Initial Research & Ideas Master Sun, The Art of War Edited and Translated By: John Minford Chapter 1: Making of Plans Page 3 "War is A Grave Affair of State; It is a place, Of life and death, A road To survival and extinction. A matter To be Pondered Carefully." Ideas Sun-Tzu was a military strategist who lived in the 6th century. Renowned for his military strategy he is regarded as on of the top minds in military strategy, period. Knowing who Sun-Tzu is and the context of the words a couple ideas can be made, the first being an animation. The first line of the book is more or less the definition of war, and when he uses this quote he doesn't just mean war in china but war in general, so creating an actual depiction of war, some of the attributes associated with it (Courage, Fear, Loyalty) could be quite a powerful topic to talk about. Using layers upon layers the animation would play out like a Chinese paper puppet play, ...