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Narrative: Character Modelling

Final Environment

Environment thumbnails 3

                        I tried taking in Alan's feedback and followed the rule of third and make the environment look suitable.

Environment thumbnails 2

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Group Blog Branding

As we need the final branding for the group blog on Friday, I decided to get my head into it again. We've been playing with the idea of making a cube in Maya, and with the glow intensity we make the light "radiating" from the cube pulse.

This will be a slow transition between

and

and back to the first again.

Environment design thumbnails

Environment Thumbnails 

For the start I was thinking of keeping it simple for the environment and give more importance to the character but then I felt that it might look too empty and not very "real world" like so I decided to add some features in the next thumbnails.

Narrative tutorial with Alan

After talking to Alan today, he asked us to make some bullet points and line out our idea as a story, so here goes:

First of all, the main character thinks only in social media terms and it's all happening in his head.

- a girl sits at a bus stop
- main character, guy, let's call him Bob, comes along and sits down next to her
- the screen splits, shows his face, her face and a social media site alike to facebook
- it has her fictional profile, titles "pretty girl", camera zooms into details of her which pop up as information on her profile (uni ID, logo on jumper - favourite band? etc)
- he waves in her direction, facebook writes hello in the chat with "pretty girl" that popped up
- on facebook he sends friend request, in rl he half leans over to shake her hand, she is daydreaming and doesn't notice
- he doesn't give up and sends her an emoji which turns into a creepy smile on his face
- not knowing what to say, he types questions and deletes them before sending them over and over again
- all the while the facebook window grows bigger and takes up the girls side
- he finally sends something and looks up proudly only to discover that she left the bus stop
- the facebook window fades and leaves him sitting on his own but a little window pop up at the top "pretty girl has left the conversation"
- his gaze falls onto a little blue bird that sits where she was sitting, bird looks back at him
- credits
- back onto bird, "follow?" button pops up

Narrative 

For this project we have been asked as a group to create and make a 2 minute short animation adopted from three segments. 
Our group will be working with the three that can be seen below. 

• A Theme  -   Friendship 

• Editing/ Visual storytelling  - Split Screen 

• World - Meanwhile behind the scenes

Split Screen : 

This technique known as "Split Screen" is where the screen gets divided into a 2 panels or more in order to show the different views of the action. This style is also commonly seen in comic books. Some films that use this specific technique are : Kill Bill, 500 days of Summer, Sisters.

We have been discussing about the whole concept and how we could try not to exaggerate and get to the point in a short time. We all will be researching and putting in our own ideas and try to come up with an idea that will appear enriching to the audience eyes. 

Idea 2

Role Reversal 

This idea seems to be quite humorous but also seem to touch upon the bond we have with our pets. I was thinking how it would be if we had a role reversal between a cat/dog owner and the pet itself. The pet has its unique talents and with the the help of the owner they like to audition for an advertisement/talent show. However, these two didn't get along on this day... the cat/dog didn't listen to its owner for a while and behaved aggressively. Suddenly (boom) - an effect.  ( Meanwhile behind the scene)

The two felt different and they didn't feel like themselves and freaked out. They were the next to perform... The cat/dog trying spoil the audition by running around but then had a guilty feeling. They each attempt to perform like the characters they were stuck in.

Animation - Idea

Idea

My idea was about two  best friends A and B. Friend B is going to help friend A's partner propose to Friend A. However, Friend A who has been doing something else in the Kitchen comes at the wrong time and saw her partner propose to her best friend without knowing the truth.  (Split Screen )
After 1 year the two meet again but who married the guy will be unknown...

Ideas for our Studio Name

                                               
                                      
Ideas for our Studio Name



Lofty Studios


Crescent Moon

Radiant Cube     }    Our Final Group Name

Golden Apple Studios   

Frostbite Entertainment  

Glass Prism Productions   

Obelisk Pictures   

Eclipse Animation



We also did some thumbnails for some of the names above and tried to see if any seem to stand out or if any seem too dull.

The top image above is a quick thumbnail I did for the Radiant Cube Studio. We will be uploading more thumbnails soon.