- There should be no doubt in the audience's mind about what event is causing the narrative
- The shot needs to convey emotion
- You must direct the audience's attention, using tools such as colour and lighting to create a tone/mood
I found it very hard to decide on what 6 images would best describe the events of my nursery rhyme, and feel that my final 6 is not enough for a proper storyboard as the pacing between the shots is a bit jarring. I did however like most of my shot's compositions.
I feel the first shot is too plain and is a bit boring. I could have used a more interesting perspective for the establishing shot. I like the warped angle of the second shot. The closeup of the third shot works well but I should have centered the wheel a lot better to frame it. I really like the perspectives and framing of the final 3 shots.
I definitelly need to impove my perspectve skills to make my compositions look much more interesting. One tip I learned is to use diagonal lines rather than horizontal ones, which is a technique imployed by Brad Bird a lot in his films.
I'm quite happy with the staging in the splash page, the dead kid being centered in the foreground with contrasting and bright colours brings immediate attention to it, and the perspective of the road and the brightness of the blood leads the eyes to the bus and thus the cause of the death. I struggled a lot with the background however, as I find it really hard to colour convincing backgrounds and its something I need to work on. Also the style is something that I find quite challenging, as initally I tried a Ghibli inspired background however it was messy and uncoordinated. This exercise showed that I need to work on my backgrounds. It also made me think much more about how I should frame each shot to bring out its meaning.
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