A Person's Life:
My idea for this is about a female character I have. She is not very developed yet, so I think she is enough of a blank slate to work on this idea. Basically, I want the story to be told about her, but from the perspective of a boy who was friends with her. It will start off with him narrating about what he knew about her childhood and such. The time jumps will be pretty large. It will start at birth, then jump 6 years, and then from there jump 10 years. The majority of the comic will take place when she is 16. It will detail some of the adventures they shared as friends and some of the quirks about her as a person. It will probably show different scenes, like them walking through the woods together, or getting popsicles at a 7/11. It will end with her disappearance, the search, and the boy narrating how he never got to tell her that he loved her after the case lost hope (likely 6 months or less since they won't have any evidence to track her). I imagine the mood of this being a mix of melancholy and nostalgic.
A Place's Life:
There are a few ideas I could do for a place's life. My initial thought is just a bedroom since I think it goes through the most changes. It could show move-in day, with some boxes scattered around. Slowly, as time progresses they unpack, leaving fewer and fewer boxes behind, with new items popping up in the room. You could see different activities happening in the room, between the occupant getting ready, to them coming home after a date with someone else. It could also show the deterioration of organization over time, and the clutter could build up. On the other hand, it could show someone who had a messy room whipping it into shape because they met someone or wanted to make a change in their lives. Another idea would be a depiction of divorce, where the couple slowly dissolves apart and the comic would show how this happens through the items in the room. This idea could also be used to show the progression of a mental illness. Overall, there are many options for what can be done with this idea.
A Thing's Life:
In a similar vein, as my first idea, Professor Pannafino suggested I could follow the life of a missing person poster. The story could follow the missing person poster from production to it being forgotten. Some of the scenes could follow the poster as it's blown around to different locations. At first, it could be a lot of people looking at it, it being passed around, hung up, and such. Then, it blows off of where it was hung up, or out of someone's hands. The poster could get worn and tattered over time until it is eventually forgotten because the person has been missing for so long. It could be shown traveling to different parts of a town, or even all the way across the world. It could also end with it finding the missing person that it's for. This could lead to the end of the life of the missing poster, since it's purpose has been fulfilled. I imagine there could be a lot of interesting ways to play with this idea.
We also went over different transitions. They are as follows:
1. Moment-to-moment: a seamless connection, much like a film reel
2. Action-to-action: an intense progression with distinct subject matter
3. Subject-to-subject: changes perspective, but is of the same scene
4. Aspect-to-aspect: showing different elements of a place, idea, or mood
5. Non-sequitur: no logical relationship, skipping around in subject matter.
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