Anim 380
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Week 15: Thursday, May 3rd
Final Presentations
- Character Designs/Turnarounds
- Storyboards
- Animatics :15 or :30 seconds in length
- Final Liberty Valance Storyboards/Animatics
lowercase
MORNING CLASS
yourname_anim380_s1_2018_finalstoryboard
AFTERNOON CLASS
yourname_anim380_s2_2018_finallvanimatic
lv=liberty valance
Week 15: Tuesday, May 1st
Final Exam
Final day to practice presenting work
Tweak, Revise, minor changes to final projects
Week 14: Thursday, April 26
Review Final Projects, revising/tweaking
Final Exam, Tuesday, May 1st
Final Opportunity to improve your final project.
You should have a final version of:
- Character Designs
- Storyboards
- Animatics
Julissa Padilla's article on Randy Cartwright
Randy Cartwright's Student Animation film.
Room and Board (5:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d4AojZ4KeY
Destiny (5:25) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEKLEeY_WeQ
How Unexpected (2:19) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KOGCCfz9k
CGI Animated Short Film ''Love story of two couples'' HD (3:58)
CGI 3D Animated Short Film "SCREEN ROMANCE" (5:24)
Thought of You (3:05)
2D Animated Short Film "GRAVITY" (2:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m1Ek6Pjw7s
Week 14: Tuesday, 4/24
Review and Re-Present Boards
View:
Taylor K
Andrew
Kyla Domestic Violence PSA
When it’s hard to talk, it’s up to us to listen
Bhu
Android Commercial 2016 Rock,Paper, Scissors
Jacques Tati- Where to Find Visual Comedy
Sylvain Chomet
Triplets of Belleville
https://youtu.be/Gvoggqq5Pv0
The Illusionist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5TglK8v1xs
Stromae - carmen
Week 13
Class 26: April 19
DUE Thursday April 19
Homework 10: Produce a Turnaround of your Character(s) in your final project. It should be in a rough stage at first, think about construction shapes.This will show how anyone can draw it "on model."
View:
Badly Drawn Roy
https://youtu.be/a11gESQ3wXw
Alan Shannon: The Curious Case of Roy O'Brien
https://youtu.be/G3g3FgQGv8AClass 24: Tuesday, April 17
For Final Project, DUE: Thursday, May 3rd
DUE Thursday April 19
Homework 10: Produce
a Turnaround of your Character(s) in your final project. It should be in a
rough stage at first, think about construction shapes.This will show how anyone
can draw it "on model."
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, May 1st
But what's on the Exam? What do I study??
Scroll down through the past classes of this post and you will find things highlighted in red. https://youtu.be/O1_0hS-Km98
Review your past MidTerm as well.
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, May 1st
But what's on the Exam? What do I study??
Scroll down through the past classes of this post and you will find things highlighted in red. https://youtu.be/O1_0hS-Km98
Review your past MidTerm as well.
For Final Project, DUE: Thursday, May 3rd
Class 30 , May
3: Final Presentation: Storyboard of Commercial on a Data Disc:
· Final Project: Commercial or PSA
Storyboards/Animatic
· Final Model Sheets and Turnarounds
Character Designs
Activity
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Points
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Assignment
1: Thumbnails
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5
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Assignment 2: Rough Storyboards
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5
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Assignment 3: Final Storyboard
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10
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Assignment 4: Final Spot/PSA
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15
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Mid-Term Exam
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10
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Homework:
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20
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Final Exam:
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15
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Attendence:
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20
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Total
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100
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TURN IN: Proj 03 Liberty Valance FINAL Animatic and Storyboard.
Proj 04 FINAL Storyboard/Animatic of :15 or :30 Commercial spot or PSA.
ALL FILES need your name_projectname_Version#
I.E. JimRichardson_Storyboardproj03_V005
on a DVD Data disc, LABELED and with a cover,
Your Name
Your Class: Anim380_S1 or Anim380_S2
Year: Spring 2018
Instructor: Jim Richardson
Homework 10: Produce
a Turnaround of your Character(s) in your final project. It should be
in a rough stage at first, think about construction shapes.This will show how anyone can draw it "on model."
Week 12:
Class 24: Thursday, April 12
No Sh*t There I was
https://www.go90.com/videos/4q98GJfgUsL
https://www.go90.com/videos/7UAYbPEBGbn?tab=related
Review Character Designs / Storyboards WIPs
VIEW: Same Subject, different Flavor
Adam by Peter Lord 7:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6-ek6g04b8
Adam and Dog :15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKuPLVNsZzY
Homework 10: Produce
a Turnaround of your Character(s) in your final project. It should be
in a rough stage at first, think about construction shapes.This will show how anyone can draw it "on model."
Class 23: Tuesday, April 10
STORY PLOT/CHARACTER
DUE:Homework 09: "Isle of Dogs";
Figment Educational series
https://youtu.be/mzZTpksJH74
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlmxYq0RGEE
write the premise and chart the "Inciting
Incident", the plot points, the crisis, the climax and the resolution.
https://youtu.be/mzZTpksJH74
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlmxYq0RGEE
Films by Kirsten Lepore
Move Mountain: (11:12) https://youtu.be/cZ9d4MHqEzg
A girl
journeys through a vibrant, pulsing, macrocosmic landscape, but a precipitous
incident compels her to venture up a mountain in an attempt to save herself. A
story about illness, perseverance, and our connection to everything around us.
"Bottle" 5:25) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mVEapKnS1c
Animated on location at a
beach, in snow, and underwater, this stop-motion short details a transoceanic
conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle.
Animated Filmmaker Kirsten Lepore | KQED Arts 7:25
Week 11:
Class 22: Thursday, April 5
Reviewed Rough Storyboards in class and gave notes for revisions. Make changes or revisions to boards, be prepared to show rough Character Designs on Tuesday, Class 23.
:60 McDonalds Spot entitled "Balloons"
Brad Bird talks about
deleted scene "Meet Gusteau" 3.45
5:45
Ratatouille deleted scene:
Remy's first day 5:00
Ratatouille Deleted Scene
- Heist/Fantasy 5:30
VIEW:
Animation
story in Song
Anchors Away: 3:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2msq6H2HI-Y
Rooty Toot Toot:(7:35) https://vimeo.com/121033862
Crac: (15:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZARqMu3t1dc
Homework 09: Go see
"Isle of Dogs"; write the premise and chart the "Inciting
Incident", the plot points, the crisis, the climax and the resolution.
Class 21: Tuesday, April 3
DUE Homework 08: Find a PSA or Commercial and review it
Everyone should have a rough Storyboard of 12 panels at the most, as a jpeg. These rough boards will be projected and reviewed by the class. Any comments or suggestions will be discussed. Your commercial needs to promote your idea or product within the :30 space of time.
Here are two great sources to find commercials...
The
Hall of Advertising
60 minutes interview with Joe Sedelmaier
https://youtu.be/IlNvC08fRLI
One of the most famous commercial directors of the 1970 - 1980's was Joe Sedelmaier. You can see more of his work at his website: http://sedelmaier.com
Here are examples of commercials we showed in class.
Commercials
Lauren
Yashi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Seth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCJ82IRqAzw
Lubna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh1UPc01_Kk
Angellica
https://youtu.be/Y-P0Hs0ADJY
Maria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7maNRtFVB0
Julissa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoeKvqIRyIs
Jada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw3HfRMruC8
Jocelyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmHzsXO1EZg&t=81s
Week 10:
DUE Homework 07: Come up with 1 rough idea with a premise and
character.
Premise / Character for Final Project
a :15 or :30 Commercial / PSA
Final Project should be big enough to view when projected.
a :15 or :30 Commercial / PSA
Final Project should be big enough to view when projected.
McDonald's has an need for a commercial, their ad agency; Leo Burnett USA is given the assignment.
This is a Creative Development request.
This is known as "The Brief".
After several In Agency storyboard reviews, the Agency approved this storyboard to pitch to McDonald's.
Once pitched to a group of McDonald's executives, the boards were approved and production began.
The Copy Writer finalizes a written script and production notes.
The Art Director, began designing the appropriate props and costumes needed for the final spot.
This information as well as the storyboard is used in the bidding process...
All
the above information is also given to the TV networks to make sure
they don't have any legal issues or problems with the commercial in
production.
Once
the commercial is shot and edited together, McDonalds is given "Client
Approval" to view the Final Cut and make sure they don't have any
problems with it. Revision notes are addressed and changes are made. The
Client must approve everything every step of the way.
Finally, the final spot appears on TV...
The gorey details can be follow in the link below.
Commercials
1969 Alka Seltzer "Spicy
Meatball" Commercial
Southern Airlines Second Class
TWA English Europe - Peter Sellers
TWA European
1st Ronald
McDonald
McD #3
McDonalds - Flying
Hamburger - USA, 1968
Squire Fridel
Toyota $600
Discount commercial
Burger King
McDonald with a Storyline
McDonald Grimace
FEDEX 10 spots
Japanese Commercials
Tommy Lee Jones Coffee Commercial
Alien Jones in researching the Earth
Homework 08: Find a commercial with a storyline and provide a link and write a review. Like this one...
HW 8-Commercial
https://youtu.be/cbU3cihcSqE
An Amazon commercial from 2016 that originally aired in Japan. It tells the story of a young couple who brings home a baby, but the baby is afraid of the family dog.
The baby is fond of a stuffed animal lion, and the father gets an idea and orders a product from Amazon. The package arrives and it is a “Lion Mane” for the dog. With the dog wearing the mane, the baby is no longer afraid and the dog feels welcome again.
I think this is an effective commercial and I remember it being very popular. It really appeals to the viewer’s emotions by telling a cute story in order to sell the service.
Week 10: Tuesday, March 27
DUE Homework 07: Come up with 3 rough ideas with a premise and character.
Here's what we are doing the last 5 weeks of class.
Week 10:
Premise / Character for Final Project a :15 or :30 Commercial PSA
Week 11:
Character Designs / Thumbnails
Week 12:
Production Blog
Model Sheets
Storyboard Pitching
Week 13:
Rough Storyboards for :15/:30 project
Storyboard Pitching / Practice
Week 14:
Storyboard Pitching / Practice
Week 15: Final Exam
Final Storyboard Pitching / turn in Final Liberty Valance animatic.
3 Premises, pick the best one.
Does your premise tell or show a short story or an idea in
:15 to :30 second?
How can use animation in a interesting way?
Finalize the premise to the final project's timeframe and bring it in thumbnail form on Thursday
VIEW: Variety of PSAs
Keep America Beautiful - (Crying-Indian) - 70s PSA Commercial
Life is Fragile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Wjf7Vtmp0
MTV A Thin Line, Cafeteria Advertisement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRUFvQ_25eg
Dont Text and Drive PSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rClJW9gnchc
Dont Text and Drive PSA https://youtu.be/MEg7GvFQYtQ
The World of Autism PSA | Autism Speaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0idZghw97dc
Affordable Care Act
Best PSA of all time!
What makes up a good character?
Nobody is perfect.
Everyone has flaws in real life and in stories. These flaws make your character
more appealing or relatable to the audience. We want to see what they will do
next. Perfect people are not relatable, they have no problems, no flaws and
nothing to learn from, because they perfect.
If you can't think of any flaws,
here's a list of many to choose from: https://writerswrite.co.za/123-ideas-for-character-flaws/
Story Arc:
Character (has a problem) fear or flaw and they either triumph or fail with
their problem
Character Research
1) People
Watch: See Character traits and stories in action. You can learn a lot by just
observing others around you. At the Mall. Library, Bar, etc.
2) Co-Workers:
Analysis their flaws, their quirks,
gestures, funny things they say or do, their mannerisms, body language; all
these bits of character can go into your character as long as it makes sense to
you.
3) Relatives: If you know of someone in your families or circle of friends, try
imitating someone you know quite well. Pretend to act like them, even if it's
how they would walk into a room. Or how
would like ask for directions? Think of a simple situation.
4) Character Traits:
Physical
Traits: Positive/Negative. How do they walk? Balanced/off balanced? Body Type,
hair/ eye color, young/old, male/female?
Each
character talks differently from each other in a different voice. What are the
words they use? This can show their level of education, an accent may show
where they are from, attitude or temperament, what type of person they are.
Character
Personality Traits
Once you
have created a list of these character traits, you will know about this
character. Try imagining how this person would react, walk or talk. Pretend to
act like this person, even take the test below as if your character.
This is the Meyers-Briggs Character personality chart which shows 16 common personality types.
Then pretend to be your character and take the test again as your character.
Once you have written out your Character Traits, figured out their Personality, you need to figure out the design of the character.
Character Design can be broken down into two main types: Realistic or Stylized. Realistic would be trying to mimic reality
whereas Stylized would be caricatures or parodies of reality. Disney's Mickey Mouse would be a stylized character.
Stylized characters can be just as simple as a box, where to make it come alive you need to show that it has weight, volume, and a personality.
Creating a good animated character is always a challenge. The character has to be visually appealing and have a personality. There are a few things to keep in mind when designing your characters.
When animating in 2D, keep in mind that the character you create is not too complex because it has to be easy enough to reproduce. When animating in 3D (ie. computer-generated animation), the character that you create can be from the simplest to the most complex because you only have to create it once, but keep in mind the computer hardware requirements for animating very complex characters.
To create a well designed character here are some steps to follow:
Once you have this chart made up with the different things, you can now start playing with ideas by mixing the first column with the different rows and the other columns. An example of a type of character could be: tiger-horse head with a human body-type quadruped, mechanical winged-creature.
Week 9:
Class 18: March 22nd STORY CONCEPT AND IDEAS
Add your own...
Developing Your Ideas Into a Concept
After you think you have enough entries in the list, you can start formulating the concept of your story. To begin your development, here is a sentence that will help you to organize your ideas:
This story is about __________________________(character),set in _____________________________(setting)
to do something_____________________( motivation), but has to overcome _____________________(obstacles).
In Class: Clustering and Freewriting
Strange Beasts
https://youtu.be/HeGWoh0rUvw
Homework 07: Come up with 3 rough ideas with a premise and character.
Class 17: March 20th Storyboard Final
Returned Graded: Midterm Exams
The next 6 weeks of this class will be devoted to:
Coming up with a storyboard to a :15 to :30 commercial of your choice.
View/Review Final Storyboard Animatics
View/Review Liberty Valance clip: Watch the background during a second viewing and see how they shot this scene by adjusting their set and camera set ups.
https://youtu.be/mejzuQ9kVbs
Topics for Themes
Final Project: :15 /:30 Pitch Board ( 6 to 12 panels) featuring your character(s) and story situation.
VIEW: Related Theme: Black Hula and Not One of Us
Black Hula (4:20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhzzPoQfjPw
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ps7vi
Not One of Us: (9:00) https://vimeo.com/218948976/bcef298527
Happy Spring Break!
BTW, Dragon Lullaby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgAZkrmDOXE
Week 8
Class 16:Thursday, May 8
MidTerm Exam
Review Storyboards WIP Quicktimes
Suspense Story building
Groups of 5 write the beginning of a story using a story prompt. After 2 minutes, everyone passes their paper to the right, they will have 3 minutes to read what was written and to continue to write the story. The story is passed again and the next writer has 4 minutes to read and add to the story. This process goes on until
Story Four Square (if there's time)
Class 15: Tuesday, May 6
Ric Heitzman, Senior Studio lecture
In Class:
Week 7
Class 14: Thursday, May 1
Reviewed Storyboard rough drawings/animatics WIP.
Class 13: Tuesday, Feb 27
You place the Camera where you place your Audience.
From inside the character's empty refrigerator
Week 6
Class 12: Thursday, Feb 22
Take this free Personality test to find out what personality type you are: https://www.16personalities.com
Then pretend to be your character and take the test again as your character.
Method for naming Characters
Once you have written out your Character Traits, figured out their Personality, you need to figure out the design of the character.
Character Design can be broken down into two main types: Realistic or Stylized. Realistic would be trying to mimic reality
whereas Stylized would be caricatures or parodies of reality. Disney's Mickey Mouse would be a stylized character.
Stylized characters can be just as simple as a box, where to make it come alive you need to show that it has weight, volume, and a personality.
Creating a good animated character is always a challenge. The character has to be visually appealing and have a personality. There are a few things to keep in mind when designing your characters.
When animating in 2D, keep in mind that the character you create is not too complex because it has to be easy enough to reproduce. When animating in 3D (ie. computer-generated animation), the character that you create can be from the simplest to the most complex because you only have to create it once, but keep in mind the computer hardware requirements for animating very complex characters.
To create a well designed character here are some steps to follow:
To start off
designing your character, you need to brainstorm some ideas. A good place to
start is by collecting images of animals, people, and objects to be used as
reference materials. Good reference materials is essential to the believability
of your character creation.
Here are several ways of getting ideas for your
character.
One easy way of
generating ideas is to take something organic and combine it with something
inorganic. First create a chart with two columns with the labels organic and
inorganic and then start writing down whatever you can think of into these two
columns.
Once you think you have enough ideas, start pairing one item from the
organic column with one from the inorganic column. An example would be: a snake
and a car type of character.
Another more
complex way of generating ideas for characters is to create a chart with the
following columns: body type, head type, arms/hands type, and legs/feet type.
Once you have created these chart headings, it is time to fill in each column
by writing whatever comes to your thoughts. The chart shown below, gives you an
idea of what you can place into the different columns.
IDEAS FOR CHARACTERS
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Body Type
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Head Type
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Arms/Hands
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Legs/Feet
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Human Muscular
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Cobra | Gorilla | Lion |
Once you have this chart made up with the different things, you can now start playing with ideas by mixing the first column with the different rows and the other columns. An example of a type of character could be: tiger-horse head with a human body-type quadruped, mechanical winged-creature.
VIEW:
The Stain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=80juKtg1TSk
The terrible thing of alpha 9 (6:00)
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2010/04/27/the-terrible-thing-of-alpha-9/
A terrifying alien creature on an alien planet, a courageous spaceman armed to the teeth with modern technology, what could possibly go wrong?
Homework07: Rough out thumbnail ideas of a :15 to :30 Storyboard as a Commercial or a PSA. Bring it in to work on in class.
The Stain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=80juKtg1TSk
The Last Knit: (5:00)
The terrible thing of alpha 9 (6:00)
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2010/04/27/the-terrible-thing-of-alpha-9/
A terrifying alien creature on an alien planet, a courageous spaceman armed to the teeth with modern technology, what could possibly go wrong?
Homework07: Rough out thumbnail ideas of a :15 to :30 Storyboard as a Commercial or a PSA. Bring it in to work on in class.
Week 9:
Class 18: March 22nd STORY CONCEPT AND IDEAS
Coming up ideas.
Writers/Drawers: Idea Gathering
Right Brain
thinking only, Anything is possible and keep your eyes open.
Keeping a
sketchbook/Journal handy. Ideas or sparks of inspiration happen when you are
doing something else. You are thinking
about them, when you are doing something else like, when you are waiting in
line, doing laundry, taking a walk, taking a shower, cleaning your room, taking
a walk, working out at the gym, etc.
Draw or
write something, anything every day.
If you have
a flash of an idea, write them down , record it on your phone and collect all
these little idea bulbs into your sketchbook/journal.
Finding
Inspiration in Situations, Overheard conversations, Current events, Current
trends, Personal Experience, The future, etc.
Take Time to
explore and research. Sketchbook/Journal.
Coming up
ideas. Brainstorming,
Getting out
any idea, image, cartoon gag, character
trait,
"What if" stage: Asking
questions about your idea to get more ideas.
Dr. Ronald Chevalier - The Art
of Inspiring Oneself (1:25)
Your animation should be telling a
story whether to entertain, inform, teach or inspire. Will it help your
audience or just entertain them?
What will you use to grab your
audience's attention?
Do you have a "Hook", a story device that will
grab your audience's attention and keeps them watching until your story is over.
What do you want to do?
Can you take a
well know story and update it or change the situation or characters?
Your story can inform, entertain, help
a cause or a situation
Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story (18:00)
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story#t-1137149
The result will look like a web on your page. Locate clusters of interest to you, and use the terms you attached to the key ideas as departure points for your paper.
Clustering is especially useful in determining the relationship between ideas. You will be able to distinguish how the ideas fit together, especially where there is an abundance of ideas.
Clustering your ideas lets you see them visually in a different way, so that you can more readily understand possible directions your paper may take.
In Class: Brainstorm a Theme: What is the about film?
IN Class: Clustering
What are some Topics for
Themes?
Clustering
Clustering is also called mind mapping or idea mapping. It is a strategy that allows you to explore the relationships between ideas.- Put the subject in the center of a page. Circle or underline it.
- As you think of other ideas, link the new ideas to the central circle with lines.
- As you think of ideas that relate to the new ideas, add to those in the same way.
The result will look like a web on your page. Locate clusters of interest to you, and use the terms you attached to the key ideas as departure points for your paper.
Clustering is especially useful in determining the relationship between ideas. You will be able to distinguish how the ideas fit together, especially where there is an abundance of ideas.
Clustering your ideas lets you see them visually in a different way, so that you can more readily understand possible directions your paper may take.
BRAINSTORMING STORY IDEAS CHART
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Character
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Setting
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Motivations
|
Obstacles
|
outcast from a planet living on earth
|
modern day large city
|
rescue earth friend from alien assassin
|
defeat the evil assasin who is more powerful
|
outcast from society
|
near future after a great war
|
to find the truth
|
fear of the truth
|
friendly alien
|
haunted island
|
stop the destruction of a planet
|
stop a madman from releasing bomb
|
martial-arts expert
|
ancient city of gold
|
stop the spread of a disease
|
overcome the lost of family
|
100 year old muscular-man
|
African rain forest
|
stop biological warfare
|
fight agents and expose the truth
|
drunken man
|
bar
|
to become a king
|
to deny belief in a higher being
|
roaches
|
in a fridge
|
to have lunch
|
to unlock the door to the treasure
|
Add your own...
BRAINSTORMING STORY IDEAS CHART
| |||
Character
|
Setting
|
Motivations
|
Obstacles
|
Developing Your Ideas Into a Concept
After you think you have enough entries in the list, you can start formulating the concept of your story. To begin your development, here is a sentence that will help you to organize your ideas:
This story is about __________________________(character),set in _____________________________(setting)
to do something_____________________( motivation), but has to overcome _____________________(obstacles).
In Class: Clustering and Freewriting
Free Writing
- 5 minute writing warm up.
- Find an area of interest – an image, a word, phrase or idea. One way of starting is to write a quick list and see which item appeals most. Or you might want to find a sentence from a story or poem as a way of kickstarting your writing. You might also start with a question (this works well for developing characters and also for essays, academic writing or non-fiction).
- Write nonstop for your allotted time slot (five or ten minutes). Write rapidly, without stopping to correct or reread or edit. The point is to generate ideas on paper, so your pen must keep moving. If you find yourself getting stuck, rewrite the title or first line of your topic a few times to get going.
This works best
by writing long enough to begin to run out of ideas. Pushing through that
barrier of not-knowing-what-comes-next is often where the real creativity
happens because we need to start thinking more laterally.
VIEW:
Theme Recycling
From Viborg , Denmark
Float: https://vimeo.com/256763169
Poseidon (:30) https://vimeo.com/233453677
Plastic Fireworks (:30) https://vimeo.com/256773020
Atlas Animation
Recycle PSA (:30) https://vimeo.com/233453677
https://youtu.be/HeGWoh0rUvw
Homework 07: Come up with 3 rough ideas with a premise and character.
Class 17: March 20th Storyboard Final
Returned Graded: Midterm Exams
The next 6 weeks of this class will be devoted to:
- Coming up with a simple character story based on a theme
- Rough design of Main Character, 2 supporting Characters
- Rough to Final storyboards ( 6 to 12 panels)
- Final Turnarounds and Model sheets
- Learning how to pitch an idea/board
- Setting up a Production Blog for Senior Project
Coming up with a storyboard to a :15 to :30 commercial of your choice.
View/Review Final Storyboard Animatics
View/Review Liberty Valance clip: Watch the background during a second viewing and see how they shot this scene by adjusting their set and camera set ups.
https://youtu.be/mejzuQ9kVbs
Topics for Themes
Final Project: :15 /:30 Pitch Board ( 6 to 12 panels) featuring your character(s) and story situation.
VIEW: Related Theme: Black Hula and Not One of Us
Black Hula (4:20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhzzPoQfjPw
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ps7vi
Not One of Us: (9:00) https://vimeo.com/218948976/bcef298527
Happy Spring Break!
BTW, Dragon Lullaby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgAZkrmDOXE
this film was an edited version of the final film, called "Reversal of the Heart" and makes more sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=rHLwG3ioD4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Week 8
Class 16:Thursday, May 8
MidTerm Exam
Review Storyboards WIP Quicktimes
Suspense Story building
Groups of 5 write the beginning of a story using a story prompt. After 2 minutes, everyone passes their paper to the right, they will have 3 minutes to read what was written and to continue to write the story. The story is passed again and the next writer has 4 minutes to read and add to the story. This process goes on until
Story Four Square (if there's time)
VIEW: Double King
Ping Pong/Zig Zag Structure Main character’s endless pursuit of crowns is the main
plot of this film. He hunts down other kings and takes their crowns. First the
rat king, then the pumpkin king, fly king, snake king and so on an so forth. He
murders one king before taking their crown, remains unsatisfied, and then
pursues another crown. The cycle repeating over and over again, even after he
dies and is transported to the after life: He see the that king of death has a
crown and attempts to take it.
Circular Structure The story ends with the main character getting the
biggest crown he’s even seen from the king of death. He steals it and runs,
just as he did in the beginning with the rat king. Our main character learns
absolutely nothing.
Class 15: Tuesday, May 6
Ric Heitzman, Senior Studio lecture
In Class:
- Review of Storyboard WIPs
- Mid-Term Review
- Story idea exercise
Week 7
Class 14: Thursday, May 1
Reviewed Storyboard rough drawings/animatics WIP.
Class 13: Tuesday, Feb 27
Contrast
Can help define the focal point of a
shot as well as create Depth in the composition.
The eye is attached to what is
different.
Light objects stand out if everything
else is dark.
Contrast between objects can affect
the emotional response of the viewer.
Light images feel closer to us while Dark images
recede. With Color images, warm colors feel closer and cool colors recede.
This is confusing, since the range of light to dark is much
lower in objects that are far away. Distant objects are lighter due to
atmospheric perspective.
To add depth to a scene, we need to add a foreground
element, Middle ground and a background.
CONTRAST
Show Experimental Animation; The Shirley Temple
Godfather Opening Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=f0YhSKwfjdg
Overlapping images
ASPECT RATIOS
Horizontal and Vertical information based on projection size
of the final image. You need to know this information, especially in post
production to keep ratio constant.
1.33:1
Also known as 4:3 aspect ratio for TV 16mm/35mm Academy
aperture.
1.43:1
Traditional IMAX screening
1.66:1
Common European Widescreen standard; Walt Disney Feature
Animation uses this format.
1.78:1
Also known as 16:9. Most common Widescreen format for
video games and commercials.
1.85:1
US and UK widescreen standard for Theatrical films
2.35:1
Also known as 35mm anamorphic projection, Panavision or
Cinemascope
(Star Wars and Lawrence of Arabia)
Changing the Aspect
Ratio will squeeze or cut off the edges of the image applied to a different
Aspect Ratio. In the past, Widescreen format films had to (Pan and Scan) to
show certain important visual information
You place the Camera where you place your Audience.
3 Basic Shot choices
1.
Wide Shot
2.
Medium Shot
3.
Close Up
From these basic shots are an infinite number of
variations.
Extreme Wide Shot EWS: featuring the background and how small character is to it.
GBand U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP9cfQx2OZY
Wide Shot (WS): Long Shot featuring full shots of character and location.
Full Shot (FS): Showing the entire figure in a shot along with the background
Cowboy Shot: Medium FS
From above the head to lower thigh, in order to see the guns and belt. |
Medium Shot (MS): Most used shot, top of the head to above the waist.
Close Up Shot (CU): Top of Head to neck.
Choker Shot: Tighter shot than Close Up, Cutting off top of head and just under the chin.
A true Choker Shot |
Extreme Close Up (ECU): Usually on the Eyes, Mouth, Nose, Ears...
or can be on an object to show detail
Over the Shoulder Shot
(OTS): During a conversation scene.
Point of View Shot (POV):
From the Character's perspective
From the eyes of the character From inside the character's empty refrigerator
Reverse Shot: A shot where the camera cuts to the other person talking or
a camera angle showing what going on behind that shot we are seeing.
Reaction Shot: To how the character's reaction to what has just occurred.
Simple Conversation
coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLkUHZ1qips
Green Goblin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xiCIMIwLY
This a great scene where one character is meeting his alter ego. Watch the acting and use of shots to show how 1 person can turn into two different people.
Insert Shot: An insert
shot, a quick shot inserted in between a sequence of shots. Usually an important piece of information.
180 Degree Rule Broken and Destroyed:
Spot Eye Line problems, breaking the line and how many apples she tosses.
Review Problems with STAGING and other things:
Dragon Lullaby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgAZkrmDOXE
Classic UPA style animation
Unicorn in the Garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1teJjX-smdE
Class 12: Thursday, Feb 22
DUE: Homework
5: Linear Structures.
Included the Link and describe the scene you are reviewing, timeline
info.
Quicktimes of Work In Progress (WIP) of Storyboard Assignment.
Quicktimes of Work In Progress (WIP) of Storyboard Assignment.
A good magician controls his audience's
attention as he performs. He uses
misdirection to make his audience look away as he is doing something else.
A good Storyboard artist, Animator or Director directs the audience's eye to where they want the audience to look or to notice.
A single Storyboard panel contains 3 things.
- Screen Direction referring to Camera Left or Camera Right.
- Camera Height, the physical position of the camera.
- Camera Lenses information
Here is the same basic scene from 3 slightly different camera angles. The camera is on the same side of the character to help
show how the change in Camera Height can effect the feeling of the scene.
A level camera on the character, gives the feeling the lady is remembering something or someone. A scene like this often is accompanied by a camera move either in or out depending upon the point in the story that it appears.
Positoning the camera below and looking up at the character is known as a low angle. This gives a more heroic or dramatic feeling to the shot.
With this type of camera angle, it gives the character a sense of accomplishment. It's basically putting the character on a pedestal. It harkens back to the age of Kings and Queens standing on their balconies looking down upon the peasants.
The opposite of this is the downshot or high camera
angle. It gives a sense of bewilderment or loss. That perhaps the character
didn't get what they were after. Like the first example you will often find a
shot like this accompanied with a camera move out. It can also be pushed to
give a stronger feeling. A downshot also helps to give scale and place the
character into their world.
Each Storyboard Panel also needs a focal point or a Center of Interest.
Each Storyboard Panel also needs a focal point or a Center of Interest.
By designing elements in
your composition to emphasize or
direct your audience's eye to the focal point.
There can be as many as 3
focal points for one storyboard
panel.
1) Primary is only one or the
most significant or important
2) Secondary is the second
object your eye will notice in the
3) Tertiary is the third
object, sometimes the third might arrive
Finding Vivian Maierhttps://youtu.be/er8-Vq__cRE
VIEW:
Pigeons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cji1HqXySXY
Before Sunrise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuq8GunJjos
Perspective: True, Cheating, Hanging and
The Grid Trick
One Point Perspective:
Begins with a Horizon Line and One point
Add lines aiming at the Vanishing Point
Add Horizontal Lines to create Depth
2 Point Perspective:
Two points on a Horizon Line
3 Point Perspective:
Bird's Eye View
Worm's Eye View
BUT
YOU CAN CHEAT BY...
Adding a Grid into your panels will help with establishing Depth.
A bad Storyboard Artist draws flat boring images
This is a very flat 1 point perspective image, but it still works.
Add a little perspective...
Hanging Perspective
Hanging Perspective is a quick way to plant figures and objects of the same size onto the Horizon line.
You can go back to refine them later, change their poses, but keep them in the same place.
"Hanging" from the torso...
"Hanging" from the knee...
And Now, The Grid Trick
Add a grid in the background and move it around
TAH DAH!
View: LOU: Bully learns not to be one.
That's amazing!
But what about Homework 06?
Before
and After: Take a 6 shot sequence from your Junior Film BEFORE and
apply More Depth/Use Grids to improve your 6 shot sequence. Show Before
and After.
HW06 DUE: Thursday, March 1st , if not before.
Storyboard Refresher: Cinema Language:
Shot Choices 1 - 6
View:
Tonight: https://vimeo.com/114078504
A
Lesson in Staging: 12 Angry Men: https://youtu.be/nWCgA7h99Nc
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