Week 8's session of storytelling script to screen was a recap on the different shot angles in an animatic/animated film. The main purpose however was to generate a storyboard for our work based upon our written scripts if completed for this session. Next week we would be using these in a software called Storyboard Pro to create a rough animatic and over time we would add elements such as sound and dialogue should we so desire which would lead to a clean animatic. I was feeling worried at first as I wasn't sure if the script I wrote for the session would fit the one minute requirement, so I would take this time to ask for Annabeths opinion.
We reviewed the different types of shots in a movie. Some of which I had sadly forgotten, such as the extreme wide shot and very wide shot which were two of the shots used in the opening sequence of a movie such as Beauty and the Beast. The extreme wide shot was the main element of the story before the character was revealed. I felt rather stupid and absent minded that I neglected this. Other shot angles I was familiar with such as the medium shot, close up, and extreme close up shots whilst others had more significance such as the full shot and the medium close up which was used to show the characters body and face expressions. Remembering these details I couldn't help but feel the current version of my script required a little rewriting.
It was confirmed as we watched an example of the multiple shots in the intro to Disney, PIXAR's Wall-E. We were reminded we could also use the characters point of view in the story and angles which I remembered from films such as Johnny English and in the Avengers. This helped me remember the worms and birds eye view angles in a shot/illustration. Two angles of interest was the dutch tilt which was an angled shot of a character and over the shoulder shots which was another example of the characters point of view.
We proceeded to the main task, and I printed my script. Using a sheet of A1 paper I sketched out a storyboard using columns and lines. I asked Annabeth to review my script to see if it would meet the 1 minute mark in the animatic and she assured me it would it was just the way I typed it out and it needed correcting in the shot titles something I would refine later. I quickly wrote out my rewrite of the opening scene to show the location was 19th century Paris and Annabeth said the transaction and zoom in angle could be stretched to more scenes.
Learning from the Aesop's fables storyboard I added to some of my scenes camera angles to show the camera zooming in on the city and shoe shop. In the introduction to the shoe maker I decided to have some frames showing his design work and the shoe casts to show this was a shoemaker workshop. The next frames introduced Joseph and his uncle John. I felt that I should've added some movement in the character but I was being cautious with the timing of each shot. Josephs introduction was a simple medium shot, Annabeth suggested I should have the camera angle zooming out from the shoe he was making to further show his profession which I found to be a good idea.
This was meant to be a thumbnail piece but I couldn't help but add some detail to the drawings. I would finish this and the production bible assets over the next few days.
Looking back over the session I would think that recapping the camera shots and angles was a good way to start the storyboards and has made me consider some aspects to writing my script. I would've done some things differently such as add the rewritten areas of the script to the next draft and have it printed to follow further. In hindsight I should've remembered the wide shot angles in shot framing as in the case of film settings its introduced in the opening and it is shown in illustrated stories as well. I would think that the size of the storyboard could hinder its inclusion in my blog unless I finish it and have it scanned in at a later date.
In conclusion I would think that I have made significant progress on my storyboard and look forward to next weeks session to use storyboard pro to start an animatic. I may consider trying an animatic in Premier much like before to test the two and see which would be most effective. In future I shall look back at the past lesson posts in my blog to remember elements such as the shot frame angles and the effects they produce for this and future projects.
We reviewed the different types of shots in a movie. Some of which I had sadly forgotten, such as the extreme wide shot and very wide shot which were two of the shots used in the opening sequence of a movie such as Beauty and the Beast. The extreme wide shot was the main element of the story before the character was revealed. I felt rather stupid and absent minded that I neglected this. Other shot angles I was familiar with such as the medium shot, close up, and extreme close up shots whilst others had more significance such as the full shot and the medium close up which was used to show the characters body and face expressions. Remembering these details I couldn't help but feel the current version of my script required a little rewriting.
It was confirmed as we watched an example of the multiple shots in the intro to Disney, PIXAR's Wall-E. We were reminded we could also use the characters point of view in the story and angles which I remembered from films such as Johnny English and in the Avengers. This helped me remember the worms and birds eye view angles in a shot/illustration. Two angles of interest was the dutch tilt which was an angled shot of a character and over the shoulder shots which was another example of the characters point of view.
We proceeded to the main task, and I printed my script. Using a sheet of A1 paper I sketched out a storyboard using columns and lines. I asked Annabeth to review my script to see if it would meet the 1 minute mark in the animatic and she assured me it would it was just the way I typed it out and it needed correcting in the shot titles something I would refine later. I quickly wrote out my rewrite of the opening scene to show the location was 19th century Paris and Annabeth said the transaction and zoom in angle could be stretched to more scenes.
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Learning from the Aesop's fables storyboard I added to some of my scenes camera angles to show the camera zooming in on the city and shoe shop. In the introduction to the shoe maker I decided to have some frames showing his design work and the shoe casts to show this was a shoemaker workshop. The next frames introduced Joseph and his uncle John. I felt that I should've added some movement in the character but I was being cautious with the timing of each shot. Josephs introduction was a simple medium shot, Annabeth suggested I should have the camera angle zooming out from the shoe he was making to further show his profession which I found to be a good idea.
This was meant to be a thumbnail piece but I couldn't help but add some detail to the drawings. I would finish this and the production bible assets over the next few days.
Looking back over the session I would think that recapping the camera shots and angles was a good way to start the storyboards and has made me consider some aspects to writing my script. I would've done some things differently such as add the rewritten areas of the script to the next draft and have it printed to follow further. In hindsight I should've remembered the wide shot angles in shot framing as in the case of film settings its introduced in the opening and it is shown in illustrated stories as well. I would think that the size of the storyboard could hinder its inclusion in my blog unless I finish it and have it scanned in at a later date.
In conclusion I would think that I have made significant progress on my storyboard and look forward to next weeks session to use storyboard pro to start an animatic. I may consider trying an animatic in Premier much like before to test the two and see which would be most effective. In future I shall look back at the past lesson posts in my blog to remember elements such as the shot frame angles and the effects they produce for this and future projects.
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