Week 9 – Tasks for Studio and Independent Study for Week 10

• Revisit your 150 word theme outline, and using concepts, and ideas raised in your chosen article, expand and develop on your initial words to make it into a 300 word defining piece of writing, that clearly outlines your intended narrative.

• Consider this like a creative writing exercise.

• If you haven't started to storyboard your ideas yet, start with 10 expressive images of important "moments" from your intended video. These images can be digital montages or sketches, but should be attractive images that can stand scrutiny in their own right.

• Begin creating an extensive storyboard for your intended animation, concentrating on beginning, middle and end, highlights and exciting moments of your narration, a climax, and resolution to your video. Also include storyboard elements for titles, scene transitions and credits.

• You should generally have a story board image for around every 5 seconds of your video, depending on the speed and complexity of the scene. So if you intend a 3 minute video, then you will need around 30 images in your story board.

Independant Study

• Finalise the concept for your video, and refine your 300 word narrative, using feedback from your tutors. Ideas drawn from your article, and summarised in your 200 word review/synopsis should be evident in your narrative.
  

• Using your 300 word narrative as a guide to help you define your "story", continue producing your 30-40 images for your final storyboard (generally one image for around every 5 seconds of intended footage). Use rough sketching and quick 3D modeling to express the feel of each frame of your storyboard, thinking about the feel of your video, and how visual language will be used to convey your ideas. Any models you create at this stage can form the basis for your refined models in your final animations.

• Consider the overall flow of your video, being sure to include a beginning, middle and end, and incorporating ideas such as suspense, excitement, interest, surprise, climax, resolution and catharsis, using camera work and scene transitions. How do you keep the audience captivated, and how do you produce an emotional involvement for the viewer using visuals?