Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

Robert Ryan

Shape Task

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I liked how I was able to make all the shapes work into the nose and eyes as well as mouth to make it a lot more life like.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would put a little more effort into making the image resemble more of a polar bear and not something that looks completely different by working on the shapes to blend well with the original image

New Slide

Evaluation

What did you like about your image.

I liked how I you can almost tell what this is supposed to be and unlike the previous image I felt I have put in a lot more effort into making the image look a lot more photo realistic. This effort has helped this image resemble more of an Owl. I also liked how I did the eyes unlike the previous image where I just did black dots they help the owl look more life like.

What would you improve if you did it again.

I would try to line up the shapes with parts of the animals face to make it look a tiny bit better. I would also and try and ask for help from the tutors

Rotoscope

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I liked how I did the eyes. It makes the man who I am working on resemble a lot more of a living human being. If I did not add in the eyes it probably would look really lifeless.

What would you improve if you did it again?I might try and make the corners less sharp as I feel it would bring the image one step further to looking a lot more realistic and the celebrity a lot more recognisable.

Film Quotes

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I like how very little it tells the viewer about the film. In my opinion I think its better to go into a film not very little about it as you end up being surprised with what a film has to offer unlike watching a trailer where all the surprises and plot details are ruined. The dark grey look also helps give off the dark tone that is present in the actual film.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would probably add in a title so that the viewer can get a understanding on what the film is. I feel like people would like to know what the title is.

Text Based

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like how wired and stylish the fonts on this page are. I feel I have done a good job utilising the options available to stylise the fonts and making them look very funky.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would try and listen more because some of the features on Photoshop where hard to find.

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like how pretty the image looks because of the vibrant colours. It has a animated or cartoon look which is completely different to how it looks originally.What would you improve if you did it again?I would put all of the other features on Photoshop to great effect and I would ask the tutors on what other good features to go for.

Photo Story

Photo Story

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?

I like how it has a very easy to follow narrative and the presentation of each image is not done in a confusing way. I feel like I have presented each frame in a way that people can understand. All of the images look really good in terms of lighting and I feel like I have made great use of location with this project because I have taken the first few images outside which means that the lighting is going to be very clear unlike inside where you have to move all the time to get some good proper lighting where you can see the persons face. I like how there are no white spaces in the image. It looks very complete without any spaces left waiting to be filled.

What would you im prove if you did it again?

Illustration

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I liked how surreal and crazy the image is as I feel being creative with a image is better than copying and pasting pre existing ones.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I had more time I would try and put a lot more detail especially in the colour like how everyone of my group members have done to their own images.

Narrative Environment

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like how pretty the images look and how well the images of both the cityscape and the desert are blended together. It looks very seamless and the line between the 2 images look lot less noticeable when filtered.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would try to put more effort in the image rather just use filter gallery.

Initial Ideas

Idea Generation

Story information

• Title: The Story that never ends. • Characters: The Sheppard, Sheep, Children,

Narrator. • Locations. Field, footbridge. Classroom. • Visual Style. Handrawn, Comic book,

Rotoscoping

Synopsis. • Once upon a time there was a shepherd who had a great flock of sheep. He

used to pasture them in a meadow on the other side of a brook. One day the sun had already set before he started home. Recent rains had swollen the brook so that he and the sheep had to cross on a little footbridge. The bridge was so narrow that the sheep had to pass over one by one.

• • Now we’ll wait until he drives them all over. Then I’ll go on with my story.• (When the children grow impatient and beg for a continuation of the story,

they are told that there are many sheep and that up to this time only a few have crossed. A little later when their impatience again breaks out, they are told that the sheep are still crossing. And so on indefinitely. In conclusion:)

• In fact there were so many sheep that when morning came they were still crossing, and then it was time for the shepherd to turn around and drive them back again to pasture!

Thoughts on story. • It would be very simple to adapt this story in to a book as

the story is very simple and has no more than 2 locations and it has a simplistic but amusing message that younger children can identify with. IE Patience. I have also decided to instead of having a section of the book blank for the reader to wait until the children grow impatient I am going to add in more pages of the sheep crossing the bridge so that the reader and children can get a good sense of time passing. I am also going to have the story take place in the progressing day instead of night because doing that would lead to bright and colourful images.

Story Information.

• Title: The Cat and the Mouse. • Characters. Cat, Mouse, Cow, Baker, Butcher,

Farmer, Baker • Locations. Malt-House• Synopsis. • Visual Style: Pixel art. Hand drawn

Synopsis The cat and the mouse Play'd in the malt-house:The cat bit the mouse's tail off. "Pray, puss, give me my tail." "No," says the cat, "I'll not give you your tail, till you go to the cow, and fetch me some milk." First she leapt and then she ran, Till she came to the cow, and thus began: Pray, Farmer, give me hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." "No," says the farmer, "I'll give you no hay, till you go to the butcher and fetch me some meat." First she leapt, and then she ran, Till she came to the butcher, and thus began:Pray, Butcher, give me meat, that I may give farmer meat, that farmer may give me hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." "No," says the butcher, "I'll give you no meat, till you go to the baker and fetch me some bread." First she leapt and then she ran, Till she came to the baker, and thus began: "Pray, Baker, give me bread, that I may give butcher bread, that butcher may give me meat, that I may give farmer meat, that farmer may give me hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." "Yes," says the baker, "I'll give you some bread, But if you eat my meal, I'll cut off your head." Then the baker gave mouse bread, and mouse gave butcher bread, and butcher gave mouse meat, and mouse gave farmer meat, and farmer gave mouse hay, and mouse gave cow hay, and cow gave mouse milk, and mouse gave cat milk, and cat gave mouse her own tail again!

Thoughts on story

• This is a very basic story and one that has a similar structure to other children’s books. What gives this story appeal though is its use of rhyming which is very catchy and that aspect can often help children follow the story very nicely. The story is also very short which can help because young kids have short attention spans. I don’t know if I can do this story. The attention to detail on every page seams like it would take a long time to perfect every detail and keep characters consistent on each page. Given our schedule I think I am going to stick to something a lot more simple.

Story information.

• Title: The Three Billy Goats.

Characters. The Three Billy Goats, Troll.

• Locations. Hill side. Bridge• Visual Style. Pixel art. Drawing

Synopsis. Once upon on a time there were three Billy-goats, who were to go up to the hill-side to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was “Gruff.” On the way up was a bridge over a burn they had to cross; and under the bridge lived a great ugly Troll, with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker.So first of all came the youngest billy-goat Gruff to cross the bridge.“Trip, trap! trip, trap!” went the bridge.Who’s that tripping over my bridge?” roared the Troll.“Oh! it is only I, the tiniest billy-goat Gruff; and I’m going up to the hill-side to make myself fat,” said the billy-goat, with such a small voice.“Now, I’m coming to gobble you up,” said the Troll.“Oh, no! pray don’t take me. I’m too little, that I am,” said the billy-goat; “wait a bit till the second billy-goat Gruff comes, he’s much bigger.” “Well! be off with you,” said the Troll.A little while after came the second billy-goat Gruff to cross the bridge.“Trip, trap! trip, trap! trip, trap!” went the bridge.“WHO’S THAT tripping over my bridge?” roared the Troll.“Oh! It’s the second billy-goat Gruff, and I’m going up to the hill-side to make myself fat,” said the billy-goat, who hadn’t such a small voice. “Now, I’m coming to gobble you up,” said the Troll.“Oh, no! don’t take me, wait a little till the big billy-goat Gruff comes, he’s much bigger.”“Very well! be off with you,” said the Troll. But just then up came the big billy-goat Gruff. “TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP!” went the bridge, for the billy-goat was so heavy that the bridge creaked and groaned under him.“WHO’S THAT tramping over my bridge?” roared the Troll.“IT’S I! THE BIG BILLY-GOAT GRUFF,” said the billy-goat, who had an ugly hoarse voice of his own.“Now, I’m coming to gobble you up,” roared the Troll.“Well, come along! I’ve got two spears,And I’ll poke your eyeballs out at your ears;I’ve got besides two curling-stones,And I’ll crush you to bits, body and bones.”That was what the big billy-goat said; and so he flew at the Troll and poked his eyes out with his horns, and crushed him to bits, body and bones, and tossed him out into the burn, and after that he went up to the hill-side. There the billy-goats got so fat they were scarce able to walk home again; and if the fat hasn’t fallen off them, why they’re still fat; and so:Snip,snap, snout,This tale’s told out.

Thoughts on story.

• This is the one story that I am considering doing along side The Story that never ends as it’s a one location story so you don’t have to spend too much time working on so many different locations and making them look perfect. Here you have one or 2 locations to work with and it’s a story that kids are familiar with and there for it will sell money.

ProposalDimensions

7-8 Pages. 21cm by 29 cm

Story OverviewThe story follows who as a massive flock of sheep which he uses to pasture in his meadow. One day when taking them back home they come across a narrow bridge so narrow that the shepherd decides that his sheep need to cross one by one. The Story then grinds to a halt as the sheep cross the bridge. By the time both sheep have crossed the bridge night has fallen and its time to go back.

Export Format

JEPEG.

Advantages: They are very easy to save and are used for web formats.

Disadvantages: Loses compression after multiple edits.

Deadline

7th April

Audience

I am aiming for my target audience to be no older than 5 years old. Children who are capable to have a good understanding of a simplistic story line but also reflect when a message is being thrown at them. This story is perfect for them as its not overcomplicated to where they cant follow everything and it is very short as well which helps because kids have very short attention spans and can get very bored if a story is overly long.

Production Methods

I am thinking of producing my images in a more rotoscope style as I feel as it makes the images on the page a lot more surreal and detailed as opposed to a overly cartoony drawing. I may do this by take already existing images of Sheppard and sheep along with a narrator and children and manipulating them by using the polygonal lasso tool. There are a few disadvantages to this as I might not get permission to get already existing image for my own needs and I have had my own troubles with this style in the past however this story is very short and would require no more than 8 pages. If I can not do this then I may stick to other methods such as illustrations or anything that Photoshop would allow.

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

A strength of your proposal is that you have thought out a good idea for the story and have a good idea on how you would like the story to be designed within Photoshop.

Overall the proposal is well done and the only thing which could be improved is about the dimensions of the book where you could go into further detail explaining why you have chosen to choose the dimensions being 21 by 29cm.

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

You have a good idea generation as you have managed to cover a lot on what the story could be like and the design etc.

The only thing which could be improved is the layout of the spider diagram as it can be slightly confusing on how to follow but the main thing is you have managed to get the context in there.

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

You have a general idea of what you wish for you story to be about. You also have a good understanding of how you want to make the story look, in terms of the Photoshop tools you wish to use to create the characters and narrative.

Your proposal explains your choices and reinforces your idea generation mood board however you could mention possibly about why you have chosen to make you book 21cm by 29cm and then further explain how you are going to make your story simplistic via the language or text used.

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

Detailed mind-map that explains how you want your overall book to look in terms of visual style and characters which is then reinforced by your mood board.

Included text examples on your mood board.Rearrange your mood board as well so that all the images are clear, as quite a few are over lapping each other – you could add another page instead.

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

A rotoscoping style is definitely ideal for having detailing in two dimensional images.

The plan is well-structured and I can understand clearly what you intend to do.

I would be a bit more specific as to how many pages you intend to use.

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

The simplicity of the story would definitely appeal to a younger audience, as you intend.

There is a wide range of media to work from to create a compelling story.

I also like the sense of humour in this proposal. The idea is very clever.

The sense of humour at the end more appeals to older audiences than younger audiences.

Feedback SummarySum up your feedback.My feedback is mostly positive however one of the biggest criticisms is I could have gone into a little more detail about the dimensions of my book and the layout on the mind maps could have been better. I have also gotten a criticism about the humour being out of place for younger audiences.

Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?Admittedly I am not an expert on dimensions but maybe if I did know a little bit more about it I could have written about it and it was also down to the fact that I wasn’t sure at the time on what dimensions to use. But the mind map could have looked a lot less messy and more structured.

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

I disagree on the last joke being aimed more at older audiences as it’s a joke that both and kids and adults can understand.

Original Script

http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Czechoslovak_folktale_15.html

(To be told very seriously)

Once upon a time there was a shepherd who had a great flock of sheep. He used to pasture them in a meadow on the other side of a brook. One day the sun had already set before he started home. Recent rains had swollen the brook so that he and the sheep had to cross on a little footbridge. The bridge was so narrow that the sheep had to pass over one by one.

Now we’ll wait until he drives them all over. Then I’ll go on with my story.

(when the children grow impatient and beg for a continuation of the story, they are told that there are many sheep and that up to this time only a few have crossed. A little later impatience again breaks out, they are told that the sheep are still crossing. And so on indefinitely.)

In fact there where so many sheep that when morning came they where still crossing and then it was time for the shepherd to turn around and drive them back to the pasture.

Story Breakdown

1. Opens with the Shepherd flocking his sheep as the narrator narrates.

2. The Sheep and the Shepherd come across a narrow bridge.

3. The Shepherd decides the sheep go one by one.

4. The Sheep continue cross the bridge as very few have gotten past the other side.

5. The sheep continue going on.

6. The Sheep continue going over

7 Still going over.

8. Morning comes and its time to drive them back to the pasture.

Page 1. Once upon a time there was a Shepherd who had a great flock of sheep. He used to pasture them in the meadow on other side of the brook.

Page 2. One morning the sun was just rising. Recent rains had swollen the brook so that he and his sheep had to cross on a little footbridge.

Page 3. The bridge was so narrow that the sheep had to pass over one by one.

Page 4. Sheep are still crossing.

Page 5 Sheep are still crossing

Page 6. Sheep are still crossing.

Page 7. In fact, there where so many sheep that when evening came they were still crossing.

Page 8. It was then time for the shepherd to turn around and drive them back again.

Final Script

(To Be Told Very Seriously)

Once upon a time, there was a Shepherd who had a great flock of sheep. He used to pasture them in the meadow on other side of the brook. One morning the sun was just rising. Recent rains had swollen the brook so that he and his sheep had to cross on a little footbridge. The bridge was so narrow that the sheep had to pass over one by one. In fact, there where so many sheep that when evening came they were still crossing. It was then time for the shepherd to turn around and drive them back again.

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