ILLUSTRATION AND VISUAL NARRATIVE - LECTURE STUDY REPORT 1,2,3,4,5
LECTURE STUDY REPORT 1,2,3,4,5
29.3.2022 - 28.6.2022 (Week 1 - Week 14)
Er Xin Ru (Melanie) | 0354939
Bachelor Of Design (Hons) In Creative Media | Taylor's University
Subject: COM61304 - Illustration and Visual Narrative
Lecture Study Report 1,2,3,4,5
WEEK 2 | LECTURE REPORT TASK 1
Character Design Basics - 8.4.2022
I choose COCO - DISNEY 2017,
COCO - DISNEY 2017
Fig 1 - Poster of Coco 2017 (8/4/2022)
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. It touches on love, loss, coming of age, finding yourself, dealing with grief, and the importance of family. This movie has such a deep meaning to me and it pulls my heartstrings every time. Love and family make the world go round. Forgiveness and change are important. Pattinson’s acting in this was remarkable. It gave me such “Catcher in the Rye” vibes. It was dark, serious, and sentimental, but what I liked most about it - was that it was real. There were fun moments, there were light moments, but the movie itself has a sad undertone which I think is heartbreaking, but remarkable. The storyline is exquisite and there was never a dull moment. I can watch it over and over again and not get bored. Not a single person won’t be able to relate to one of the themes of this movie, because it touches on so many. If you’ve never seen it, you’re missing out, I can’t stress that enough. If you like emotional, deep, sad, romantic, well-rounded movies, you have to try them out.
Fig 1 - Coco Sence in the Land of the Dead (8/4/2022)
| Background
Despite his family's generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.| Character Information
Fig 1.1 - Coco (Miguel) playing his favorite guitar (8/4/2022)
Miguel is a slender 12-year-old (later 13) young Mexican boy with tan skin, black hair, brown eyes, a mole below his nose, and a dimple on only one side of his mouth. He wears a red hooded jacket with white stripes over a white tank top, blue jeans with cuffs, and black shoes. When looking for Ernesto in the Land of the Dead, he gets his face painted like a skeleton in black and white shoe polish by Héctor in order to blend in, which later washes away after he accidentally falls into Ernesto's pool, near the end of the movie, he loses his hoodie and replaced his tank top with a white short-sleeved dress shirt, and the rest of his outfit remains unchanged, and later gets a red and yellow Mariachi outfit when playing Proud Corazón.
| Design Characteristics
Fig 1.2 - Coco (Miguel) did this makeup to disguise himself (8/4/2022)
Abilities
Miguel has an ear for music and is a fast learner, as he had taught himself how to play the guitar by watching one of Ernesto's old films with the guitar that he had built. Indicating a skill for craftsmanship, as he had made it himself and to make it look like his great-great-grandfather's guitar. Miguel's ear for music also helps him to possess a good singing voice, which he may have learned from listening to Ernesto and other musicians singing in the plaza, it is very likely that he had inherited musical skills from Héctor. Miguel is also fast on his feet, as he was able to outrun and escape from Pepita's "hunt" for him.Abilities
2. Colours
3. Emphasis, Contrast
4. Harmony
5. Expressions, Poses
Reference: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Miguel_Rivera
WEEK 3 | LECTURE REPORT TASK 2
1. STORYTELLING
2. DESIGN
3. ASPECT RATIO
4. COMPOSITION
5. CAMERA MOVEMENT
6. LIGHTNING
7. CONTRAST
8. BLOCKING
2. DESIGN
3. ASPECT RATIO
4. COMPOSITION
5. CAMERA MOVEMENT
6. LIGHTNING
7. CONTRAST
8. BLOCKING
Pick ONE scene from any screen media (movie, drama series, animation) that utilizes chiaroscuro lighting - a style that emphasizes shadow and light
Write a short report (min. 500 words) about how the lighting in the movie impacted and accentuated the importance of the particular scene in the narrative.
I choose Soul - Disney 2020 as my scene :
| Chiaroscuro in this Drama Series
SOUL - DISNEY 2020
Fig 1 - Soul Poster (15/4/2022)
Joe Gardner, a middle school music teacher, feels stuck in life and unfulfilled at his job. He dreams of a career in jazz, to which his seamstress mother, Libba, objects.
Fig 1.1 - Joe is a music teacher ad also dreams to be a Jazz (15/4/2022)
Joe finds himself as a soul heading into the "Great Beyond". Unwilling to die before his big break, he tries to escape but ends up in the "Great Before", where soul counselors-all named Jerry-prepare unborn souls for life on Earth. Joe poses as an instructor who is set to train the souls and is assigned 22, a cynical soul who has remained in the Great Before for a millennium and sees no point in living on Earth. 22 reveals that she has a badge that fills up with traits. She needs to find her "spark" to complete it and says she will give it to Joe so that he can return home.
Fig 1.2 - Finding your Spark Scene fit Terry (15/4/2022)
Tasked with keeping track of the entrants to The Great Beyond, Terry can be a bit obsessive about her job. (OK, a lot obsessive.) Each Jerry does their best to tolerate Terry, whose fixation with “The Count” can be aggravating—especially if it’s off. Joe tries to assist 22 in finding a passion, but the attempts prove futile. With no other options, 22 takes him out to "the zone", an area that people enter when their passion sets them into a euphoric trance; it also houses the lost souls who become obsessed.
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Fig 1.3 - The Counselors (15/4/2022)
The Counselors— new souls before they’re sent to Earth. “We figured if the souls just ran around amok, no one would ever leave,” and “It was just bedlam up there. They need a little bit of steering, so the universe kind of dumbs itself down in some form that we wanted to look not like another soul and not like a person from Earth.”
Fig 1.3 - Scene of Lost Souls (15/4/2022)
Fig 1.4 Escape the Lost Soul World (15/4/2022)
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Fig 1.5 22 enter Joe's body & Joe enters the cat's body (15/4/2022)
Joe excitedly hops back to Earth but accidentally brings 22 with him, resulting in 22 entering his body and Joe ending up in the body of a therapy cat. Meanwhile, Terry, an accountant designated to count souls headed to the Great Beyond, finds the count off and convinces the Jerrys to let her return the missing soul.
Fig 1.5 22 Joe returns bac to earth & 22 finds her purpose
of living and decide to enter her new world (15/4/2022)
Joe convinces her that she is ready to live, and she returns to normal. With her badge back, 22 finally enters Earth with Joe accompanying her for as long as he can. As he prepares to head into the Great Beyond, Joe is stopped by a Jerry who tells him that he has inspired them and will give him another chance at life. Joe thanks them and returns to his body back on Earth, now with the intent to live his life to the fullest.
As a Result of Chiaroscuro in Soul-Disney Scene, there are two different lightning for the earth world & also the "Great Beyond" world. The lighting shows the world is bright which it's represents the word "Hope", even when we feel disappointment or even failure, there are still ways of "Hope" as we can change our life to be a better way of life. The "Great Beyond" world uses lots of elements like Dark, Shine, Colour Combination, and other elements that represent the mystery, darkest sides, the reincarnation of the soul and etc which represent a realistic contract. As it's really attractive and gives most of the viewers a "wow" feel as I see the evaluation on google and also myself too as I watch this movie.
The light, Shadow, and contrast are very important as they give an obvious difference in color that can express emotion, the intention of the story, and the feeling of our audience watching it will have a great impact.
WEEK 4 | LECTURE REPORT TASK 3
Composition 1: Visual Shots & Composition & Light & ShadowVisual Shots & Composition
• Establishing : Wide shots were often used to establish not just the setting, but to portray spectacle and give audiences the chance to take in all the splendor and grandeur of a location, while still giving them enough information to process what's going on.
• Bird Eye View : Also known as overhead shots, is when the POV is placed directly above the subject. It's somewhere around a 90-degree angle above the scene taking place.
• Frame within a Frame : A well-composed frame within a frame can fracture screen space, add depth, and create visual interest in your cinematic compositions.
• Medium Shot : The shot is also called a three-quarters shot which, obviously, frames three-quarters of the character. This is one of the standard camera angles used to frame a character. It's the shot in-between a close-up and a long shot.
• Close Up : The close-up is an intimate moment, a look into a character's mind. It causes us to "catch" emotions, so as the rest of the scene plays out, we're already invested in the characters' well-being. Therefore, this type of shot should emphasize emotions and thoughts within a grander context.
• Worm Eye Overview : The close-up is an intimate moment, a look into a character's mind. It causes us to "catch" emotions, so as the rest of the scene plays out, we're already invested in the characters' well-being. Therefore, this type of shot should emphasize emotions and thoughts within a grander context.
1. Worm eye oview
Fig - 1 Worm eye overview (29/4/2022)
Shoot from above is to shoot above head height. Getting down low or up high can be a great way of capturing a point of view that is more dynamic or interesting. As in this picture, I take the view from below to create a view that is below the building.
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Fig - 2 Bird eye overview (29/4/2022)
BIRD'S EYE VIEW : Also known as overhead shots, is when the POV is placed directly above the subject. It's somewhere around a 90-degree angle above the scene taking place.
This photo is outside the view of of my balcony at 19 floor.
3. Establishing
Fig - 3 Establishing (29/4/2022)
In this picture, you can see there are 2 people that are walking at the garden as u can see cleary where are they and what there are going to do next. So i choose this photo as Esrablashing composition.
4. Frame within the Frame
Fig - 4 Frame within the Frame (29/4/2022)
5. Close Up
Fig - 5 Close Up (29/4/2022)
As u can see in this picture I take it from my garden, I zoom the flower and blur out the background as it also creates a simple composition by zooming in on part of your subject and focusing on a particular detail I wanted.
Fig - 5 Medium Shots (29/4/2022)
MEDIUM SHOT : The shot is also called a three-quarters shot which, obviously, frames three-quarters of the character. This is one of the standard camera angles used to frame a character. It's the shot in-between a close-up and a long shot
WEEK 4 | LECTURE REPORT TASK 4
Composition 2: Foreground, Middle-Ground & Background
Fig.1 Elsa sitting on Water Horse | Foreground (1/5/2022)
Fig.2 Elsa uses her power | Middle Ground (1/5/2022)
Frozen II is an animated musical comedy-drama/fantasy film produced at Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Released on November 22, 2019, it is the sequel to the 2013 film, Frozen, and it is the 58th animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon.
Taking place three years after the events of the first film, Frozen II follows Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, and Sven as they journey to an enchanted forest to save their kingdom from a curse involving the elemental spirits of water, wind, fire, and earth.
Elsa, the Snow Queen, has an extraordinary gift -- the power to create ice and snow. But no matter how happy she is to be surrounded by the people of Arendelle, Elsa finds herself strangely unsettled. After hearing a mysterious voice call out to her, Elsa travels to the enchanted forests and dark seas beyond her kingdom -- an adventure that soon turns into a journey of self-discovery.
This scene is about Nokk (the horse) was furious with Elsa and really was trying to stop her by any means possible, why did it fail? Elsa's mother, Queen Iduna (Evan Rachel Wood) was Northuldra, and her father was a prince of Agnarr; she and her sister Anna were a bridge, a connection, between the two. The spirits saw this and gave her the gift of magic. As the fifth elemental spirit, the one that would reconnect humanity to the magic of nature, she could connect with, tame, and harness the Nokk. The spirit's backstory appears to be based on the Scandinavian folklore tale of dangerous shapeshifting water-spirits that would lure travelers to the waterside.
| Foreground, Middle-Ground
- Outline areas in the scenes for each ground.
As we can see in this scene,
Second Picture as we can see Elsa uses her spell as the colour (Light and Contrast) is very obvious which the whole scene is blue to also express the storyline well. It also zoom the main character Elsa to show her expression and movement as well. So they are often described in the middle-ground, close to the background.
- Explain what design principles are applied to each visual and how they affect the narratives.
The first & Second pictures also arrange a good focus and arrangement of visual focus using foreground, and middle-ground which indicates a sense of movement, and rhythm in your of the picture (scene), This is known to be Design Flow.
Abstract
The main objective of this article is to cite an example of perspectives, and to explain what design principles applied for each visual. I am explaining for this topic quoting some animations and a game.
The following four types are representative of perspectives.
- One-point Perspective
- Two-point Perspective
- Three-point Perspective
- Isometric Grid
One-point Perspective
Two-point Perspective
Three-point Perspective
Isometric Grid
Three-point Perspective
Isometric Grid
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