Dominique Animation year 2 ; second breifing

Shots in the order I will be using them. 

For my shots, I plan to have the dragon swerving in and out of the holes in the fence, firstly starting of very small. In the next shot, I want him to be much bigger twisting and swirling around the church, in the third shot he will his biggest, and will be dancing in the air, ascending up woulds until he evaporates in the clouds. In the very last shot of the moon, I plan to have  texts describing the end of the cycle and maybe the dragon abstracted into stars or clouds, with the credits then playing.

After picking what pictures I though was best, I then re looked at them picking out the best, and which would be most suitable for my story. Now i need to shorten this down to only three shots.

In my research, I am searching for colours that are linked to promoting calmness and reducing anxiety and stress for my character, but also looking and contrasting colours for my other character, 'the negative fairy' that promotes these negative emotions such as depression, anxiety and stress. From my research, I have found evidence supporting my colour choices of white, violet, pink and turquoise/blue for my dragon- who I want to have the role of spreading calm and soothing energy.   From my research, I found that violet (the colours I am using for the crystals on my dragon) has "powers" that 'signifies strength, peace, wisdom. Brings balance and inner peace' (  -https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/de-stress/7-relaxing-colors-and-how-they-affect-your-mood/articleshow/46946305.cms), it also 'relaxes the mind and body' (http://www.psyweb.com/articles/depression/color-therapy-for-depression/) and according to  https://www.g...

  The calming dragon is formed when he is needed. When someone is stressing, anxious or nervous; he forms in the first hot brew made. Forming out of the steam, he inhibits and releases positive vibes and a relaxing nature. Often not seen but felt, he roams distressing the environment. His natural enemy is bug fairies; whose purpose is to cause negativity, stress and worry. He begins his cycle as steam from a hot brew of calming tea, hot chocolate or coffee. Slowly increasing in size throughout the day. Once his job is done he will evaporate, returning once he is needed again.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/therapy-types/hypnotherapy  'Hypnotherapy can be used to treat  anxiety , phobias,  substance abuse  including tobacco, sexual dysfunction, undesirable spontaneous behaviors, and bad habits. It can be used to help improve  sleep ,  learning  disorders, communication, and relationship issues.' The therapist will guide you into a relaxed, focused state and ask you to think about experiences and situations in positive ways that can help you change the way you think and behave.' 'Hypnosis conducted by a trained therapist or health care professional is considered a safe, complementary and alternative medical treatment. However, hypnosis may not be appropriate in people with severe mental illness. Adverse reactions to hypnosis are rare, but may include: Headache Drowsiness Dizziness Anxiety or distress Creation of false memories' 'unskilled or amateur hypnotists can cause harm and should not be consulte...

I would like to look in themes of dream psychology and hypnosis. Idea 1: A character who suffers with anxiety, is used as an test subject for an  experiment of a new technique of ridding anxieties; the technique is hypnosis into changing the way you react to fears. However, something goes wrong; every-time they see one of the things they fear, they change personalities as if they are no longer the same person. Idea 2; A character who suffers a range of nightmares is told to make up a person who can save them in their dream world. After continues nightmares, they try a new way to get rid of their unsettling dreams and some how is manipulated to share a split personality with their imagery friend, who takes over when ever their is something similar to their dreams or something they fear. they are no longer sure who they are and what Is real v.s what is a dream as their personalities keep switching over in both real world and dream world. Idea 3; convinced go see a hypnotherapi...

Using the eye dropper tool, I have took key colours from my mood board to create a basic colour shceme for my character- although these colours will need shorting down and refining to make sure they stand out against the backgrounds and fit my characters purpose. I want my character to have a calming, relaxing, free nature to him. I think the neutral blues, pinks and purples would work really well. different shades of lilac and turquoise would be well fitting, often being colours to associated with helping those with depression or anxiety. initially these colours are supposed to have calming effects. 

As I have an initial ideas for my bestiary character, I need to fianlse my design. So today, using google images of animals, crystals and photoshop I edited my creature roughly together. To help me see how it possibly could look, although in my designs it will all have the same skin textures all on the body parts. to create this one I used snakes, lizards, Japanese fighting fish and an image of a crystal. here is the rough edit: here is the photos I used;

rough ideas for character performance