Today was all about nailing down the specifics of what we needed to do for our end of semester Pixar parody film. We discussed the different steps involved in the over all creation process including things like coming up with a workable concept, turning that concept into a rough storyboard, making an animatic, sound design, the different things needed for the character design process, producing the actual film and the deliverables required at the end.
To allow us to get some practice in, we were given 30 minutes to do one of three things from a list of provided tasks. I chose to do a storyboard based on the premise of a dirty cup that was left sitting on the counter that could not fit in the dishwasher and it was afraid it was missing out on a party. An unusual concept but a very fun one to come up with a storyboard for. My storyboard, pictured above covered the main sequences and pivotal emotional moments that I think would be portrayed should this piece ever actually be produced.
Over all, I found the exercise to be really beneficial in terms of reminding myself how to storyboard and challenging in that for a change, I wasn't drawing my own ideas, but rather based on a provided prompt - something I hadn't done in a long time. It also helped remind me that this is what being a professional storyboarder is - taking someone else's dialogue and bringing it to life for them as one of the first ways of determining if the story works, if it makes sense - which is a very valuable insight to remember, at least in my opinion.
The challenge for myself now is to finalise the story that I want to tell in my film and then start creating a rough storyboard to see if it's achievable.
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