ranges from the film & TV industry that include films like Blade Runner. I can also look at the Japanese anime/manga industry for idea by looking films like Ghost in the Shell as well as TV series Psycho Pass as both are cyberpunk themed media; and lastly I can look at game industry for reference which includes titles like Deus Ex, Synicate, Cyberpunk & System Shock.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk

Fantasy:
This genre can be desribed as the world that is primarily not set on our planet and features a lot of magic and supernatural powers/phenomuoms, for the world, plot & setting. Within in this imaginary world & magical creatures are quite common. The fantasy genre has found it's may into most of the world's different medias ranging from various films including the Percy Jackson films, as well as being just as popular in TV series including the shows Game of Thrones & Merlin. Games have also been home to fantasy for quite sometime with games like Final Fantasy & Dragon Age.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy
http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Age_Wiki

Character Research:
To start out the project i first decided to research what type of character I want mine to be to which i then expanded on this by looking at designs/concept art of others work and seeing how they created a character just through appearances. As well as looking what defines a character and there role.

Character Archetypes:

Villain
A villain in fiction or non - fiction is generally described as the 'bad guy' or antagonist as they will simulate a negative aura about them using there appearances, expressions and personality. They have come in a variety of forms of the course of human history & fiction ranging from everyday humans to strange monsters that intend to cause the hero harm or by doing something that is against human nature or lacks humanity such as killing, human experimentation, stealing and many others. Villains can be defined in a variety of ways starting with appearances, then personality as well as just having a negative expression or atmosphere.

A classic example of a villain from fiction is Ursula The Sea Witch from Disney's The Little Mermaid who serves as the primary antagonist for the movie; she is depicted as a strange cross between woman and octopus which is a strange combination however it gives of negative effect as octopus are not the most lovely looking fish out there in which it helps create a disturbing like appearance that tells the viewer that this is the 'bad guy' furthermore she also supports quite a large body which could be seen as a negative appearance due to most real people not liking fat bodies and tend to discriminate against people who have the latter which would make her more identifiable as a villain to a child as this gives a negative effect as children are generally warded off getting fat and is seen as a bad thing in a child's eye.  Another way to see her as a villain is by the use of colour as the colours used for her tend to be quite dark which gives her more of villainous look rather than having bright colours that other in the film sprout.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_(The_Little_Mermaid)

Anti- Hero
An anti-hero can be described as a main character who lack heroic qualities like idealism, courage or morality, but are generally not seen as villains or hero but something in between and will tend to not pick a side unless it fits there interest. Other quality this character archetype can have are: not a  team player, greed, rebel. Another way to describe them is someone who has both a dark and light side to them as they be seen as bothy heroic and villainous. There also some classifications on what an anti-hero is ranging from: The Classical Anti-Hero, The “Disney” Anti-Hero, The Pragmatic Anti-Hero, The Unscrupulous Hero & The “Hero” in Name Only.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Snape#Characterisation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihero
http://thewritepractice.com/anti-heroes/

An example of a anti- hero is Snape from the Harry Potter books & films who has the appearance of the grumpy looking man and is hard to distinguish from any other type of character based upon appearance but it is in his personality that he shines as a anti-hero as he does many things that would be consided evil in his lives but has done them for good reasons an example of this is a quote by the author of book 'Yes, I do; though a very flawed hero. An anti-hero, perhaps. He is not a particularly likeable man in many ways. He remains rather cruel, a bully, riddled with bitterness and insecurity—and yet he loved, and showed loyalty to that love and, ultimately, laid down his life because of it. That's pretty heroic'. He is example of The “Disney” Anti-Hero Category.

 The Seven Deadly Sins

The seven deadly sins is a classfication of vices within christianity that have been used since the early days of the religon to educate them on what leads humanity to fall to sin. They are also believed to have been the origin of sin as they are what make humans do sins which is why they have been collectivly named The Capital. From the 14th century onwards the sins were given form and shape first by collection of painters from the 1400s to 1900s as well as the digital painter Mary-Lou Vetere who displayed them as beautiful women in a princess like look who each embodied each sin aside from greed & envy.
The Sins:
Lust is the embodiment of wanting to feel pleasure with the body and can lead to adultery and sexual crimes; it is typically linked to the colour blue and the animal the cow, In media it is typically projected as a women who wears quite skimpy clothing and is very attractive. It's virtue is Chasity meaning to refrain from distractions like hostility, temptation and corruption.

Envy is the desire for others traits, situations, status and abilities; it is typically linked to the colour green and the dog. It is linked towards many things considered sins/ crimes such as murder, robbery, sexual assault as well as many others moreover it is typically depicted as both being male or female and having no real different appearance than a normal human aside from having a green attire or body part such as green eyes.  Also in most media it is depicted to be accompanied by a snake. It's virtue is Kindness meaning to give out charity, compassion and friendship for it's own sake.

Gluttony is the crave it consume more than you are required to and is linked to the colour orange & the pig. It can be linked to crimes like robbery & cannibalism. It is depicted in media & art as both male or female and can range in body size from being fat to normal shaped as well as being also depicted as a fat like creature in Dante's Inferno with lots of mouths. it's virtue is Temperance meaning the ability to have restraint.

Wrath usually comes from emotions like anger and is linked to the colour red and the bear. It can be linked to most of world's crimes including murder and robbery. It is typically depicted as either male or female who bears the colour red in her appearance as well as an angry expression on their face moreover it can also be depicted as a demon bearing red skinned body. It's virtue is Patience meaning to solve conflict peacefully without violence and the ability to forgive for past sins.

Greed is the embodiment of desire for wealth and gain; it is usually linked to the colour yellow and the frog. It can be depicted as either male or female who sprouts yellow clothing as well as an inanimate object like a money sack or money bills. It's virtue is Liberality meaning to give and self-sacrifice.

Sloth is the non-desire to carry out tasks or move and would rather laze around doing nothing; it is linked to the colour blue and the goat or goatfish. It can lead to many things that aren't really crimes but more things you should do such as neglecting, starvation as well as suicide. It is depicted as either male or female. It's virtue is Diligence meaning to have drive and time to carry out both mental and physical tasks.

Pride is the over-belief in ones own abilities thinking they are better above others and is known as the first sin that spawned all the others; it is also known as Vanity. It is commonly linked to the colour violet and the horse, while it's depictions are commonly both male and female. It's virtue is Humility meaning to lower ones self and respect others.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins
http://thelastverista.com/tag/opera-and-the-seven-deadly-sins/
http://www.deadlysins.com/sins/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_virtues
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindness#In_literature

Jealousy

This particular expression is one found when a person has negative thoughts and feelings insecurity, fear and anxiety of the anticipation of losing someone of great value typically someone close such as human relationships and is commonly linked to the following emotions: anger,  resentment, inadequacy, helplessness and disgust as well as the sin known as Envy.

The emotion however can vary in effectiveness in terms of gender differences as women more than men experience more emotions and consider emotional infidelity otherwise known as the fear of abandonment while under stress in a human relationship as well as feeling distress when concerned for the security of that relationship. In studies it has been shown that women are more common to experience emotionally jealously rather than men as well as to act upon it violently whereas men tend to do think it through then attempt to 'talk it out'.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jealousy




Art Styles:
Concept Artists:
Disney

The first set of art I look at was the art used the concept art used for the Disney film The Little Mermaid in which I found that the style has a certain art style to it that has the classic old Disney art style giving characters a more rounded face and large eyes but not anime eyes just slightly bigger than average. The style also relies heavily on facial expressions that seemed to be over exaggerated to fit the characters better into their role an example of this is the designs for Ursula the main villain of the series has very promiment features such as overly large eyes that always seem to be looking down on which desribes on how she tends to look down on people as she is villian as well as also sprouting a negative expression, while on the other hand in the feature film Frozen the main character or villain ( I Think) Elsa who has a variety of expressions such for the development phrase to get across the character she as her looks tend to be more cunning when compare to Ursula and have much more darker human tone that the audience can relate to.

Artists to Look at:
Glen Keane

The next art style I will look at is similar to that of previous in which the style is the anime art style or to be perspefic the shoujo art style seen in manga & anime which is not as over exaggerated as the others with sligtly smaller eyes and has more detail put into the hair compared to others. It also features a lot of flashy extras behind character to help convey the feeling being shown along with the expression on characters faces which is the heart of the style as it helps seperate characters from each other. Examples include Skip Beat, Ao Haru Ride & Kamigami no Asobi.

Body Dysmorphia
BD is a disorder that causes people to believe that one selfs own appearance is horrid and needs to be fixed or hidden. An example of this is when someone believes that they are fat when they are not aside from having a bit on meet on the bone, which is something that can be simulated by all the thin models that appear in magazines and such this can cause the effected to believe they don't look 'correct' in there appearance and will either try to hide this or 'fix' it through the wrong sort of methods causing other health problems.

Another way to desribe BD is that someone will believe that a certain part of there body does not belong to them or is part of them and is completely alien. This can apply to very small things like body fat or hair, too very drastic thinks like legs or arms.

 The reasons it happens to people is still very unknown, however there have been some theories to how it affects people; it can begin at very early ages but is mainly known to affect people going through there adolescence years when the body is going through change as is guessed to be linked to social aspects such as bullying or abuse. Also another theory suggests that it may be heavily crucial that genetics can have affect on how drastic the BD effects them.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder

Dopplegangers:
A doppleganger is look a like or someone who looks like a double of a living person, portraited as bad luck or supernatural phenomunom. It can also be desribed as someone with exactly the same behaviour and personality as someone else.



Sources:
www.buzzfeed.com/aaronc13/26-people-who-came-face-to-face-with-their-doppelganger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger

Multiple Personality Disoder ( Disscciative Identity Disorder (DID))
MPD is a disoder that can be desribed as metal problem where two seperate identies and personalities or personality states have control over one person's behaviour and is usally found to have memory impairment, which causes a personality to lose important information of what another personality has done in their body, that can't be desribed as ordinary forgetfullness; MPD is also known as one the controversial mental disoders as there is no known way to treat it.

MPD so far has no known cause and is a widely debated subject will many theories being discussed such as: DID is a reaction to trauma

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder#Definitions

www.youtube.com/watch?v=944OrD4tNc8
Links:
conceptartworld.com/?p=5554
Google images searching 'the little mermaid concept art' & 'frozen concept art' & 'Shoujo manga art style'

Other Image Soucres:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_color#Green