Week3 Contact4 - Learning Contract

It's Friday!! The end of the weekday. I showed Ronald my learning contract and was told to change my primary aims. I wrote it too specific, therefore if the judges would judge base on it and if it never got achieve, i would be getting a fail mark for it. That's not good.

So i had to rewrite my primary aim, and think about what i want to be judge on. Hm.. The flow, mood of the animation? So basically i rewrote it and finally got a green light, and thats for the Learning Contract submission. I'll write one below just to keep for records.


Working Title: Specs of Life

Short description: An ungrateful person, who was never humble to those around him, suddenly was involved in a natural disaster. When he regained "consciousness", he finds himself in a dead city. Realising and regretting his past mistakes, he wakes up to find himself in the hospital and turned to become a better person.

Primary aim: To be able to show the situation by the mood of the backgrounds, environment designs and animation.

I will know I have achieved my primary aim if... When people are able to tell the situation of the scene, i.e. a disaster or an imagination/illusion, etc.

Secondary aims: To be able to portray the mood and story through audio and visuals.

I will know I have achieved my secondary aim if... When people are able to understand the story and feel the mood after watching or while watching the animation.

Personal Motivation: I was inspired by a true story from a survivor of the Padang earthquakes, where he share his experience and what he sees while the building he was in collapse. While he was under the rubble, all he saw was darkness and all he could think of is his family and the people he cared, and also asking for forgiveness from God for the sins he did. And after he was actually ready to die, he got rescued about 3hours later.


Story short synopsis: An ungrateful person who was never humble to those around him, suddenly was involved in a natural disaster where the building he was in, collapsed. When he regained "consciousness", he walked through the city, to find everyone dead. As he walked through the city, he find some places which reminded him about what he did wrong in the past and realising his mistakes, he regretted what he did. He then walks home to find the place looking unlifely. He walks up to his mother's room and found an old frame portrait of him and his mom. He recalled doing bad things to his mum and remembered some of the wonderful things he and his mum shared when he was a little boy. Regretting what he has done, he then wakes up from the dream, and find himself in the hospital and his mom beside him. From then on, he changed to become a better person and a better son.

Format: 2D Animation

Duration: 3-5mins

Genre: Chaos, Fantasy

Concept: Simplified realistic cartoon style, with realistic textured background. Spontaneous an paper cut animation style.

Anticipated Difficulties: Dealing with a number of characters' animation and getting reference. Time management and to be able to make good visuals that will be able to tell the mood and the flow of the story. In getting resources for the type of SFX that i wanted, and to get/compose the music that will match the visuals well.

Research requirements:
- Research; Find pictures of cities that was attacked by earthquake for reference
- Pictures of locations; home, city, hospital, streets, playground, etc.
- Reference on walk cycle and other movements by finding books or web resources that covers on it, or take a video or pictures for it.
- Software techniques
- Digital Paint
- Lighting techniques
- Concept colours/textures

Additional resources:
- Photo/Video Reference for character and perspective
- Take digital photos or film HD video of the scenes that requires animating or in need of reference. Places/locations that could be use as reference for the animation such as the house, rooms, streets and angle shots