Title Sequence - A leaf from Heaven by Hans Christian Andersen

Storyboard Assignment 6:

The story i chose for the opening movie Title is 'A Leaf from Heaven' by Hans Christian Andersen.

Below is a sequence of frames and what order each clip will be put in. 

The reason i chose this order is because i want to keep the introduction as brief as possible. I believe that for a story like this an audience may appreciate the full length of the story and particularly what will follow up after the title.

The theme I chose for the Title sequence relates to the story.  I used green and the different shades of it to keep the style looking as organic as possible which is why it relates so well to the story. In the frames are off vines growing through the clip as if its eventually going to cover the screen.

Frame 1. 

The transition to the next frame is very simple, the text from the first frame will fade but the vines will continue to grow and sprout out leaves as the Movie title fades in with leaves growing on it also. I think with this idea i was able to capture an essence of life and its beauty in the moment.

Frame 2.

The third transition to the third frame was a lot more elaborated. In this frame you will notice more depth than the previous frames, through add lighter shades and shrinking the vines creating an effect. There are 3 layers of depth in this frame. The audiences view zooms out of the previous frame and through more vines before stopping in front of 1 large vine with the text "A story by Hans Christian Andersen" sliding up the vine as if its growing with it. I want the audience to experience life as it unfolds before them.

Frame 3.

The 4th and 5th frame show leaves falling around the focus of the frame, the text. Again i have used the different shades of green to create depth and to give sense of calm and prosperousness. The transitioning will fade out of the previous scene and fade into the 4th frame following the text.

Frame 4.

Frame 5 it continues but with new text.

Frame 5.

In the 6th frame i have the audience focusing on a single object in the frame. I want the audience to appreciate  the scene where a single plant different from any other to grow and to becoming more beautiful than rest.

Frame 6.

There is no transition in the last scene as the plan is still in position but has evolved. Through the introduction of the movie i want the audience to have a short glimpse of what the story is about but not quiet grasp the entire story as it will also have some surprising elements. 

Frame 7.

Dance video using motion and photshop

Pictograph

Pictograph - Design Brief

·         We Come in Peace

In 1972, an illustrated plaque was placed on the NASA Pioneer Spacecraft. This image was blasted into outer space and was intended to communicate information about the human race and Earth’s position in the Milky Way to aliens. The illustration features a naked man and woman drawn in contour line, the main waving in an act of symbolic greeting. Create your own pictographic illustration; what do you want to communicate to an alien species about the human race?

Through pictographic illustrations I want to convey earth and humanity on a general level if the picture were to be blasted into outer space in an attempt to communicate with life. I want to tell life in outer space that we are welcoming and we offer peace. What our figure looks like and how we communicate and also our primitive nature. The pictures will be very literal and simplistic and may not be sequential. Each picture will have its own meaning and may guide the viewer to comprehending the pictogram on a broader view.

Symbols are very culturally limited; people are more likely to understand simple pictures produced by their own culture than of another. If you were to show someone from a third world country the Japanese yen symbol they may not understand what it represents unless you were to explain what it is in the language the person speaks. My concept is to have symbols that are very literal as stated earlier so that a person from any country would be able to understand its meaning. So that aliens will find it easier to comprehend.  I want each picture to convey an immediate reality of our kind and our human nature.

The pictogram will be limited to greyscale due to criteria which will make the development harder as the colour help people understand pictures. I want to powerful contrast so the shapes can be defined and clear therefore I will choose black as the background instead of white. What rationalized my decision is that people now use whiteboards and use markers because it is much more convenient. However it fails to be as clear as the old blackboard because the black background will contrast chork much better.

The messages I want to convey to aliens are very broad but in a sense specific in each picture. First off is our figure or shape on a very bland level so that it is not biased to groups. What I mean by groups is people’s ethnicity. The reason for this is that I want to communicate and express our unity and not just a group of people from earth. I will help guide this meaning across with more pictures. With a set of pictures I hope to have aliens onboard and to understand our humanity, that we may be primitive in our nature, but we are compassionate.

Overall I want my design to be easy to understand for anyone to ensure that aliens will be able to take onboard all the messages the pictogram holds. By developing the right images I want the pictogram to be very symbolic in an attempt to express our nature and what we have achieved together whether it be negative or positive.

Illustration with a Social Conscience

There has not been a single recorded time when there has been no war in the world

We had to come up with a picture which relates to certain topics.The topic i selected was war and i came up with 2 images. Below is a portrait of Hitler and in his figure i have placed images that symbolize the aftermath of war.

Bellow is a collage of pictures about war but particularly targeting soldiers. The pictures i chose have their own story to tell. I have placed famous quotes among the pictures about war which i wanted to use for the viewer to stop and think about the war.