ILLUSTRATION AND VISUAL NARRATIVE

TASK 4: ANIMATED VIDEO WITH CAPTION

Instructions

For the Final Project of this course, you are required to create a poetic, life-lesson animated video with caption. The duration of the video MUST be between 15 – 20 seconds. You are required to create at least 3 sequences of animated illustration based on a script. The scripts are included in the next slides. You DO NOT NEED to create your own scripts. You can start by breaking down your script into few parts, and plan the visuals of each part. You MUST include sound, audio narrative and caption of your script.

For your Final Project, the dimension will be:

Height: 1920 px
Width: 1080 px
Orientation: Portrait / Vertical

Your final submission will consist of:

Adobe Illustrator&Photoshop File/Files – .ai & .psd format
Final Animated Video – .mp4 format

Sound
Background Music
Animation
Script Overlay

Documentation – .pdf format

Description of inspiration
Moodboard
Storyboard
Script
Detailed information
Rationale
Self Reflection

Techniques Applied

Visual Continuity
Rule of Thirds
Setting Mood Using Colour and Lighting
Typography
Transitions
Audio-Visual Synchronization
Mood Reinforcement Through Sound

Self Reflection

During this project, it became apparent to me that I need to work on sketching human figures. It was very difficult to draw the girl in the positions I envisioned in my head. I had to change them during the digitising process. However, creating a story based on the script was pretty fun. I'm glad I could express myself through the script and the animation.
Next time, I would spend more time working on the character design, I realise I did not do that very well in this project while the main focus of the animation was the character. I would also work on lighting more because I do not like the lighting done on the second and third frames.