I made a storyboard to show how my animation will work and I can put my ideas into it before I make the final animation. I can easily see if I like or agree with my ideas before finalising them. First frame is Bartosz approaching Zeph through the flames, second frame is Bartosz saying “Its over Zeph! the city is ours!”, third frame is a close up of zeph getting mad, fourth frame is Zeph saying “The stone isn’t yours! it doesn’t belong to you!”, fifth frame is Bartosz smirking, in the final frame, both charge at each other and […]
Category: Fantasy Brief Pre-production
Concept Art and Environment
In today’s lesson, we looked at types of concept art and then we made concept art for our briefs. Concept art is a visual representation of an idea, design or mood created by concept artists for the producer and director to look over and approve of. It should at a glance, convey the overall elements and not be focused on detail. Good concept art makes use of Composition, Simple & Readable Forms, Interesting Tones & Textures, Contrast and Range, Thematic Colour Palette, Colour Harmony The types of Concept art are: Greyscale compositions – made using grey tones, black and white […]
Legal and Ethical Consideration Pre-Production
In today’s lesson, we looked at legal and ethical considerations for our fantasy brief. Ethics are a system of moral principles that consider what is good for individuals and society and also described as moral philosophy. There are some films/tv that were released decades ago that were alright at the time but nowadays they would be considered unethical. For example the 2006 film Borat. Filmmakers need to take ethics into consideration because they have a responsibility to be fair and inoffensive and try and be morally correct. They need to keep the wide audience happy with the content they are […]
Double exposure image
In today’s lesson, we made a double exposure image in photoshop. Double exposure is a visual effect where you use two images to create one image by having one image overlaid onto another image. It can be used as an artistic visual effect for creating a surreal feeling for your photos and creating deep meaning or symbolism behind it. I’m not sure wherever it is suitable for my brief or not as I could use something like this in a title sequence like a double exposure image of a character’s face and some fire. But I do not have any […]
Double exposure 2
In todays lesson, we made a double exposure video with track mattes. Double exposure is combining two different images with two different exposures. It was originally called the ghost effect. Before, it was using the same bit of film twice which is destructive as it permanently changes it. Now we can do it digitally meaning we can do it as many times as we like and we can undo it if we don’t like it. Alpha channels control opacity & what parts of a digital image is transparent. White = keep, grey = blended, black = remove Track mattes are invisible […]
Fantasy Brief Character Profile
In today’s lesson, we made character profiles for our characters. I made one for the hero Zeph: I made one for the Villain:
Race and Culture in character design
In today’s lesson, we looked at Race and Culture in media and character design. Race and Culture within media are sometimes represented well or they are represented badly. They are used by having characters that represent different ethnic backgrounds looking at their appearance and speech. With inclusions of recognisable aspects, characteristics or predicaments relating to one, or multiple, ways in which diverse groups can live their lives. In a lot of the older American films, black people were mostly portrayed as the bad guys, poor guys, and not very bright. Whereas the white people in the films were portrayed as […]
Age and Disability in character design.
In today’s lesson, we looked at age and disability in character design. Age: young, adult, old Disability: disabled characters by actors, characters by disabled actors, ableism, hidden disabilities Task option 2: From looking at Zeph’s character design, I will evaluate the age and disability representation in him. For age: Zeph is 21 years old, he has a slim muscular build and youthful looks. It is clear when looking at him, he is a young adult as he has a youthful appearance. He has no wrinkles or grey hair, He is standing proud. He wears his hair shaved at the sides […]
Short matte painting sequence
In today’s lesson, we made a short matte painting sequence Matte paintings have been around since the 19th century, they were originally glass paintings that were used in famous films to create fake scenery, to make landscapes, or a set, giving a fake illusion of an environment. It makes things look grander so it is more specific to the brief. Paint or pastels were used to physically paint a photorealistic scene on the glass. Matte paintings are now made digitally. This technique is often used when it would otherwise be too expensive, inconvenient or impossible to achieve by filming live. […]
Target Audience Profile
In today’s lesson, we looked at target audience profiles; we looked at the demographics and psychographics of the audience what they liked and disliked. It is important to know who you are aiming your Fantasy Series for when you promote it. You should always conduct some sort of market research. What is a Target Audience? It is a group of consumers that you aim your product at, who you intended the product to be for. A Target Audience Profile is a specific group of consumers that will best respond and respond positively to your product, based on their profile characteristics […]