FILM STUDIES & CINEMATOGRAPHY - PROJECT 1

 FILM STUDIES & CINEMATOGRAPHY - PROJECT 1

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12/03/2021 - 26/03/2021 (WEEK1-WEEK5）

BEH YOKE TING (0346704)
Film Studies and Cinematography

Project 1

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INSTRUCTION

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LECTURES

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WEEK 1 - 29/03/2021

WEEK 2 - 05/04/2021

THEME & CHARACTER
A theme is the film’s central, unifying concept. A theme evokes a universal human experience and can be stated in one word or short phrase.

WEEK 3 - 12/04/2021

STORYTELLING & 3 ACT STRUCTURE

WEEK 5 - 26/04/2021

ANIMATION PIPELINE & CHARACTER DESIGN
The Animation Pitch Bible is the attempt to organize into words and pictures the idea, vision and style of your animation.

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PROJECT 1
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WEEK 1 (31/01/2021) - VOICE RECORDING

Mr. Martin asked students to try and express their memory and emotion in audio recording. The goal is to get it out of our heads. Students need to tell someone this memory in audio and let them feel the emotion.

Fig 1.1 Voice Recording

WEEK 2 (05/04/2021 & 07/04/2021) - WRITTEN FORM & ABSTRACT IMAGE
This week, Mr. Martin ask student to transcript of verbal story together with the working title, main character name, and theme in Google DOC.

Fig 2.1 Written form of story

In another class, students were asked to create an abstract image on a piece of A4 paper. And can this picture express the memory using only lines or shapes and also are the emotions come out in drawings? Below is my drawing:

Fig 2.2 Abstract image

WEEK 3 (14/04/2021) - VISUAL STORYTELLING
This week, students need to rewrite and reframe story into visual storytelling style. According to the written form of the previous round, Mr. Martin conducted one-on-one consultations. 
Feedback 1 click here 

Fig 2.1 Visual storytelling (revised 1)

WEEK 4 (19/04/2021) - RESUBMIT VISUAL STORYTELLING
Feedback 2 click here

Fig 2.2 Visual storytelling (revised 2)

WEEK 5 (26/04/2021) - CHARACTER DESIGN

This week, student tasked by identify 3 internal and external features of main character. And the character design should correlate to the story. The next question is what if main character responds if trapped in an elevator (or biggest crisis in his/her world). Student have to write the main character's responses in a paragraph and also draw a sketch on an A4  page about what happens.

Continue with Project 2 - References & Research:

Student need provide 3 photos & 3 animation characters as references. Begin to design character from SHAPE and also draw character in thumbnail silhouette, can the character be recognized in silhouette form. Last but not least, draw 1st lineup of your main character.

Before do it, I have my character description below:

Character description (elder sister-Ling):

The role (ling) is the elder sister in the story. She actually likes to play the princess role, but she who loves her younger sister is more willing to let her younger sister become that princess. She is very active and often thinks of many fun things to play with her younger sister. In addition, she likes the story of Sleeping Beauty, so she likes to wear the same pink dress as Sleeping Beauty.
External:  Slender, rosy cheeks, smiling eyes, toy crown, love to wear pink dress, sweet

Internal:  energetic, love ,extroverted, funny, optimistic, flirtatious

Character description (younger sister-Ting):

The character (ting) is the younger sister in the story. She likes to imagine that she is a princess. She is obedient and likes to play with her sister. She thinks her sister is like her knight. In addition, she likes blue dress as Cinderella's dress. She is scared of the dark night so the room has a night light. When people call her a princess, she blushes.

External: princess doll, Cinderella's toy crown, Chubby face, short, cute

Internal: Timid, obedient, Imaginative, Introverted

Fig 3.1 Character design

Feedback： Mr. martin said it’s good, and the character and the story are quite consistent