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Assignment 3: U C WHAT I C? April 6, 2008

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For this week’s assignment we were supposed to tell a story with a TWIST ENDING… in no more than 10 pictures. Haha… being the uncreative person I was … I had to go through a long process of searching for wackyyy sources and inspiration for my project from Youtube! Haha! So in the end… I got inspired by this THAI TOM YUM noodles commercial… which was extremely funnyyyy! DO take a look! I really give it up to the Thai ad producers! SO creative….

 

 SO with that.. I came up with a do-able story line since it was impossible for me to completely copy the ad given the time and budget constraints. (Plus… ethical issues!) Instead of having a “cat” in the ad I did away with it… and just made the story as simple as possible. Here goes:





Haha! Do you see what I see over here? Basically, the guy in the picture( my bro, btw), is hungry. He walks in to the kitchen , scours for food n sees a packet of instant noodles on the table. He cooks it and is ready to devour it… BUT…. the phone rings! HE goes away to answer the call, and in the meantime, a mysterious hand plants a “lizard” into his bowls of noodles. He comes back, discovers the digusting lizard and faints from shock. HAHA! Here comes the twist: The lizard was planted by someone else who wanted to snatch away his bowl of noodles!

 

My pics were heavily edited using Photoshop, thereby explaining the high saturation of the colours. Also, I tried to create “focal” points for every single pic.. e.g. for e first pic… I basically blurred the rest of the background using motion and radial blur so that ur eyes will only focus on the male protagonist. The edges of the main figures were also sharpened to create a crisp and clear effect.Also, the 6th pic was intentionally sliced into half to show 2 things happening simulatenously: my bro answering a call and a mysterious hand planting a lizard.

 

Haha! Anyways.. when I presented this in class..most people could clearly grasp what I was getting at. It was simple enough… however, some commented that the 6th picture (the pic showing 2 scenes happening at the same time), came as too abrupt and they would not understand its significance if not for the later pics. Therefore, after I explained that the male lead had taken his leave to answer a call, a classmate suggested I insert a pic of a “ringing” phone to make the connection clearer. Okie… fair enough! To make things more understandable.

 

So I inserted this pic before the 6th pic, and removed one of the pics of my bro devouring the noodles.

 

 Does it make the plot clearer now? Tell me what you think! (:

 

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