The topic of today: Story boards! ... and the Twilight: The Director's Notebook
Today, Mr P told us that we are pretty much going to stop playing with the programs and that we have to start thinking and working on our assignment. At the start of the lesson, he talked about storyboards. He said that you do not have to be a great drawer, and that you just have to plan out everything.
"You don't make a film and then get someone to write the script!"
So basically, Mr P said that we cant start until our storyboards are finished and that if he finds out we started, he will pretty much delete it. He also said that you need a plan, and that if you have a plan, it will work out better and you will know what you are doing which will make it easier for you.
"Last year, the people who did better, had their idea on their mind and knew what they wanted to achieve. The others didn't know what they wanted to do, and they just kept playing with everything and then their stories weren't as good as the other stories."
I have to remember to look up the link on blackboard which will help me if I get stuck. Storyboards are pretty much look like a comic strip. I don't think mine will turn out like a comic strip, but more like a kindergarten's drawings. He also said that if you do your storyboard, and then you are half way through, you can change your mind and then just add something else into it. This reminds me of like movies and how they draw out everything that they want their movie to look like. I have a book at home which is the note book of a Catherine Hardwick (The director of Twilight) when she was filming Twilight. It shows everything that she had to do in order to complete the movie. It has sketches of what she wanted the characters to wear, some of the scenes, where the characters would move and land and pictures of the scenes were she wanted that specific scene to happen. Actually, I think that this book would help me heaps. I wouldn't have as much planning as her, but the basic idea is there that i could follow.
We have two weeks to think of a story and to plan out our story boards. We also have to write what is happening in the scenes. What I need:
- A story (one or two paragraphs)
- Story frames - Stick figures are alright (but need eyes and legs and mouths etc), about 8 - 10 frames maybe.
"Both of these are going to pile up to half your evaluation. The other half would be from your blog. Also at least 80% (1/5th) of your story board planning should end up in your actually real assignment."
This picture from Twilight: The Director's Notebook by Catherine Hardwicke shows a page from the book where Catherine had take pictures of the scenes and drawings of what she wanted to happen, labels and some screen shots.
We have two weeks to think of a story and to plan out our story boards. We also have to write what is happening in the scenes. What I need:
- A story (one or two paragraphs)
- Story frames - Stick figures are alright (but need eyes and legs and mouths etc), about 8 - 10 frames maybe.
"Both of these are going to pile up to half your evaluation. The other half would be from your blog. Also at least 80% (1/5th) of your story board planning should end up in your actually real assignment."
This picture from Twilight: The Director's Notebook by Catherine Hardwicke shows a page from the book where Catherine had take pictures of the scenes and drawings of what she wanted to happen, labels and some screen shots.
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Another thing that I learnt today is I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THE CUT, COPY AND PASTE BUTTONS!!
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