Reflection
This week I explored the method of developing concept animations through the mind map method.
I often think of many interesting stories in my daily life. But for the first time, I used mind maps in the development of anime stories. By drawing a mind map, my various ideas and key points in the story have been systematically unified and developed. During the drawing process, I also tried a non-linear story narrative method, allowing me to guide the ending of the story to multiple endings, giving the audience more room for thinking.
Similar work is published by uyen Nguyen on magi. (http://magistudio.net/work/iol-w8) The concise and cute style and easy-to-understand process make it very intuitive to see the development of mind map.
When I first started drawing the mind map, I didn't know how to start. At this time, I remembered the story created by character, place and action last week. After drawing these, the lines in the mind map draw an interesting story like inspiration! What's more interesting is that with the continuous update of the mind map, the story seems to have begun to produce a metaphor for some possible stories！
Story
Roles: 1. Male swordsman 2. Female warrior 3. Mysterious man (male swordsman’s brother)
The moon was dim, and the faint light from the street illuminates the two of them.
The street is so quiet that the sound of the samurai slowly pulling out the sword can be heard. The swordsman's eyes didn't look away for a moment. Just when they were about to start a fierce duel, a flying sword stunned the samurai. A mysterious and powerful man has been sitting in the corner. Before the swordsman could react, the sword flew up again and stabbed at the swordsman. The swordsman could only run around the block, and in an instant he threw the dagger at the mysterious man. But the mysterious man only raised two fingers, not only stopped the dagger in the air, but also controlled the dagger to fly towards the swordsman's hair. Just as the swordsman was lying on the ground feebly, the mysterious man slowly walked over. "You still look better with short hair."
It turned out that this mysterious man was the brother of the swordsman, and he was cutting his younger brother's hair with a flying sword.
