Thesis Title : How to run off a cliff with style: Teaching emotion and empathy in character animation

After sending out the industry questions yesterday, I realized that I had to revisit my thesis title. The title as of today is:


How to run off a cliff with style: Teaching emotion and empathy in character animation


Wording is very important as it sets the tone for the project, and I realized that I was missing "empathy" in the title. Key definitions are below:


Empathy

1. Direct identification with, understanding of, and vicarious experience of another person's situation, feelings, and motives.
2. The projection of one's own feelings or emotional state onto an object or animal.

"empathy." The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Company. 02 Jun. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/empathy>.


Emotion

1. A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling: the emotions of joy, sorrow, reverence, hate, and love.

"emotion." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 03 Jun. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/emotion>.