Picking out Key Frames: Text Analysis – breakdown of the dramatic action into visual elements
"The keys - the storytelling drawings or positions that HAVE to be there to show what's happening. Put it where you can see it... so it READS."
~Richard Williams
Think of a key frame as a reference point, like the mile markers on a highway, or chapter headings in a novel; where something significant has changed, or the most important action occurs.This analysis will help you to determine which "shots" you'll need to convey your story.
From the storyline you should be able to quickly pick out the key frames. Key frames are the frames in which the most important action occurs.
Example:
What does a designer look for when analyzing a script?
The first reading should introduce the designer to the story. During the second reading he should look for conceptual images and the dramatic mood and during the third reading he should develop lists of the specific design requirements. Below are a few of the questions which should be able to be answered after reading the play...
From the storyline you should be able to quickly pick out the key frames. Key frames are the frames in which the most important action occurs.
Example:
What does a designer look for when analyzing a script?
The first reading should introduce the designer to the story. During the second reading he should look for conceptual images and the dramatic mood and during the third reading he should develop lists of the specific design requirements. Below are a few of the questions which should be able to be answered after reading the play...
- What happens in the scene?
- Who are involved?
- Which character dominates the action?
- What is the climax (or crisis)?
- What is the setting or location of the scene?
- What is the period of the action?
- What images (metaphors) are suggested by the script?
- What is needed to stage the scene? Entrances and Exits? Set props?
- What time of day does the scene take place?
- What are the sources of light?
Assignment:
Project:
• Based on the mood boards and action breakdown/**keyframes for your Myth/Story, you are going to develop dynamic multi-frame storyboard pages for each of these key transitional story moments
•the 11x17" page/s for the beginning are due next week, but feel free to do more of the story if you are motivated
** KEY FRAMES (where the most important action occurs)
• Focus on how the frame is used to create pace, tension, filmic syntax, and visual hierarchy
• Mixed media, line, restricted color palette, gutter variation, scale, etc. (and all the elements of design) should be incorporated to help tell the story in the most dynamic way possible
•use visuals, not words to convey the story
>>Consider cutting up your mood board images, cut/paste/draw, photograph, etc.
Project:
• Based on the mood boards and action breakdown/**keyframes for your Myth/Story, you are going to develop dynamic multi-frame storyboard pages for each of these key transitional story moments
•the 11x17" page/s for the beginning are due next week, but feel free to do more of the story if you are motivated
- Use the 11x17 format, either vertically or horizontally
- break this 11x17 page into just the minimum number of frames to visually express this beginning KEYFRAME
- remember that you need to establish where we are located (establishing shot) in the story and what the main action is, which characters are present, etc.--this page sets the mood and style for the rest of the story keyframes
- use one 11x17 page broken into multi-frames for each major Keyframe/transition
** KEY FRAMES (where the most important action occurs)
• Focus on how the frame is used to create pace, tension, filmic syntax, and visual hierarchy
• Mixed media, line, restricted color palette, gutter variation, scale, etc. (and all the elements of design) should be incorporated to help tell the story in the most dynamic way possible
•use visuals, not words to convey the story
>>Consider cutting up your mood board images, cut/paste/draw, photograph, etc.
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