Film Studies & Cinematography/ PROJECT 2: PITCH BIBLE

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29.10.2024 - 19.11.2024 / Week 7 - Week 9
Adriena Tan Yan Zi / 0351236 / BA of Design (HONS) in Creative Media
Film Studies and Cinematography
Project 2

Lectures

In week 9, we learnt about visual language. 

Instructions 

Project 2 - Pitch Bible

For this project, we have to create a presentation slide and do a presentation for our pitch bible for the story that we have developed over the past few weeks with supporting visual elements to accompany the content information. 

Instructions:

1. Objective: The objective of this project is to produce a pitch bible for  short animation. The pitch bible will serve as a comprehensive document that effectively communicates the concept, characters, visual style, and potential of the animation to potential investors, production companies, or distributors.

2. Requirements: The animation pitch bible must be based on the proposed story ideas developed for Project 1. 

3. PRESENTATION SLIDE 
a. Prepare a pitch bible slide presentation:
b. Format: A4 size with landscape orientation

c.  Contents: 
- Cover page with title and name
- Logline

d. Product Specifications:
- Genre : Action Adventure
- Target audience: Pre-School 6-9 year old kid
- Duration: 30 second
- Technique: 2D Animation

e. Synopsis
f. Theme: Friendship, Good vs Evil
g. Character Descriptions
- Character image
- Short description

h. World Descriptions
i. Each page must be supported with images/ visual.
j. Export as pdf

4. PRESENTATION VIDEO 
- Record yourself pitching the content not more than 8 minutes with a presentation slide and camera ON.
- Save as mp4 format.
- Upload on Youtube as unlisted.
- Submit the video link.

Visual Design:
Since this story is different from the mermaid story I worked on last semester for Animation Fundamentals, I had to create a new reference sheet, expression sheet, and layout design for the characters and settings in this story.

Nova's Reference sheet
Final Reference Sheet.png


Nova's Full Body Design Rendered 


Full Body Rendered.png



Nova's Expression sheet
Final Expression Sheet.png


Layout Design

For the layout design, I had to look for a reference to better visualise what the setting and the colour aesthetic would look like together with my characters. 

Reference
Since the location will mostly be in a precinct or library filled with books, I found some examples of a grand but old looking library that seems to be around in the older ages.



Final Layout Design

Cover page 

Final cover page.png
Supporting characters 
For Nova's parents, I planned to draw and render them together as a couple. However, to better capture how an older couple might look standing together, I had to search for some reference images.



Final rendered Nebula and Sirius




Final Project 2: Pitch Bible 

Final Pitch bible - slides.pdf


Presentation Link: https://youtu.be/SdvhnT1r15E

Feedback

The layout design looks nice but you can improve it by adding a light in the middle to make the overall setting less dark. The parents looks young. 

Reflection

This project was quite a challenge for me. Initially, I thought it would be easy since it was similar to what we learned last semester, but I underestimated the workload involved in starting from scratch within a short timeframe. Although I had to rush my work, I believe I did my best to meet all the requirements outlined in the MIB and instructions. Using past lecture notes and the examples provided in class helped me quickly solidify the direction for my pitch bible.

For the project itself, I was glad to finally present my short story in full, supported by the visual elements I created. Since I was already familiar with the story and the flow of the slides, the presentation wasn’t too challenging. However, I realized I still need to improve my public speaking skills to make my presentations faster and smoother. If I have more time in the future, I’ll strive to do even better.




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