This week we focused on storytelling. In order to make an appiling story, it must follow a narrative. The main trick here is to make a character live on the screen and make decisions. Thus, the story would follow character’s actions, it will be created by their own hands. Surely, it does not mean that the story itself should be chaotic list of events. It needs clear structure. There exist different story structures but most of them are based on the idea of a conflict because it creates a challenge for a hero.
Assignment for this week was in pairs. Chi-Chih and I decided to do it together. We needed to create a cinematic scene in Maya in Previs. The theme was “Hunter to Prey.” The main idea was to depict a dramatic power shift in the story using two characters or more. Duration: 30 – 45 seconds.
Here is our storyboard:
We decided to split the work in half. Chi-Chih was animating first half of the shots, while I focused on the second one.
Here is the first version of owr previs:
We recieved feedback from Ting. We had to change several shots in the beggining to make the world more real and alive. Only after that we can introduce the character.
Here are the notes which I took:
- give piece by piece info
- camera moves slow = creepy
- add a shot before the jump shot and eating shot
- first 3 shots: play with focal lenght
- add a frame showing human before
- fish eye: make it steady
- show the flowers pulling in the camera view, then cut to the next shot
- devide them even more in the last frames: human VS monster
Here is our new version: