Vis Comms session 1/3/10

1/3/10

Finished storyboarding with Corinne - we're a tale of two halves... mine are on white background and hers are on yellow post-it notes - so should look visually intersting as our 'rat characters' are a little different

We scanned the images one by one in order.

Tip: remember to set the scanner to 'professional mode' so that just the image is scanned rather than the image and everything around it (ie the scanner top itself). As I did not do this with my images we had to crop them in 'Paint' afterwards.

Here is the uncropped image












These are the cropped and 'professional mode' scanned images

Really really frustrated!!!!!!!!! The order I upload the photos in is not the order they show up on the blog. If I go into Compose to try and rearrange the images, they then appear mixed up again in Preview!

Timing to 30 seconds

so: 18 frames in 30 seconds = 1.6 sec average per frame
Points to note: think of any lingering shots/scenes
some shots will be longer than others

We laid out all 18 storyboard frames on a large sheet of paper and thought about the shortest and longest frames and worked from there. We were quite 'frugal' at first which left about 6 seconds to play with at the end. This gave us time to think deeper about the shots that needed more time.

Final decision on timeline:

Frame 1: 2 secs Frame 2: 2 secs Frame 3: 2 secs Frame 4: 1 sec Frame 5: 1.6 secs
Frame 6: 1.6 secs Frame 7: 1.6 secs Frame 8: 1.6 secs Frame 9: 1.5 secs
Frame 10: 2 secs Frame 11: 1 sec Frame 12: 1.6 secs Frame 13: 2 secs
Frame 14: 1.5 secs Frame 15: 2 secs Frame 16: 1.5 secs Frame 17: 2 secs
Frame 18: 1.5 secs TOTAL: 30 secs

In the next session Julie will take us through Premier Pro - an animation programme - so that we can put these up in sequence in the 30 second time frame. We will also look at taking photos of each frame and animating that way.

Talked to Julie about my possible assignment ideas. I had thought of doing all drawn animation but this will take a lot of time and drawing so I may have to re-think. Possibly do cut out drawings for the main characters or single line drawings, using the ones I used for my posters/leaflet.

Idea: start from a single line pencil drawing of a sad child which, when joining a craft and reading group for the first time, gradually becomes more cheery and happier. Would also apply to their parent/carer. Theme: that these sessions allieviate isolation, help child/carer become part of the community and learn/play together at the same time. Use photo or collage for background? A tracing or fairly opaque background - stronger line drawing - must show on top of the background.

Looked at The Stone Mason's Mallet by Ben Mason - a great cut out drawn animation example (not available on YouTube)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/norfolk/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8527000/8527133.stm

Find a style I really like and then speak to Julie about this and if I can use it.

Asked about practicalities of a drawn animation

Use a peg bar (need to make one or get one). Use this to attached each sheet of paper.

Paper/frame will be A4 size