This week I helped Daryl out with his script for the film a bit. I felt some bits needed some reworking to get them to make sense. For example, parts where scenes literally just start with no explanation. Going back to one of my previous blog posts, I realised introducing what is happening is very important to keep the audience understanding what is going on in the story. So some changes, for example, would include things like an ACTUAL introduction, with a title, the Professor literally explaining what the show is, and what they will be going on in ‘today’s episode’.

Some scenes just cut to other parts also with no explanation. This can sometimes work well to show an amateur style of show, but we don’t want this coming across as amateur style storytelling on our parts, so it was important to make sure the show represented that these things are done on purpose.

I thought this video from Aardman helped with introducing the programme. It’s not really anything like Daryl’s film, but it helped to understand how a television programme needs a proper introduction... and needs to fully explain what is going on straight away, otherwise the audience isn’t going to have a clue.

Also this week I have done a background design for a scene in Anja’s film where the screen pans up a city. Anja wanted the bottom to be made of almost invisible parts of a nuclear bomber – in other words a texture made up from parts of a bomber but almost undistinguishable.

She also said she wanted it as dark as possible being almost black.

This was my result - click for full size. Look closely for the bomber detail inside the darkness.



The sky was created by dried mould on paper and coloured slightly. I liked to use textures such as mould to represent death and decay for this scene, especially as that is exactly what is to happen.

Here are some mood boards I created for texture ideas also;

The first is a mood baord organic and biological textures with a black and white version for easier viewing of just the textures.


Next is a mood board of bombers, particularly the b-29 bomber. Again there is one in colour and one in black and white.


And finally the last mood board is completely miscellenious showing all the images I have left over from my research.

OK so I’ve had no updates for a while because I’ve been off work for a week due to fever. Not good.

But now I’m back and have joined with both Anja’s group and Daryl’s.

Anja’s film is based off of a true story of a girl who tries to create 1000 paper cranes so she can be granted a wish. She is terminally ill and the film follows how the girl used to enjoy running when she was healthy and her trying to create these cranes in hospital whilst dying.

Daryl’s film is some little comic relief in comparison.

Daryl’s film is about a wacky Professor who, every show, presents his scientific knowledge within a particular area. In this film he is sharing his knowledge of Dentistry. Throughout the film he explains this knowledge and tries to demonstrate it on his friend Bort. Although, the Professor clearly shows he isn’t very good with the practical side of science and makes quite a few comical errors.

Also I have started a little research into these.



Although this short film is meant to be set at an older period of time compared to Daryl’s film I think it still can give a few good ideas on how to the show could be shown. I think this (fake) programme introduces what it is about well and the acting is quite nice to look into. This type of acting could be quite useful to look at, especially for example bits such as him putting his coat on at the same time as introducing the advertisement.



This, again, shows a nice use of acting that helps it show how amateur it is, and unpractised. Using this type or acting for Daryl’s show could be nice to show its ‘live’ style; showing mistakes and bloopers, but continuing on anyway. I like the way the actor does this a bit in this video where it seems like it’s ended but there is still some running time before the show starts, so he’s silent until he realises, then repeats himself again then introduces the show.

For first week of term I had to pitch an idea for a short film. I’m not so good with drawing so didn’t show many pictures, about 2 in fact, but did do (a crude) storyboard that showed also.

Here is my premise,

An overweight middle aged man decides to change his lifestyle for the better, hoping to find his true love, without even leaving his home. Pushing old food and clutter aside the man decides that having a combination of a fake and real body tan is just what he needs. Although the end result is far different than what he expected.

And here is the script,

The scene starts off in the middle aged man’s shack in his kitchen. He is knocking things around on his kitchen table, pushing things over and out the way, looking for something. Whilst hitting some food over some beetles emerge from it. He hastily knocks the food onto the floor and notices a television remote in its place.

He takes the remote and walks over to his chair and falls down into it. He pushes on the remote and the TV is on. On the screen is a romantic love scene of a film. The man looks irritated and changes the channel. Again, is another scene of people about to kiss. He frantically turns the channel over again and again seeing nothing but romance after romance until he stops on one channel.

An advertisement for men’s tanning spray lotion is on showing a tanned muscular man with a woman on each arm. The main character’s eyes open wide and he leaps out of his seat rips his shirt off and grabs the nearest spray can to him and sprays it all over his body. He then rushes outside and jumps on a deck chair, waiting in anticipation.

He falls asleep and dreams of his new look and how every woman passing by can’t help to look at him, making him proud. He wakes up shortly after and looks down with a big grin on his face. He then leaps out of his deckchair startled to find his whole body is red and burnt and starting to glisten. He rushes inside and grabs the can he used earlier and gives it a close look.

The label reads “Bug Death Spray: Do not get in contact with skin”. He looks down again with a worried look on his face and now finds his entire chest is covered in large drooping fat purple blisters. Before properly reacting his door knocks. He answers it slowly revealing a woman with a package looking just like those from the advertisement. He throws open the door in surprise, with arms wide out and the woman looks straight down at his blistering chest. His face quickly reacts and the woman grabs the door and slams in shut. With the Man replying with a disappointed: “Oh”.

I got a few pictures off of the internet that i hope shows what type of environment i see the film based in...