This week, I explored three ideas using storyboards with different camera compositions or angles. I used the reference pictures from mainly Pinterest to structure each concept and relied on simple geometries to visualize each story.
idea 1: City Worm Girl
In this idea, the main character, ‘City Worm Girl,’ is inspired by my laziness during the Christmas holiday—how I behaved like a ‘worm’ to stay in bed sleeping or eating is similar to how the creature lives in real life. By thinking deeply, there are also three stages of a worm in its life cycle: caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly. Therefore, correspondingly I have added two other stages to my concept to reflect how the protagonist is pushed and growing up eventually to complete her journey and going to the next one.
I have looked at different worm pictures for this project and found that their colour palettes are mostly in high saturation. I also think the patterns of the worm could be an interesting direction to explore the making of 3D tiled textures:
By adding more storyboard shots to my story, I have considered the possible rules of third & golden ratio to make the view more harmonious:
Idea 2: Pocket Fantasy
In this idea, the daily item of a man becomes the main inspiration to be explored. In a date between a couple in part of London, the female feels curious about what is in the pocket of the male’s jacket, therefore she starts her journey in the pocket world. In this pocket world, she found cookies, apples and chocolates which seemed quite normal in people’s daily lives, but also, she was amazed by male underwear she rarely approached in her life and had fun chasing them. This story is entertaining, engaging and fun, and it concentrates more on small items in life that people can easily ignore.
Idea 3: Food Scam
The third idea ‘Food Scam’ is mainly inspired by the overpriced food in the central of London, it tries to visualize how would food destroy a relationship between two characters in a restaurant. In this story, I tend to make miss rabbit focus on eating and enjoying her meal, but avoid the payment eventually in the end, and make mister cat to undertake the risk of the pricy food. The concept of this story is inspired by ‘Romantic Scam’ where the female utilized the guy to achieve their goals in their life. Meanwhile, I hope this story could emphasize the deliciousness of the food through my animation and the action of the character.