L3 Orange & Purple work 19/09/14

As part of Unit 11 (Scriptwriting) you need to produce a blog post about narrative structure. This should focus on linear and non linear narrative structures. You can use Pulp Fiction (Tarantino 1995) as your example. Your blog post should include the following:
  • An explanation about the difference between story & narrative 
  • An explanation of both the 3 act narrative structure and the 5 act classic Hollywood structure 
  • An explanation about linear narrative and non linear narrative - you should support this with examples from film and/or TV
  • A diagram illustrating a classic Hollywood narrative structure - this can be a flow chart or a table
  • A diagram illustrating the narrative structure of Pulp Fiction - This is the order that the film is shown 
  • An alternative diagram that breaks down each storyline in Pulp Fiction and puts it into chronological order - there is an example below but you will need to decide how the story breaks down into the 5 act structure


As part of Unit 41(Film Production) you need to begin to research your documentary idea and begin to contact people who may participate. Work to start includes:
  • Contacting relevant interviewee's
  • Researching locations
  • Researching the wider topic
  • Spider diagrams of ideas
  • Mind maps of documentary structure
  • Draft log lines & pitch ideas

On Wednesday we are having Rob Harper visit us to talk about the process of making a documentary. Please prepare questions you would like to ask him. He has also made a music video which you can watch here 


Level 3 work - Orange & Purple groups 12/09/14

In SAT's session you need to make sure that you have completed the following:

1. Uploaded your 6 ideas to your documentary blog - this can be a scan or a photo of your notebook. If your ideas need more development please make sure you do this. This means researching the ideas and thinking them through. What is the story? You may want to include links to the newspaper stories and links to other relevant research that you find online. 

2. Complete a pictorial representation of a short documentary that you watched with Tom earlier in the week. 

3. Complete the write up of the feature length documentary that you watched for Barney. Remember to include a link to a clip or trailer of the film. 

4. Log in to Adobe Story - if you can remember your old username and password then use this. If not please create a new account and make a note of your details as this is where you will write your script. https://story.adobe.com/en-gb/

If you complete all of this then please work on your pitch for Monday's sessions. You can find out more about Cinema Shorts here http://cinema-shorts.org/

Have a good weekend!

P3. PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT SET UP

1) Write up a blog post explaining your PROCESS of animation.
Use screenshots from the software you are using and do a step-by-step guide of how you are making the magic happen.


2) Take a picture of your equipment set up and annotate explaining - if this is you at a desk with a Wacom tablet - then so be it.





P3. ANIMATION PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

To pass this unit you must do the following:

1) Keep a daily production schedule - this is what your work books are for so keep them updated.

2) Asset log sheet

Use this sheet to record what ASSETS you are creating (character, prop, background), how they were made (Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator) and what their purpose is (which scene, what time in the production).
The box at the side is to place a screen shot of the asset.
ROTOSCOPERS - you may struggle to complete this document as you are not creating any particular asset. Use if you created any backgrounds for your production.

3) Shot log Sheet


Use this document to log the footage you have taken or created. This is to show you have organised your workflow so PLEASE LABEL ANY FOOTAGE APPROPRIATELY (scene numbers, or your short hand if consistent).

Rotoscopers - each clip of footage you are using as a base for rotoscoping.
After Effects - each pre-composition (cycle of animation) and Illustrator/Photoshop document.
Flash - scenes that you have exported for editing in Premiere.

4) Call sheets for filming
TO EDIT THIS DOCUMENT CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW IT AND EDIT IT ON A GOOGLE DOC AND THEN EXPORT TO PDF.

CALL SHEET GOOGLE DOC

This is to show organisation for any FILMING you have done and any VOICE RECORDING you are doing.



WORK FOR STUDY LEAVE AND HALF TERM

1) All work for Project 2 (the Animation pitch and character development) must be completed by the time you return.

2) The initial planning, storyboards and script/written interpretation must be completed. Remember, this is planning so do your best to structure and plan out your project, BUT this doesn't mean you can't change your idea as you work on your project.


STORYBOARDS FOR PROJECT 2

You were this storyboarding task over Easter. Have a look at your storyboards and answer these questions:

1) Do they look industry standard?

2) Is it clear what is happening in the scene?

3) Could they be given to another animator to create with no other instructions?

4) Do they look like they have been put together with care, thought and effort?

If NOT - DO THEM AGAIN! 


P3. SCRIPT/WRITTEN INTERPRETATION

Another absolute ESSENTIAL part of the preparation planning part of the unit is the SCRIPT or WRITTEN INTERPRETATION of your project. As you are all doing very different animations this is how to approach it:

1) Do you have dialogue?
If yes, then use your existing Adobe Story account to produce a SCRIPT with the same detail and formatting as you did with your scripts for Project 1.

2) Do you have story but not dialogue?
Don't worry - use Adobe Story to write out a SCRIPT. Have a look at the exert from the Wall-E script to see how to structure explained scenes that don't have dialogue.

3) Is your work abstract, has no obvious narrative and structure?
Use this time line sheet and annotate it explaining what will occur at what point in the animation. BE DETAILED use different colours or types of annotation to explain repeated loops or imagery. 



P3. STORYBOARD

You must storyboard your animation in FULL.

Even if you're not necessarily sure how it will all plan out (if your rotoscoping etc) you MUST show that you have some idea how your animation is going to pan out.

Remember - A STORYBOARD SHOULD BE COMPLETE, WELL DRAWN AND BE A DOCUMENT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE GIVEN TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR THEM TO ANIMATE. SO NO STICK FIGURES AND REMEMBER YOUR WORK ON PROJECT 1.

Here's some advice on storyboarding animation:

Content – It should be clear from your storyboard what is included in each frame. This may be clear from the art work or notes that you have added to the storyboard

Composition - think about angles, framing and mise-en-scene.

Tweens and keyframes - to help your plan out your animation sketch out the key movements that your characters will make.

Movement - indicate movement with the appropriate arrows.

Annotate - this is a working document so feel free to scribble instructions where necessary.

THIS  IS NOT A DOCUMENT TO JUST GET OUT OF THE WAY THIS MUST SHOW PLANNING, CARE AND CRAFT.


Above are industry standard storyboards. Do your storyboards for your previous animation pitch compare well with these - if not do something about it.

If you're not confident with your drawing download a storyboard template and do it digitally.

P3 TREATMENT

Complete the following sheet either by downloading the PDF and annotating it in Preview. Or by down loading the original Word document from here.

If you're unsure of what to put where - have a look at the below advice:

TITLE: - what are you going to call it?

MEDIUM: - what is the form, genre and animation style

RUNNING TIME: - 2 mins, 120 secs etc more if you want to

SYNOPSIS:  - overview of the plot including the necessary back story and setting

TARGET AUDIENCE: - create a similar target audience profile

POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION: - is this to be created to be discovered on the web (Youtube? Vimeo?), CBEEBIES, Adult Swim, a short before a feature film, on TV as an advert 

CONCEPT ART: - include any drafts of characters, sets and designs.