Week FIVE blahh

LAYOUT

Once more we discussed layout and how we should go about doing it for the best results.

Field Guides:
16 Field is the largest used for TV
11 F. Long shot- full body
9 F. is used for close up’s on the face
10 F. mid shots (half body approx. .)
16 and 14 F.- are used for crowd shots.

Layout folders need to have a Cover Sheet: a page showing all aspects of a scene on one sheet of paper.

Trace off all layers in the correct positioning onto one sheet. This will act as a reference page to show all the props and character positions. .
Include camera movements and cameras co-ordinates also!!

Camera positions
To measure camera positions use the FG (field Guide) grid.
Each FG has a cross in its centre- use this to measure the change in location from the original guide to the new guide.

An example might be a long shot (11 f) to a close-up pan of face (9 f).
The new position of the 9 field might be 1 North 1.5 West (in terms of the grid squars being wroth 1 each)

The first camera position is always Blue.
The finish camera position is always Black.

Always be aware of TV essentials when Storyboarding.

Mark showed us using Duck Dodgers example how when you draw in BG’s of characters you must be aware of the whole room as a setup. Use many different pieces of paper which shown the environment the characters are in at all diff. angles to help draw the BG. This ensures consistency form on angle in the shot to another!!

Always draw bigger then you need- past the guide parameters!! That way if there is a problem and you need to move the shot slightly left or right you can without having to redraw!!

Tone: Drawn in tone and shadow using blue pencil. Apply diff tones of blue to get better depth.

Overlays:
Once BG is shaded place the character sheet over it.
Now you can draw in any overlays! This is any part of the Background that the character interacts with.

Indicate using another colour on the BG what the overlay is. Also draw in the overlay on the character page.

For all cover pages write a brief description of what is happening in the scene.

Last but not least draw down the camera positions- Blue starting pose, Black finish pose.


Fin!!!