The territory that I would like the most to explore at the moment is that of animation. For my thesis I have decided to create an animated short scene from a story that I have developed called Kaze Jetstream.
Back story to the project
The main story is about the protagonist named Sakura Kaze. She is a bright, intelligent young Japanese university student who is also a Good Samaritan. She often goes out of the way to lend a hand to her fellow citizens in times of need. She usually does volunteer work and is an avid practitioner of Jeet Kune Do martial arts. On the other hand, the Antagonist Cairo is a young man trained in the traditional African-Brazilian martial arts. He is also young, bright intelligent man who has taken the opposite path in life then Sakura. Cairo starts to organize a group of mercenaries & martial artists from throughout Asia. He tries to recruit by enticing potential members with promises of wealth & power to join his organization. He is into organized crime & starts territorial wars with local gangs & Yakuza. Cairo is a man with little respect for life. He grew up in the war torn country of the Ivory de Coast in West Africa. He eventually tries to recruit the young, beautiful & talented Sakura into his organization but she refuses. Eventually he starts to threaten Sakura’s friends to sway her decision. Cairo actually starts to into harbor a torch for Sakura in the duration of the story so he continues to pursue her because he feels that she is a challenge. He wants to corrupt something pure. And so the story goes…….Kaze Jetstream.
I like the fact that Sakura Kaze is a practitioner of Jeet Kune Do. I admite this martial art since Bruce Lee invented it!. Good Idea.