VIZA 613: 3D Modeling and Animation
Initial Story Board:
The following story board illustrates the sequences in the VIZA 613 3D animation project. The animation depicts my interpretation of the quote "Vanity is but the surface" by French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and philosopher Blaise Pascal.
Frame 1:
The scene starts in a room. The camera is positioned somewhere in the middle of the room while focusing on the door on the opposite side. There are two large windows through which light is entering the mild dark room. The camera starts to move backwards.
Frame 2:
As the camera is slowly moving backwards, a manikin hand, placed on a table, enters the frame. The camera stops moving backwards and starts moving sidewise.
Frame 3:
When the camera starts to move sidewise, it starts to discover other props placed on the table. The second prop enters the frame. It's a broken Manikin head.
Frame 4:
A syringe.
Frame 5:
An intact and shiny manikin head.
Frame 6:
The camera keeps moving towards the right side until the last manikin head reaches the left corner of the frame. A painting hung on the right hand side wall takes place in the frame. Now. we will hear the door open. Footsteps coming closer and closer.
Frame 7:
The camera stays static as a dark figure stands right behind the manikin head. We can only see the figure up to the chest.
Frame 8:
The person approaches the table and picks up the manikin head. He starts caressing it gently.
Frame 9:
He takes the manikin head out of the camera frame. We will hear a "click" sound.
The person starts to walk away and the camera starts to move sidewise towards the left i.e. its initial position.
Frame 10:
As the person goes further and further the camera slightly takes a step back. This time we can see the person from behind and notice that his head is the manikin head. He keeps on walking. The camera stays still as he walks out of the frame. We will hear the sound of the door closing. The camera starts to move sideways, again, towards the right side.
Frame 11:
The camera stops when half of the broken head's face is in the frame. The manikin head opens his eyes.
Story Board Revised:
After showing my initial story board to the class and Dr. McNamara, I received some feedbacks from everyone. Some of the issues that had been
pointed out were:
1. The story lacks interaction between characters
2. The phrase might not be clearly delivered via the story
3. Making characters (manikin heads) differ from each other might be
daunting task!!
Number 3 is definitely an issue that has to be dealt by smart and good modeling. But for 1 and 2, I have brought some changes to the story board and presented it to Dr. McNamara. She has mentioned that the current story board (included the below) is more definitive and exposes the meaning behind the quote clearly.
Frame 1: (same as initial)
Frame 4: There is already a manikin head that looks shiny and new.
Frame 5: We hear the door opening. Footsteps coming closer and closer. A dark figure stands behind the manikin head. There is a mirror on the wall.
Frame 6: We will hear a sound that resembles of loosening and taking off a device. He puts down a manikin head. The manikin head starts to blonk and then looks at the first head.
Frame 6: As the person picks up the new head, we see a mild smile on it's head and it stares at the old own while it gets picked up. The old one stares right into the camera.
Frame 7: Click!!
Frame 8: The figure turns around and looks at his reflection to see how his "new and attractive" head looks like. The reflection shows a deformed/melting/unattractive face. The lighting of the room will turn darker.
Frame 9: Camera slowly starts to zoom in towards the reflection.
Initial Story Board:
The following story board illustrates the sequences in the VIZA 613 3D animation project. The animation depicts my interpretation of the quote "Vanity is but the surface" by French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and philosopher Blaise Pascal.
Frame 1:
The scene starts in a room. The camera is positioned somewhere in the middle of the room while focusing on the door on the opposite side. There are two large windows through which light is entering the mild dark room. The camera starts to move backwards.
Frame 2:
As the camera is slowly moving backwards, a manikin hand, placed on a table, enters the frame. The camera stops moving backwards and starts moving sidewise.
Frame 3:
When the camera starts to move sidewise, it starts to discover other props placed on the table. The second prop enters the frame. It's a broken Manikin head.
A syringe.
An intact and shiny manikin head.
The camera keeps moving towards the right side until the last manikin head reaches the left corner of the frame. A painting hung on the right hand side wall takes place in the frame. Now. we will hear the door open. Footsteps coming closer and closer.
The camera stays static as a dark figure stands right behind the manikin head. We can only see the figure up to the chest.
The person approaches the table and picks up the manikin head. He starts caressing it gently.
He takes the manikin head out of the camera frame. We will hear a "click" sound.
The person starts to walk away and the camera starts to move sidewise towards the left i.e. its initial position.
As the person goes further and further the camera slightly takes a step back. This time we can see the person from behind and notice that his head is the manikin head. He keeps on walking. The camera stays still as he walks out of the frame. We will hear the sound of the door closing. The camera starts to move sideways, again, towards the right side.
The camera stops when half of the broken head's face is in the frame. The manikin head opens his eyes.
Story Board Revised:
After showing my initial story board to the class and Dr. McNamara, I received some feedbacks from everyone. Some of the issues that had been
pointed out were:
1. The story lacks interaction between characters
2. The phrase might not be clearly delivered via the story
3. Making characters (manikin heads) differ from each other might be
daunting task!!
Number 3 is definitely an issue that has to be dealt by smart and good modeling. But for 1 and 2, I have brought some changes to the story board and presented it to Dr. McNamara. She has mentioned that the current story board (included the below) is more definitive and exposes the meaning behind the quote clearly.
Frame 1: (same as initial)
Frame 2: (same as initial)
Frame 3: The props start to enter the frame.
Frame 4: There is already a manikin head that looks shiny and new.
Frame 5: We hear the door opening. Footsteps coming closer and closer. A dark figure stands behind the manikin head. There is a mirror on the wall.
Frame 6: We will hear a sound that resembles of loosening and taking off a device. He puts down a manikin head. The manikin head starts to blonk and then looks at the first head.
Frame 6: As the person picks up the new head, we see a mild smile on it's head and it stares at the old own while it gets picked up. The old one stares right into the camera.
Frame 7: Click!!
Frame 8: The figure turns around and looks at his reflection to see how his "new and attractive" head looks like. The reflection shows a deformed/melting/unattractive face. The lighting of the room will turn darker.
Frame 9: Camera slowly starts to zoom in towards the reflection.
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