Video & Sound Production VSP 60104 | Final Project
22/04/2024 - 04/08/2024 / Week 1 - Week 15
Eng Yan Ling
Bachelor's Degree in Creative Media (Hons) - (Taylor's University)
Video & Sound Production VSP 60104 | Final Project
TABLE CONTENT
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1. Instructions
2. Lecture
3. Progression
4. Reflection
5. Quick Links
INSTRUCTIONS
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LECTURE
List down 3 favorite stop motion shorts.
Figure 1.1 ""Danny Boy" by Marek Skrobecki
Figure 1,2 "Bench" by Waaber
Figure 1.3 BTS "Butter" Stop Motion Animation
PROGRESSION
Week 13 - Week 15 (15/07/2024 - 04/08/2024)
Proposal Slide :
Figure 3.1 Final Project Proposal (Week 15, 29/07/2024)
1. Ideation
Character
Figure 3.2 Character Ideation (Week 13, 15/07/2024)
2. Storyboard
Initial Idea :
Figure 3.3 Initial Idea Storyboard (Week 13, 15/07/2024)
"The Last"
Synopsis :
Being the youngest in the family, most often than not people have the stereotype of the youngest sibling always being "spoiled" and "adored" by the family. However, the same cannot be said for Ivory. Just like how she entered the world last in the family, she was also "The Last" everywhere she goes.
She got used to everything, putting others before her, giving the best to others and asking so little for herself. Eventually her feelings and emotions began something she no longer knew how to "feel" emotions. She no longer cared. She no longer felt. Until one day, she met Jino. She was wary and reserved at first, but Jino did not back gave up on her respecting her boundaries and was always there by her side. As Jino and Ivory spends more and more time together, their grew stronger and Ivory begins to open up to Jino. Behind Jino's sudden appearance in Ivory's life is his mission, to help Ivory find her purpose. By showing her how to accept love and feel again, Ivory gradually learns how to see things in a different perspective, appreciating the small things she comes across and started doing things she enjoys for herself and not others. That day onwards, Ivory sets her mind to search for her purpose. As time goes on, Ivory began meeting new friends, enjoying what she does. Jino, who often watches from afar, notice that Ivory found her purpose. It was a mission accomplish for Jino. On that same day, Jino meets up with Ivory. Hanging out as usual or so it seems to Ivory. Little does she know, that was the last time Ivory saw Jino. Since that day, Ivory has never seen Jino ever again.
Ivory still misses Jino till the very day, but...
Life goes on.
She got used to everything, putting others before her, giving the best to others and asking so little for herself. Eventually her feelings and emotions began something she no longer knew how to "feel" emotions. She no longer cared. She no longer felt. Until one day, she met Jino. She was wary and reserved at first, but Jino did not back gave up on her respecting her boundaries and was always there by her side. As Jino and Ivory spends more and more time together, their grew stronger and Ivory begins to open up to Jino. Behind Jino's sudden appearance in Ivory's life is his mission, to help Ivory find her purpose. By showing her how to accept love and feel again, Ivory gradually learns how to see things in a different perspective, appreciating the small things she comes across and started doing things she enjoys for herself and not others. That day onwards, Ivory sets her mind to search for her purpose. As time goes on, Ivory began meeting new friends, enjoying what she does. Jino, who often watches from afar, notice that Ivory found her purpose. It was a mission accomplish for Jino. On that same day, Jino meets up with Ivory. Hanging out as usual or so it seems to Ivory. Little does she know, that was the last time Ivory saw Jino. Since that day, Ivory has never seen Jino ever again.
Ivory still misses Jino till the very day, but...
Life goes on.
Final Idea :
(due to time constraint, final scene will be removed)
Figure 3.4 Final Idea Storyboard (Week 14, 22/07/2024)
"An Introverted Start"
Theme : Friendship
Synopsis :
Being an introvert in this society, it is certain that it has its advantages and disadvantages but reality speaking disadvantages overweighs the advantages as an introvert especially mingling socially. Ivory, an extremely introverted person is often misjudged as “unfriendly” or “cold” but in truth, Ivory just prefers alone time and friendships has never hold much importance to her. One day, a bright fox named Jino appears in Ivory’s life. Since then, it was never the same for Ivory. A social butterfly Jino is, he attempts to befriend Ivory and unfortunately at every attempt, he fails. Without overstepping boundaries, Jino gives Ivory time to process and gradually accept Jino’s company. Until one day, while Jino was painting, Ivory joins Jino. It was the start of an everlasting friendship Ivory would never have foreseen.
Through this film, it tells a message of friendships with different beginnings, respecting each other’s boundaries and moving with your own pace. Different personalities traits has different reaction to changes in their life. It takes effort for both sides to maintain and foster a relationship with our friends.
3. Characters & Set Building
Medium : Clay, Paper, Blocks
Initial Idea :
Ivory - Human
Figure 3.5 Ivory's Initial Character Idea (Week 13, 15/07/2024)
Fox - Jino (Figure 3.6)
Location - Living Room, Park, School
Final Idea :
(due to difficulties in stabilizing the characters during filming,
hence the change of main character representation)
Ivory - Bear (Left)
Young Ivory - Bear Cub (Center)
Fox - Jino (Right)
Figure 3.6 Final Idea Characters (Week 14, 22/07/2024)
More behind the scenes images : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dtD8cOTUjZfj7kJddsDXqqUhwmLEn_Kd?usp=drive_link
Location - Living Room, Park, Bus Stop
4. Filming
Location/Set 1 - Living Room
- blocks, lego, clay
Figure 3.7 Living Room Setup (Week 14, 22/07/2024)
Location/Set 2 - Bus Stop
- blocks, paper, toy
Figure 3.8 Bus Stop Setup (Week 14, 22/07/2024)
Location/Set 3 - Park
- clay, paper
Figure 3.9 Park Setup (Week 14, 22/07/2024)
Props
(living room table, decorations - lego)
Figure 3.10 Living Room Props (Week 14, 22/07/2024)
(headphones - wire, clay)
Figure 3.11 Headphones (Week 14, 22/07/2024)
(painting - brush, papers - paper, clay)
Figure 3.12 Painting Set - Scene 7 (Week 14, 22/07/2024)
5. Editing
Additional Frames & Credit Scene :
Figure 3.13 Frames and Credit Scene (Week 15, 29/07/2024)
Sound Effects & Ambience Sound
Spreadsheet : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vf8QBW1AoM0Qh_2eGSeKuYlsj0MPVRr0P-OGuAFrvqU/edit?usp=drive_link
Figure 3.14 Sound Effects and Ambience Spreadsheet Breakdown (Week 15, 29/07/2024)
Figure 3.15 Sound Effects & Ambience in PrPro (Week 15, 29/07/2024)
A1 : Sound Effects
A2 : Character Sounds
A3 : Ambience Sound
A4 : Additional Ambience Sound 1 (stacked)
A5 : Additional Ambience Sound 2 (stacked)
A6 : Headphones & Credit Scene bgm
Based on the spreadsheet of sound effects and ambience stated for each scene, each audio clip cropped appropriate and inset into the audio tracks based on the categorization. The volume of each audio clip is also individually readjusted to ensure a balance and appropriate volume for the entire scene and video. Certain audio tracks transitioning into next scene or characters walking out of frame also applies fade in and out on the audio tracks to achieve a smoother audio throughout the video.
Self-recorded & Edited Tracks
1. Jino's Sigh - Pitch is toned to a male voice using original clip of Ivory's Sigh in Adobe Audition.
Pitch Shifter - -7
2. Fade music Sound (from Ivory's Headphones) - recorded using earphones with music played on max volume.
Color Correction :
Figure 3.16 Color Correcting Video (Week 15, 29/07/2024)
Exposure (E) & Contrast (C) Settings :
(in dividually adjusted alongside reference to achieve a consistency)
Living Room & Park (E: +/- -1.5; C: +/-3.5)
Bus Stop (E: +/- -3.0; C: +/-55)
The exposure and contrast of the entire video is individually adjusted to achieve a constant tone throughout the video before applying the mood/temperature of each scene.
Color Grading :
Figure 3.17 Color Grading - Ivory scenes (cool) (Week 15, 29/07/2024)
color graded - left, non-color grade - right
Figure 3.18 Color Grading - Jino scenes (warm) (Week 15, 29/07/2024)
color graded - left, non-color grade - right
Based on the tone of each character, the values of each temperature in each scene is adjusted as stated below :
Ivory - Cool-toned (temperature: +/- 35)
(representing her reserved and introverted self)
Jino - Warm-toned (temperature: +/- -35)
(representing his outgoing and extroverted personality)
Ending - Warm-toned (temperature: 35 - 70)
(represents the changes accepted in comparison to start and the beginning of Ivory & Jino's friendship)
Figure 3.19 Transition Layer - Scene 3 (Week 15, 29/07/2024)
Based on the tutorial, an adjustment layer is added and a glitch static transition is applied to Ivory's first encounter with Jino imitating a transition of a TV glitch representing a change coming into Ivory's life.
Video Effects applied :
1. Motion - initial scale turned off & height adjusted with key
frames
2. VR Digital Glitch - color distortion (value: 0-100-0), distortion evolution (0-125-0), color evolution (100-0-100)
3. Lens Distortion - curvature (value: -35)
FINAL SUBMISSION
YouTube link : https://youtu.be/xKHtLNMijZk
Google Drive Folder (Final Project) : Click Here
Presentation Slides Submission : https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/100qcS4nDjaYlt1jKkeGBWUDYjqDOUS09ihoh_Ir2Ofo/edit?usp=drive_link
Figure 3.20 FINAL PROJECT SUBMISSION (WEEK 15, 02/08/2024)
REFLECTION
Reflecting on the process of carrying out this project was a very
challenging journey for me as it is a first in attempting to film a stop
motion animation and building a story to meet the 30s requirement of the
video. The ideation process was not much of a challenge but the filming
process. With the initial thought of using a human character to represent
the main character, it took an extremely long amount of time to film a
single scene as it was difficult for the character to balance itself which
was not worth the time, quality and outcome of it at all. Therefore, I made
a difficult decision to change the nature of the main character into a model
that is much more stable and refilm the entire stop motion. All in all, I
believe the quality of the outcome is more important than its quantity or
just a character overall aesthetic. In the final phase of this project is
its editing where it was very interesting and exciting to use the skills and
knowledge learned through this module to produce a satisfying outcome.
Through this project, I have learned that it takes several tries to achieve
a result and it is completely fine as it is a learning process for similar
projects in the future in terms of what works and what does not. Apart from
that, patience is also important anywhere as it takes a lot of patience to
get to the result of your project and trusting the process is important.
With the skills and knowledge learned throughout this module will allow me
to improve myself individually and professionally in my future endeavors as
a designer.
QUICK LINKS
Blog Links
Exercises : Click Here
Project 1 : Click Here
Project 2 : Click Here
Google Drive
General : Click Here
Final Project : Click Here
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