tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542063607776739597.post2453128752622568576..comments2023-09-05T08:36:25.925-07:00Comments on Mark Bridgland - BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts, UCA, Rochester: Year 3 - Minor and major projectMark Bridglandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255578738406661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542063607776739597.post-12649965136085481642017-09-05T00:33:19.533-07:002017-09-05T00:33:19.533-07:00OK, thanks PhilOK, thanks PhilMark Bridglandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255578738406661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542063607776739597.post-53320267192233213172017-09-04T11:43:42.155-07:002017-09-04T11:43:42.155-07:00Hey Mark,
To be honest I'm pleased you've...Hey Mark,<br /><br />To be honest I'm pleased you've parked your Devil's Elixir idea - only because you seemed a bit 'stuck' in terms of opening it up - and perhaps it's as you say here: the canvas is too broad. My response to your story idea is very simple - and it's always my response to students who have clear, strong ideas for original stories...<br /><br />You need to create an animatic - and you need to do it first (derived from a written script if that's how you want to break the surface on getting your idea to the screen); what an animatic tells someone like me - more so than any number of conversations or tutorials or whatever - is that you know what I need from your story in order to understand it and feel it and enjoy it. I don't want you to spend time and energy designing your world or your characters too clearly -just get the story beats down so we can see right away 'what your story is'. In my experience, this is truly the only productive way to take a student's idea forward - so you/me/everyone is actually seeing the same idea at the earliest possible stage. Any story problems, any gaps, any bits of your story you don't yet know enough about, will very clearly surface during this process. I don't even want to see storyboards first if you don't want to share them - just get your idea onto the screen as a 'moving pictures' with as much info as possible - sound, dialogue, whatever you need to stop me and others 'not' seeing your film as you see it, or critiquing a version of your film I'm having to imagine because I can't see into your head. Let's work immediately and with a minimum of chat. Your job is to get me to buy in, to relax, and to look forward to seeing this story develop! Off you go!tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.com