Birdie_turnaround

         

turnarounds_ part 1

Narrative: Character Modelling

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

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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

Sun and Cloud

This is just one of the ideas we thought of. The whole concept of this trying to show how the sun and cloud need to work together for the environment. Plants can not live without the Sun nor Water. We tried to express this using little kids as a our base idea.

Ideas for the Narrative

Yesterday on the open day Kavya, Andy and I met up (Cat could sadly not make it) and we did a brainstorm were we just got a few ideas on paper! Some of them are a bit weaker than others, but I decided to just put all of them on here so we can at least make sure that we've given every idea a chance.

- we started off with an imaginary friend who could also be a dead twin that the character still talks to or even a ghost
- the one I like best is a bout a couple that goes through a divorce but hasn't told their friends yet, so whenever they are at parties they have to pretend to still be best friends but the moment they leave they part ways, drop their face and go to their own homes were they look at pictures of times when they were still happy together and just feel sorry for themselves - quick story board:

- A cat is his owners best friend and cuddles with him, meows, plays, gets food and then vanishes - to the neighbour, where he gets more food but the unsuspecting owner doesn't know and is so happy about having his cat as his best friend
- A pet is a crime fighter behind the owners back, always disappears at night and comes back with bruises and cuts etc and the news wonder who keeps their streets clean at night
- A tiger is a ferocious beast in the show bust best friends with his partner behind the scenes
- something about salt and pepper??
- An elephant and bird have a symbiotic (I think that's the word?) friendship were they help each other out, bird picks nasty insects from the elephants back and is in turn allowed to build his nest on top of him, one day bird flies into trees and elephant wanders off so the bird has to find the elephant with his kids -- maybe a bit too childish?
- a cliff thinks the sea is it's best friend as it's always there for it but doesn't realise that the sea is slowly eating away from the cliff
- 2 socks from different pairs are best friends and always try to be as close as possible to each other  so when the human wears only one out of the two they sabotage  their human - potential for comedy?
- squirrel and tree are best friends - lot's of puns?
- a guy has a breakup with his girlfriend and turns more and more into a slob, his friends hatch plans to get him out of his flat and succeed in the end - morale:you are nothing without your friends?
- 2 really good friends are super competitive when it comes to sports up to the point where it threatens their friendship
- two friends swear at each other and show their affection that way (- see what I mean with weaker than others?)
- the letters of the alphabet make literature or poetry by chasing each other but secretly hat each other as well - this is very abstract but I think if done right it could be an engaging animation
- the (minutes and hours) fingers of a clock want to be together so badly but for obvious reason, can't be. They might try to brake the clock? More of a love story than friendship though

It's a start!

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...