We began the workshop this week with a presentation that covered effective storyboard creation and a variety of approaches that we may use to add interest to our storyboards. placing the subject in the right position so that viewers can more clearly understand the situation and feel comfortable while viewing the animation. The first exercise we had to finish was a storyboard of a flour sack jump. I started the work through studying the example, then gradually changing it after a few attempts at drawing the storyboard because I was having some trouble figuring out where to put the flour sack and what its form was in various poses. Following the description to complete the storyboard was the second task. This work was easier for me than the first one since I was able to draw whatever I wanted, experiment with different styles, and incorporate more of my own elements.
In our group project this week, we talked about the number of rooms in the haunted house and the sequence of scenes. We agreed to have an end scene and an open scene, with Gio conducting the end scene and Hannah working on the open scene. The scenes in the next rooms will be Arwen for room 1, Katie for room 2, Jamayne for room 3, and myself the last room. The assignment required us to create a storyboard for our own section of the animation. I finished drawing my section in rough form.
My rough description for my storyboard was that there is a blind hiding the door; the blind moves to the sides, and the door automatically opens. The girl races into the dark space. A point of view reveals a dusty, web-filled room. I had the impression that the room was set out like a banded circus, with a doll hanging from the ceiling. After taking a step back out of fear, she stepped on a toy. The girl was frightened by the broken crack. and stared at her foot before being pushed to the ground by one of the dolls that were hanging from the ceiling. She screamed as she saw the joker’s head and hurried to stand up and escape for her life. All the dolls began to unhitch from the ceiling and chase after the girl as she ran towards the door.