VIDEO & SOUND PRODUCTION//PROJECT 2
22.09.2021- 20.10.2021//Week 5- Week 9
Bachelor of Design (Hons) Creative Media
Video & Sound Production // Project 2
LECTURES :
Week 3// Storytelling in Film
Narrative
Chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in the
time and space
Event: A man tosses and turns/unable to sleep/ A mirror
breaks/ A telephone rings
Chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in the time and space
Event: A man tosses and turns/unable to sleep/ A mirror breaks/ A telephone rings
A man has a fight with his boss;
● he tosses and turns that night, unable to sleep.
● In the morning, he is still so angry that he smashes the mirror while shaving.
● His phone rings, his boss has called to apologize.
● he tosses and turns that night, unable to sleep.
● In the morning, he is still so angry that he smashes the mirror while shaving.
● His phone rings, his boss has called to apologize.
What-Who-When-How-Why-Where
We make sense of narrative by identifying its events and linking them by causality (cause and effect), time and space.
We make sense of narrative by identifying its events and linking them by causality (cause and effect), time and space.
Story & Plot
Story = Explicitly Presented Events + Presumed/Inferred
Events
Plot = Explicitly Presented Events + Added Non-diegetic (narrative) Material
Plot = Explicitly Presented Events + Added Non-diegetic (narrative) Material
From an audience standpoint, all we have before us is the plot – the
arrangement
of material in the film as it stands. We create the story in our
minds on the basis of cues in the plot.
Story
The set of all the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly
presented and those the viewer infers, constitutes the story. (Who
& Why)
Plot
Everything visibly and audibly present in the film, and material
that is extraneous
to the story world.(What happened? How that happened? When &
Where?)
Plot segmentation should be:
- Major changes within the narrative e.g. changes in action, time & space
- Short and succinct with key points only
- A synopsis of the film
- Lengthy description
Figure 2.0 story and plot, 8 Sept 2021
Week 5// Storyboard
Storyboarding=Visualization
When the scene has a complicated action involved or few
perspective point of view, storyboard is the most effective
way to map out the scene.
1. Invented by Disney in 1930
2. Functionality: converting a script into a depicts the
action visually
3. Apply in film: Provides a layout of events as seen through
the eyes of the camera
4. Well accepted: Contemporary storyboards are used in wide
variety of multimedia projects
Purpose of Storyboard
- Show IMPORTANT ACTION
- Continuity/Editing point
- Shot Composition
- Indicate Camera Angle/ movement
- Map out the scene
*Floor plan for camera shot
Figure 2.2 Camera position in floor plan, 22nd Sept 2021
*Cutaway shot: to enhance the story telling &
create mood
Figure 2.3 Cutaway shot, 22nd Sept 2021
*Composition: Staging subject among foreground,
midground and background to create contrast in size, textural
diffusion, tonal and color separation, up/down position, and
overlap.
Animatic
Series of images played in sequence, often with a soundtrack.
In essence, it's an animated storyboard.
Timing of every shot + rhythm of the scene + audio & music added
Timing of every shot + rhythm of the scene + audio & music added
Figure 2.4 Example of animatic, 22nd Sept 2021
INSTRUCTIONS:
Project 2: Shooting Practice & Editing
Zach King, a filmmaker, illusionist based in Los Angeles who is well
known for his “magic style”: a visual effect with a magic twist at the
end. The effects are as visually interesting and it gained over 75
million followers across social media platforms. However, Zach King is
more concerned of keeping his audience entertained then the follower
count.
3 Favorite Zach King Videos
Figure 1.0 How to get a Diamond Play Button Fast (source), 26th Aug 2021
The storyline is pretty interesting and the colour adjustment gives a
mysterious feeling. The effect of making the diamond 'shine' is
awesome. With suitable sound effects, it brings me to the story and
wonders what will happen next. I like how the story ended with cool
editing skills (escaping from the laptop screen) makes the video
surreal and fun.
The concept of the clip is fantastic. The effect of pausing the video acts as a cool trick as viewers thought their phone only remain 5% of battery. The transition is smooth especially turning the paper to a phone wire to charge the phone.
It's a simple and short clip but the seamless transition from
vegetable on plate to a cake it's pretty cool. The video include
deeply satisfying loop, making me to watch again and again.
Class Exercise: Burrow Plot Segmentation -----------------------------------------------------
For class exercise, we were required to watch Burrow short film and write down the plot segmentation in short
sentences.
Figure 1.3 Burrow plot segmentation exercise, 8th Sept 2021
EXERCISE: Zach King Plot Segmentation ----------------------------------------------------
Title: Magic Tart
Zach King video YouTube’s links(shortlisted 3 visual
effects):
Visual Effects tutorial video:
Title 1: How to make a tart?
Story 1 (Max 30 words):
J wanted to make an egg tart and she searched for the
ingredients needed. However, J ‘s kitchen only left one raw egg.
J threw the egg into the pan and made an egg tart.
Plot Segmentation:
- J felt bored and she swiped through her social media.
- J saw a photo of a delicious egg tart.
- J wanted to make the egg tart herself.
- J searched for the ingredients needed on google.
- J went to her kitchen to see what she had.
- J’s kitchen left only a raw egg.
- J threw the egg into a pan.
- The egg turned into an egg tart.
- J was happy and she enjoyed her egg tart.
Title 2: What is going on?
Story 2 (Max 30 words):
J wanted to add hand sanitizer to her shopping cart but her
phone froze. J felt frustrated. J shook her phone and the
sanitizer came out.
Plot Segmentation:
- J saw an advertisement about Shopee 9.9 deals
- J began her online shopping using her phone.
- J saw awesome deals for hand sanitizer.
- J wanted to add them to her shopping cart.
- Just then, her phone screen froze.
- J felt frustrated and she shook her phone hoping it could get back to normal.
- A miracle happened, the hand sanitizer came out from her phone.
- J was surprised and she tried to shake for more.
Storyboard Draft 1:
Figure 2.0 Storyboard #1, 18th Sept 2021
Storyboard Draft 2:
Figure 2.1 Storyboard #2, 28th Sept 2021
Figure 2.2 Visual Effect Video. 28th Sept 2021
Figure 2.3 Colour correcting, 28th Sept 2021
Figure 2.4 Animated Cinematic Bars (Open), 28th Sept 2021
Figure 2.5 Adding text (monologue), 28th Sept 2021
Final Submission:
Figure 3.0 Final Storyboard. 6th Sept 2021
Figure 3.1 Final Visual Effect Video. 6th Sept 2021
FEEDBACK:
Week 5 The
shot size and effect shot is overall good (Figure 2.0). The front part
lack of motivation to the hand sanitizer, may change the
story to (sneeze/ eating) a plot that trigger the character
to need a hand sanitizer.
Week 6 The storyline need to enhance to make the flow more smooth and relatable. Can add a character (parcel man) to deliver parcel to J. (Figure 2.2)
Week 7 The shot is overall smooth, good camera angles, the sound effect and background music suit the video.
REFLECTION:
This task was a challenging one as we had to start everything from scratch. The process of creating a storyline and develop a storyboard required a lot of hard work and creativity. At the same time, we played multiple roles in this task, to become the director to visualize how the end product will be like, the cameraman to test out the shots and angle. I realized how vital a storyboard is as it helps us execute better during the shoot and makes the whole process smoother. Besides, acting is one of the challenging parts for me as I took many shots to capture the right emotion for each scene. I hope to explore further and enhance my After Effect skills to improve the editing skill on ‘magic tricks.’
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