Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

Calum Johnson

Shape Task

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?What I like about my shape image is that it looks cartoony, the image has stayed close to the original and are almost identical, the picture I have made looks really good as a cartoon.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I did this again what I would improve is the detail of the body. I would add more feathers to the body because it is just a brown shape at the moment and could use with a bit more detail to make it look better than- it is which would also make it more realistic.

Rotoscope

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?What I liked about my image was that I found it looked realistic, it came out very well and is looks very similar to the original, the cartoon looks good and it really does give a cartoon effect.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would add more detail to it like shadow because half of the face in the original had a kind of shadow effect as half the face was darkened, I could improve on this by adding some shadow to the image.

Narrative Environment

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?What I like about this image is that it looks near the same as the original image it was Rotoscoped over. The image is of a dark forest, and I have captured the darkness of the image by using dark colours and a misty background to capture the spookiness.

What would you improve if you did it again?To improve on this image I would add more effects to the image, although it looks good like it does now, I find that by adding some branches to the trees this would make it looks lots better.

Text Based

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?

What would you improve if you did it again?

Comic Book

Comic Book

Comic Book

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like the comic effect because it really does make a real image look like it belongs in a comic which is what I like about this method. The images that I have done have came out well, I did three pictures and used the different levels each time to get different results.

What would you improve if you did it again?To improve on this image I would try and make each image look different from the previous, by using different types of the threshold I can change the look of the image.

Photo Story

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?What I like about this image is the edits that I have made to the image. What I have done with this is added some different effects and changed a few things. I have added a keyhole to the door and changed the style of key to one that looks more mysterious. I have included a brick wall to the image because this is what was included in the plan.

What would you improve if you did it again?To improve on the image I would change the perspective of the brick wall on the images it appears on, the wall does not fit with the perspective of the image and would need to make a few changes to this. I would do this by using Photoshop to change the rotation of the image so that it looks more believable.

Illustration

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?What I like about the illustrational image is that it is practical, its easy to do because it just involves drawing out an image where multiple edits can be made to the image. It’s a simple method to creating different pieces of work, it can be used to crate people which takes artistic skills to do if they are to look realistic. Settings can be made by using this techniques by using shading to create an atmosphere.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I was to do this again then I would improve it by adding lots more detail to the image to make it look better. To do this I would add lots more colouring to the images because the lack of colour doesn’t make it look as good.

Initial Ideas

Mood board of inspiration

Goldilocks and the three bears

bearsgoldilocks

charactersReal people

insteadNow a bear

setting

forest house

Bright colourful forest, appeals to audience

Type of house

Goldilocksbears

setting

ProposalDimensions

around 8-10 pages in the book, the page size will be around 25x20 in dimensions with a text size of 20-24 because this will allow children of a young age to read it because of the large lettering

Story Overview(Provide an outline of your story)The story that I’m going to be making is based on the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, it will be very similar except the roles have been changed, with the bear having the role of Goldilocks and the bears being people. This gives it a sense of originality while keeping some aspects of the original story.

Export Format

JPEG

Advantages: Small file size

Disadvantages: images lose quality with each edit made

Deadline

15th January 2015

Audience

(Think about who you are targeting as your audience. Consider age, gender, class, location and other characteristics which could define your audience.)As this is a children’s book I am making, the audience will be children between the ages of 4-7, the book will aim at both genders male and female, the book will be in English speaking countries so places such as the UK, America, Australia etc.

Production Methods

(Explain the methods you are going to use to produce your pages. Show us the thinking behind your decisions for a more detail response) In the production of the book I am going to be using Photoshop throughout the project, this is because it has all the tools that are required to create all the scenery and characters. I will be Rotoscoping all my backgrounds and scenery to add more detail into the book to give it more realistic. With my characters I will be using shapes to create them because as it is part of the children's book I feel that making them from shapes will be a god idea.

What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?

• Good detail in the dimensions and story overview.

• Clearly set out what you want to achieve and described the nature of your story.

• A few more advantages/disadvantage for the export format.

• Further detail in the production methods – talk about what techniques and tools in Photoshop are going to enable you to make your children’s book.

What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been further developed?

• Good ideas on the style of book that you want to create.

• Include a mindmap of initial ideas – use all of the books on the ‘Moodboard of inspiration’ slide.

• Then include a mindmap of your chosen idea and make sure that everything from the original story has been thought about such as the characters, the setting and the different scenes.

What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?

The story overview was good and the dimensions was well explained.The information you included was clear and easy to understand.

Add in the deadline.Change the amount of pages your book is going to be, so it’s not 30-40, but it is 8-12.Add in more detail to the production methods, include what told you are going to use to help to achieve what skills you’re going o be using.

What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been further developed?

A good mood board of book covers. Annotate the mood board.Create more mood boards on things such as character, plot, settings.Create a spider diagram for your idea generation.

What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?

The main strengths of your proposal are how you are going to adapt the story you have chosen (Goldilocks) and change it in minor ways to give you a completely different story.Another strength is your audience as you have thought about it and what age it will be appropriate for, ages 2-7 is good for this kind of book because it will tech the younger children morals in life, due to it being humans instead of bears.

I think you could add more detail to how you are going to produce you book, like the tools you are going to use and how you are going to use them.For example, you could use the shape tool to form a cartoon character.

What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been further developed?

I like the idea of the story you have chosen. And the word idea generation on that slide.

You could go onto a website which you can create a mind map.Similarly, you could add pictures to your mood board of goldilocks and the three humans.

Feedback SummarySum up your feedback.I have had good feedback, there are some things that I do need to improve on, for example I need to add a mood board to the slide about ideas about my story, more information on the characters and the scenery the story will take place. Add more detail in the production slide, like what tools I am going to be using to create the different styles of the characters and the detail of the scenery. The good feedback I had is that the story is good because it gives a different perspective of the original storyWhich parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?I agree with the fact I need to put in a mood board and more detail because at the moment I don’t have much information about the characters and where the story takes place which I would struggle to create if I don’t have any ideas.

Which parts of your feedback do you disagree with and why?

No feedback I disagree with.

Storyboards

Storyboards

Storyboards

Original Script http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/English_folktale_89.html

Once upon a time there were three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. One of them was a Little Wee Bear, and one was a Middle-sized Bear, and the other was a Great Big Bear. They had each a bowl for their porridge; a little bowl for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized bowl for the Middle-sized Bear; and a great bowl for the Great Big Bear. And they had each a chair to sit in; a little chair for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized chair for the Middle-sized Bear; and a great chair for the Great Big Bear. And they had each a bed to sleep in; a little bed for the Little Wee Bear; and a middle-sized bed for the Middle-sized Bear; and a great bed for the Great Big Bear.One day, after they had made the porridge for their breakfast, and poured it into their porridge-bowls, they walked out into the wood while the porridge was cooling, that they might not burn their mouths by beginning too soon, for they were polite, well-brought-up Bears. And while they were away a little girl called Goldilocks, who lived at the other side of the wood and had been sent on an errand by her mother, passed by the house, and looked in at the window. And then she peeped in at the keyhole, for she was not at all a well-brought-up little girl. Then seeing nobody in the house she lifted the latch. The door was not fastened, because the Bears were good Bears, who did nobody any harm, and never suspected that anybody would harm them. So Goldilocks opened the door and went in; and well pleased was she when she saw the porridge on the table. If she had been a well-brought-up little girl she would have waited till the Bears came home, and then, perhaps, they would have asked her to breakfast; for they were good Bears—a little rough or so, as the manner of Bears is, but for all that very good-natured and hospitable. But she was an impudent, rude little girl, and so she set about helping herself.First she tasted the porridge of the Great Big Bear, and that was too hot for her. Next she tasted the porridge of the Middle-sized Bear, but that was too cold for her. And then she went to the porridge of the Little Wee Bear, and tasted it, and that was neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and she liked it so well that she ate it all up, every bit!Then Goldilocks, who was tired, for she had been catching butterflies instead of running on her errand, sate down in the chair of the Great Big Bear, but that was too hard for her. And then she sate down in the chair of the Middle-sized Bear, and that was too soft for her. But when she sat down in the chair of the Little Wee Bear, that was neither too hard nor too soft, but just right. So she seated herself in it, and there she sate till the bottom of the chair came out, and down she came, plump upon the ground; and that made her very cross, for she was a bad-tempered little girl.Now, being determined to rest, Goldilocks went upstairs into the bedchamber in which the Three Bears slept. And first she lay down upon the bed of the Great Big Bear, but that was too high at the head for her. And next she lay down upon the bed of the Middle-sized Bear, and that was too high at the foot for her. And then she lay down upon the bed of the Little Wee Bear, and that was neither too high at the head nor at the foot, but just right. So she covered herself up comfortably, and lay there till she fell fast asleep.By this time the Three Bears thought their porridge would be cool enough for them to eat it properly; so they came home to breakfast. Now careless Goldilocks had left the spoon of the Great Big Bear standing in his porridge."SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE!"said the Great Big Bear in his great, rough, gruff voice.Then the Middle-sized Bear looked at his porridge and saw the spoon was standing in it too."SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE!"said the Middle-sized Bear in his middle-sized voice.Then the Little Wee Bear looked at his, and there was the spoon in the porridge-bowl, but the porridge was all gone!"SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE, AND HAS EATEN IT ALL UP!"said the Little Wee Bear in his little wee voice.Upon this the Three Bears, seeing that some one had entered their house, and eaten up the Little Wee Bear's breakfast, began to look about them. Now the careless Goldilocks had not put the hard cushion straight when she rose from the chair of the Great Big Bear."SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR!"said the Great Big Bear in his great, rough, gruff voice.And the careless Goldilocks had squatted down the soft cushion of the Middle-sized Bear."SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR!"said the Middle-sized Bear in his middle-sized voice."SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR, AND HAS SATE THE BOTTOM THROUGH!"said the Little Wee Bear in his little wee voice.Then the Three Bears thought they had better make further search in case it was a burglar, so they went upstairs into their bedchamber. Now Goldilocks had pulled the pillow of the Great Big Bear out of its place."SOMEBODY HAS BEEN LYING IN MY BED!"said the Great Big Bear in his great, rough, gruff voice.

And Goldilocks had pulled the bolster of the Middle-sized Bear out of its place."SOMEBODY HAS BEEN LYING IN MY BED!"said the Middle-sized Bear in his middle-sized voice.But when the Little Wee Bear came to look at his bed, there was the bolster in its place!And the pillow was in its place upon the bolster!And upon the pillow——?There was Goldilocks's yellow head—which was not in its place, for she had no business there."SOMEBODY HAS BEEN LYING IN MY BED,—AND HERE SHE IS STILL!"said the Little Wee Bear in his little wee voice.Now Goldilocks had heard in her sleep the great, rough, gruff voice of the Great Big Bear; but she was so fast asleep that it was no more to her than the roaring of wind, or the rumbling of thunder. And she had heard the middle-sized voice of the Middle-sized Bear, but it was only as if she had heard some one speaking in a dream. But when she heard the little wee voice of the Little Wee Bear, it was so sharp, and so shrill, that it awakened her at once. Up she started, and when she saw the Three Bears on one side of the bed, she tumbled herself out at the other, and ran to the window. Now the window was open, because the Bears, like good, tidy Bears, as they were, always opened their bedchamber window when they got up in the morning. So naughty, frightened little Goldilocks jumped; and whether she broke her neck in the fall, or ran into the wood and was lost there, or found her way out of the wood and got whipped for being a bad girl and playing truant, no one can say. But the Three Bears never saw anything more of her.

Original Script

Original Script goes here with link to where it came from

Three bears in a house, little wee Bear, Middle-size Bear and Great Big Bear.Each had a bowl of porridge, a small, middle size and great big bowl.Each had a chair, small chair, middle size chair and a great big chair.Each had a bed, a small one, middle size one and a great big one.Left porridge out because it was too hot, went for a short walk.Goldilocks appears after doing errand.Notices house looks through keyhole sees that no one is home and enters house.Sees the porridge and starts eating.Great big bowl too hot, middle size is too cold but small size is just right and she eats it up.Tired after running errand so sits in the bears chairs.Great big one is too hard, middle size too soft and small is just right.She breaks small chair after sitting in it.Goes upstairs to get rest, comes across beds. Small one, middle size one and great big one.Great big one high at the head for her, middle size one too high at the foot for her and the small one was just right and she falls asleep.Bears come home to see their home has been invaded.Bears see porridge has been eaten.Bears see small chair is broken.Bears go upstairs to see goldilocks lying asleep in bed.Goldilocks wakes up and sees the bearsStarts to panic and is frightenedSo she jumps out window and is never seen again by the bears

Final Script

once upon a time there lived a family in a small house in the woods, there was the small child, the middle size adult and the large adult. They each had a bowl for their porridge, a small bowl, a middle size bowl and a large bowl. They each also had a chair to sit on, a small chair, a middle size chair and a large chair. They had a bed each too, a small bed, a middle size bed and a large bed. One morning they went out for a walk before eating their porridge because it was too hot for them to eat and they would burn their mouths, so they went for a small walk to let it cool down. While they were away a large golden looking bear appeared and slowly approached the house. The bear reached the small door to the small house and opened the door, because like good people the family were they meant no harm to anyone and suspected nobody meant harm to them so they left the door unlocked. The bear opened the door and saw the porridge left out on the table, the bear who was feeling very hungry ate the large porridge because it was just big enough to fill up the bear. After eating the porridge the bear saw that there was three chairs of three different sizes, small, middle sized and large. The bear tried out the small chair but it broke the instant it sat on it, then the bear tried the middle sized chair but this was still too small for the bear, it then tried the large chair and found that it was a perfect fit. The bear felt tired after its meal, so it went upstairs and found that there are three different size beds like the chairs and porridge before there was a small bed, a middle size bed and a large bed. The bear tried the small bed but it was too small, it then tried the middle size bed but it kept slipping out, finally it tried the large bed which was a perfect match, and the bear fell asleep once its head hit the pillow. The family who had been out for the walk had arrived back and were in for a shock when they entered. ‘SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE’ said the large adult ‘AND THEY HAVE EATEN IT ALL!’‘SOMEONE HAS SAT IN MY CHAIR AND BROKEN IT’ cried the small childthe family went upstairs to find any more clues to who could have entered the house.In the bedroom they see that someone or something is asleep in the bed of the large adult‘someone has been sleeping in my bed and they still are’ yelled the large adultthe sound of the shouting made the bear jump out of the bed and hit the floor.The family realised that it is a bear, ran as fast as they could out of the house and into the woods, the bear who was still in the house, was surprised to see that two more bears had arrived at the house, a middle sized bear and a small size bear, where they decided to live together and lived happily ever after.

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