Category: Testing Testing Workshops

Workshop: 5 Obstructions

Floating World Storyboard

First 3D background test.
Final Background animation video.
Shot experiments
Shot experiments
All visual editing tests.
Selected audio samples, post editing, from the group’s primary sourced videos.
Final edit with experimental audio beat using audio samples. Non diagetic.
Final edit with second audio test- more diagetic.

Workshop: Characters Behind the Pages

Task: Draw some rough shapes and then find a character within them.
Task for the first picture: Draw a baker, a builder, a thief and a swimmer with the shapes of a rectangle, square, thief and circle.
Task for second picture: draw a silhouette of a solder, a cowboy and a girl in the rain.
Task: List your personality and then decide on shapes that would fit to you. Then draw yourself focussing on using those shapes/.
The next task asked of us was to create a character from an already provided description. I chose ‘Amy Jones’.

Description: It’s easy to get to know an open person like Amy Jones, but the two traits most people enjoy the most are that she’s gracious and cheerful. Of course, she’s also charming, heroic and observant, but in smaller doses and they’re often spoiled by habits of being cold as well.

Her grace though, this is what she’s kind of cherished for. People regularly count on this and her charm especially when they need comforting or support.

Nobody’s perfect of course and Amy has rotten moods and days too. Her imprudence and instability cause plenty of grievances and just affects all around negatively. Fortunately her cheerfulness helps prevent most of these grievances.

Task: Create either a villain or a hero character using maximum two shapes.

Novel character: ‘Madge’ from ‘The Hunger Games’ series. Pg.13-15.

Description:

‘The major’s daughter, Madge, opens the door. She’s in my year at school. Being the mayor’s daughter, you’d expect her to be a snob, but she’s all right. She keeps to herself. Like me. Since neither of us really has a group of friends, we seem to end up together a lot at school. Eating lunch, sitting next to each other at assemblies, partnering for sport activities. we rarely talk, which suits us both just fine.’

‘Today, her drab school outfit has been replaced by an expensive white dress, and her blonde hair is done up with a pink ribbon. Reaping clothes.’

‘His eyes land on a small circular pin that adorns her dress. Real Gold. Beautifully crafted. It could keep a family in bread for months.’

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‘My next guest is also unexpected. Madge walks straight to me. She is not weepy or evasive. Instead there is an urgency about her tone that surprises me. “They let you wear one thing from your district in the arena. One thing to remind you of home. Will you wear this?” She holds out the circular gold pin that was on her dress earlier. I hadn’t paid much attention to it before, but now I see it’s a small bird in flight.’

“Your pin” I say. Wearing a token from my district is about the last thing on my mind.

“Here, I’ll put it on your dress, all right?” Madge doesn’t wait for an answer, she just leans in and fixes the bird to my dress. “Promise you’ll wear it into the arena, Katniss?” She asks. “Promise?”

“Yes,” I say. Cookies. A pin. I’m getting all kinds of gifts today. Madge gives me one more. A kiss on the cheek. Then she’s gone and I’m left thinking that maybe Madge has been my friend all along.