Detailed Storyboard Sequence Images - Camera Shots

The Giant of Atacama

Symbolic Drawings - Ideas for the Top of The Island

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/nazca-lines.htm

Symbolic Drawings - Ideas for the Top

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/peru/nazca-lines.htm

Detailed Imaging within the frames

Frame 1

Etchings

Earth

Modelled

Space - Sky

Frame2

Etchings

Earth

Modelled

Clouds

Frame 3

Modelling

Mist - clouds

Frame 4

Modeling

Clouds -

Island

Frame 5

Modeling

Island


Frame 6

Cliff edge

Two people

Bench

Sea

Etchings

Bird

Boat

Frame 7

Modelling

Cliff edge

Two people

Bench

Sea

Etchings

Bird

Boat

Frame 8

Modelling

Cliff edge

Two people

Bench

Sea

Etchings

Bird

Boat

Frame 9

Modelling

sky

Etchings

Lightning flash

Frame 10

Modelling

sea crashing waves

Etchings

birds

Boats struggling

lightning flash

Frame 11

Modelling

Man and women (backs)

bench

cliff scene

Etchings

lightning

birds

Frame 12

Man and women (backs)

bench

cliff scene

Etchings

lightning

birds

Frame 13

Modelling

Bench

people back view

Cliff path towards the spiral

Bridge

Etchings

People, crowds

animals, sheep, cows grazing, grass

Frame 14

Modelling

whole island

people walking

sea - getting rough raising

Etchings

Crowds

upturned boats

Frame 15

Modelling

island

People

Etchings

Some landscape - people, animals, etc.

Frame 16

Modelling

Bridge on island

People

sea waves

clouds rolling


Etchings

people at sea

animals in sea

devastation - objects floating in the sea

Birds in sky

Frame 17

Bridge on island

People

clouds rolling

Etchings

Some landscape - people, animals, etc.

lightning flashes

Frame 18

Modelling

Spiral Island

People

Etchings

Cogs

chimneys

coal mining

mining shafts

mining wheel

Frame 19

Modelling

Spiral upclose

People

Etchings

Cogs

Coal mining

Mining shafts

Chimneys

Mining Wheel

Frame 20

Modelling

People

Spiral

Etchings

Cogs

Coal mining

Mining shafts

Chimneys

Mining Wheel

Frame 21

Modelling

floor of spiral, wall

Etchings

Coal mining

Frame 22

Modelling

Spiral stair

People

sea

Etching

Cogs

chimneys

coal mining

mining shafts

mining wheel

Uprooted tree

debris

Frame 23 - 30

Etchings we need

Coal mining
Industrial Revolution
Factories
Deforestation
Famine/poverty
Adverse weather
Transport pollution
Waste

Frame 31

Modelling

Top of island

sea

Etchings

Nazca image - powerful image

Frame 32

Modelling

Top of Island

People

Etching

Nazca image

Frame 33

Modelling

People

Island Top

Sea

Etching

Nazca image

Debris in sea

Frame 34

Modelling

People

Island

sea

Etchings

Boat in distance

other debris, tree

Frame 35

Modelling

Sea

Edge of island

Etchings

Boat

Debris

Frame 36

Modelling

Island from distance

Clouds

Etching

earth

Frame 37

Etching of earth on background of sky

Frame 38

Fade to Black

Colour exploration

We want to use the shades of colour in the last image. The blues will work really well with our stormy ocean scene. We probably do not want to use as many shades of blue, just a few dark ones.

Check out my Slide Show!

Image Ideas For Depicting Journey

Animals in oil slick from oil leak, Land fill sites with rubbish, Pollution, Chimneys, Chemicals, Radiation, Famine, Poverty, Fire, Deforestation, Cars, Planes, Traffic jams, Fish, Waves, Money, Cogs, Industry, Machinery, Genetics, Cells, Cancer Cell, Electricity Pylons, Electric Circuits, Icebergs, Consumerism, Mass production, Greed, Corruption, Coal Mines, Roads, City lights, Nuclear weapons, Guns, War. Tanks, Cod, Extinction, Extinct species,

Extra Supporting Ideas

We will have the idea of fragility of the human condition symbolised in candles. These candles will be as old fashioned oil lamps which go up the side of the spiral from the bottom to the top of the island. These lamps slowly become extinguished by water and air as the couple slowly move to the top of the island.

This will mean that the atmosphere and ambience gets slowly darker and this will facilitate the need for a nice effect of a search light on the distant boat illuminating various scenes.

The Storyboard Stages (First Rough)

Broken down into 20 stages of ten seconds to represent two minutes roughly.

1. Zooming from space to the planet.

2. Zooming further down to the island birds eye view.

3. Then camera pans down and tilts up to show side view of island. Where man and woman sit on a bench at the edge of a cliff with water below and spiral staircase in distance.

4. Camera takes the viewpoint (by a sharp cut after a thunder clap) of the man/woman looking out over the sea viewing rough waves and storm.

5. Camera pans back ( after a lightning flash) out to a side view looking at the man/woman who are looking at each other. They then turn away and start walking towards the bridge.

6. The camera then takes a close rear view of the man/woman.

7. Then from behind the man/woman, the camera slowly pans up and zooms out to show a distant scene showing the island slightly more zoomed in than number 2 showing the outer ring submerged in water. The man/woman are fleeing towards the centre of the island.

8. Camera again takes the view of the man/woman who are looking behind them at the chaotic scene of storms, water rising, people drowning and the bench floating.

9. Then the viewpoint goes to a birds eye view of the man/woman walking up the spiral island. Suggestions of images (not detailed) on the floor.

10. The still a birds eye view but zooming in a little bit more to show some more detail.

11. Camera cuts to the man/woman point of view on a lower down closer up level and they are walking up the spiral seeing clear images on the floor and walls of (etchings) natural disasters, pollution etc.

12. Another zoomed out birds eye view of the man/woman advancing further up the spiral island fleeing the ever increasing waters.

13. Camera cuts to a diagonal mid height shot but this time looking at the front of the man/woman with the view behind them advancing up the spiral island and looking at the man/woman looking at the images from another perspective. The woman is struggling (holding belly) to emphasize her pregnancy and struggle. Man holding woman's hand slightly pulling woman up the hill.

14. Birds eye view of the top of the island with man/woman at the top on a flat plain with water all around them. A powerful symbol with a deep message is depicted on this plain.

15. Camera takes a rear view (sloping upwards slightly) of the man/woman who are looking out over their submerged island. In the very far distance there is a small, fragile boat. There are also dead people, animals and debris in the water.

16. Camera pans round and zooms in a little to a side view of the man/woman again looking at each other.

17. Camera goes to woman's view looking out over the sea again.

18. Camera zooms out from what the woman is looking at to out into space again to see the planet covered in water with just a tiny dot representing the nearly totally submerged island.

19. A further distant shot (zooming out again) of just the planet.

20. Fade to dark - Title credits roll.

Back ground story

The setting is an island surrounded by water, its quite a tall island this represents the whole world metaphorically.

The whole concept is about a message about climate change and world globalisation (world union) .

On this island live a man a women who is pregnant. They are different races and represent the races of the world. They are fairly simple living people carrying on their daily lives. But the world is troubled because of other activities causing climate change. The story is how the woman and man are effected by this and thus the whole world.

The man and the women are sitting on a bench talking about their futures and the future of their unborn child. Then a big storm starts and this takes the story into an emotional journey about human spirit and survival of the man and women - the world.

The storm gets worse and they have to abandon their talk on the bench and flee rising waters, started a journey to the pinacle of the island. During their escape and journey, along their way they discover the reasons that led to this events of them fighting to stay alive fighting for their security and the future of their unborn child.

The journey will consist of the following points and themes depicting the events that led up to the catastrophic events :-

Zoom in from the universe to a gobal of view and then to the island to where our characters are sat on a bench.

Our characters are shown discussing the future is becomes obvious that the women is pregnant.

They continue to talk about the future of their unborn child

As they are talking a storm is brewing - rain storms, lightning and winds increase.

They walk across a nearby bridge they pass people who are fleeing in all directions.

Water starts to rise as storm continues they head towards the spiral 'staircase'

Cuts to a top view of spiral island.

Electricity is cutting out as they climb the spiral, lights beneath them are going out.

The women adds to tension as she is slow to climb due to pregnancy. The man is holding her hand trying to pull her faster.

As they continue their journey there are images surrounding them this reminds the audience of the events that has led up to this catastrophe.

This will be done by showing images of the industrial revolution, deforestation, earthquakes, adverse weather conditions, emissions, money.

They continue to climb higher and higher towards the top to escape the continuing rising water. The top seems ever ending. they are getting tired

The spiral is getting smaller and smaller

The reach the top they look at the waters then to each other.

The scene zooms out from their eye - you seethe island submerged

This depicts the window of the soul. Zoom out further to where the story began.

Final Group Brainstorm

Use graphic images to represent themes - industrial revolution, cogs, chimney, polar bears etc.
Lightning flashes.
Adam and Eve
Many races.
Scene - Spiral island.
Felling - people struggling to get to the top and beat the water. Obstacles in the way.
3D/Etching style.
Characters - man woman child.
Globalisation - all as one.
Hope
Spirituality
DNA
Genetic engineering
Spiral in everything.
Religion, Noah's Arc.
Emotional.

Pacifitis - The New Atlantis? (Tuvalu)

Tuvalu braces for high tides
by Phil Mercer
BBC in Sydney

The tiny South Pacific nation of Tuvalu is bracing itself for the onset of unusually high 'King Tides'.

Homes, offices and part of the airport have been flooded, not by water washing over the coastline, but by worrying springs of sea water.
Locals say it is a further reminder that the country, comprising nine coral atolls lying between Australia and Hawaii, could one day disappear beneath the waves of the Pacific ocean.

These are nervous times for one of the smallest and most remote countries on earth. None of Tuvalu's atolls are more than 4.5 metres above sea level.

Weather forecasters have predicted the "King Tides" will peak at about three metres.

With such little breathing space, locals are grateful that severe storms are not expected to pass through their isolated part of the South Pacific.
The worst of the flooding so far has occurred in the centre of the main atoll, where villagers have stood ankle deep in seawater bubbling from the soil in areas normally used for growing crops.

Larger tides are expected in the next 24 hours.

Tuvalu is a local word meaning "group of eight" referring to the number of traditionally inhabited islands.

The authorities have long insisted the risk from rising sea levels caused by global warming will one day force the evacuation of the country's 11,000 mainly-Polynesian residents.

The government in Tuvalu has failed to convince its larger neighbours Australia and New Zealand to offer its people sanctuary, should the high tides eventually swamp these tiny Pacific atolls.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3506963.stm

Published: 2004/02/20 13:47:55 GMT

© BBC MMVII

Project Summary

1. Summary

A climate change awareness campaign with a difference using fantasy as a method to reach an audience but giving a powerful 'real' modern day message.

2. The project

We need to communicate the importance of climate change awareness. However we want to do this in a different way than the usual clinical, scientific way. Rather we would like to produce a powerful message that speaks to the audience in a powerful, personal emotional level.

The message of the human experience in a grass roots level is covered in this way sometimes. However, instead of going just for a real life doomsday scenario we would like to use metaphor in mythological or legendary way or with the use of the 'moral story' or fable.

We looked at the idea of Atlantis and feel this is a good theme to base our comparison on, using it as a kind of model 'this is what may have happened' perspective; to juxtaposition real social and world experiences and subject matter into an abstract and slightly surreal fantasy world. This could facilitate a different approach and perspective on the theme making the message more personal, powerful and memorable.

We want to focus in on a small aspect of the human experience by finding a real scenario and loading this onto our theme of the lost city Atlantis. Atlantis could symbolise home, the world, earth and world cooperation; climate change could be the effect of it being submerged and almost forgotten.

We want to find some world music and this could make the piece into a music video. The music would be of a type that does not necessarily hold any preconceived notions for the audience but creates the right mood and fits into our concept.

We could use 3D and flat animation for this as well as motion video.

An idea for a storyline

A 6 year old boy, Mohamad, pulls on his oversized tomato red shorts up around his tiny waist, places a tarpaulin sheet over his head to shelter from the rain and runs barefoot towards the edge of his water logged and muddy village. There he waits for his classroom to arrive - a boat. Like a scene from 'Waterworld' in which continents are submerged after polar ice caps have melted.
The story depicts a modern day Noahs ark fighting global warming. The US (one of the chief contributors) could cut down on air conditioning usage or relied more on mass transit to help the global situation. In Bangladesh global warming means that children like Mohamad Achan are going to school in modern day arks, he and his parents have made little contribution to climate change as they have neither a car nor electricity. It is families like this that suffer the consequences of increasing voilent storms and deadly cyclons that sciencetists have attributed to global warming.

Story quotes.

"At this time you think is this it, is this the end your life, will this ever stop. Thinking of how family and friends must feel and probably watching all of this on TV not knowing if we still alive. Dying to phone them to let them know we fine, but just cant. But then again still not sure if we will be fine. We tried to get the attention of the people that were below to warn them another wave is coming, but not all of them could heard us, cause so much noise was around. A tourist man could not get away on time and just held onto a tree for dear life. The wave came towards him and he just held on. The water then pulled back again, but he somehow managed to hold on the tree and survived. He managed to walk away with arms cut open. Then some more smaller waves again, some were slightly more powerful than the first time round. We saw bodies float by along with cars, jet skies and a whole lot of clothing, souvenirs, beach chairs and whatever else that was in the waves way. Then it got all quite again. And again people went down to take a look thinking it was all over…. "

"At the same time some foreigners were stealing things, it was unbelievable, they were searching through peoples wallets, bags, jackets, etc to steal money. We even saw them with passports and they just threw it back into the water. It was really disappointing to see this after all we’ve just been through. Instead of rather helping they just made people more upset. "\

"Everyone panicked, we felt ice cold and empty inside. We were screaming at the people downstairs to run up. Some didn’t hear us. The ones stealing somehow heard us, which we wished they didn't, cause they threw away so many valuable information that people could of used to find people. "

"Paul started talking to Matt as I stood looking out at the bay. Then I noticed this big wall of what looked like white water but was a dirty dark gray colour stretching from one side of the ba to the other. I shouted to the boys to come and have a look, Matt was getting a bit p***ed off because we kept disturbing him."

"Matt ran but as I stood there shouting for paul to hurry, the water knocked all the sun laungers into my legs and I landed on my back. Thats when the panick really kicked in. Paul had hold of the woman who was in the water but was stuck in a flower bed. He screamed at "RUN,RUN SALLY", so I did. "

"Within a second, the whole gym was filled to the ceiling with black water. There was nowhere for the water to go, no window or door at the other side for it to dispurse so it just kept coming and coming. It was like being in a washing machine with all sorts of gym equipment, wooden sunlaungers, trees, glass, boats everything. I could feel myself geting banged from every angle but I couldn't feel any pain. I was more bothered about holding my breath. I don't know how long I was under the water but it felt like a lifetime. "

"I was exhausted. I couldn't hold my breath any longer. I started to think about Paul and my mum and dad and how upset they would be if I died, but I couldn't hold on anymore. I remembered something that I had seen on TV about drowning, that it was very relaxing and peaceful. I then thought this is it, I'm going to die, my time is up. I relaxed, went limp and started to breathe in the water. It was very easy to do (didn't taste nice though). It may sound corny but it was really peaceful, like in a euphoric state. I remember seeing a bright light underneath me and brief flashes of my life, cheesey I know but true. "

"I stood there for a second then looked down, I was stood in a big pool of blood which I imagined was mine so I thought I'd best lye down. As I lay there I gathered all my energy and managed to shout for help. Then I heard another woman outside shouting, which was a great relief. I wasn't the only person alive. Then I saw a man stood in the doorway with a lifejacket on, it was Luke Simmonds.I am the British girl called Sally, the first person he found. He put me on a door and a few of them carried me to safety. He asked me how I was and st that stage I thought I had punctured a lung and broken my ankle. Little did I know that I had a hole in my stomach that you could fit 2 big fists in, my foot was hanging off and from my waiste down to the back of my knee looked like a shark had eaten it. I had holes a few inches long all over my body and had lost a lot of blood. "

Asian Tsunami - Survivor Stories

BBC talking about the purpose of the site:
Link

And the actual site:
Is here.

Asian Tsunami - Fishermen's life.

BBC News Article


"Early morning in the heart of the southern Sri Lankan town of Galle, it's business as usual in the main fish market.

Fish sellers call out to prospective customers to take a close look at the fresh catch laid out on stone blocks - lobster, jumbo prawns, kingfish and tuna.

It's busy, noisy and far removed from the scene in December 2004, when the entire market was buried under a pile of rubble.

But not everyone is happy and not everything normal....."

Progression 3D Project

I have started researching Atlantis - I have found a plan of it which we could use that was described by plato. Also I have found some descriptions which are interesting we could incoporate these ideas in a metaphorical way.

I want to spend some time listening to some music tracks - I was thinking about trying to relate the 'Atlantis' idea with the 'new world' music. I like some of the arabic music tracks and also the aboriginal sound which is very different from western music.

After our group meeting today we realised that we need to focus on the narrative part of the project. We also came to a decision that we will focus on the 'Atlantis' theme. As Martin pointed out there is no ending of the story which allows us to use our own creativity to come up with a solution to fit into our animation.

3D animation Project

We have started on our next project by having a brainstorming session. We have come up with some ideas which we want to build on.

Making a video for a music track, this video will be made up of an animated 3d idea.

We were thinking of working with a music track that is from the New world genre. Hopefully this will mean that people wont relate it to a group or another video that might have been produced already for the track. So we will be researching a suitable piece.

We want to take onboard from the crits of our last project that we should use the skills of others on areas that we aren't expert. So we want to use an existing story or myth for our theme behind our animation. Our first thoughts are Alantis or the phoenix but we are still developing these ideas

The Story of Atlantis

The Story of Atlantis (http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/Atlantis/story.html)

Over 11,000 years ago there existed an island nation located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean populated by a noble and powerful race. The people of this land possessed great wealth thanks to the natural resources found throughout their island. The island was a center for trade and commerce. The rulers of this land held sway over the people and land of their own island and well into Europe and Africa.

This was the island of Atlantis.

Atlantis was the domain of Poseidon, god of the sea. When Poseidon fell in love with a mortal woman, Cleito, he created a dwelling at the top of a hill near the middle of the island and surrounded the dwelling with rings of water and land to protect her.

Cleito gave birth to five sets of twin boys who became the first rulers of Atlantis. The island was divided among the brothers with the eldest, Atlas, first King of Atlantis, being given control over the central hill and surrounding areas.

At the top of the central hill, a temple was built to honor Poseidon which housed a giant gold statue of Poseidon riding a chariot pulled by winged horses. It was here that the rulers of Atlantis would come to discuss laws, pass judgments, and pay tribute to Poseidon..

To facilitate travel and trade, a water canal was cut through of the rings of land and water running south for 5.5 miles (~9 km) to the sea.

The city of Atlantis sat just outside the outer ring of water and spread across the plain covering a circle of 11 miles (1.7 km). This was a densely populated area where the majority of the population lived.

Beyond the city lay a fertile plain 330 miles (530 km) long and 110 miles (190 km) wide surrounded by another canal used to collect water from the rivers and streams of the mountains. The climate was such that two harvests were possible each year. One in the winter fed by the rains and one in the summer fed by irrigation from the canal.

Surrounding the plain to the north were mountains which soared to the skies. Villages, lakes, rivers, and meadows dotted the mountains.

Besides the harvests, the island provided all kinds of herbs, fruits, and nuts. An abundance of animals, including elephants, roamed the island.

For generations the Atlanteans lived simple, virtuous lives. But slowly they began to change. Greed and power began to corrupt them. When Zeus saw the immorality of the Atlanteans he gathered the other gods to determine a suitable punishment.

Soon, in one violent surge it was gone. The island of Atlantis, its people, and its memory were swallowed by the sea.

This is a summary of the story told by Plato around 360 BC in his dialogues Timaeus and Critias. These writings of Plato are the only specific known references to Atlantis. They have prompted controversy and debate for over two thousand years.