Choosing a Proto-question

I narrowed down my interests into two topics:

• interactive storytelling
• Shape dynamics in character design

I ended up choosing interactive storytelling as it was closer to the overlying theme: technology.

After discussion, the refined question became:

"Can interactive story-telling tell a story efficiently?"

Animism and Sentient Spaces

I realized I actually use animism a lot in my previous animations:

(Example of an animation i made the previous year that experimented with animism)

This time I wanted to blur the line between sentient and non-sentient even further so I chose not to give Talko eyes at all:

The idea of sentient spaces was slightly confusing to me, are they alive or not? and if so are they capable of sentient thought? In the end, I chose to make the space harmonious with the character, emphasing and exaggerating its actions (like the emotion garden in Coraline):