Post #12 - Final Story Board

A hand made stop-motion animation about a girl within a photo, unaware of the outside world, as she walks across the walls of a bedroom to find her boyfriend.

I found my inspiration from a YouTube Video named, ‘The PEN Story’, where the artist shot thousands of photos of a boy walking through streets. The artist then printed the images and re-shot each photo inside his house.

My Stop Motion Animation will have the same concept as ‘The PEN Story’. In part one of my animation, I will create a cut-out animation of a girl walking through the streets like the children’s show ‘Angela Anaconda’. The girl will be cut-out paper figure; her body will walk slightly disjointed and her large head will bobble on top. Creating a cut-out animation will allow me to produce high quality photos using a light box. The girl will be black and white, contrasting against her colourful dress to engage the audience.

The second part of my animation consists of printing the cut-out animation photos and creating another stop motion in my bedroom.  I have estimated that the film will be approximately 45 seconds long, 540 shots (12 frames/second) and with over 450 photos printed (approximately costing $45). Detailed in my storyboard, the girl will step on other photos, real life books and walk through magazine covers to interact with her background.

The intended materials needed for this project includes: A high quality camera, camera stand, digital prints, double sided sticky tape and a bedroom with books, lights, bench, teddy bear, wire/string of lights and a magazine.

I have chosen these bedroom items for the audience to feel like it’s their own bedroom.

The story will be told from different perspectives. Firstly, when the girl is drawn on paper, we will see the human’s point of view. This allows the audience to see what she sees. When the human leaves the room, the story will be objective, as the audience becomes an outside observer of the girl walking in the photos. We only get to see the girl’s point of view when she travels on the chair lift and looks out the window (frame 11).

Composition plays a large part role in making important elements stand out. In frame 11 and 12, the horizontal line is below the centre of the frame to comply with the ‘rule of thirds’. In shots where there is subject in the distance, I have added a secondary object in the foreground to emphasize the size of the girl vs. the bedroom (frame 2,3, 11, 12). I have made sure my subject is shot at an appropriate size, with a sense of depth to add visual interest (frame 4,9,12,13).

The mood will be uplifting through the music and lighting. I am considering a few uplifting, fast beat songs including: “I’m With You” and “A Ways To Go” by Grouplove. There will be a few diegetic sound effects, such as scribble marks and a door opening (frame 2, 17). This will allow the audience to believe in the story. Non-diegetic sounds such as the music will be used to enhance the mood and engage the audience.