Character Design - Club Members
What would a film about a school club be without it's Club Members! So how does a team go about creating a lineup like this?
A good chunk of the team was interested in character design during pre-production. A decent sized group was the perfect excuse to let my team leave their mark on our film. But first, Email needed a Bestie.
Expanding on one of the earlier concepts, we decided on this lanky and pointed character to contrast with Email's short and round design. This character would be more outgoing, being the one to reach out to Email first. We really wanted these differences in personality to show in her design. After a round of spitballing, the team named her Shoo.
The next step was to fill out the rest of the cast. Giving my team the guidelines of 1) remembering this is a weird art kid, 2) thinking of what kinds of things they would draw, and 3) attempting to exaggerate proportions, I set them off to create the club!
After the initial concepting, I took the kids and gave them a small makeover to provide cohesion of style throughout the cast. One thing that got left on the cutting room floor was the idea of the color palette changing as the film progressed. It was a cool idea but it was an instance of something being trickier to actually put into practice.
A cast full of silly kids, we had fun coming up with stupid names, despite the original idea of them never being shown in the actual film. From the large pink kid to the rest of the group there is: Bink Bronke Honke, Kris, Gary, Email, Shoo, Dorito, Kit, Pony, and Olivern't.
