today, we're told that by wednesday, we'll need storyboards, learning contract, research plan, references and character designs! I don't know how i am going to finish it all. D: on top of that theres animation1 work and i think my wkends are going to be mostly taken up by other things. oh well. I guess it'll come down to good time management and planning of my time. I think the next 2 months is probably going to be really tough.
So far, i have not decided on the style yet. I personally like scribbly/messy line art but i don't think that it would appeal to children aged 6 to 12 yes? it seems more experimental. I want to try doing that but i'm not sure how to go about colouring if i were to choose the messy scribbly style. I'll probably have to find out how to do it or maybe find some other style which would suit my target audience.
sooo i'll go do some research now. Hopefully i can get inspired by something.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Questions!
For the 3rd day, we had to answers the same questions given to us yesterday for our own story ideas. I thought we had to come up with a powerpoint but we did not need to. there goes my slides. :[
Anyway, here are the answers.
- Character tries several ways to avoid getting struck but still ends up getting struck.
- Character gets fed up and hatched up a plan to leave his town for a sunny place.
- Finally saves enough money
- Travels to new sunny town (lightning following behind him without him knowing)
- Is finally happy/relieved but still got struck at the end.
-Always looking out for lightning
Unlucky
-Always getting struck by lightning no matter how many precautions he takes.
Weak/pitiful
-appearance: nerdy, scrawny, innocent
yea...that's it.
Anyway, here are the answers.
1. Who are you telling the story for (primary audience)?
Children age 6 to 122. What reaction do you want?
- Laughter
- Sympathy for the character
3. Is the narrative omniscient (all seeing) or restrictive (viewed from a single perspective)?(If the narrative is restrictive, whose viewpoint are you using?)
Narrative omniscient (all seeing)
4. List the important events of the story.
- Character tries several ways to avoid getting struck but still ends up getting struck.
- Character gets fed up and hatched up a plan to leave his town for a sunny place.
- Finally saves enough money
- Travels to new sunny town (lightning following behind him without him knowing)
- Is finally happy/relieved but still got struck at the end.
5. Which aspects of the setting of the story are important (time of day… location… period of history…) and how do you intend to establish these important elements?
Weather/location
Florida: highest number of thunderstorms
-Use of thunder sfx, lightning in the background, rain, wind howling, gloomy colours etc.
Rhode Island: lowest annual rainfall
-Use of nature sounds (birds chirping etc.) and bright colours
Period of time
- Modern
- Incorporate modern technology like hand phones etc.
6. What traits of the characters in your story are important and how do you intend to establish these traits?
-Always looking out for lightning
Unlucky
-Always getting struck by lightning no matter how many precautions he takes.
Weak/pitiful
-appearance: nerdy, scrawny, innocent
7. In what order are the important events (step 4 above) covered? Is it a strictly linear sequence of events in time, or does the story contain any flashbacks or other interruptions to the sequence of events?
8. How does the story flow, does the pace change? Does it contain a surprise? Consider your answers to 1 and 2 above when making your response.
9. How will you use sound to help all your responses to 5-8 above?
- Weather sounds to establish the environment/ weather
- Quirky music to keep animation light hearted for children
- Loud trumpet/orchestra music when lightning strikes (old cartoon style)
10. Does your story need dialog? (write out the dialog)
No dialogue, except for the occasional “ahh!” and “not again!”
yea...that's it.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Project 3
This blog is for my course module "project 3". It's for me to update my lecturers and friends on my journey and process in this 2 months. It's sort of like a production diary.
For the first day, we were put into random groups, although it is an individual project. Each group was given a random scenerio and a set of questions to answer and make a powerpoint to present to the class. I got put into a group with raj, wendy, honey and dion. Our group had a scenerio of a rabbit jumping on a gun and accidentally shooting a rabbit hunter. My group adapted the scenerio and turned it into a story where the protegonist (the rabbit) plots to take it's revenge on the hunter who killed all his friends and family in the forest.
We presented our powerpoint and got some critism. The general feedback was that we did not add in details and we were not really answering the questions as we only put some words to describe our idea. For example, we only describe the character as "pompous" but we did not elaborate how we were going to show that character trait. Some other groups got some feedback as well. I think it was quite a good session as we all got to learn from the different feedbacks.
For the second day, we had to prepare 3 weird stories we found from the internet. We had to share these stories with our groupmates and after that, we had to try and remember all their stories as we have to tell the whole class each other's stories. Some of the stories were really interesting and funny while some were a bit sad and morbid. It was rather entertaining while searching all these weird stories. It's amazing how people can do such weird things!
The three stories i got was one about people having a keyboard throwing competition: http://www.en.rian.ru/russia/20090415/121134594.html
Another was about a dude getting struck by lightning out of nowhere on a sunny day:
http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/strangedeaths/960/bolt_from_the_blue.html
and the third was about some old man who grew horns on his head after thinking excessively of wanting one:
http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/medicalbag/535/horny_old_man.html
I ended up picking the 2nd story, the one about the guy getting struck by lightning. I thought it was quite funny (yes i am pretty sadistic) so i chose it.
But however, the scenerio was quite short so i had to think up of a story to extend it. After thinking for a while, I came up with this rough story:
An unlucky guy gets stuck up lightning upteen times in his hometown, Tampa, Florida, which happens to be an area which has the most thunderstorms in a year. He tried all ways to avoid the lightnings and took necessary precautions but he still got struck by lightning anyway. Fed up, he hatched up a plan to get away from his hometown and escape to a sunny state.
Finally, after years of saving, he had enough money to move to Rhode islamd. He thought he was finally saved and was relieved. But his happiness was short lived...
The lightning, miles away followed him all the way to his new home and struck him. He could not escape the LIGHTNING! *dramatic music*
yeaaa...hmmm. That is roughly what i might be doing for P3. There's still quite alot to consider though. I'm not sure what style i should go for yet and if the style/story can be understood by children etc. so i guess i'll sleep on it. :]
For the first day, we were put into random groups, although it is an individual project. Each group was given a random scenerio and a set of questions to answer and make a powerpoint to present to the class. I got put into a group with raj, wendy, honey and dion. Our group had a scenerio of a rabbit jumping on a gun and accidentally shooting a rabbit hunter. My group adapted the scenerio and turned it into a story where the protegonist (the rabbit) plots to take it's revenge on the hunter who killed all his friends and family in the forest.
We presented our powerpoint and got some critism. The general feedback was that we did not add in details and we were not really answering the questions as we only put some words to describe our idea. For example, we only describe the character as "pompous" but we did not elaborate how we were going to show that character trait. Some other groups got some feedback as well. I think it was quite a good session as we all got to learn from the different feedbacks.
For the second day, we had to prepare 3 weird stories we found from the internet. We had to share these stories with our groupmates and after that, we had to try and remember all their stories as we have to tell the whole class each other's stories. Some of the stories were really interesting and funny while some were a bit sad and morbid. It was rather entertaining while searching all these weird stories. It's amazing how people can do such weird things!
The three stories i got was one about people having a keyboard throwing competition: http://www.en.rian.ru/russia/20090415/121134594.html
Another was about a dude getting struck by lightning out of nowhere on a sunny day:
http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/strangedeaths/960/bolt_from_the_blue.html
and the third was about some old man who grew horns on his head after thinking excessively of wanting one:
http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/medicalbag/535/horny_old_man.html
I ended up picking the 2nd story, the one about the guy getting struck by lightning. I thought it was quite funny (yes i am pretty sadistic) so i chose it.
But however, the scenerio was quite short so i had to think up of a story to extend it. After thinking for a while, I came up with this rough story:
An unlucky guy gets stuck up lightning upteen times in his hometown, Tampa, Florida, which happens to be an area which has the most thunderstorms in a year. He tried all ways to avoid the lightnings and took necessary precautions but he still got struck by lightning anyway. Fed up, he hatched up a plan to get away from his hometown and escape to a sunny state.
Finally, after years of saving, he had enough money to move to Rhode islamd. He thought he was finally saved and was relieved. But his happiness was short lived...
The lightning, miles away followed him all the way to his new home and struck him. He could not escape the LIGHTNING! *dramatic music*
yeaaa...hmmm. That is roughly what i might be doing for P3. There's still quite alot to consider though. I'm not sure what style i should go for yet and if the style/story can be understood by children etc. so i guess i'll sleep on it. :]
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