30 June 2018

Technical Difficulties - Character Bios

I have written short biographies for each of the characters in the animation. This helps with the world-building, and fleshes the characters out a lot more. It will also aid me in structuring how they move in a scene, and how they might interact with the other objects.

The OBS Machine:
The OBS Machine is a fairly young piece of technology. Situated in a hospital just outside of London, they experience a mix of old and new, with the patient records being on paper, and the latest machines. Despite the newer tehcnology being somewhat confusing, they enjoy helping people and making a difference to someone’s life.

The Cash Register:
The Cash Register is an older, manual model, nowhere near as high-tech as the cash registers of today - she’s from the days where you had to count everything out in your brain, without a computer to do it for you! She’s perfectly happy with the way she is and the way things are for her, and isn’t at all motivated to move on with the times.

The Television:
The Television, like the Cash Register, isn’t the latest model - he’s older than most, a little clunky, and only gets 3 stations. He’s happy with those 3, and doesn’t see the need for hundreds of other channels that just repeat everything he’s already seen. He is perfectly fine with the technology he has, and isn’t going to trade it up for anything.

The TV Remote:
The TV Remote is paired up with a fancy new “Smart TV”, so he knows all about the latest apps, games and channels. He has playful banter with the DVD remote from time to time, taking the mick out of his leaky batteries, or just generally showing off. The TV remote could not be happier with the modern technology he’s connected to, and thinks it’s fantastic.

The DVD Remote:
The DVD Remote is connected up to a standard DVD Player. He’s particularly miffed about his family using streaming services like Netflix, instead of sticking a disc in the DVD player. He hasn’t been used in a while because of this. He just wants things to go back to how they were, although he wasn’t fond of the My Little Pony DVD they put in the player last time.

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