Illustration & Visual Narrative/Task 2

03.05.2022-20.05.2022 (week6-week8)

Chai HongHong/0354211/Creative Media Design

Illustration & Visual Narrative

Task 2

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LECTURES

Week 6

Composition Theory 2: Perspective

Perspective

Representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface to give right impression of their height, width, depth and position in relation to each other.

1) One-point perspective

• Objects emerging from a single point on the horizon.
• Images that get closer to vanishing point becomes small.
• All objects recede towards that one point.

2) Two-point perspective

• Vanishing points on either side of the horizon.
• Helps to create a greater sense of space and gives objects more sense of dimension and place.
• Objects recede toward two separate points, allowing more dynamic views.

3) Three-point perspective

• Consists of two vanishing points on opposite sides of a horizon, but with addition of another vanishing point high or below the horizon.
• To achieve sense of drama and scale.
• Third vanishing point on vertical axis gives far broader range of angles.

4) Isometric View

• For creating detailed concepts of individual buildings.
• Clearly presents three sides of the design without distorting perspective or obscuring details.

Week 7

Act structure  

Storytelling basic

Central theme: What the story is all about. A story may have both major and minor theme

        Major Theme: an idea that is intertwines and repeated throughout the whole narrative.
        Minor Theme: An Idea that appears more subtly, and doesn't necessarily repeat.

Conflict: creates tension and builds suspense tome story interesting. Without conflict, the story won't be compelling nor will it be able to engage with audience. 

Character

        Central Character: plot revolve around these characters and they are vital to the development of the story
        Protagonist: main character of the story, don't always ned to be admirable, but must command an emotional involvement from the audience. He/ she has a clear goal to accomplish or a conflict to overcome.
        Antagonist: Antagonist oppose protagonist, standing between them and their ultimate goals. It can be any person, place, things or situation that represent a tremendous obstacle to the protagonist.

Three-Acts Structure

        1. Setup: The world which the protagonist exist prior to the journey; setup ends when conflict reveal.
        2. Rising Tension: Series of obstacles that protagonist must overcome. Each obstacles usually are more difficult than the previous one.
        3. Conflict: Point of highest tension and major decisive turning point for the protagonist
        4. Resolution: Conflict's conclusion and where journey ends. This is where protagonist overcome conflict, learns to accept, or defeated by it.

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INSTRUCTIONS

Week 6: Perspective

Lecture Report 6: Visual Study

1) Find visuals from any comic, graphic novel, any visual media that express stories that captures the three different types of perspectives - one-point, two-points, three-points listed in today's lecture.

2) Draw lines to trace on the perspective directions and note on the vanishing points.

3) Upload these pictures into your blog.

One-point perspective

In the film "A Clockwork Orange", a classic scene of the film uses One-point perspective: when the four leading characters commit crimes at night, the One-point perspective scene in the picture will bring the audience to a strong visual impact, indicating that bad things will happen next.

Fig.2.1. "A Clockwork orange"

Two-point perspective

The movie "Touch of Evil" is a typical example of deep space. What is shown in the picture is a scene of two-point perspective. The two vanishing points in the picture bring visual diversity, perspective and strong display.

Fig.2.2."Touch of Evil"

Three-point perspective

Three-point perspective is used in the film "The Shape of Water". As shown in the picture, the director describes the environment characteristics of the protagonist's work in the narrative process. It is through the deep space with multi-point perspective, so that the audience can understand and realize that the protagonist's work place is a very special and huge laboratory when watching it. This is the strong visual impact brought by three-point perspective, which contrasts the smallness of the characters in the scene.

Fig.2.3."The Shape of Water"

Task 2：Decisive Moment

I referred to many posters before designing them. Finally I decided to design a poster about the villain. My inspiration comes from the movie " The House That Jack Built".  Jack, the hero of the film, is a killer and an architect. In the first half of the movie, Jack kills a lot of people and builds a house. I think the climax is later in the movie, when Jack walks into the house he built, which leads him to hell. Dante in red follows Virgil across the River Styx to the bottom of Purgatory. The house he built led him to hell. It's an art that transcends humanity. Art may have no boundaries, but I think there are. Jack uses his murderous hands to make him go to hell, so no matter what people do bad things will pay the price.

Fig.2.4." The House That Jack Built".

Reference Diagram

Fig.2.5. Reference Diagram From Pinterest

My design steps

Fig.2.6

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Fig.2.8

I'm using a transitional aperture to represent a black hole (Hell). The blood was dark and light.

But after I've done the final design, I found it was too similar to my reference image, and I didn't want to be accused of plagiarism, so I changed the poster. I added a house to the poster, which was more in line with the theme of the film I wanted to express.

Fig.2.9. Original「720 x 900」

Final Poster

Fig.2.10. Final「720 x 900」

Final Poster（PDF）

「720 x 900」

Final Poster (GIF)

Fig.2.11.Gif.「720 x 900」