Monday, December 8, 2008
Project 3 - Storyboards + Creative Brief
Here are my original storyboards for my movie, a few things got changed and removed since this point. All for the better.Creative Brief
Title: A Cuppa Tea Please
Overview: This video is meant to describe a meaningful object of mine, I chose green tea as I wanted a very simple everyday object to explore in a very creative manner. Basically the film states why I like tea, and why its a meaningful object to me.
Audience/Context: This video is intended again, for a more younger audience, the style and the music help to distinguish this.
Content Planning: For this project, I really wanted to try experimenting with After Effects, so I decided to go with a more computer based approach to animation. However, considering the amount of time given for this project, and the lack of knowledge I had of the program, I knew I had to keep the animation simple yet effective. The animation itself is very minimal, in terms of objects, and colour. I wanted to stick with black and white, and green (since its about green tea), and then an accent colour, in which orange fit best with the narration and complimenting green. Also, I wanted to stylize the animation, again, like project 2, resembling cut outs, along with sticking with the hand done appearance, but this time, giving the animation texture through dry brush, and mixed media of watercolour and pencil crayon. All in all i think the textured appearance of the animation helps in making it interesting and different, and not totally dull/minimal/boring.
Bibliography: All the image and textures were made by me, while the music was taken from the intro to Radiohead's Weird Fishes Arpeggi.
Visual/Conceptual Reference: I looked at a lot of examples of animations from various design and illustration websites, (http://drawn.ca http://formfiftyfive.com etc) that used after effects to help give me an idea of what was possible with the program. Also, one video that inspired the style approach I wanted, was the Gap: Sound of Colour video (http://www.blind.com/work/music-video/gap-sound-of-color-bw) Also as i was watchin the final cut, I realized that the style approach reminded me of the childrens book illustrator, Eric Carle, ( http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html ), which I guess has also inspired my approach aswell, as i had read his books when i was younger.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Project 3 - 10 (or around so) Meaningful Objects (in alphabetical order)
*images to be uploaded shortly
mean⋅ing⋅ful /ˈminɪŋfəl/ [mee-ning-fuhl]–adjective
full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant.
1. A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America: No, i'm not a bird watcher, it's more for reference for when i draw and paint. I don't know why birds, but i just have a fascination with drawing them, whether its the structure, the colours, or whatnot. I specifically chose this book as it was published in the 1960s and therefore still has the hand drawn/hand painted images, as opposed to more recent books, which just have photographs of birds, which just isn't the same.
2. Cigarettes: They get me by those stressful times and help clear my head.
3. Concert Tickets: Npt so much the significance of the band, but more so a reminder of the good old days: the roadtrips, the friends, the music, the crowds, the adventure.
4. Dried Roses: A reminder of the past two years of my life.
5. Green Tea: Nothing like a warm cup of green tea on a cold day. It makes me feel good about myself, clean and healthy, making up for the rest of the junk I fill my body with.
6. iPod: Music is everything to me, it can set or change the tone for the day. I'm listening to music for a good chunk of my day from when i wake up, to when i drive to school, to when i do my homework, etc. I've had my ipod for 4 years now and its with me at all times.
7. Laptop: Another object that I use daily. It holds a large part of my life currently, from school work, music, inspirations, communication, etc.
8. Lifedrawings: A years worth of lifedrawings from when i was at Sheridan for a year. 21 pads of newsprint completly filled, I cant throw them away as they're a reminder that effort and practice pay off. It was something I enjoyed and took pride in, and still do, an hour a week, as a nice escape from the very computer rigid life in design.
9. Process Recess: I've collected a lot of books on illustrators, artists and designers, but this is by far one of my favorite books, as its a compilation of works and sketches by one of my favorite artists, James Jeans. I picked this book up a couple years ago at the travelling book roadshow that comes by York and Sheridan occasonally, and glad i picked it up when i did, as apparently its out of print now. It's definitly a great inspirer and motivator for me to keep drawing.
10. Sketchbook: Although I havent been drawing in it that much recently, its still one of the most important things to me, something i'll keep and cherish forever. It's my outlet for expression and creativity, a look back at my past, and a place for growth.
11. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Fairytales: A reminder of my childhod, as I remember always reading this book over and over again. Out of all the books I had, I still keep this one, as it was one of the few children's books that inspired me to try illustration.
mean⋅ing⋅ful /ˈminɪŋfəl/ [mee-ning-fuhl]–adjective
full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant.
1. A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America: No, i'm not a bird watcher, it's more for reference for when i draw and paint. I don't know why birds, but i just have a fascination with drawing them, whether its the structure, the colours, or whatnot. I specifically chose this book as it was published in the 1960s and therefore still has the hand drawn/hand painted images, as opposed to more recent books, which just have photographs of birds, which just isn't the same.
2. Cigarettes: They get me by those stressful times and help clear my head.
3. Concert Tickets: Npt so much the significance of the band, but more so a reminder of the good old days: the roadtrips, the friends, the music, the crowds, the adventure.
4. Dried Roses: A reminder of the past two years of my life.
5. Green Tea: Nothing like a warm cup of green tea on a cold day. It makes me feel good about myself, clean and healthy, making up for the rest of the junk I fill my body with.
6. iPod: Music is everything to me, it can set or change the tone for the day. I'm listening to music for a good chunk of my day from when i wake up, to when i drive to school, to when i do my homework, etc. I've had my ipod for 4 years now and its with me at all times.
7. Laptop: Another object that I use daily. It holds a large part of my life currently, from school work, music, inspirations, communication, etc.
8. Lifedrawings: A years worth of lifedrawings from when i was at Sheridan for a year. 21 pads of newsprint completly filled, I cant throw them away as they're a reminder that effort and practice pay off. It was something I enjoyed and took pride in, and still do, an hour a week, as a nice escape from the very computer rigid life in design.
9. Process Recess: I've collected a lot of books on illustrators, artists and designers, but this is by far one of my favorite books, as its a compilation of works and sketches by one of my favorite artists, James Jeans. I picked this book up a couple years ago at the travelling book roadshow that comes by York and Sheridan occasonally, and glad i picked it up when i did, as apparently its out of print now. It's definitly a great inspirer and motivator for me to keep drawing.
10. Sketchbook: Although I havent been drawing in it that much recently, its still one of the most important things to me, something i'll keep and cherish forever. It's my outlet for expression and creativity, a look back at my past, and a place for growth.
11. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Fairytales: A reminder of my childhod, as I remember always reading this book over and over again. Out of all the books I had, I still keep this one, as it was one of the few children's books that inspired me to try illustration.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Project 2 - Creative Brief + Storyboards + Rough Cut
Creative Brief
Title: Cut Cut Paste
Overview: This video will be working with paper and the aspects that make paper (crumpling it, tearing it, cutting it, folding it) to create the countdown. I want this video to have a very traditional, hand done almost gritty look, and therefore will use stop motion to carry out this project.
Audience/Context: This video is intended for a younger audience, as it has a certain playful theme to it, with the colours, the sounds and the actions taking place.
Key Message: -
Content Planning: I previously stated that I wanted to go for a more traditional hand done look. I will use stop motion animation to capture this video, along with keeping an untouched appearance by doing little adjustment on the computer, trying more so to keep with the lighting and colour captured on camera.
Bibliography: smallcruse by Subcidal (www.freesound.org) and CoolClap_04 by NoiseCollector (www.freesound.org)
Visual/Conceptual References: I previously posted a couple of stop motion examples that inspired me. Another one is:
Storyboards
Rough Cut
Timebased - Project 2 - Rough Cut from marianne on Vimeo.
Title: Cut Cut Paste
Overview: This video will be working with paper and the aspects that make paper (crumpling it, tearing it, cutting it, folding it) to create the countdown. I want this video to have a very traditional, hand done almost gritty look, and therefore will use stop motion to carry out this project.
Audience/Context: This video is intended for a younger audience, as it has a certain playful theme to it, with the colours, the sounds and the actions taking place.
Key Message: -
Content Planning: I previously stated that I wanted to go for a more traditional hand done look. I will use stop motion animation to capture this video, along with keeping an untouched appearance by doing little adjustment on the computer, trying more so to keep with the lighting and colour captured on camera.
Bibliography: smallcruse by Subcidal (www.freesound.org) and CoolClap_04 by NoiseCollector (www.freesound.org)
Visual/Conceptual References: I previously posted a couple of stop motion examples that inspired me. Another one is:
Storyboards
Rough Cut
Timebased - Project 2 - Rough Cut from marianne on Vimeo.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Project 1 - Final Cut
Waiting from Calvin Yeung on Vimeo
Noun: Time
Verbs: Escape and Escalate
This video was meant to emphasize the tension and anxiety one feels when waiting for someone/something (we left that up to the viewer's own interpretation as to what exactly the individual was waiting for). We also wanted to emphasize the concept of time, through different scenes that express time, a sun setting, candles melting, clocks, etc. and edit the timing of these events.
Project 1 - Rough Cut
Project 1 - Waiting (Rough Cut) from s4th0r34l on Vimeo.
After much discussion amongst ourselves, along with meeting with other class mates and Franci, we decided to edit a few things within our movie.
- Fix the sounds: one of the things we didn't like was the grandfather clock, it felt like it didn't belong with the rest of the sounds, being less chaotic and more slow and dragging. Another thing we decided to change, was to add more clocks ticking to increase the tension, this originally was a problem, as i didn't know you had to render the file after a certain amount of clips.
- Fix the ending: after watching the movie together, we decided that the ending had to be more intense and in your face. Some things we considered adding/adjusting consisted of, adding more images in less time, making the images more choppy, a buildup of images and then a dissolve to white before the final empty chair and table image, and perhaps for the last few frames, having multiple images of the person separated by images of the clock.
- Adjust the colour: this is definitly something that will help tie all of the images and clips together. We're unsure whether to make the movie start off black and white and turn into vibrant colours, or to just stick with tinting the colour for the overall movie.
- Editing photos of the person: After discussion with Franci, we were left with the question of whether the amount of images of the person through out the movie were entirely necessary. We decided that itd be best to introduce the movie with the person, and then reintroduce him in the final ending clips.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Exercise 3 - Sound Essay
Timebased - Exercise 3 - Sound Essay from marianne on Vimeo.
Noun: Time
Verbs: Emerge and Escape
For this exercise, my group, Calvin, Henry and myself decided to focus on time, particularly the aspect of waiting. When you're waiting for something or someone, you become so aware of time, every second that seems to tick by so slowly as your stuck waiting. We wanted to create a mood that built up, slowly becoming more stressful and anxious. The phone ringing was a final addition, as it seemed to give the project more of a storyline, expressing a person's point of view as they wait for the phone to be picked up.
Credits:
busy.aif by gadzooks
littleclock.aif by UncleSigmund
ClockTicksInsideDoorClosed.aif by daveinsamas
Clock_Ticking.aif by jackstrebor
Clock.aif by Pogotron
rings.aif by genviou
grandfather_s_clock.aif by WIM
DMP002011_RUMBCITY_SIRENS.aif by martypinso
Alarm_Clock.aif by jackstrebor
DialingTone.aif by acclivity
Monday, September 29, 2008
Exercise 2 - Transitions
Timebased - Exercise 2 from marianne on Vimeo.
This is the final video for exercise 2 by Calvin, Henry and myself. It looked at the similarities and contrasts of everyday objects (from the natural to the mechanized or man made) that you would usually take for granted.
Timebased - Exercise 2 - Version 2 from marianne on Vimeo.
The second video was more of a personal experiment to help me learn Final Cut Pro. Rather than focusing on a formal or conceptual idea within the movie, I focused on the editing techniques in order to create smooth flowing transitions from one image to the next. For example, using similar colours, similar shapes, rhythms of lines, similar textures, etc, all of these helped in creating smooth transitions between images.
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