Wk 8.1 Emotion, Pace and Story Boarding

September 13, 2020

Wk 8.1 Emotion, Pace and Story Boarding

Mood board

First collation of our mood board. This has a range of photos, although we will probably only be doing illustrations.

Story Board

In class today we started thinking about and working towards a story board. Ellie and I didn't have many ideas for this when we started, but we knew that the white feather was one of our main pieces of imagery so we decided to riff off that. We came up with our story line reasonably quickly, but we are slightly concerned that there is not enough of a story there, or that the ideas behind it won't be enough. The feedback we receive from the interim will be important to see if we need to go in a different direction for out motion graphic.

Our main narrative is that we will discover what lives in nature closely. We begin with a tui or a fantail (or some native bird) that drops a feather (will be white). We watch the feather drift down to land on the gurgling water of a stream. Underneath the water we watch some fish play between the reeds, then one jumps up to eat a dragonfly. From here we see a wall of bush which rustles and parts to reveal the name of the season and the title. The same bird will fly across the screen, bringing with it some more text. The camera will pan up and we will end on a screen that says the date of the plays.

We couldn't decide on our song choice immediately as Lauren was leaning towards Nature of Man whereas Ellie wanted Home, Land and Sea. They both have their positives but we both were imagining a different tone for the animation. Lauren was seeing it to be more playful and fast with the upbeat music to captivate the audience's attention, whereas Ellie was imagining a really peaceful scene which humanity hasn't disturbed. We ended up picking Home, Land and Sea to be our background music.

Lauren's job is to redraw the story board in pen, ready for the interim next week. Ellie will be working on trying out some illustration styles.

Artist Models

Ellie and I searched for artist models separately, and we are bringing two each this week to the workbook as well as adding to the mood board later on.

Lauren's Artist Models

Agathe Singer

Agathe Singer is a French painter who works with colourful flora and fauna populated by figures of women. I love the creative way she portrays nature, and the personalities she gives the animals in her artwork.

Agathe Singer. "Black Panther." https://www.agathesinger.com/qya84hn7uifc4xfpwodlmuxhoun23p

Agathe Singer. "Gucci Bloom." https://www.agathesinger.com/o5vyp67hs63psdziab2rzybjlxhwpo

Ariel Sun

Ariel Sun is an illustrator/designer who works graphically. I am captivated by the colours and the way Sun plays with highlights and shadows. It is also really interesting the way that there seems to be a main colour throughout each piece with a few other splashes of colour to draw attention. It gives the artwork a really unified look while still feeling free and colourful.

Ariel Sun. "早发白帝城." https://www.arielsun.com/illustration?pgid=jl1fe3e0-8ba1f357-76c9-43fc-9e40-046bfef9ecec

Ariel Sun. "Weimar." https://www.arielsun.com/illustration?pgid=jl1fe3e0-bb6501b8-8f85-447d-be55-65d7fd250cc0

Ellie's Artist Models

Henri Matisse

French artist Henri Matisse was known most for his paintings, featuring fluidity and bright colours. His work here in his famous 'cut-outs' explore movement and contrast to these abstract shapes and figures. If we end up using characters in any of our inspiration I think this style fits well with what Lauren and I are imagining and seems simple to do when I can't really draw people! This cut out traditional paper style is something I want to try, before going the Digital world of illustrator (which would be far quicker) because it has a nice sense of materiality and texture that sometimes gets lost.

Henri Matisse. The Swimming Pool (La Piscine), 1952, https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1429?slideshow=29&slide=0

Henri Matisse. Palmette (Feuille violet sur fond orange), 1947, https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1429?slideshow=29&slide=8

Erik Carter

Graphic designer Erik Carter is based in New York and works with animation, illustration and book cover design. Below are some examples of his book design where he has focused on typography and manipulation of typeface in a clean, modern yet engaging way. What is most appealing to me in his work or how he takes a standard, 'boring' sans serif font and turns it into a captivating visual whirls still being legible.