Links of other stories: in Post 2 (Day 02)
While that, still had to edit my Learning Contract.
...still bad when it comes to language. ..
Sorry. :(
Monday, April 27, 2009
Day 05
Surprisingly tiring even when there wasn't much going on.
Basically, today was about learning contracts.
As usual (since this usually happens), I am stuck.
Stuck because I can't get the right story flow.
Should I go for action or something that would go for others' feelings?
Action is something I've wanted to try for some time, but not quite the same for the story line I have right not. On the other hand, the other option is something I've always wanted to do and achieve, but.. AHHHH this is frustrating.
Next, even when it's pretty urgent, I find it amazing that I am still able to procrastinate.
No story = no storyboards = no characters/ style =_=
I have no idea why, I just don't feel too motivated to do P3 OR Animation 2. Not really looking forward to doing them. I hope this feeling goes off soon..
Basically, today was about learning contracts.
As usual (since this usually happens), I am stuck.
Stuck because I can't get the right story flow.
Should I go for action or something that would go for others' feelings?
Action is something I've wanted to try for some time, but not quite the same for the story line I have right not. On the other hand, the other option is something I've always wanted to do and achieve, but.. AHHHH this is frustrating.
Next, even when it's pretty urgent, I find it amazing that I am still able to procrastinate.
No story = no storyboards = no characters/ style =_=
I have no idea why, I just don't feel too motivated to do P3 OR Animation 2. Not really looking forward to doing them. I hope this feeling goes off soon..
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Day 04
-ask questions
-research
learning contract by monday
by Wednesday:
storyboard
learning contract
character designs
references
research plan
Notes (research for story):
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641317605 - tokyo - food: sushi
-research
learning contract by monday
by Wednesday:
storyboard
learning contract
character designs
references
research plan
Notes (research for story):
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641317605 - tokyo - food: sushi
Day 03 - Project Proposal (edited)
Heard that we have to fill in some Learning Contract.
Other than that, was actually happy that we didn't have to present. Anyway, here's my Project Proposal: answers to the 10 questions.
Before that, although you've heard of it, I'll just paste the article of the weird story I'm doing on.
Title: Japanese man finds woman living in his closet
Posted Fri May 30, 2008 11:00pm AEST
A Japanese man puzzled by food mysteriously disappearing from his refrigerator got a shock when he found out a woman had been living in his home for months without permission, police have said.
The 57-year-old man living alone - or so he thought - in the western city of Fukuoka installed a security camera and called the police when he saw images of someone walking around his home while he was out.
"We searched the house in the man's presence. We found the woman in the closet," said a local police spokesman.
The woman, named as 58-year-old Tatsuko Horikawa, was found in a flat storage space only just big enough for a person to squeeze into lying down.
She had sneaked a mattress and several plastic bottles into the cubby hole, police said, adding that the women had been arrested.
"She told police that she had nowhere to live," the spokesman said.
"She seems to have lived there for about a year, but not all the time."
It is unclear how she managed to enter the home undetected. Police suspect she might have been closet-hopping, moving from house to house.
- AFP
Source from http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/30/2261056.htm
The 10 Questions:
1. Who are you telling the story for (primary audience)?
Audience aged 13 to 15.
2. What reaction do you want?
Laughter
3. Is the narrative omniscient (all seeing) or restrictive (viewed from a single perspective)?
(If the narrative is restrictive, whose viewpoint are you using?)
Omniscient.
4.List the important events of the story.
... guy living alone
... food mysteriously disappearing but he doesn't exactly know
... guy buys pizza when there's no more food
... a short while after, it disappeared.
... followed the smell to find a woman living in his closet
... woman offers a piece of pizza
5. Which aspects of the setting of the story are important (time of day… location… period of history…) and how do you intend to establish these important elements?
Time: Day to night. (not 100% decided yet)
Location: in a house - closet, kitchen, living room.
I intend to establish these important elements by designing the interior of the house so that things are realistic, and focus on lighting to decide the time of day, unless it's more like a window-less house kind of thing.
6. What traits of the characters in your story are important and how do you intend to establish these traits?
Guy:
... slow
... always in front of the TV
... likes to eat
... lives alone
Woman:
... Skinny
... Rugged clothes
... Messy hair
... naughty
... at the same time, quite sweet looking?
7. In what order are the important events (step 4 above) covered? Is it a strictly linear sequence of events in time, or does the story contain any flashbacks or other interruptions to the sequence of events?
Linear sequence.
8. How does the story flow, does the pace change? Does it contain a surprise? Consider your answers to 1 and 2 above when making your response.
Pace – Quite constant? until guy's pizza went missing. Contains surprises.
9. How will you use sound to help all your responses to 5-8 above?
Music: Light orchestra/ instrumental, sound effects, and cartoon sound effects.
10. Does your story need dialog?
(write out the dialog)
No dialogue.
----
Style: 2D Animation
----
Other than that, was actually happy that we didn't have to present. Anyway, here's my Project Proposal: answers to the 10 questions.
Before that, although you've heard of it, I'll just paste the article of the weird story I'm doing on.
Title: Japanese man finds woman living in his closet
Posted Fri May 30, 2008 11:00pm AEST
A Japanese man puzzled by food mysteriously disappearing from his refrigerator got a shock when he found out a woman had been living in his home for months without permission, police have said.
The 57-year-old man living alone - or so he thought - in the western city of Fukuoka installed a security camera and called the police when he saw images of someone walking around his home while he was out.
"We searched the house in the man's presence. We found the woman in the closet," said a local police spokesman.
The woman, named as 58-year-old Tatsuko Horikawa, was found in a flat storage space only just big enough for a person to squeeze into lying down.
She had sneaked a mattress and several plastic bottles into the cubby hole, police said, adding that the women had been arrested.
"She told police that she had nowhere to live," the spokesman said.
"She seems to have lived there for about a year, but not all the time."
It is unclear how she managed to enter the home undetected. Police suspect she might have been closet-hopping, moving from house to house.
- AFP
Source from http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/30/2261056.htm
The 10 Questions:
1. Who are you telling the story for (primary audience)?
Audience aged 13 to 15.
2. What reaction do you want?
Laughter
3. Is the narrative omniscient (all seeing) or restrictive (viewed from a single perspective)?
(If the narrative is restrictive, whose viewpoint are you using?)
Omniscient.
4.List the important events of the story.
... guy living alone
... food mysteriously disappearing but he doesn't exactly know
... guy buys pizza when there's no more food
... a short while after, it disappeared.
... followed the smell to find a woman living in his closet
... woman offers a piece of pizza
5. Which aspects of the setting of the story are important (time of day… location… period of history…) and how do you intend to establish these important elements?
Time: Day to night. (not 100% decided yet)
Location: in a house - closet, kitchen, living room.
I intend to establish these important elements by designing the interior of the house so that things are realistic, and focus on lighting to decide the time of day, unless it's more like a window-less house kind of thing.
6. What traits of the characters in your story are important and how do you intend to establish these traits?
Guy:
... slow
... always in front of the TV
... likes to eat
... lives alone
Woman:
... Skinny
... Rugged clothes
... Messy hair
... naughty
... at the same time, quite sweet looking?
7. In what order are the important events (step 4 above) covered? Is it a strictly linear sequence of events in time, or does the story contain any flashbacks or other interruptions to the sequence of events?
Linear sequence.
8. How does the story flow, does the pace change? Does it contain a surprise? Consider your answers to 1 and 2 above when making your response.
Pace – Quite constant? until guy's pizza went missing. Contains surprises.
9. How will you use sound to help all your responses to 5-8 above?
Music: Light orchestra/ instrumental, sound effects, and cartoon sound effects.
10. Does your story need dialog?
(write out the dialog)
No dialogue.
----
Style: 2D Animation
----
Day 02
It will be tough juggling two heavy modules in a block. Hopefully all goes well!
Anyway, today we were asked to get 3 weird stories.
I gathered a few (not in order)...
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/122243/weird_news_police_officers_aided_by.html
samurai
http://weirdnews.about.com/od/courtastrophies/a/DrycleanerJudge.htm
54 mil pants
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/harvey_teen_charged_with_killi.html
puts 5 year old into dryer
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092166/Man-bleeds-death-picking-nose-inquest-hears.html
man bleeds to death
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3244471.html?menu=news.quirkies.strangecrime
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3285997.html?menu=news.quirkies.strangecrime
twins crime
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090421/oddities/skorea_insurance_crime_offbeat
collecting fortune for husband
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27139637/
lobster in pants
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/08/15/2008-08-15_fowl_play_sicko_paints_pigeon_purple_in_.html
painting pigeon purple
http://weirdnews.about.com/od/artisticendeavors/a/ClownFear.htm
fear of clowns (not a weird story I guess)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/30/2261056.htm
jap man finds woman in closet
balloon man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnP6A-5Qd8U
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23976577-663,00.html
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2008/04/23/brazil-priest-flying-party-balloons-lost-at-sea.aspx
http://wolfsden.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/strange-but-true-urban-myths/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5192286/Gardener-ordered-to-cover-up-naked-gnomes-after-neighbours-complain.html
gnome
but the 3 that I shared with the group was
1. Balloon Priest
2. Japanese man finds woman in Closet
3. Collecting Fortune for 'Dead' Husband
On the same day, we've to decide which to do. My actual plan was to choose Balloon Priest, because I got the news from my Creative Writing class, where I wanted to make a story about balloons, but was then changed. Thought it was pretty weird that someone would actually try a stunt like that, but anyway, couldn't do it as Vivien chose that story. I was quite sure no one would have gotten that story though :(.. Well anyway, next, collecting fortune for 'dead' husband seemed to be common, well at least that's what Alan said. So in the end, I've chosen to do the one where the Japanese man found a woman in his closet. According to Alan, it's more interesting compared to the Balloon Priest idea. So, yeah, hopefully :)
Anyway, today we were asked to get 3 weird stories.
I gathered a few (not in order)...
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/122243/weird_news_police_officers_aided_by.html
samurai
http://weirdnews.about.com/od/courtastrophies/a/DrycleanerJudge.htm
54 mil pants
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/harvey_teen_charged_with_killi.html
puts 5 year old into dryer
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092166/Man-bleeds-death-picking-nose-inquest-hears.html
man bleeds to death
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3244471.html?menu=news.quirkies.strangecrime
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3285997.html?menu=news.quirkies.strangecrime
twins crime
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090421/oddities/skorea_insurance_crime_offbeat
collecting fortune for husband
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27139637/
lobster in pants
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/08/15/2008-08-15_fowl_play_sicko_paints_pigeon_purple_in_.html
painting pigeon purple
http://weirdnews.about.com/od/artisticendeavors/a/ClownFear.htm
fear of clowns (not a weird story I guess)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/30/2261056.htm
jap man finds woman in closet
balloon man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnP6A-5Qd8U
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23976577-663,00.html
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2008/04/23/brazil-priest-flying-party-balloons-lost-at-sea.aspx
http://wolfsden.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/strange-but-true-urban-myths/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5192286/Gardener-ordered-to-cover-up-naked-gnomes-after-neighbours-complain.html
gnome
but the 3 that I shared with the group was
1. Balloon Priest
2. Japanese man finds woman in Closet
3. Collecting Fortune for 'Dead' Husband
On the same day, we've to decide which to do. My actual plan was to choose Balloon Priest, because I got the news from my Creative Writing class, where I wanted to make a story about balloons, but was then changed. Thought it was pretty weird that someone would actually try a stunt like that, but anyway, couldn't do it as Vivien chose that story. I was quite sure no one would have gotten that story though :(.. Well anyway, next, collecting fortune for 'dead' husband seemed to be common, well at least that's what Alan said. So in the end, I've chosen to do the one where the Japanese man found a woman in his closet. According to Alan, it's more interesting compared to the Balloon Priest idea. So, yeah, hopefully :)
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Day 01
First day started off with the class forming 5 groups.
My group members include Gina, Hanis, Jarrold, and Nafisah, and myself.
We picked a random paper where each has a story once we unfold it. They were actually weird stories.
Later, we had to decide on the style we'd go for - video, animation - 2d, 3d?
Ours was about a man of few words. All of us were rather shocked when we read it, since *cough* we talk a whole lot more. Anyway, we decided for our story, we would go for video and 2d animation(for flashbacks). I thought it would be pretty interesting to have some motion graphics in it too.
Later, we had to answer 10 questions and present on it. It was a project proposal.
It wasn't easy to make it sound very interesting, even though stories given were weird.
1. Target Audience
Talk show for problematic couples
Examples:
- Oprah, Tyra Banks, Get real, etc.
- Topic: problems with communication between couples
- Usage of case studies to tell story
2. Reaction
Shock
Disbelief
Self-realisation after self analysis
Empathy
3. Style
Restrictive for flash back (Suzanne’s POV)
4. Important Events
Wife writing husband’s utterance in a notebook (gaining evidence to use against him in court)
Longest utterance of the husband
The divorce
5. Setting
Present
Place – courtroom
Time - noon
Flashback
Place – House – dining room
Time - morning
6. Traits
Ernst Hort (husband)
-Surly
sur⋅ly
churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter.
unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable: a surly old lion.
dark or dismal; menacing; threatening: a surly sky.
Obsolete. lordly; arrogant.
Source from: www.dictionary.com
- Through flashback and the wife’s POV
7. Order of Events
Sequence of events: Not linear
Courtroom > Flashback > Courtroom
8. Story Flow
Pace – Constant and flat
No surprise.
9. Sound
Guy- monotonous voice
Silent background
Ambience
- courtroom: the random spurts of cough
- house: pin-dropping silence, the occasional utensil scrapping
10. Dialogue
Courtroom:
- wife: “we never have rows because he never says anything”
- “the longest utterance during the period was “this coffee tastes like dish-water”” *sniffs*
House:
- wife: daily common questions (eg. Good morning, etc.)
- husband: gesture (eg. Nod, etc.)
- wife: “I want a divorce!!”
- husband: “I agree.”
----------------
Other than that, we found out that MOIP3 is an individual project, and we will have to do an animation based on a weird story.
My group members include Gina, Hanis, Jarrold, and Nafisah, and myself.
We picked a random paper where each has a story once we unfold it. They were actually weird stories.
Later, we had to decide on the style we'd go for - video, animation - 2d, 3d?
Ours was about a man of few words. All of us were rather shocked when we read it, since *cough* we talk a whole lot more. Anyway, we decided for our story, we would go for video and 2d animation(for flashbacks). I thought it would be pretty interesting to have some motion graphics in it too.
Later, we had to answer 10 questions and present on it. It was a project proposal.
It wasn't easy to make it sound very interesting, even though stories given were weird.
1. Target Audience
Talk show for problematic couples
Examples:
- Oprah, Tyra Banks, Get real, etc.
- Topic: problems with communication between couples
- Usage of case studies to tell story
2. Reaction
Shock
Disbelief
Self-realisation after self analysis
Empathy
3. Style
Restrictive for flash back (Suzanne’s POV)
4. Important Events
Wife writing husband’s utterance in a notebook (gaining evidence to use against him in court)
Longest utterance of the husband
The divorce
5. Setting
Present
Place – courtroom
Time - noon
Flashback
Place – House – dining room
Time - morning
6. Traits
Ernst Hort (husband)
-Surly
sur⋅ly
churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter.
unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable: a surly old lion.
dark or dismal; menacing; threatening: a surly sky.
Obsolete. lordly; arrogant.
Source from: www.dictionary.com
- Through flashback and the wife’s POV
7. Order of Events
Sequence of events: Not linear
Courtroom > Flashback > Courtroom
8. Story Flow
Pace – Constant and flat
No surprise.
9. Sound
Guy- monotonous voice
Silent background
Ambience
- courtroom: the random spurts of cough
- house: pin-dropping silence, the occasional utensil scrapping
10. Dialogue
Courtroom:
- wife: “we never have rows because he never says anything”
- “the longest utterance during the period was “this coffee tastes like dish-water”” *sniffs*
House:
- wife: daily common questions (eg. Good morning, etc.)
- husband: gesture (eg. Nod, etc.)
- wife: “I want a divorce!!”
- husband: “I agree.”
----------------
Other than that, we found out that MOIP3 is an individual project, and we will have to do an animation based on a weird story.
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