Character and Storyline choice

After researching various possible types of characters and storylines, I’ve decided on what I will be creating.

First, the character I will create:

Type: Extra Terrestrial
Body Type: No bones, semi transparent, “blob”
Special abilities: Transform into any object
Likes: Sweet food, exploring, anything non-blob
Dislikes: People

I have picked this type because it should be fairly simple to model, but with texturing, should looks pretty good. Animation may be tricky, as I don’t know which method will work best, but it will be looked in to. Animating a personality may be tricky as well, as it will require features for expressions.

The story I have picked:

This “blob” is an alien that crashed to earth on a meteorite, and ended up in the sewer after falling through an open manhole. Upon climbing out, the blob looks around to check out his surroundings. Almost immediately, he gets flattened by a car’s tyres, but springs back to life, this time in the shape of a tyre. While flat, he notices a piece of cake that’s been left on a table.

He rolls to the edge of the road, and up onto the pavement, where he gets flattened again by someone walking past. He springs up again, but this time in the shape of a shoe. He hops over to the table and looks up, but a football knocks the table over.

After being narrowly missed by the table, the blob seems relieved, and becomes ecstatic when the cake lands right next to him. He moves towards it, but a glass bowl lands on top , blocking the way.

The blob appears sad, and shrinks down on his own this time. Only to slowely rise again, looking like the cake. “Happy birthday” music plays softly in the background as a candle rises from the blob-cake, the camera zooms out and the screen fades to black, with the music still going.

 

I picked this story because it’s the traditional character that you’ll feel sorry for, but can also laugh at his expense. It should hopefully convey different emotions in the viewer as the story progresses.

If there is enough time, I would like to put a scene with the meteorite landing into the manhole.

Edits

1. Changed from the same shape throughout to transforming into different objects
2. The second hit on the pavement was a bicycle, changed to a shoe
3. Initially he got hit by the football, changed to it hitting the table
4. The table initially fell on him, with his head visible, and the cake on the ground out of reach (ending), changed to him eating the cake, changed to bowl landing on top.