Following up on my post of a few weeks ago, the HD-DVD project in DPP continues to progress through the development and pre-production stages. This means that I have completed a project treatment and a script for the Noah's Ark concept. Supposing that this project was an actual industry commission or freelance piece, it would mean that I have successfully pitched the idea and likely been paid a percentage of the overall production cost in order to proceed. The script is a producer's script, which uses a three-column format to break down the action into audio, visual, and time components (i.e. what you see and hear on screen at a specific time). This is only challenging in the sense that it requires me to plan out more than I am used to; creatively, I prefer to start with an elemental concept and let it take me who-knows-where. Filmmaking, however, requires a stricter sense of where I end up because of the hypothetical cost accrual--either to myself or a client.
The next step, and the subject of this week's assignment, is to create a visual that showcases the project's look, feel, and even theme. Ideally, the style frame should closely resemble a shot that will occur in the finished piece. Once again, I have put my Photoshopping (the only shopping I do these days) skills to the test and come up with this. It goes without saying that I chose the stained glass aesthetic for the short.
Coming soon: A trip to the MoMA and more on the psychology of visual perception! (Exciting, I know...)
Yo Jess, sweet blog! I like the still and the stained glass look, especially through the stone. Would this be a set-up into a stained glass story or would there be real-life objects intertwined with the stained glass?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tom! It's basically a self-contained story piece that I'm trying to do just with the stained glass. However, I want to use some live action footage with animals that I would then make silhouettes from, and end on a long shot that shows the window as part of Belvedere Castle.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that I'm not learning any animation techniques this semester since I'm part time, so I'm not really sure how this idea gets executed technically! That part should be interesting...