I finally presented today…it seems that there is nothing wrong with my story flow, though my lecturer did comment that my dialogue was way too wordy and elaborate, and for a clip that should be two to three minutes in length, the dialogue may increase that time to six to eight minutes (yikeys!!). So I have to cut down on the dialogue a fair bit.
I thought about how I want to do up my frames, and what to do over the long weekend. As for frames/cels/scenes, I will draw the scenes and their frames in Photoshop, though for some of the scenes, I will do in Flash.
I am also thinking of changing the shot size for Panel 04 in my storyboard (yes, the one where the woman turns her head at the sound of the gun being clicked) as my lecturer pointed out that my proportions were off, and I can’t really draw full-shots of people sitting on chairs.
Maybe for the long weekend, I will hunt for sound effects, and if time permits, maybe start some production on a few scenes.
I guess this will be all for now…
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Day 7- April 29 2009- Wednesday
Today was presentation day…luckily, I was not one of those who presented today, since after seeing those who presented, I decided mine needs tweaking. So I better go tweak my presentation for tomorrow now…
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Day 6- April 29 2009- Tuesday
Still working on storyboards…well, today my lecturer said that we have to post the links to our three stories (the one we picked as well as the other two we did not pick), so here are the URLS:
1) Woman shot in head makes tea (the one I am doing)→ http://news.scotsman.com/weirdoddandquirkystories/Woman-shot-in-head-offers.5183901.jp
2) Man stabs friend over stink→ http://www.vinaminh.com/2009/04/man-kills-friend-over-stinks/
3) Woman accused of taping dog to fridge→ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30264241/
Presentation is tomorrow…*rushes*
1) Woman shot in head makes tea (the one I am doing)→ http://news.scotsman.com/weirdoddandquirkystories/Woman-shot-in-head-offers.5183901.jp
2) Man stabs friend over stink→ http://www.vinaminh.com/2009/04/man-kills-friend-over-stinks/
3) Woman accused of taping dog to fridge→ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30264241/
Presentation is tomorrow…*rushes*
Monday, April 27, 2009
Day 5- April 27 2009- Monday
I managed to finish my (uncolored as of now) character designs over the weekend, so now I have the storyboards left to tackle.
I had consultation today, and to sum it up, this was the advice I got:
*Learning Contract too vague; must edit a bit
* Humans out of proportion
* Try not to combine a creepy mood with a funny mood (unless by a miracle, you can pull it off)
I guess that is all for now...have to go back to my storyboards...
I had consultation today, and to sum it up, this was the advice I got:
*Learning Contract too vague; must edit a bit
* Humans out of proportion
* Try not to combine a creepy mood with a funny mood (unless by a miracle, you can pull it off)
I guess that is all for now...have to go back to my storyboards...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Day 4- April 24 2009- Friday
Luckily, this is the last day I will be missing class because of CCA Recruitment Drive. So I tried to come back as early as possible after that little improvisation-suicide-jumper stunt DramaTec pulled off at the Mushroom…only to find out that once again, class has ended without me. Luckily, my lecturer kindly explained to me that there would be group consultations on Monday and Tuesday, as well as Wednesday and Thursday being Interim 1 Presentation Days. He went on to explain what to present at Interim 1:
1) Storyboards
2) Character Designs
3) Research Plan
4) Reference Materials
5) Sypnosis
I guess I better gear up for a busy weekend ahead…planning to do storyboards and character designs digitally since I need to present in a folder later…
1) Storyboards
2) Character Designs
3) Research Plan
4) Reference Materials
5) Sypnosis
I guess I better gear up for a busy weekend ahead…planning to do storyboards and character designs digitally since I need to present in a folder later…
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Day 3- April 23 2009- Thursday
Once again, I had to miss class due to CCA Recruitment Drive. So when I came back, my friends told me what I missed: Basically, today they learned the Learning Contract (which I got from Angie), and they were also required to answer the ‘Very Important Questions’ on their Reflective Blog. So here is my Learning Contract and ‘Very Important Questions’ answered:
MOI Project 3(DMV3630)
Learning Contract
Name: Natalya Micah Bunoan Thangamany
Admin No: 0704183C
Supervisor: Alan Philip Rudge
DESCRIPTION
Working title: Head Bang
Short description:
(not more than 50 words, and not more than 3 sentences)
A police officer receives a call on a woman being shot. When he gets there however, he founds, to his surprise, that the woman is alive and well though confused.
Primary aim:
(aims are considered when you are assessed)
To tell what happened in a funny way; to make people feel surprised and confused
I will know I have achieved my primary aim if:
(please complete the sentence)
People start laughing and making comments like ‘What the hell?’ after watching my clip.
Secondary aims:
(aims are considered when you are assessed)
That I have managed to relay the story well visually and it was effective.
I will know I have achieved my secondary aims if:
(please complete the sentence)
My lecturer gives me good comments like how well done it was.
Personal motivation:
(what inspires you to choose this project)
This is a really interesting story to work on, and I want to see how and if I can pull it off well.
PROCESS
Full project description:
• A woman is shot in the head by her husband, but miraculously survives. When a police officer is sent to the scene of the crime, he founds the woman alive yet confused, and he is stunned when he offers to make tea for him.
• 2D Animation
• Intended Duration: 2 minutes
• Intended Style and Genre: Thriller at first, but then goes into gag-comedy
• Anticipated difficulties: Meeting deadlines and time management, and amount of work to be done.
Research requirements:
• How to rotoscope (draw over video frames)
• 2D Texturing
• Digital coloring
• Localising the story
• Local police uniform
Additional resources:
*Take video snippets (for rotoscoping) with digital Canon camera
OUTCOMES
Step 1: define the target audience…
Age range: 13-40
Gender: Female and Male
Geographical region: Local
Social group: General
Viewing reading & listening habits: Watch movies and listen to current music trends
Are there any secondary target groups? Animation students
Step 2: what effect do you hope to have on your target groups?
That they will find it funny and be stunned by what happened
Signatures/dates
Student: Natalya Micah Thangamany
Date: 23 April 2009
Supervisor:
Date:
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:
1. Who are you telling the story for (primary audience)?
The general public, preferably aged 13 to 40
2. What reaction do you want?
That they are surprised, yet find it hilarious.
3. Is the narrative omniscient (all seeing) or restrictive (viewed from a single perspective)?
Restricted, from police officer's viewpoint.
4. List the important events of the story.
* Woman is reading book in room
* Shadow of husband sneaks up behind her with gun
*A gun shot is heard
*Police officer is contacted
*He rushes to house.
*He is stunned to find dead body of husband outside house with gun in hand--> thought woman was supposed to be victim
*Hears sound
*Turns around and sees woman standing in front of him, with a towel on her head
*Woman looks confused, and she asks what is going on--> policeman looks at her, shocked
* Woman smiles and asks policeman if he wants something to drink
*Policeman is still stunned, but finally calls hospital
*Hospital picks up woman, who is still confused on what is happening--> policeman tries to explain although he is still shocked
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?
Location should be localised, in present time, so people can identify with characters. Takes place in evening (dark lighting can add suspense). Singlish is used to add 'local flavour'.
6. What traits of the characters in your story are important and how do you intend to establish these traits?
Husband--> murderous and despressed (representated mainly by a shadow)
Woman--> Really sweet-natured, but is seriously naive and innocent (wide eyes and yellow dress)
Police officer--> Determined to do his job but his brave impression turns into one of surprise and confusion when he sees the woman
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?
Linear, 'murder scene' plays out before cutting to scene when policeman is contacted.
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.
Yes it contains a surprise (revelation of woman's well-being), and the pace slows down a bit at that revelation.
9. How will you use sound to help all your responses to 5-8 above?
Eerie music at first, to connote suspense...then, it goes silent when the woman is revealed to be alive before going into a more light-hearted tune.
10. Does your story need dialog?
Yes, but for now, the dialogue is undecided...
I guess this is all for now…
MOI Project 3(DMV3630)
Learning Contract
Name: Natalya Micah Bunoan Thangamany
Admin No: 0704183C
Supervisor: Alan Philip Rudge
DESCRIPTION
Working title: Head Bang
Short description:
(not more than 50 words, and not more than 3 sentences)
A police officer receives a call on a woman being shot. When he gets there however, he founds, to his surprise, that the woman is alive and well though confused.
Primary aim:
(aims are considered when you are assessed)
To tell what happened in a funny way; to make people feel surprised and confused
I will know I have achieved my primary aim if:
(please complete the sentence)
People start laughing and making comments like ‘What the hell?’ after watching my clip.
Secondary aims:
(aims are considered when you are assessed)
That I have managed to relay the story well visually and it was effective.
I will know I have achieved my secondary aims if:
(please complete the sentence)
My lecturer gives me good comments like how well done it was.
Personal motivation:
(what inspires you to choose this project)
This is a really interesting story to work on, and I want to see how and if I can pull it off well.
PROCESS
Full project description:
• A woman is shot in the head by her husband, but miraculously survives. When a police officer is sent to the scene of the crime, he founds the woman alive yet confused, and he is stunned when he offers to make tea for him.
• 2D Animation
• Intended Duration: 2 minutes
• Intended Style and Genre: Thriller at first, but then goes into gag-comedy
• Anticipated difficulties: Meeting deadlines and time management, and amount of work to be done.
Research requirements:
• How to rotoscope (draw over video frames)
• 2D Texturing
• Digital coloring
• Localising the story
• Local police uniform
Additional resources:
*Take video snippets (for rotoscoping) with digital Canon camera
OUTCOMES
Step 1: define the target audience…
Age range: 13-40
Gender: Female and Male
Geographical region: Local
Social group: General
Viewing reading & listening habits: Watch movies and listen to current music trends
Are there any secondary target groups? Animation students
Step 2: what effect do you hope to have on your target groups?
That they will find it funny and be stunned by what happened
Signatures/dates
Student: Natalya Micah Thangamany
Date: 23 April 2009
Supervisor:
Date:
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:
1. Who are you telling the story for (primary audience)?
The general public, preferably aged 13 to 40
2. What reaction do you want?
That they are surprised, yet find it hilarious.
3. Is the narrative omniscient (all seeing) or restrictive (viewed from a single perspective)?
Restricted, from police officer's viewpoint.
4. List the important events of the story.
* Woman is reading book in room
* Shadow of husband sneaks up behind her with gun
*A gun shot is heard
*Police officer is contacted
*He rushes to house.
*He is stunned to find dead body of husband outside house with gun in hand--> thought woman was supposed to be victim
*Hears sound
*Turns around and sees woman standing in front of him, with a towel on her head
*Woman looks confused, and she asks what is going on--> policeman looks at her, shocked
* Woman smiles and asks policeman if he wants something to drink
*Policeman is still stunned, but finally calls hospital
*Hospital picks up woman, who is still confused on what is happening--> policeman tries to explain although he is still shocked
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?
Location should be localised, in present time, so people can identify with characters. Takes place in evening (dark lighting can add suspense). Singlish is used to add 'local flavour'.
6. What traits of the characters in your story are important and how do you intend to establish these traits?
Husband--> murderous and despressed (representated mainly by a shadow)
Woman--> Really sweet-natured, but is seriously naive and innocent (wide eyes and yellow dress)
Police officer--> Determined to do his job but his brave impression turns into one of surprise and confusion when he sees the woman
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?
Linear, 'murder scene' plays out before cutting to scene when policeman is contacted.
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.
Yes it contains a surprise (revelation of woman's well-being), and the pace slows down a bit at that revelation.
9. How will you use sound to help all your responses to 5-8 above?
Eerie music at first, to connote suspense...then, it goes silent when the woman is revealed to be alive before going into a more light-hearted tune.
10. Does your story need dialog?
Yes, but for now, the dialogue is undecided...
I guess this is all for now…
Day 2- April 22 2009- Wednesday
I did not turn up for nearly the whole lesson, due to helping out with DramaTec’s booth for CCA Recruitment Drive. When my shift was over, I headed back to class where I was greeted by 20-something-over pairs of eyes boring into me as I entered the lab. Luckily, my lecturer was most understanding, and so I showed him my three story ideas:
1) Woman shot in head serves tea to officer
2) Man stabs friend over stink
3) Woman accused of taping dog to fridge
After showing him these three stories, he then asked me which story I like the most…I told him that it was to be ‘Woman tapes dog to fridge’. But then, he told me that to select that one shows that I merely got it from the brief (although I really found it on the Internet having ‘ignored’ the brief). So in the end, I went ahead with ‘Woman shot in head’.
Now with my story selected, I have to wait for my lecturer to give the next step…
1) Woman shot in head serves tea to officer
2) Man stabs friend over stink
3) Woman accused of taping dog to fridge
After showing him these three stories, he then asked me which story I like the most…I told him that it was to be ‘Woman tapes dog to fridge’. But then, he told me that to select that one shows that I merely got it from the brief (although I really found it on the Internet having ‘ignored’ the brief). So in the end, I went ahead with ‘Woman shot in head’.
Now with my story selected, I have to wait for my lecturer to give the next step…
Day 1- April 21 2009- Tuesday
Basic Agenda: Do a short animation clip, 3 minutes maximum, on any weird news report.
Today was the first day of MOI Project 3…we were then told by our lecturer that the reason that we have to have Project 3, was in order to have some preparation for Final-Year Project. We were then given copies of the Assignment Brief and Lesson Scheme, before being split into groups (only for this day). After grouping, each group was given a paper slip, on which was a quirky news report. We were also given a set of very important questions, to help us group our thoughts and figure the purpose and inner structure of the animation.
My group got ‘Tickled Pink’, about a man who got jumped, then tickled by some mysterious person. So we put up a Powerpoint presentation, using the questions given to lay out the structure, then helping us form some visual idea of how we want the story to look if we were to animate it.
After we presented, we were then given our homework for the day: Find three weird news reports, and present to the class the next day.
Class Dismiss, and when I got home that evening, I soured the Internet until I found three suitable candidates...
Today was the first day of MOI Project 3…we were then told by our lecturer that the reason that we have to have Project 3, was in order to have some preparation for Final-Year Project. We were then given copies of the Assignment Brief and Lesson Scheme, before being split into groups (only for this day). After grouping, each group was given a paper slip, on which was a quirky news report. We were also given a set of very important questions, to help us group our thoughts and figure the purpose and inner structure of the animation.
My group got ‘Tickled Pink’, about a man who got jumped, then tickled by some mysterious person. So we put up a Powerpoint presentation, using the questions given to lay out the structure, then helping us form some visual idea of how we want the story to look if we were to animate it.
After we presented, we were then given our homework for the day: Find three weird news reports, and present to the class the next day.
Class Dismiss, and when I got home that evening, I soured the Internet until I found three suitable candidates...
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