The life and times of Morris Kane...

Now Morris Kane, creepy coroner extraordinaire, has taken shape, and it's time to bring him to life. Focusing on the emotions and actions suggested by the dialogue,

I continued to feel as if the expressions could have been pushed and exagerated further, but it simpley wouldn't have suited the character. With the few that were tried it seemed to take away from the character's personality and creepy status rather than add to it. So they were kept subtle and simple, and worked so much better- reflecting the character's rather laid back and intense nature, aswell as his creepy and slightly unstable mentality.

The character, now in place, begins to take shape more with the planning of just how he will move and what he will do in his animated segment. At first, the plan was to stand him behind the coroner's table, complete with dead body. But after acting out and filming reference videos for the scenario, the movements just didn't seem natural, and seemed forced. So when trying the actions sat down, they seemed to work alot better, allowing much more subtle actions and details that brought the creepy personality of the character to life.

The subtle movements make him seem incredibly creepy to me- the fact that he's simply stirring his cup of tea whilst speaking of death in his threatening tone, he seems so used to be surrounded by death that it no longer effects him, and has possibly even twisted him somehow into the sinister, slightly unstable character he is today. Using these thumbnails to put together for the animatic gives the first glimpse at how the character will look with the voice and how his movements and action will come together...

The animatic shows the main gestures and movements of the piece, but the subtle, more delciate details I feel will bring the character to life- the eyebrow movement- emphasizing the expression of his eyes, the long curling finger movement, his thin limbs delicately flowing around his body. All will hopefully come together to create the character I want and that will fit the voice successfully...so only time will tell...