Research Task 4.3 Story Structures BEGINNING 1.Statis - 'The normal world' or everyday scenario. Introduce the "everyday" scenario in which the story is set/ Introduce your character in their unsuspecting situation. My own example: Alice the main character in 'Alice in Wonderland' lives her everyday existence surrounded by society expectations and standards. She has dreams and faint memories of curious events that may/or may not have occurred once upon a time. However in the present "everyday" life that she lives, she is bored and restless. There must be more to life than this? 2. Trigger - Provide a catalyst to start the story moving away away from what is normal and fine towards a problem (something which is often beyond control). Whilst running away from the problem of marriage, Alice spots a white rabbit in the garden. A rabbit that she seems to remember. Whilst chasing after this rabbit, Alice takes a tumble down the rabbit hole. She f...
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4.4 Using basic narrative structure For this exercise I take a sketch of a Water Lily from my sketchbook, taken from exercise 4.0 'Fill it up fast'. I draw three boxes onto the page. I draw the pink Water Lily in all three boxes. I use a black crayon and water colour pencils to quickly re sketch the Lily. I now move to reflecting different phases of the sequence. 1. What happened before? The fish swims passed the Water Lily, swimming under the surface of the water. 2. The fish surfaces to take a closer look at the pink Water Lily. 3 . What happened after? The fish dives deep into the water as it leaves the Water Lily. I redrew the Water Lily onto a pad using a black felt tip pen and a pink felt tip for a bolder effect. I included the Lily leaves and presented the Water Lily on the water. I coloured in the background colour blue, it is the height of the day. In the second box I decided to use the light as the first change in th...
4.2 Storyboarding With ' Alice in Wonderland' in mind following the curious creatures I found in 'The Butterfly Farm' I chose to watch Tim Burton's 2010 adaptation of the film. I have a large pad and a pencil. I separate the page into boxes so I have a grid to follow as I watch the film. With 20 boxes to fill as my aim. I watched the first approximately 25 minutes of the film and I tried to take a visual snapshot. I was very conscious to capture the different angles, viewpoints that the camera work did so that my boxes looked different and interesting - As the film. To identify Alice in each box, I coloured her dress in blue using a coloured pencil, I also shaded in her blonde hair in yellow. This was a good way of focussing the eye of the viewer to to the central character. If I were to explain the film to a third party I thought to make the lead as obvious as I could would be a good move to aid with my communication. Alice runs away and fal...
4.3 Conversations with pictures - Interpretation I w ondered through my sketchbooks and looked at the drawings I had. I started with the figurative sketches and added dialogue using post it notes. This is a quick 2 minute sketch of a figure looking out of a window. There is something quite lovely about this isolated figure. Even though she is on her own and there may not be another figure around her to talk too, they thought of her inner dialogue is curious. What might she be saying to herself? I see a lonely figure here. She wants more, she's looking outwards into the world, but perhaps she doesn't know how to get there. I added the words "Life is passing me by". Thoughtful and meaningful. Continuing with the inner dialogue, I looked for other isolated figures. "I just need to rest a while". "One day at a time". Motivational. The blind contour drawings also appear as isolated figures. "I dream of much more" . A longing. ...
Research Task 4.2 Brandon J Wallace I took a look through in the Instagram account @bwallzdraws. The first post I studied 'A local recipe' posted on the 26th March 2018. Wallace very cleverly takes the viewer through the stages of 'Maryland Crab Boil' in a storyboard, cartoon strip way. The illustrations are in black and white, white adds a striking and obvious appearance. The stages offer simple instructions, with few but key and carefully selected words. The drawings are direct, bold and fun. No fuss and straight to the point, very engaging with clear visual language. An innovative way to display a recipe. I enjoy the use of positive ad negative space on the page. Even though the drawings are limited to black and white, by switching up the background colour from white to black, it adds a new intensity to the scene and offers separation on the page. 'The Shining' posted on on the 5th of February 2018. Here Wallace illustrates ...
4.1 Description and Depiction As advised I drew out 4 boxes onto a large A2 sheet of white paper. Inspired by 'The Butterfly Farm' I visited for exercise 4.0 'Fill it up fast' I decided to use this attraction for this exercise also. 1. Letter format. Here I hand wrote a letter of the words I would write on the back of a postcard about this place. "The air is hot here and the environment is tropical . The walls and the ground are full of vivid colour, greens, blues and reds. There is life and movement all around me. I am the dullest form here. Curious shapes and creatures own this space. The sky is full of butterflies. I can hear water. The temperament is calm and tranquil . An exotic space of peace ". 2. In the next box along, I positioned the words instead of pictures. At the very top "The sky is full of butterflies. "Tropical palms". "Trees line the scene". "A pond full of koi and the sou...
4.0 Fill it up - FAST! I had difficulty finding a local gallery or museum that allowed me access with no time restriction in the current pandemic climate. Instead I chose a local attraction 'The Butterfly Farm'. I had an early start, straight after the school run. I carried an A4 white sketchbook, watercolour pencils, a bottle of water, black wax crayon and a pencil. I was the only one within the attraction at this time so I concentrated on all of the life around me, looking up and down. I remained standing as it is very hot in this environment. The stones are damp with the humidity and there is an abundance of butterflies and caterpillars so finding an unoccupied spot is tricky. The heat is such that I am determined to work quickly anyway! The entrance: Curved, long, blue skies, inviting, exciting. The café: Closed, a staff members bike. bright and spacious with large windows, quiet, tropical. The roof: Up. Fabulous lines that run in a curve. Abstract. Spo...
Assignment Three: Illustrative people and places 1. Visual Research I decided to explore a new and previously unexplored route for this assignment. I headed to the small market town on Shipston-on-Stour with an A3 sketchbook and HB pencil initially. Even though the town is now far from where I live, I haven't ever taken the opportunity to explore, so I feel like I could find plenty I have never noticed before. I decide to stay in a standing position and move every 5 minutes. As I am stood, and armed with quite a large sketchbook, I do the best with the pencil I have to document my observational drawings on this initial walk. The pencil means I can stand and I don't have to carry any water or additional items, so I do feel confident at this stage in my flexibility. I am able to make basic notes of colours and texture, notes I wanted to remem ber. I found the pencil to work quickly with and with ease. I have one hour of opportunity. I started in t...