Date:2/2/2019
Hours: 8:14am-10:14am, 10:16am-11:53am, 12:35pm-17:28pm (8 hours 30 minutes)
What I did: Today I focused on watching more films, why is to get more inspiration and ideas for what I could do with the storyboard.
Firstly, I watched "Mad Max: Fury Road", what I learned from watching this film was the when Max is first shown the camera starts to slowly zoom in on him whilst he has his back turned and when it gets close enough he turns his head around to reveal his face. I thought about how this could be done with Charlie and also incorporate it with the ability of the camera to travel through the house giving that sense of the viewer being the camera. I noticed that the camera doesn't stay still, why this is important is because I have to think about whether that is something we should go for or go with a different style because it doesn't suit the theme of the animation. I'd rather go with a similar route that "Blade Runner 2049" goes with and why is because when we use other types of shots to still it can emphasise what is happening on screen. The film is also edited to have an orange tint, so I thought of the possibility to have that for animation. For example, when Charlie is angry there is a red tint, but I do have to think about whether that would go with the theme and style of the animation for it to make sense or not. I will ask my team about this.
I then went onto watching "Drive", first thing I noticed was that the camera slowly panned across a room. It showed the protagonist talking on his phone then panned to him picking up a bag. Why I thought this would be a point to bring up is that it could be done for when Charlie opens the music room for the first time in fifty years to show how it could've changed. Another thing I noticed that could be done with the music room is that in the film the protagonist opens a door when the camera is on the opposite of the door. This could be done in the animation so the viewer and Charlie have the same reaction when they see the music room for the first time to see if it changed. In a scene the protagonist is walking down a corridor with the camera slowly zooming in on him, this could be done with Charlie when he is going to collect his letter.
I then watched "Broadchurch". I noticed when watching that the camera follows one of the characters walking down the street talking to other characters without any cuts, this feels more real and natural compared to it cutting continuously. Why I felt this was worth pointing out was that it could be done when Charlie hears the door knock, goes to collect the letter, reads it, slams it onto the pile of other letters then returns to the music room. This could be an opportunity to get the viewer to feel as if they are experiencing Charlie's life instead of watching it. However, it is important to talk with my team to come to a conclusion whether this would a good direction to go in, why it is important is because it would be difficult to get the camera to follow Charlie for such a long duration without making it clip through the scenery. One of the main characters is sick and sometimes when he's feeling dizzy or about to collapse the screen goes blurry, this could be done with Charlie when he realises he's gone deaf to show how he doesn't know what's around him and also communicate that to the viewer. In one scene the camera looked through boxes of cereal on the shelf to show a character, this could done with the books on Charlie's shelves to make him seem secluded.
Hours: 8:14am-10:14am, 10:16am-11:53am, 12:35pm-17:28pm (8 hours 30 minutes)
What I did: Today I focused on watching more films, why is to get more inspiration and ideas for what I could do with the storyboard.
Firstly, I watched "Mad Max: Fury Road", what I learned from watching this film was the when Max is first shown the camera starts to slowly zoom in on him whilst he has his back turned and when it gets close enough he turns his head around to reveal his face. I thought about how this could be done with Charlie and also incorporate it with the ability of the camera to travel through the house giving that sense of the viewer being the camera. I noticed that the camera doesn't stay still, why this is important is because I have to think about whether that is something we should go for or go with a different style because it doesn't suit the theme of the animation. I'd rather go with a similar route that "Blade Runner 2049" goes with and why is because when we use other types of shots to still it can emphasise what is happening on screen. The film is also edited to have an orange tint, so I thought of the possibility to have that for animation. For example, when Charlie is angry there is a red tint, but I do have to think about whether that would go with the theme and style of the animation for it to make sense or not. I will ask my team about this.
I then went onto watching "Drive", first thing I noticed was that the camera slowly panned across a room. It showed the protagonist talking on his phone then panned to him picking up a bag. Why I thought this would be a point to bring up is that it could be done for when Charlie opens the music room for the first time in fifty years to show how it could've changed. Another thing I noticed that could be done with the music room is that in the film the protagonist opens a door when the camera is on the opposite of the door. This could be done in the animation so the viewer and Charlie have the same reaction when they see the music room for the first time to see if it changed. In a scene the protagonist is walking down a corridor with the camera slowly zooming in on him, this could be done with Charlie when he is going to collect his letter.
I then watched "Broadchurch". I noticed when watching that the camera follows one of the characters walking down the street talking to other characters without any cuts, this feels more real and natural compared to it cutting continuously. Why I felt this was worth pointing out was that it could be done when Charlie hears the door knock, goes to collect the letter, reads it, slams it onto the pile of other letters then returns to the music room. This could be an opportunity to get the viewer to feel as if they are experiencing Charlie's life instead of watching it. However, it is important to talk with my team to come to a conclusion whether this would a good direction to go in, why it is important is because it would be difficult to get the camera to follow Charlie for such a long duration without making it clip through the scenery. One of the main characters is sick and sometimes when he's feeling dizzy or about to collapse the screen goes blurry, this could be done with Charlie when he realises he's gone deaf to show how he doesn't know what's around him and also communicate that to the viewer. In one scene the camera looked through boxes of cereal on the shelf to show a character, this could done with the books on Charlie's shelves to make him seem secluded.
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