CAGD 345 Story Project Two

CAGD 345

Story Project Two

The second big project of the class had the same process as the first, but is now a partner/group project.  This time around, everything is based around the work of multiple hands and minds.  Otherwise, the brainstorming, scripting and story-boarding were put through the same gauntlet.  The collaboration on this project was both better and not as great as individual work, which is how it is meant to be.

Our group's projects title is Fore's Wild Ride, and tells the story of a golf ball's journey flying through a golf course.

Animatic

The animatic creation process was essentially split into two parts.  The first part was inserting the scene shots and finding the right time limits.  Once that was figured out and settled on overall, we could move on to adding in shots showing motion or minor detail tweaks.  After that we needed to add in sounds gathered by searching the web and actual recording.  Once that was all set, putting it all together was easy.

Storyboard

Making the storyboards this time around was definitely the toughest part.  Considering this project was a group effort, there was much more coordination and cooperation needed to complete each storyboard.  The drawing styles needed to match up, or at least be consistent throughout, and there needed to be a compromise or balance of each group member's work so that no one had more to do than the other.
This section also took the most time and steps to finish since multiple iterations of shots and scenes needed to be churned out to keep up with updates.  Shots mentioned in the script would need to be split up or added to indicate motion that would come later down the line in the animatic.  On top of that, finalizing the storyboards required the time limit for each individual.  This couldn't really get established until work on the animatic started.  Once we got an idea of how long everything should last, it was a matter of backtracking and tagging.

Script

The script for this project came together quick, and was easy to tweak and adjust as we progressed.  There were a fair amount of scenes and shots that were either added, dropped, or swapped.  Overall, the biggest complication on this part was making sure it properly linked beat boards to storyboards, while also making sense on paper.

Beat Board/Logline

Forming the logline and brainstorming in general was pretty easy and simple for this project.  Putting two heads together worked out better than one, and we were able to successfully settle on an idea quickly.  That certainly helped get the ball rolling.  Translating over to a beat sheet and summary was also simple.  This story's arc and base template were somewhat similar to my previous project.  The beginning and end were clear, so there was freedom to add or take away from the middle as we pleased.