In order for the characters to be able to be planned and then put into animation, the characters will first need to be able to be drawn and shown at different angles. This will then allow the animators to be able to plan the foreground, background and even the colour of the characters.
While I am going to be doing this for my own character in Max Is Lost. So this means that I will have to hand draw my main character Max at different angles.
As you can see below this is a scene from the film Monsters Inc and the first part of the process is for the artist to storyboard what the scene will look like, after this it will then be put through the computer so that it can be edited. Another example that you can see on the right is from the Lion King and is the main person Simba. At the beginning of the film the artists will need to be able to draw Simba from every angle and get all of the emotions down. Below you will be able to see other character sheets from films such as Aladdin, Lady & The Tramp and Snow White.
Now my original setting for Max Is Lost is for Max to be a quiet mouse who is in a comfortable suburban home that is living in the lap of luxury with nothing to worry about. I can imagine that the house will be furnished with good furniture and will look slightly modern. In one of the scenes that I am planning to make, it will involve where Max is trying to get into the kitchen in order to get some food. I imagined the scene will look similar to the picture that can be seen on the right with the island in the middle which is exactly where the food will be and where the problem begins in the story.
Now as for the first scene where Max will be peering out of his hole as he smells the food, I believe that the next picture captures the scene almost down perfectly because the place looks clean and comfortable which is exactly the kind of environment that I wan to place Max in as he is a mouse that is 'living the good life'. Finally, the only other scene that I think needs to be discussed is the area where Max does get lost and is trying to find his way back home. After careful considerations of where he would be lost, I think that the best place would be somewhere such as the mean streets of New York late at night. I believe this is the best placement because this appeals to the audience with the fact that he is a small mouse who ends up getting lost in 'the big city' and has to find his way back home by himself.
