I lost ALOT of quality when I uploaded it to youtube, my version is a lot better.
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Final Piece!!!
Here is my final product!!
I lost ALOT of quality when I uploaded it to youtube, my version is a lot better.
I lost ALOT of quality when I uploaded it to youtube, my version is a lot better.
Audio
For this assignment we are required to provide audio I have successfully created sound clips and included them onto my sequence in a good way. I have also chosen music that suits the narrative.
Unfortunately I'm not able to put them on the blog due to not knowing how to upload them to blogger although I can tell you what a recorded.
Loud Ringing + Vibrating sound.
My voice Saying 'Great wasted another day'
My voice saying 'Shit I have a doctors appointment'
My voice saying 'Hmm... I've got time'
My voice saying 'Hello I have an appointment at 4:30, I am running late and unable to make this'
My voice saying 'Okay, Thank you, Bye!'
The imported music behind the track is: Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song - all credit is given to him for this song and I don't own the rights to it.
Before hand I'd never really touched on audio properly within premier however because of the previous work I have done in After Effects I was able to pick it up pretty quickly without having to research into anything. (Click ALL the buttons!!)
Anyway first off I created a sequence in After Effects and then imported it into Premier here is the sequence with no audio within it.
This was very simple to make to move the camera down all i did was change the position of the image by pressing P and setting keyframes to change the position I did this for each comic, I then wanted to add a crossfade effect onto them so I extended them a bit and changed the opacity towards the end of one and at the beginning of another, this created the crossfade look. I didn't spend very long doing this, but I feel I managed to achieve something that looks quite professional
Unfortunately I'm not able to put them on the blog due to not knowing how to upload them to blogger although I can tell you what a recorded.
Loud Ringing + Vibrating sound.
My voice Saying 'Great wasted another day'
My voice saying 'Shit I have a doctors appointment'
My voice saying 'Hmm... I've got time'
My voice saying 'Hello I have an appointment at 4:30, I am running late and unable to make this'
My voice saying 'Okay, Thank you, Bye!'
The imported music behind the track is: Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song - all credit is given to him for this song and I don't own the rights to it.
Before hand I'd never really touched on audio properly within premier however because of the previous work I have done in After Effects I was able to pick it up pretty quickly without having to research into anything. (Click ALL the buttons!!)
Anyway first off I created a sequence in After Effects and then imported it into Premier here is the sequence with no audio within it.
This was very simple to make to move the camera down all i did was change the position of the image by pressing P and setting keyframes to change the position I did this for each comic, I then wanted to add a crossfade effect onto them so I extended them a bit and changed the opacity towards the end of one and at the beginning of another, this created the crossfade look. I didn't spend very long doing this, but I feel I managed to achieve something that looks quite professional
Photoshop
Okay so i've taken my photo's, now all thats left to do is my audio and actually create the piece.
Here are my edited pictures before they are put into a graphic novel form.
These are my finished pictures, I have created what they would look like in a graphic novel;
Here are my edited pictures before they are put into a graphic novel form.
These are my finished pictures, I have created what they would look like in a graphic novel;
This is what the pictures look as a graphic novel.
Saturday, 2 February 2013
References
This is my list of references that I have used throughout my graphic novel research ;-
[1] N/A. (N/A). What are Graphic Novels. Available: http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-graphic-novels.htm. Last accessed 3rd Feb 2013.
[2] Jesse Karp. (2011). The Case for Graphic Novels in Education.Available: http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/08012011/case-graphic-novels-education. Last accessed 3rd Feb 2013.
[3]N/A. (N/A). What is Sequential Art?. Available: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-sequential-art.htm. Last accessed 3rd Feb 2013.
[4]N/A. (N/A). Graphic Novels. Available: http://www.courses.unt.edu/efiga/HistoryAndEthnography/TrendsProjects/foster/FosterTrends.htmhttp://www.courses.unt.edu/efiga/HistoryAndEthnography/TrendsProjects/foster/FosterTrends.htm. Last accessed 3rd Feb 2013.
TBC...
[1] N/A. (N/A). What are Graphic Novels. Available: http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-graphic-novels.htm. Last accessed 3rd Feb 2013.
[2] Jesse Karp. (2011). The Case for Graphic Novels in Education.Available: http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/08012011/case-graphic-novels-education. Last accessed 3rd Feb 2013.
[3]N/A. (N/A). What is Sequential Art?. Available: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-sequential-art.htm. Last accessed 3rd Feb 2013.
[4]N/A. (N/A). Graphic Novels. Available: http://www.courses.unt.edu/efiga/HistoryAndEthnography/TrendsProjects/foster/FosterTrends.htmhttp://www.courses.unt.edu/efiga/HistoryAndEthnography/TrendsProjects/foster/FosterTrends.htm. Last accessed 3rd Feb 2013.
TBC...
Pictures
So for this assignment we was required to take some pictures to achieve our graphic novel I have now completed this part of this.
ISO 100
F/4.5
2.0
- Shutter Speed decided before Aperture, due to being able to change amount of light allowed in, just before taking shot.
ISO 800
f/6.3
4.0
- Shutter Speed decided before Aperture, due to being able to change amount of light allowed in, just before taking shot.
ISO 800
f/5
1/60
- Aperture changed first as I knew I needed more light for this shot, also due to shaky hands needed to take the picture quite fast.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed as I have shaky hands and needed a faster shutter speed to capture this properly.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter speed was set first, not much change was needed to this from previous images, due to me having quite shaky hands I needed to snap this fast.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter speed was set first, not much change was needed to this from previous images, due to me having quite shaky hands I needed to snap this fast.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter speed was set first, not much change was needed to this from previous images, due to me having quite shaky hands I needed to snap this fast.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter speed was set first, not much change was needed to this from previous images, due to me having quite shaky hands I needed to snap this fast.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
ISO 3200
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
ISO 500
f/4
1/60
- Shutter speed fast because I needed to let as little light as possible in to create the illusion it was dark.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
F/4.5
2.0
- Shutter Speed decided before Aperture, due to being able to change amount of light allowed in, just before taking shot.
f/6.3
4.0
- Shutter Speed decided before Aperture, due to being able to change amount of light allowed in, just before taking shot.
f/5
1/60
- Aperture changed first as I knew I needed more light for this shot, also due to shaky hands needed to take the picture quite fast.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed as I have shaky hands and needed a faster shutter speed to capture this properly.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter speed was set first, not much change was needed to this from previous images, due to me having quite shaky hands I needed to snap this fast.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter speed was set first, not much change was needed to this from previous images, due to me having quite shaky hands I needed to snap this fast.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter speed was set first, not much change was needed to this from previous images, due to me having quite shaky hands I needed to snap this fast.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter speed was set first, not much change was needed to this from previous images, due to me having quite shaky hands I needed to snap this fast.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
ISO 800
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter speed fast because I needed to let as little light as possible in to create the illusion it was dark.
f/4
1/60
- Shutter Speed set first, because camera was on self timer and I had to move into shot and it kept picking up my movement on a slower speed.
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Graphic Novel Research
What is a Graphic Novel?
Graphic novels are sometimes called long comic books. They usually cover fictional material in comic book form — through the use of sequential illustrations. [1]
Graphic novels use a lot of pictures and annotations in the form of speech bubbles, thought bubbles or each slide will have a caption at the top of the slide. This allows the author to make the characters look like they are speaking.
Graphic novels are printed using the same material and methods of that a printed book is. They are sold in bookstores rather then in newsstands. Over the years libraries have started to accept graphic novels as resource material, they were once ignored and seen as comic books [2]
What is Sequential art?
Sequential art is the term that is often used with comics, however other forms of art fall into the umbrella term including, animation, storyboarding, children's book illustration, and game design [3]
How do you write a Graphic novel?
There are many ways you can write a graphic novel, first off you need an idea of what your story is going to be, you then need to start storyboarding this story, after you have done this you need to decide what will be the best way to get your story across. By this I mean are you going to take pictures or will you draw pictures?
If you are taking pictures, you are going to need to visualise this in your head before you go out and get snap happy, you will need a location, photography equipment, shot list and storyboards. Once you have all of this and have taken your photographs, how are you going to manipulate the image within photoshop, think about what you have to do to make your image look like something you are trying to portray.
Graphic novels aren't comics, therefore they don't need to be in a cartoon style, think about this when you are changing your images within photoshop.
What are Graphic novels used for?
Graphic novels a lot of use they are often used in schools and libraries. Often children feel intimidated by a word heavy book, however if this book can be shrunk down into a graphic novel children will be more inclined to read it because it has pictures in which will capture the child's eye.
Mostly they are used to tell a story through art, this captures the readers eye more and often helps them take it in and remember it rather then read it on paper in black and white.
Type of Graphic novels
There a six types of graphic novels these create the genre
Superhero Stories;
Often these books will contain a character or characters familiar to readers
Examples of these are
These stories can cover a broad range of subjects, but are similar to traditional fiction stories.[4]
Manga
These have stemmed from anime comics[4]
Adaptations or Spinoffs
These are about well known characters adapted into graphic form.[4]
Satire
This form of graphic novel questions political systems and social mores.[4]
Non-fiction
Although not an novel itself these still provide a narrative in nature, and told in pictorial form, thus making them graphic novels.[4]
The type of Graphic Novel I will be 'writing' is more of an Human Interest Story then anything else.
What is a Human Interest Story?
A human interest story is a feature story that discusses a person or people in a emotional way. It allows readers to see the people and their problems, concerns, or achievements in a way that brings about interest or sympathy in the reader or viewer.
With my storyboards I have tried to invoke these types of things however, because they are very rough, and not very well drawn, its hard to understand and I can't get this across however when I put the final piece together It should be much better and start invoking emotion, I haven't a specific emotion I want to invoke however I will try if anything to provide a more comical feel to my comic.
What is a Human Interest Story?
A human interest story is a feature story that discusses a person or people in a emotional way. It allows readers to see the people and their problems, concerns, or achievements in a way that brings about interest or sympathy in the reader or viewer.
Graphic novels are sometimes called long comic books. They usually cover fictional material in comic book form — through the use of sequential illustrations. [1]
Graphic novels use a lot of pictures and annotations in the form of speech bubbles, thought bubbles or each slide will have a caption at the top of the slide. This allows the author to make the characters look like they are speaking.
Graphic novels are printed using the same material and methods of that a printed book is. They are sold in bookstores rather then in newsstands. Over the years libraries have started to accept graphic novels as resource material, they were once ignored and seen as comic books [2]
What is Sequential art?
Sequential art is the term that is often used with comics, however other forms of art fall into the umbrella term including, animation, storyboarding, children's book illustration, and game design [3]
How do you write a Graphic novel?
There are many ways you can write a graphic novel, first off you need an idea of what your story is going to be, you then need to start storyboarding this story, after you have done this you need to decide what will be the best way to get your story across. By this I mean are you going to take pictures or will you draw pictures?
If you are taking pictures, you are going to need to visualise this in your head before you go out and get snap happy, you will need a location, photography equipment, shot list and storyboards. Once you have all of this and have taken your photographs, how are you going to manipulate the image within photoshop, think about what you have to do to make your image look like something you are trying to portray.
Graphic novels aren't comics, therefore they don't need to be in a cartoon style, think about this when you are changing your images within photoshop.
What are Graphic novels used for?
Graphic novels a lot of use they are often used in schools and libraries. Often children feel intimidated by a word heavy book, however if this book can be shrunk down into a graphic novel children will be more inclined to read it because it has pictures in which will capture the child's eye.
Mostly they are used to tell a story through art, this captures the readers eye more and often helps them take it in and remember it rather then read it on paper in black and white.
Type of Graphic novels
There a six types of graphic novels these create the genre
Superhero Stories;
Often these books will contain a character or characters familiar to readers
Examples of these are
- Superman
- Batman
- Spiderman
- X-Men
- + More
These stories can cover a broad range of subjects, but are similar to traditional fiction stories.[4]
Manga
These have stemmed from anime comics[4]
Adaptations or Spinoffs
These are about well known characters adapted into graphic form.[4]
Satire
This form of graphic novel questions political systems and social mores.[4]
Non-fiction
Although not an novel itself these still provide a narrative in nature, and told in pictorial form, thus making them graphic novels.[4]
The type of Graphic Novel I will be 'writing' is more of an Human Interest Story then anything else.
What is a Human Interest Story?
A human interest story is a feature story that discusses a person or people in a emotional way. It allows readers to see the people and their problems, concerns, or achievements in a way that brings about interest or sympathy in the reader or viewer.
With my storyboards I have tried to invoke these types of things however, because they are very rough, and not very well drawn, its hard to understand and I can't get this across however when I put the final piece together It should be much better and start invoking emotion, I haven't a specific emotion I want to invoke however I will try if anything to provide a more comical feel to my comic.
What is a Human Interest Story?
A human interest story is a feature story that discusses a person or people in a emotional way. It allows readers to see the people and their problems, concerns, or achievements in a way that brings about interest or sympathy in the reader or viewer.
- http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/04/28/twist_of_fate_brings_half_brothers_together_in_hawaii/?p1=Local_Links
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Bozella
- http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/31/whitney-houston-cbs-air-special-singers-death-and-/
These are more heartfelt stories, then anything else, however because it involves humans it makes them Human Interest Stories.
Examples of human interest graphic novels
All these a Human interest graphic novels, you learn something from each of these, and because they are educational, you have to have some sort of interest in the topic itself to actually pick the book up and start reading from it.
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For this assignment we are required to make the graphic novel this meant I needed to know what a graphic novel looked like on the inside so that I can design mine around this, reading comics myself I was able to take pictures from them and use them as a reference to my design.
There is a difference between design in each book, however they still all look visually amazing, I want to mix this designs within my work.
As you can see 3 different styles, each creating there own sort of effect on the reader, my personal favourite is the 3rd one which reads in tiles. But the other 2 are nice as well.
Graphic novels can be drawn in all sorts of styles they range from a combination of cartoony and realistic, to stylised realism and the fairly realistic. The style that these are the combination of cartoony and realistic. Meaning they could be made into films and you can picture what they would look like.
Although I only wanted the comic book look and our images are not meant to be in a comic book style because they have to show off our photography skills.
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013
The Story Revamped
'As I lay there asleep in bed asleep snoring my lungs out, I was quite rudely awoken by a really loud ringing and buzzing sound. It was my alarm, I flew out of bed to turn it off as anyone would. As I turned it off I the realisation that I had a doctors appointment in half an hour set in i should FML as there was a very slim chance of me getting there in time. I got ready, cautiously watching the time. I was just about to leave my front door and then decided I wouldn't make it in time, so i turned around pondered what to eventually deciding to waste my day on the sofa sleeping and watching television'
Okay I need to rework this story, add something too it!!
'As I was laying their in bed happily snoring away. I was dreaming a bout cats in hats, one of them started meowing like an alarm clock. I soon realised my alarm was actually ringing rather than a cat meowing like an alarm. I lifted myself out of my bed to turn my alarm off. As i was doing this I looked at the time, it was 2:30pm. I thought great wasted half my day. Soon after I remembered I have a doctors appointment at 4:30pm, I was awake early so I could take my time with getting ready. I jumped in the shower then got dressed ready for my appointment, my appointment wasn't for anything serious just a check up with the nurse. I made some toast to pass the time. I soon noticed the clock it was 4pm this meaning I had half an hour to walk down, I knew this wasn't enough time, I quickly got my shoes on and left the door. I walked halfway down my steps then decided that I wasn't going to make it and turned back. I went back in took my shoes off, and wondered what I could do with the rest of my day, so i flicked on the television grabbed some snacks and turned on big bang theory.'
The reason I write out my story is because it makes it a hell of a lot easier for to visualise it within my head, making storyboards easier to draw.
Here are the storyboards I have done for the new story. they are somewhat similar to the previous, I also changed the story a tiny bit.
Okay I need to rework this story, add something too it!!
'As I was laying their in bed happily snoring away. I was dreaming a bout cats in hats, one of them started meowing like an alarm clock. I soon realised my alarm was actually ringing rather than a cat meowing like an alarm. I lifted myself out of my bed to turn my alarm off. As i was doing this I looked at the time, it was 2:30pm. I thought great wasted half my day. Soon after I remembered I have a doctors appointment at 4:30pm, I was awake early so I could take my time with getting ready. I jumped in the shower then got dressed ready for my appointment, my appointment wasn't for anything serious just a check up with the nurse. I made some toast to pass the time. I soon noticed the clock it was 4pm this meaning I had half an hour to walk down, I knew this wasn't enough time, I quickly got my shoes on and left the door. I walked halfway down my steps then decided that I wasn't going to make it and turned back. I went back in took my shoes off, and wondered what I could do with the rest of my day, so i flicked on the television grabbed some snacks and turned on big bang theory.'
The reason I write out my story is because it makes it a hell of a lot easier for to visualise it within my head, making storyboards easier to draw.
Here are the storyboards I have done for the new story. they are somewhat similar to the previous, I also changed the story a tiny bit.
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