Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Grad film story: Return [rough idea]

A huge tree, numbers of birds and a winged man live in it, fly around.

The man flies over seas and mountains, among clouds and stars as his wings grow stronger and bigger.
All birds follow him.

The man's wings grow bigger and bigger, he begins to have trouble flying.
His wings grow over-sized, he struggles to fly back to the tree, but falls under it.

The man looks up to the flying birds in the tree, stands up and walks.
He walks by the sea, on the field, in the mountains. His wings leave enormous marks on the ground]
The man looks up to the sky.

[The camera pans up and up]
A kite flies across.
A glider flies across.
A older plane flies across.
A modern plane flies across.
A bird flies across.


Grad film story: Beasts



Prologue 1
[Pine forest in blizzard and darkness]
Unknown figure: [run, breathe heavily] 
[People yelling and dogs barking from far behind]Unknown figure: [shoot backwards twice randomly, fall down the hill]

Prologue 2
[Pine forest in blizzard]
Young hunter: [drag a wolf, stumble over something, revealed to be a frozen man]

Scene 1
[In a small cave, blizzard howling outside. A wake up by the fire, reach for something in his coat nervously then look relieved]
B: [walk into the cave, shake off snow] How are you feeling?
A: You saved me, Mister?
B: Want some water? [sit down]
A: Yes, yes please [drink] Thank you, thank you so much sir.
B: What happened?
A: I was... tracking down a fugitive, and the storm was pretty bad... Lucky you got me before he did.
B: So you are one of them, the people searching for that...assassin?
A: A horrible murderer, right in these mountains. The police are offering rewards to whoever that doesn't fear the storm, although I should have. It's a bad idea to come here. But you know, it's been a troubled time. There're all kinds of creatures running around, killers, robbers...?
B: Indeed, I've seen quite a few wanted posters.
A: You have? Well...nice.
B: But not the one you're looking for. Would you tell me what he looks like?
A: Sure, he um... is quite strong, brown hair, green eyes, pale, with a scar on his cheek.
B: That is hard to miss. Thank you. You need to rest. I'll go find you some food. [stand up]
A: Can you tell me the way out of the mountains, Mister?
B: The blizzard should be over by tomorrow, I'll walk you out of here. Don't worry.

Scene 2
[Pine forest and snow under the sun]
B: [stretch and breathe in]
[footsteps]
B: [turn around]
A: Good morning, Mister.
B: [nod]
A: It really is over. Hey, I know this place. I think I can leave on my own.
B: It's good to hear. [walk past A, pick up the crossbow] But I suggest you come with...
[click]
B: [straight up, turn around]
A: [point a revolver at B] Get rid of your weapons!
B: [let go of the crossbow, pull out the knife, throw to the ground]
A: I'm so sorry, Mister. I'm really grateful you saved me, but just to be I decide to kill you.
B: So that assassin you spoke of is in fact yourself?
A: Let's say I'm just unlucky enough to have run into the same place as he did, and had to hide from all his tails. I'm nothing more than a robber.
B: But killing me will make you a murderer.
A: [grin] Oh don't worry. I can plant this on him. He's killed so many, he won't care about one more. What a shame, Mister. You are good at the wild, but you're an amateur in men. [shoot, no bullet come out]
B: [punch A, grab the gun, throw A to the ground, point the gun on A's head] You're the amateur. Isn't it easy to tell when a revolver is not loaded?
A: Wh..when did you?
B: When you were buried in snow. [load the gun] I was thinking of returning these when we get out of the mountains, but you see so eager for them.
A: No, wait! Please, hand me to the police. I'm just robber but I bet they'll pay you more or less.
B: …But I don't want to meet them at all.
A: It's you..
[Bang]
B: [stand up] You were right. I've killed so many, and do not care about one more.








Monday, 27 January 2014

story brainstorm





Story III

Theme: -isolation
             - human vs monster(himself)

A man dies of being bitten by a vampire. His family, unaware of his true cause of death, bury him with stuff he liked and hope he go to heaven. Yet soon after being buried, the man comes back to life and is about to turn to a vampire.

       有一位男士被吸血鬼咬过后身亡。其家人因不知其死因,就认为他染上怪病突然死亡了,于是匆匆下葬。家人在男子的棺材中放了很多男子生前喜欢的东西,希望他死后可以安息,早日升入天堂。但在下葬后不久,男子突然复活并开始发生变异,很快就会变成吸血鬼。


Scene 1:
[POV shot] the man opens his eyes and sees darkness. He fumbles around and founds himself in a coffin. He screams and struggles but no one hears.
[camera pans upward showing the coffin is buried deep and no one is around]
[inside coffin] He gets out of breath and dizzy.
The man's spirit begins to split when the venom attacks his brain. He's turning into a monster.
His surviving consciousness tries to fight the mutated personality.

The man madly searches for tools to get out, but controlled in turn by different personalities, he looks for different things and reacts differently to what he finds. After several times of changes he tries to control that mutated person and imagines beating him while in fact he hits his own head. He faints.

 第一场:男子在棺材中复活。
       (开场几个镜头迅速交待男子如何死的,并入如何被匆忙下葬。)
       第一人视角,男子慢慢睁开眼睛,眼前一片漆黑。他在四周胡乱的摸着,发现自己被困在棺材里。他开始拼命挣扎,大喊大叫。可是无人理睬(伴随喊叫镜头上拉,显示棺材埋的很深,并且周围没有人)。(镜头切回,男子很累了大口的喘着粗气,由于棺材里空气稀薄,男仔开始头晕。)这是男子的精神突然发生了分裂,之前被吸血鬼咬过后的病毒开始侵袭男子的大脑,男子的意识开始变化,变得越来越像个怪兽(身体和面部青筋暴起,瞳孔放大,牙齿变尖。)。但男子的自我意识依旧存活,并试图与变异的另一个人格较量。
        男子开始疯狂的在棺材里寻找试图找到让自己逃出去的工具,但是不同的人格支配着他,以后正常以后不正常(idea源于,魔戒中高噜噜的状态,自己跟自己出话,但又不是完全的对话)这种意识形态下的男子,在寻找工具的过程中对要找的东西和对找到的东西的反应完全不一样。(参考魔戒视频)找了三四个回合,男子试图去控制自己的另一个正在变异的意识,于是幻想着拿东西打另一个自己,实际上是打了自己的脑袋。男子瞬间晕了过去。




Scene 2: playing cards


The two spirits sit at a table in a white room, facing each other and playing cards.
The man finds he has way too few cards to defeat the mutated.
[In a black room, the mutated spirit sitting on a chair wearing layers of bondage is talking to the man, his words cuts into the man's mind.]
[White room] The mutated makes a move in the game.
[Black room] The man reacts scared and one of the bondages is shattered.
Finally there is only one card left for the man and the mutated is free, prepared to stand up from the chair.
The man smiles, stands up and cuts his own throat with the last card he has.

第二场:男子与变异男子打牌
           场景切换,男子与变异男子在一个全黑的房间里相对而坐于同一张桌子上。有一处光从头顶打下,照在两个人身上。
           男子与变异男子相对而坐,他们手中各有一组牌,男子手中的牌是自己生前做过的好事。变异男子的牌是他之前做过的坏事。两人对视,洗牌,出牌,互不相让。但男子发现自己做过的坏事太多了,自己的手牌根本无法战胜变异男子。男子开始害怕开始恐惧,他觉得自己的大脑陷入一片空白。(镜头切换)男子发现自己被困在一个纯白色的房间里,房间没有门没有窗完全封闭没有一点缝隙。变异男子坐在一把椅子上,身上布满枷锁不能动弹。(镜头切换)变异男子继续出牌,口中念念有词。每当男子感到害怕,恐惧和无助的时候,另一个镜头中的变异男子身上的枷艘和束缚就会减少一层。(这一段的镜头切换会在两个场景间发生,而且频率越来越快)变异男子不断的出牌,而男子则一个人傻傻的坐在对面,面色苍白。变异男子的手拍越来越少,另一个空间中的束缚就越来越少。就当变异男子出完最后一张牌后,男子微笑的站起身,毫不犹豫地用自己手上最后一张牌,割断了自己的气管。







Scene 4:

Back in reality, the man comes back to consciousness, covering his bleeding throat with his hand. He twitches but still smiles.

第四场:男子死亡。
         镜头回到现实,男子手捂着流血的气管清醒了过来。身体剧烈的抽动,但嘴角还是挂着一丝笑容

完

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Idea 2 research images





Project: Anything-Can-Happen Week

Hellooooo~!

Since this week we're allowed to try anything we want, it’s time to bounce some ideas around! o3o

Depressing one first~!
I want to explore how the human psyche breaks down in isolation. The story is set in the Victorian era where a man dies after being bitten by a vampire, he then revives as a vampire a few days later to find out he is trapped in his own grave. His mind then slowly degrades until he finally commits suicide. The character and world would be introduced through his dreams and hallucinations.

Inspiration:
The original idea came to me when I was watching an anime called Shiki, in the anime a small group of vampires tries to invade a village by turning them all into vampires. The process of turning is once a villager dies, they resurrect a few days later as vampires. This led me to wonder what would happen if someone was turned undead and left in their graves.

There was a short story I read a while ago about sensory deprivation, where a professor (I think) shuts himself in an isolation tank for long periods of time. I also read about anechoic  chambers 

The Film 127 hours.


Idea number two~~

Paul is inspired by his childhood, and wants to explore a story about joy and imagination, where children often imagine themselves as part of a fantasy world when playing. The story takes place in the imagined world of a child and is very innocent and fairy tale-esque. The route the story would take is still unclear as there are many plots that we can explore, such as a hero rescuing a princess, slaying dragons, leading an army, or maybe a combination. In reality it would just be a child playing with his toys, but in his imagination everything comes to life.

Inspiration:

Paul saw an animation at the Capilano screening last semester. It was about a father watching his daughter running around outside, but in the child's mind she was in a completely different world.

Also, this.
The story for this series is about a girl in middle school who can't stop living in her own fantasy world. The fantasy scenes are over the top and creates a great contrast from the normal everyday life scenes, Which is the general direction we would like to take with this idea.

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Project: Zombie - Initial Character Designs


This is the first development for the character design. "Zombie boy and Suited Man"
My first impression for the joyful undead was a simple buttoned collar top with a balloon in his fallen left hand. The boy may lost his hand yet he still remains his attitude and perceives the world as the happiest kid alive. On the other hand, the Suited Man looks sharp and flawless yet is trapped in the dullness of society and remains grey. 
Draft #1 Character Develop #1
Draft #2 Character Develop #2

Draft #3 Character Develop #3


A scene when the suited man returned zombie boy's arm and ultimately transforming his dead-like appearance into a joyful human by slowly coated his body with splash of colour

Paul's Concept


Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Shaun of the Dead Movie beginning


Shaun of the Dead Movie beginning


Shaun of the Dead


毕业动画的主题和构想(Chinese) to be continue


 
  我的毕业动画打算做一个和Zombie有关的动画。我这个动画向反映的是一个僵尸用病毒传染的方式吧快了带给那些每天为生计苦苦挣扎的人们。整个动画将以传达正能量为主。

故事背景:
       故事发生在现代,一个高速发展的城市。每个人为了生活,为了金钱和权力而每天辛苦的工作。整个城市是美丽而现代化的,可是生活在城市里的人则无心去欣赏身边的景色。每个人的头上都有一片乌云,这乌云让所有人的颜色变成黑白灰,没有任何色彩。、

人物介绍:
       主人公:
              1. 僵尸:僵尸,生前是一个普通的白领,喜爱跳舞和音乐。和所有人一样他没有颜色,头上有一朵乌云,每天忙碌于公司和家里。终于有一天死于心肌梗塞,猝死在酒吧,随后被丢弃到河边,于两天后变成僵尸。
           变成僵尸后,他失去了所有的感知能力和记忆,但依旧有思想和语言能力,有潜意识,无法储存记忆。 头顶的乌云消失,身上有了颜色。但每天还是会去上班,僵尸自己不是到为什么,只是潜意识告诉他,在这个时间他应该出现在这个地方。他每天没有记忆,没有烦恼和忧伤。