Storytelling Response

What I took from the reading on plot and storytelling was that before coming up with specific plot points it’s important to have the foundations of your story well considered and that plot points will more naturally flow from this. Figuring out your characters drive and motivations paired with understanding exactly when conflict should arise and the extent to which the conflict builds interest seem to be the process that creates the most solid plot points. Following the normal model of the story arc is not something I’m so eager to escape just because those are the story arcs that have had the most effect on me. That being said I very much enjoy story’s that don’t necessarily follow this linear model of story telling and I believe many of the key timing involved in building conflict still applies.

Reading up on transitions was something I was happy to do because it was one of the areas I was less conscious in observing when it comes to viewing film. Also many films create their stylistic marks on the world with heavy influence of there transition styles. One of the first thing that comes to mind is the Star Wars wipe. 

For this second storyboard project I have only really thought about the heart of the story I want to tell. Ultimately I want it to be about a young child and her adventures in the garden of her back yard. This child suffers of boredom and lack of attention from her family so she must find adventure elsewhere while also finding new company who appreciate her efforts and skill sets in a imaginative setting. In the end she gains the positive attention of her family by overcoming a conflict within the garden.

I enjoyed viewing the potato hunter mostly because of its ability to give personality to and emote plain potatoes. I also like its use of spaces and objects that take on new logics within the space the animator created. Rather than being what the audience recognizes the objects take on new uses and the environment behaves in new but familiar ways.