Development pro forma(3)

Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

Francesca Hall

Shape Task

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I liked the overall concept that by layering shapes over each other that it will create an image more so when with the animal image when you remove the original you can still recognise the animal. I also liked the how using the wrap effect on the shape it means that each shape within the image is different therefore giving the image a realistic affect rather than them being identical and it looking more computer generated than it is. I also tried to use simple colours that will make it easier to visually interpret he image but also so that they relate back to the original image itself.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I was to redo the image I would firstly the image for starters before I would thinking of anything else to improve. In terms of the house I would add more detail within the windows and then possibly add other elements within it to create a garden of some kind. With the animal task as mentioned before I would firstly finish the image and then I would add more detail such as the bark on the tree and different shading on the body, like I had started to do on the face, this would mean that the body wouldn't look as bold and a huge contrast against the background.

Rotoscope

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?Similar to the shape image task I like the fact that when you remove the original image you can see a layout of the original image, although not identical you can see similarities. I also like the fact that the image is easily identifiable as a person and that all the facial features work well and complement this as well. I am really proud of the how the eyes ending up turning out especially the eyelashes.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would try and complete the image next time. I would also improve the hair and possibly use a gradient or add lighter parts such as the light/reflection. In terms of the process in which I did this task within photoshop I would name the layers or at least and attempt to not use as many (ended up having 102 layers). This means that when later on if I wish to add a drop shadow or change the skin tone that it was a lot harder to locate the layer therefore if I were to name they when looking back and improving the work it would be a lot easier to locate.When using the polygon lasso Tool I will also make the gap between each gap smaller and although this will take longer it will make the selection a lot more clear and defined and it also means that later on when I am layering each selection up there shouldn't be as much white gaps as there was this attempt. I tried to fix them using the wrap tool or for some of them if the gap was to big I just made a new selection, this is probably one of the reasons I have so many layers and if I were to improve on how I select parts of the image it would therefore also decrease the amount of layers I have.I would also try and improve the noise to make it look less edited and fake, I would possibly lighten the drop shadows and make chose a different colour as well.

Film Quotes

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I like the spacing and arrangement of the quote. I am also really proud of how thumper turned out as it took me ages to get it right with the different colours and tones, the feet and eyes were really hard to do so therefore I am very happy with how it overall turned out.

What would you improve if you did it again?Darken the white parts of the character 'Thumper" only slightly though or I would outline the character in a black so that both the character and the quote will be able to go on a white background without it blending in. I would also try and improve the body as well and try and make it the two colours blend more, I could do this by adding more layers and using different tones to build this up so it looks more natural. The eyebrows could be slight smoother as well.

Text Based

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I like the fact that you can use the text tools in photoshop to manipulate the same text but each time it will appear different, not only visually but you could also argue that by changing the text and the way it is space out for example the connotations change.

What would you improve if you did it again?For my clipping mask image, next time I would use a darker image so that it stands out better and make the text larger before adding the image as a layer. I could have also edited the text further by possibly adding drop or even inner shadows this would just allow for the text to stand out better on the page.

Comic Book

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I liked the fact that even though the image clearly denotes that it has been edited it doesn't stray to far away from the original image, this means that to other people the celebrity is easily identifiable. Another thing I like about the images is that although the same tool has been used (a filter) that due to the fact that you can use adjust the filter yourself that each image looks different.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would maybe experiment with the adjustment more so that it doesn't look so much like the original yet the celebrity is still recognisable. I might also try will having two people within the image next time just to visually make it more appealing.

Photo Story

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like the fact that you don't need to have words to convey a story or a message, the way that the images have been assembled do that instead.

What would you improve if you did it again?Retake the images so that they aren't as blurry and therefore the story will be clearer. I would also try and experiment with different type of shots and angles more. I would possibly retake the last image as a low angle shot and maybe a closer shot as well just to give it more dramatic effect.

Illustration

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?The background such as the aliens and how all the different elements come together to make the image as a whole. I also like the colours I used within the image so that it doesn’t appear dull and makes it more visually appealing.

What would you improve if you did it again?A lot such as making the colours more darker to make it stand out more I would also possibly include shading to give the overall drawing more dramatic effect. I would also make the main character a lot more bigger. I would also try and improve the other elements such as the facial features to make them more distinctive so that it doesn’t blur together. I would also more likely go over the outline in pen to make everything stand out more and give it more definition. I would also try and be more accurate with how I'm drawing the image next to so that it has a less sketch like appearance.

Narrative Environment

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?The simplistic concept and cartoon feel but yet it is still easily identifiable is something that I like about the image. I really like how the clouds turned out as I originally tried to create them using the warp tool and an oval however that didn't work so I used 4 circles which I think turned out better.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would possibly add another tree or maybe some flowers on the grass. Or I might leave it with just one tree but make it more indepth by adding more detial on the leaves instead of just leaving it one shape, I would then mix different colour tones together of green and browns to make it blend better.

Initial Ideas

ProposalDimensions10 pages. Just short of A4 (square) Landscape 21cm by 21cm

Story OverviewThere are three pigs and they each believe that they can build a better a house than the other. One built theirs out of straw the second, sticks and the last pig built theirs out of bricks. Once they had all built their houses a wolf (The big bad wolf)comes along and tries to eat them. He blows the house of straw down then follows the pig to the house, made of sticks which he also blows down. Again he follows them both to the last house made of bricks but he can't blow it down so he tries to get in via the chimney which becomes hot due to the boiling of the water so he runs away.

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Deadline7th April 2017

Audience

Due to the characters and the content or the narrative of the story the book really isn't gender influenced. Overall the story will be pretty gender neutral in terms of the characters actions and the colours used therefore I would say that the audience I tended to market and create this children's book will be 50% male and 50% female, an equal gender split. The age range that the book will be targeted at will be between 3-6 hence the use of large text and the simple use of vocabulary, this means that I will make the book more about the narrative in terms of visual aspects then anything else. It is also one of the reasons that the book in terms of colours will feature mainly bright and primary colours. (Although there will be darker colours featured such as brown for the trees, sticks and the wolf).

Production Methods

For the buildings and characters I most likely with use the shape tool and then wrap to create them. Once I have the shape of the character at facing the front I will then use that as a basic template to then create the character on a side view and also a back view. I think for the background or narrative environment I will use rotoscope as I feel like that will be easier to be more creative as I don't have a restriction of a shape to follow. For the narrative environment such as the field and the houses, I will most likely find an image and then trace over it, this will be a lot easier then if I wished to do so with the characters as the audience/reader only sees on side of the houses and field. In terms of the style of how I want it to look I will use bold colours to fit in the connotations of a children's book. I will also make it have more of a cartoon affect then realistic as when looking back at my pervious work that is what I am better at. I will also use text techniques that I have learnt to space out the letters more, similar to my film quote. Combine the large spacing and the large font it should make it a lot more distinguishable that it is a children's book.

What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?

You wrote everything in great detail. I don't think it needs any further work.Everything looks fine to me

What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been further developed?

There's a good variety of images in the moodboard. The mind map looks detailed enough to me.

In the characters box in the mind map it doesn’t have any info on what the wolf is like.The mind map could use more images.


Great detail in the production methods and audience section. You developed these aspects very well.

The story overview could have been written with better gramma but that's just me.


The Moodborad has a lot of great images that gives me a great idea for what you want for your book in terms of style and illustration.

The boxes in the mind map such as pig one and 2 and 3 where unnecessary. Try add more detail into the animation style rather than just"Cartoon like"


One strength of the proposal is the edit from the mood board and more specifically the end of the story. Changing the end from the wolf dying to the wolf running away is more age appropriate and symbolises a learnt lesson which is good for you target age group.

Rotascoping an entire environment may be very time consuming and so maybe you might consider another method. However if you feel it is the best way to convey your story then that’s fine.


Your images are all very in line with a classic telling of the three little pigs which is a recognizable and well written story. This gives you a strong foundation on which to build your adaptation.

You might try experimenting a little more with the story and not tell it exactly as it has been told.

Feedback SummarySum up your feedback.Overall the proposal seemed to be fine and the mood board was received well however there were elements that needed to be refined in terms of grammar and spelling.

Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?Rotoscoping an entire environment may be time consuming, I was going for a simplistic cartoon version anyway but it would make it more difficult and take longer if I wished to add further detail in later on.

Which parts of your feedback do you disagree with and why?"The boxes in the mind map such as pig one and 2 and 3 where unnecessary" I found that it was easier for me to arrange and when I look back or reference. So I will keep this the same, as I found it to time consuming and annoying to write the first pig or the pig with the house of sticks.

Once upon a time there was an old sow who had three little pigs, and as she had not enough for them to eat, she said they had better go out into the world and seek their fortunes.Now the eldest pig went first, and as he trotted along the road he met a man carrying a bundle of straw. So he said very politely:"If you please, sir, could you give me that straw to build me a house?"And the man, seeing what good manners the little pig had, gave him the straw, and the little pig set to work and built a beautiful house with it.Now, when it was finished, a wolf happened to pass that way; and he saw the house, and he smelt the pig inside.So he knocked at the door and said:"Little pig! Little pig! Let me in! Let me in!"But the little pig saw the wolf's big paws through the keyhole, so he answered back:"No! No! No! by the hair of my chinny chin chin!"Then the wolf showed his teeth and said:"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in."So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house in. Then he ate up little piggy and went on his way.Now, the next piggy, when he started, met a man carrying a bundle of furze, and, being very polite, he said to him:"If you please, sir, could you give me that furze to build me a house?"And the man, seeing what good manners the little pig had, gave him the furze, and the little pig set to work and built himself a beautiful house.Now it so happened that when the house was finished the wolf passed that way; and he saw the house, and he smelt the pig inside.So he knocked at the door and said:"Little pig! Little pig! Let me in! Let me in!"But the little pig peeped through the keyhole and saw the wolf's great ears, so he answered back:"No! No! No! by the hair of my chinny chin chin!"Then the wolf showed his teeth and said:"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!"So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house in. Then he ate up little piggy and went on his way.Now the third little piggy, when he started, met a man carrying a load of bricks, and, being very polite, he said: "If you please sir, could you give me those bricks to build me a house?"And the man, seeing that he had been well brought up, gave him the bricks, and the little pig set to work and built himself a beautiful house.

Original Script – Three Little Pigshttp://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/English_folktale_104.html

http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/English_folktale_104.html

And once again it happened that when it was finished the wolf chanced to come that way; and he saw the house, and he smelt the pig inside. So he knocked at the door and said: "Little pig! Little pig! Let me in! Let me in!" But the little pig peeped through the keyhole and saw the wolf's great eyes, so he answered: "No! No! No! by the hair of my chinny chin chin!" "Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!" says the wolf, showing his teeth. Well! he huffed and he puffed. He puffed and he huffed. And he huffed, huffed, and he puffed, puffed; but he could not blow the house down. At last he was so out of breath that he couldn't huff and he couldn't puff any more. So he thought a bit. Then he said: "Little pig! I know where there is ever such a nice field of turnips." "Do you," says little piggy, "and where may that be?" "I'll show you," says the wolf; "if you will be ready at six o'clock to-morrow morning, I will call round for you, and we can go together to Farmer Smith's field and get turnips for dinner." "Thank you kindly," says the little piggy. "I will be ready at six o'clock sharp." But, you see, the little pig was not one to be taken in with chaff, so he got up at five, trotted off to Farmer Smith's field, rooted up the turnips, and was home eating them for breakfast when the wolf clattered at the door and cried: "Little pig! Little pig! Aren't you ready?" "Ready?" says the little piggy. "Why! what a sluggard you are! I've been to the field and come back again, and I'm having a nice potful of turnips for breakfast." Then the wolf grew red with rage; but he was determined to eat little piggy, so he said, as if he didn't care: "I'm glad you like them; but I know of something better than turnips." "Indeed," says little piggy, "and what may that be?" "A nice apple tree down in Merry gardens with the juiciest, sweetest apples on it! So if you will be ready at five o'clock to-morrow morning I will come round for you and we can get the apples together." "Thank you kindly," says little piggy. "I will sure and be ready at five o'clock sharp." Now the next morning he bustled up ever so early, and it wasn't four o'clock when he started to get the apples; but, you see, the wolf had been taken in once and wasn't going to be taken in again, so he also started at four o'clock, and the little pig had but just got his basket half full of apples when he saw the wolf coming down the road licking his lips. "Hullo!" says the wolf, "here already! You are an early bird! Are the apples nice?" "Very nice," says little piggy; "I'll throw you down one to try." And he threw it so far away, that when the wolf had gone to pick it up, the little pig was able to jump down with his basket and run home.

Well, the wolf was fair angry; but he went next day to the little piggy's house and called through the door, as mild as milk: "Little pig! Little pig! You are so clever, I should like to give you a fairing; so if you will come with me to the fair this afternoon you shall have one." "Thank you kindly," says little piggy. "What time shall we start?" "At three o'clock sharp," says the wolf, "so be sure to be ready." "I'll be ready before three," sniggered the little piggy. And he was! He started early in the morning and went to the fair, and rode in a swing, and enjoyed himself ever so much, and bought himself a butter-churn as a fairing, and trotted away towards home long before three o'clock. But just as he got to the top of the hill, what should he see but the wolf coming up it, all panting and red with rage! Well, there was no place to hide in but the butter-churn; so he crept into it, and was just pulling down the cover when the churn started to roll down the hill— Bumpety, bumpety, bump! Of course piggy, inside, began to squeal, and when the wolf heard the noise, and saw the butter-churn rolling down on top of him— Bumpety, bumpety, bump! —he was so frightened that he turned tail and ran away. But he was still determined to get the little pig for his dinner; so he went next day to the house and told the little pig how sorry he was not to have been able to keep his promise of going to the fair, because of an awful, dreadful, terrible Thing that had rushed at him, making a fearsome noise. "Dear me!" says the little piggy, "that must have been me! I hid inside the butter-churn when I saw you coming, and it started to roll! I am sorry I frightened you!" But this was too much. The wolf danced about with rage and swore he would come down the chimney and eat up the little pig for his supper. But while he was climbing on to the roof the little pig made up a blazing fire and put on a big pot full of water to boil. Then, just as the wolf was coming down the chimney, the little piggy off with the lid, and plump! in fell the wolf into the scalding water. So the little piggy put on the cover again, boiled the wolf up, and ate him for supper.

Story Breakdown

1. Pigs leave their mothers house.

2. First pig builds a house of straw.

3. The wolf tries to blow it down.

4. Second pig builds a house made from sticks.

5. The wolf tries to blow it down.

6. The third pig builds a house made of bricks.

7. The wolf tries to blow it down but can't.

8. The wolf climbs the chimney.

9. Pigs boil the water within the house of bricks.

10. Wolf ends up getting burnt and runs away.

Draft Script1. Once upon a time there where three pigs who left their mothers house to build their own. The eldest

made their house out of straw, the other pig made his out of straw and the youngest pig built theirs out of bricks.

2. A wolf was walking past when he smelt the pig within the house of straw. He tried to get in but he the pig had blocked the door so he couldn't.

3. The wolf then blow the house down trying to get in. The eldest pig then ran away but the wolf chased after him all the way to house made of sticks.

4. The wolf tried to get into the house of sticks but like the first time he couldn't.

5. Just like with the house of straw the wolf blow the house down by the wolf. The two pigs ran all the way to the house of bricks with the wolf hot on their tail chasing after them.

6. Once the wolf arrived at the house of bricks he tired to get in but like the other two times he found he couldn't. The wolf then tried to blow the house down but found that it was still standing.

7. The Wolf got madder and tried to blow the house down again but failed.

8. The wolf then comes up with another idea to get into the house, via the chimney so he starts to climb up, hoping to outsmart the three little pigs inside.

9. The pigs understanding what the wolf what is trying to do come up with a plan to stop him, they light the fire and hope that it will stop him.

10. The wolf who was half way down the chimney, let out a howl as he got burnt by the flames before climbing out and running as far away from the house of bricks as possibly.

Draft Script

1. Once upon a time there where three pigs who left their mothers house to build their own. The eldest made their house out of straw, the other pig made his out of sticks and the youngest pig built theirs out of bricks.

2. A wolf was walking past when he smelt the pig within the house of straw. "Little pig, let me in, let me in!" He tried to get in but he couldn't. "No! No! No!"

3. "Then I will huff and puff and blow your house down" The wolf then proceeded to do just that, and blow the eldest pigs house down. The pig then ran away, down the lane but the wolf chased after him, all the way to the house made of sticks.

4. The wolf didn't get to the house in time before the two pigs locked themselves in. The Wolf then tries again. "Little pigs, little pigs, let me in!" Again he tried to get into the house but he couldn't. "No! No! No!"

5. "Then I will huff and puff and I will blow your house down!" The house of sticks got blown down by the wolf but the two pigs manage to run away. They keeping running until they get to the youngest pigs house, the house made of bricks.

6. The Big Bad Wolf again couldn't get into the house. "Let me in!" The wolf roars. The three pigs chant back "No! No! No!"

7. "Then I'll huff and puff and blow your house down" The wolf tries to blow the house down but he can't. "Then I will huff and puff and blow your house down" He tries again but the house remains stood still.

8. The wolf then notices the chimney and starts to climb to the roof of the house.

9. As the wolf starts to make his way towards the chimney the three pigs lit the fire. "No! No! No!"

10. The wolf who was half way down the chimney, lets out a howl and runs away back the way he came with a burnt tail.

Final Script

1. Once upon a time there were three pigs who left their mothers house to build their own. One built a house of straw, the other sticks and the last pig built theirs out of bricks.

2. A wolf was walking past when he smelt the pig within the house of straw. "Little pig, little pig, let me in!" He tried to get in but he couldn't. "No! No! No!"

3. "Then I'll huff and puff and blow your house down" The Big Bad wolf blew the house down. The little pig then ran away but the wolf chased after him.

4. The pig ran straight inside the house of sticks. "Little pigs, little pigs, let me in!" Again, he tried to get in but couldn't "No! No! No!"

5. "Then I'll huff and puff and blow your house down!" The Big Bad wolf blew the house of sticks down but the two little pigs ran away, to the house of bricks.

6. The Big Bad wolf couldn't get into the house, made of bricks. "Let me in!" The three pigs chant back "No! No! No!"

7. "Then I'll huff and puff and blow your house down" but the wolf couldn't blow the house down "Then I'll huff and puff and blow your house down" Yet he still couldn't do it.

8. The Wolf then spots the chimney and starts to climb the roof.

9. "No! No! No!" The pigs hear the Wolf on the roof and quickly light the fire.

10. Suddenly the Wolf let out a loud roar and ran away, never to return again.

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