Intro

The name of my project is “Showdown” and it will be a Wild West style scene, with a duel between an outsider and the town sheriff.

Narrative

The narrative structure begins with a man dressed in dark clothes entering a wild-western town riding on his horse, with a gun on his hip. He rides past the county jail. The scene then cuts to the town saloon, and the sheriff exits, with a shot to zoom in on his badge to let the audience know he is the sheriff. The townspeople shut their windows and close their doors in anticipation of the duel. The sheriff faces the outsider, and they get ready to draw their guns. In the final shot, the outsider reaches for his gun, and the story ends.

Theme

The theme overall is Wild West, with a very popular style of shot. To further research this, looking at films like “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”, “High Noon”, and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” would be useful, especially considering the different camera shots and how villainous and heroic characters are framed.

Mechanics

Overall there would be several characters but I think that the townsperson, the sheriff and the outsider can all be variants of the same model, only wearing different clothing and different colours. These characters I would rather model and rig myself. The horse I think would be easier if I can find a rig online that fits stylistically with the other models, as it would be very difficult to rig it myself. Props would mostly be the town itself as well as the character’s guns. These buildings will not take too much time to model.

What’s next?

Gathering the assets, I could probably easily find assets for a Wild-Western town fairly easily, and I have found a rig for a basic horse though I am not sure how up to date it is.