Quite honestly, I wasn't able to complete very much at all for this week. But while I didn't turn anything physically in….. I certainly did some thinking about the story and the assignment, in terms of what direction I want to take it in.
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The Musicians of Bremen
The story is set in the countryside of 1940s Germany. Donkey, our main character, is a working animal on a windmill farm. But when the main windmill is broken beyond repair, he leaves his quaint farm to follow his dream…. being a professional one-mule band. So he sets off for Bremen, where stars are born (apparently).
Along his way he meets Dog and Cat, a young musical, husband-and-wife duo. Dog plays the upright bass, and Cat plays the concertina. Even though Donkey isn't looking for more members in his one-mule band, he figures the company might be nice, since the duo is already heading for Bremen anyway. And off they go down the road, where they meet Rooster. Although Rooster has a horrible singing voice, he can peck a mean glockenspiel. And so, down the road they go.
When night falls, it begins to rain, so they decide to sleep under a old oak tree for cover. Donkey and Dog attempt to build a fire, but the twigs they've gathered are much too damp. Rooster flies his way up into the oak tree and from his perch, he sees an old cottage in the distance. Smoke rises form the chimney. They gang decides it might be better to see if they can spend the night in the warm house, rather than freeze in the forest. Plus, there are hungry wolves in the forest, and no one particularly wants to get eaten tonight.
They make their way to the cottage, but when they look inside they see a band of robbers drinking and playing games in celebration of their recent heist. Mounds of gold in burlap bags are strewn around the room. The band of animals sees this and decide they would like to perform for the robbers. To help them with their celebration. So they set up outside, and start to play. Unfortunately, they haven't had much time to practice (at all), so they sound awful. The robbers mistake the blaring for the cops, get spooked, and stumble out the back door and drive away in their getaway car. The animal sees this (poking around the corner in stacked fashion), and decided to wait inside for the robbers to return from their errand.
The robber return to find a bunch of animals sleeping in their cabin, and send the brute to go take care of them. The brute enters the dark house and can't see anything. He decides to light a lamp, and in doing so, steps directly on Cat's tail. Cat leaps up and scratches the brute's face, causing him to fire his pistol, which wakes up Dog, who bites the brute's leg, which makes the brute yell in pain, which wakes up Donkey, who kicks the brute in gut, sending him flying through the window, which causes Rooster to let out a guttural scream, which scares the living daylights out of the brute and sends him running into the hills.
The animal band is altogether confused by what has happened, but are awake nonetheless. They decide to jam for bit. Afterwards, they decide to watch over the house and money until the robbers return. And they lived happily ever after.
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For this week, I'm going to be working on character development for the animals. Maybe basic silhouettes for the three robbers. I'm also going to explore the robbers' cabin. Doing an isometric view of the room layout. And finally, work on the story beats a bit more to include the new character designs.
