For my Character Design class, in a 4 week project, we had to take a celebrity and make a cartoony caricature out of them. I decided to go with Korea's Nation MC Yoo Jaesuk.
In Fall 2012, I took a class called "Pre-Production Principles". In it, I learned how to take a simple idea and expand it into a full fledged story ready to be pitched to a production team. This is my story. All writings and photos were pulled from the blog my teacher ran during the class. All designs, artwork and concepts are by me.
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by Vickie Chau
In a gang-infested early 1900s San Francisco Chinatown, a lone warrior runs for her life as she sets out to save her family.
2D short. 60 seconds long. PG-13 Historical Action Drama
An-yu is chased by the North Beach Italian Lombardi mafia family. She reaches a dead end as the mafia gains in on her. With her parents held hostage, the mafia lures An-yu out from her hiding spot. Feeling determined, An-yu prepares herself for battle as she pulls her hairpin out and it extends into a fighting staff. She defeats the entire mafia on her own. She picks up her mother’s hairpin on the ground near the boss. Holding both her hairpin and her mother’s, they form a key that unlocks their family’s gold chest the mafia stole. She turns and discovers her parents are free, drops the chest and runs towards them in a deep embrace. The chest and hairpins fall to the ground, revealing “San Francisco Film Festival” formed in gold.
[Name:] 金安雨 (Jin An-yu "peaceful rain", surname means “gold”) [Age:] 18 [Description:] Precious and most loved only daughter trained to defend herself. Very loyal and filial to parents. Born on a rainy day, lives up to her name by bringing peace in times of chaos. [Backstory:] In the early 1900s of San Francisco’s Chinatown, the Jin family has gold saved up from the gold rush generations ago. In one small specially designed chest, there’s a rumored gold statue worth millions. That chest can only be opened with two specially designed keys. Those keys have been converted into hairpin decor worn by Madame Jin and An-yu. The keys are separated 1) to trick people that the keys are just hair decor and 2) precaution of theft. An-yu grew up as an only child and her parents didn't mind having just a daughter despite the preference for sons. Due to being a female only child of Chinese descent, Papa Jin trained her in martial arts, specifically staff fighting because her hair pin can be extended into a staff for easy access and practicality. The Lombardi family, an Italian mafia from North Beach craves for gold and holds the Jin family hostage. An-yu manages to escape with her key and has been on the run for months, ever so often trying to get home in hopes to rescuing her parents. She goes from a wealthy Chinese heiress to a street rat in tattered clothes, messy hair and battle scars.
Leader [Name:] Boss Lombardi [Age:] 50 [Description:] Very greedy, does whatever he can to get what he wants. Short and stubby, doesn't look like a mafia boss but definitely has the skills and the means to kill whoever gets in his way. Minions [Names:] (unknown) [Age:] range 25-30 [Description:] They all look the same. Listens to Boss no matter what. Somewhat scrawny, incompetent and untrained. Rarely knows or understands what they are doing.
Parents [Name:] 金信 (Jin Xin “faith, trust”)
金萬秀妍 (Jin Wan Xiu Yan “elegant”)
[Age:] 40-45 [Description:] Loving yet strict. Takes pride in their only child.
