With the new semesters beginning came a new module for us to learn about and this module was called Story Telling Script to Screen, and today we would be looking over the brief for this module.
Unlike Intro to creative play, for this project we wouldn't be working in groups we would be working as individuals to produce an animation piece using any media we choose be it 2D,3D or Stop-motion animation. The guidelines of the project would be to produce two characters, one environment and a problem that the characters struggle with and from this we would develop a story based around this idea and produce an animation about a minute in length.
Throughout the course of this modules we would be introduced to different philosophies and strategies involved in the media of telling a story or writing a script for said story. This to me seemed like the perfect opportunity to develop my own understanding of writing a script for a story and how I may consider approaching my own stories in the future. One thing that was made clear for this module much like creative play the work had to be our own creations not reproductions of someone else's ideas and strictly no fan art of any kind. In our timetables we had a slot booked for the maker space which Annabeth said for the first week would be about catching up with blogs or even doing our animatic pieces from this morning but for the majority of the module we could use it for sketching ideas, or do workshops for some of the equipment.
This workshop would be demonstrated to us by the new head of the Maker space Kevin who would show us how to use equipment like the laser cutter and even the possibility of 3D printing which was of particular interest to me. We would even be shown some different methods or sketching techniques by the head of the Life Drawing workshops Chris Clements which could be of help in our figure drawings pending on what we decide to do for our projects. Much like all our modules we would need to keep a blog of everything that we do and even sketching work. Annabeth then brought us to the question of a production bible that we could produce in InDesign or even in sketchbooks to house all of our ideas, mind maps, scripts, characters, log line, environment, floor plans and research. This would be seventy percent of the whole module upon hand in on 18th May.
This to me felt like the makings of me binding the bible together as a book for submission as I've used InDesign to make digital books before. We were then informed about producing animatics for our stories using what we'd learned from this mornings session and what we may learn in the future even using what we learn in Animation 102 in terms of walk cycles which was our main focus for the module this year. To give us an idea of what we could do we were shown two animatics, one of which was a deleted scene from Marvels ANT MAN which used a variety of 3D and 2D methods, I found this to be very engaging and I was familiar with this sort of animations from the deleted scenes of films such as Disney Pixar's The Incredibles. This though was a more advanced version of what we would be doing in this module but it would be covered later in the year.
One thing that was most surprising was that we could produce animatics, using unexpected materials such as toys for instance much like how the creators of Star Wars return of the Jedi did their animatics or how the creators of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers used the actual toys in some of their Megazord transformations. This was something to consider as well.
The second short film animatic was called work, which was about a young boy who goes to work to get a pair of moon boots and, whilst it looked like an animation, to a trained eye it looked like a finished animation carrying a strong composition. This could be achievable throughout the module and beyond. What caught my attention was when Annabeth told us if we liked the idea we were studying we could continue to develop this further over the summer and could be considered as an entry into next years Manchester Animation Festival, this was something I would need to consider.
Later in the afternoon, we participated in a group practical exercise using a children's game of story dice. The point of this was whilst we couldn't work together as a group on this project we could still collaborate in writing groups to seek second opinions on our stories and suggest how we may wish to approach our work or how we may write. This sounded like what I was doing on the Facebook group over the Christmas break as I was showing off some artwork to get a second opinion of how I may improve or take further.
We were placed into groups of five or six, and were handed different types of story dice. Our group was given horror story dice and as a group we took it in turns to roll the dice and think up a story around what was shown and if we had a swirl dice we could introduce a super power element to our stories. Some of the group did have some trouble coming up with stories based upon the dice symbols but despite this they were enjoyable to listen to, especially Maddie's and Stuarts. I however, was in my natural element as I could create story ideas from even the smallest thing be it the sights of a beach or even from simple doodles. My stories were dramatic and entrancing, but we were all story writers in our own rights such as Georgia's story of when the moon rises werewolves come out to play, and Beth was especially good at doing a story involving a forest, hallway, family painting and even the use of a Vampire.
Jolanta was also good at her stories, but some of them did prove quite difficult to understand. Despite this we really enjoyed the activity and after hearing other peoples interpretations of the story dice it put into perspective what we were good at in terms of telling a story. Annabeth mentioned that we could use these dice in the base room if we were having trouble with writing our stories to give us a new perspective on things.
Looking back on this session I would think it gives us an idea of what to expect on this module, and I was a little worried about working individually as I wasn't sure how best to approach this animation in terms of the method. However what I was looking forward to was developing ideas for our stories and then making them into animatics. Whilst it seemed premature I did have an idea for an animation project on this module and for the characters, it was a story idea that I've had in the back of my mind for a while and all I had so far was an idea for characters and the title The Dancer and the Shoemaker. This module seemed like the perfect time to put this plan into action and I may even continue to develop the idea over the summer and get the piece into the animation festival and even get some recognition.
It seemed clear that we had a long road ahead of us and that there would be some challenges and obstacles along the way but the end of that road would be worth all the stress and hard work. I am very eager to start the module and hope that this will be most insightful and meaningful to my work.
Unlike Intro to creative play, for this project we wouldn't be working in groups we would be working as individuals to produce an animation piece using any media we choose be it 2D,3D or Stop-motion animation. The guidelines of the project would be to produce two characters, one environment and a problem that the characters struggle with and from this we would develop a story based around this idea and produce an animation about a minute in length.
Throughout the course of this modules we would be introduced to different philosophies and strategies involved in the media of telling a story or writing a script for said story. This to me seemed like the perfect opportunity to develop my own understanding of writing a script for a story and how I may consider approaching my own stories in the future. One thing that was made clear for this module much like creative play the work had to be our own creations not reproductions of someone else's ideas and strictly no fan art of any kind. In our timetables we had a slot booked for the maker space which Annabeth said for the first week would be about catching up with blogs or even doing our animatic pieces from this morning but for the majority of the module we could use it for sketching ideas, or do workshops for some of the equipment.
This workshop would be demonstrated to us by the new head of the Maker space Kevin who would show us how to use equipment like the laser cutter and even the possibility of 3D printing which was of particular interest to me. We would even be shown some different methods or sketching techniques by the head of the Life Drawing workshops Chris Clements which could be of help in our figure drawings pending on what we decide to do for our projects. Much like all our modules we would need to keep a blog of everything that we do and even sketching work. Annabeth then brought us to the question of a production bible that we could produce in InDesign or even in sketchbooks to house all of our ideas, mind maps, scripts, characters, log line, environment, floor plans and research. This would be seventy percent of the whole module upon hand in on 18th May.
This to me felt like the makings of me binding the bible together as a book for submission as I've used InDesign to make digital books before. We were then informed about producing animatics for our stories using what we'd learned from this mornings session and what we may learn in the future even using what we learn in Animation 102 in terms of walk cycles which was our main focus for the module this year. To give us an idea of what we could do we were shown two animatics, one of which was a deleted scene from Marvels ANT MAN which used a variety of 3D and 2D methods, I found this to be very engaging and I was familiar with this sort of animations from the deleted scenes of films such as Disney Pixar's The Incredibles. This though was a more advanced version of what we would be doing in this module but it would be covered later in the year.
One thing that was most surprising was that we could produce animatics, using unexpected materials such as toys for instance much like how the creators of Star Wars return of the Jedi did their animatics or how the creators of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers used the actual toys in some of their Megazord transformations. This was something to consider as well.
The second short film animatic was called work, which was about a young boy who goes to work to get a pair of moon boots and, whilst it looked like an animation, to a trained eye it looked like a finished animation carrying a strong composition. This could be achievable throughout the module and beyond. What caught my attention was when Annabeth told us if we liked the idea we were studying we could continue to develop this further over the summer and could be considered as an entry into next years Manchester Animation Festival, this was something I would need to consider.
Later in the afternoon, we participated in a group practical exercise using a children's game of story dice. The point of this was whilst we couldn't work together as a group on this project we could still collaborate in writing groups to seek second opinions on our stories and suggest how we may wish to approach our work or how we may write. This sounded like what I was doing on the Facebook group over the Christmas break as I was showing off some artwork to get a second opinion of how I may improve or take further.
We were placed into groups of five or six, and were handed different types of story dice. Our group was given horror story dice and as a group we took it in turns to roll the dice and think up a story around what was shown and if we had a swirl dice we could introduce a super power element to our stories. Some of the group did have some trouble coming up with stories based upon the dice symbols but despite this they were enjoyable to listen to, especially Maddie's and Stuarts. I however, was in my natural element as I could create story ideas from even the smallest thing be it the sights of a beach or even from simple doodles. My stories were dramatic and entrancing, but we were all story writers in our own rights such as Georgia's story of when the moon rises werewolves come out to play, and Beth was especially good at doing a story involving a forest, hallway, family painting and even the use of a Vampire.
Jolanta was also good at her stories, but some of them did prove quite difficult to understand. Despite this we really enjoyed the activity and after hearing other peoples interpretations of the story dice it put into perspective what we were good at in terms of telling a story. Annabeth mentioned that we could use these dice in the base room if we were having trouble with writing our stories to give us a new perspective on things.
Looking back on this session I would think it gives us an idea of what to expect on this module, and I was a little worried about working individually as I wasn't sure how best to approach this animation in terms of the method. However what I was looking forward to was developing ideas for our stories and then making them into animatics. Whilst it seemed premature I did have an idea for an animation project on this module and for the characters, it was a story idea that I've had in the back of my mind for a while and all I had so far was an idea for characters and the title The Dancer and the Shoemaker. This module seemed like the perfect time to put this plan into action and I may even continue to develop the idea over the summer and get the piece into the animation festival and even get some recognition.
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| Story idea for the module. |
It seemed clear that we had a long road ahead of us and that there would be some challenges and obstacles along the way but the end of that road would be worth all the stress and hard work. I am very eager to start the module and hope that this will be most insightful and meaningful to my work.
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