Day 3

We did nothing much today...just went back to LT 25 to watch excerpts from documentaries, such as Making of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, some Mount Everest investigation, and Fog of War. We were shown those clips so that we can gain some knowledge on how our final product should look like. Then we were shown opening/closing sequences from shows such as Shoot 'Em Up, Hostage, Monsters Inc, Iron Man and a few more I can't remember:P. Ronald then told us that as much as our content has to be good, our intro and conclusion has to be just as excellent. In other words, our work has to be consistent throughout. Alfie added that next to concept, we cannot over-see the technical parts; camera angles and exposure are just as important. Getting some brain juices flowing...
After that 'cinema' session at the LT, class was over and we all went to the canteen. I was desperate for some discussion with my team-mates but they somehow insisted I post my ideas on my blog. Wonder if that's a good excuse to get rid of me...
Well, here are my ideas, team-mates:
Intro: Do it like Monsters Inc. I am still stubbornly sticking to the idea of having the title rotate out from black. Title then flies out of the frame, and caricutures of us come flying in one by one, as in to introduce ourselves (we can use Flash or Photoshop for these animated caricutures). Like, after the title, then one caricuture comes in, with his/her name, then next one makes 'grand entrance', like push aside and yadda, yadda...music for this can be very mysterious...

Layout/Concept: We can do like this INSANE...we kill one another...like one person presents, and then gets killed by the next one, then at the end we all come together in one frame, shocking viewers...OKAY BAD IDEA...Anyway, I am thinking present in this order: Marj, me, Joel, Kezia (save the best for last *wink,wink*) Opening shot can be in a room, and then pans down to back of Marj facing her Mac. Next shot, is the back of the Mac, then track up, Marj looks over, and starts speaking. Let's keep the ideas we discuss yesterday guys, they seem pretty good (how to present certain modules, animations at the back of presenter). However, being a loyal/stubborn type, I still want to put in some animation slides (do u guys remember?) since to show some Animation Fundamentals and comic effect...unless you guys are okay with dumping all that on my part since I'm persistent:P. Marj, please remember my back-up plans just in case I don't get my Creative Storytelling and Digital Media Fundamentals back:P. Or like I said before, make up for it with some Flash. Stupid me...

Conclusion: We can do it like Monsters Inc; Caricutures of us next to credits (isn't that breaking copyright law?) or we can make our caricutures dance next to the flashing credits. Or, we can make a small video window at the side, with credits flashing or rolling next to it.

I guess that will be all for now...and by the way, KUDOS to Marj and Joel for neing our scribes, and Kez for being such an excellent idea generator...we so rule!