As I'm currently in a creative slump. I thought it might be an interesting bootcamp on ways of creating a story, getting out of writers block, and implementing a story. Steps required etc. Basically go through the pre-production process step by step.
The bootcamps would be as follows:
Bootcamp #1: Coming up with an idea, characters, and story.
Bootcamp #2: Creating characters, environments, create concept art
Bootcamp #3: Storyboard
Bootcamp #4: Organizing it all and getting started.
Just an idea. Started the bootcamp. Read below for the start.
-N86
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Um. That didn't make sense. But thank you for the reply. Some good starts have been made here:
http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13018
-N86
http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13018
-N86
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Thank you. I'm just experiencing a writers block. Perhaps I'll actually start up a "boot" camp once I get my own thinking going.
Ok. Lets get this started.
An idea. The first thing to think about is what type of story you want to tell. Or even if you want to tell a story, you may want to visually express a feeling or a musical piece.
You could classify your story according to one of the following genre:
Fiction-an animated documentary or biopic of some sort.
Action-think kung fu
Adventure-Indian Jones, a journey of wild discovery
Comedy-a character keeps slipping on a banana
Crime/Gangster-a masked man robs the bank
Drama-think soap opera or ER
Epics/Historical-animate the Trojan War
Horror-something frightening
Musical-remake Grease with Thom
Science Fiction-star wars meets the tribbles
War-animate a great battle
Westerns-a duel at high noon
These are just a few examples and aren't meant to be restrictive. Once you determine the type of film you want to make. And keep in mind you can mix and match between the genres.
From here you will go into the characters, which will lead into creating the actual story. As an example I will go over a short in progress by myself. I decided to create a comedy. So I determined the main characters. What would be an interesting character and expressive character? I decided I wanted to make a film about a bird and its owner. In this case the owner is irritating the bird to the point that it wants to get out and snatch the camera from the owner. The film will be from the point of view of the owner (camera).
The bird is the hero of the story with the antagonist (villain) being the irritating owner. This is a standard and much used concept with a hero and a villian. Many successful stories have used this method. Wiley Coyote and the Road Runner. Bugs and Daffy. Vampire Hunter and Vampire.
To keep things simple to start we are going to begin with a simple set of predefined characters.
Characters: A square and a sphere.
Example story: Drama/Comedy. A sphere and a square are in love, but are blocked from being together by a huge wall with only a triangle shaped opening as a passageway. The story involves how they solve and if they solve there predicament.
Now take these two characters. Maybe add a character if you'd like and create a simple story. Share it for critique. We will continue midweek.
-N86
An idea. The first thing to think about is what type of story you want to tell. Or even if you want to tell a story, you may want to visually express a feeling or a musical piece.
You could classify your story according to one of the following genre:
Fiction-an animated documentary or biopic of some sort.
Action-think kung fu
Adventure-Indian Jones, a journey of wild discovery
Comedy-a character keeps slipping on a banana
Crime/Gangster-a masked man robs the bank
Drama-think soap opera or ER
Epics/Historical-animate the Trojan War
Horror-something frightening
Musical-remake Grease with Thom
Science Fiction-star wars meets the tribbles
War-animate a great battle
Westerns-a duel at high noon
These are just a few examples and aren't meant to be restrictive. Once you determine the type of film you want to make. And keep in mind you can mix and match between the genres.
From here you will go into the characters, which will lead into creating the actual story. As an example I will go over a short in progress by myself. I decided to create a comedy. So I determined the main characters. What would be an interesting character and expressive character? I decided I wanted to make a film about a bird and its owner. In this case the owner is irritating the bird to the point that it wants to get out and snatch the camera from the owner. The film will be from the point of view of the owner (camera).
The bird is the hero of the story with the antagonist (villain) being the irritating owner. This is a standard and much used concept with a hero and a villian. Many successful stories have used this method. Wiley Coyote and the Road Runner. Bugs and Daffy. Vampire Hunter and Vampire.
To keep things simple to start we are going to begin with a simple set of predefined characters.
Characters: A square and a sphere.
Example story: Drama/Comedy. A sphere and a square are in love, but are blocked from being together by a huge wall with only a triangle shaped opening as a passageway. The story involves how they solve and if they solve there predicament.
Now take these two characters. Maybe add a character if you'd like and create a simple story. Share it for critique. We will continue midweek.
-N86
Great idea. I'd like to do something like "Bounding" (Got Incredibles on the brain 
) Something simple yet effective.
It's like with that, the story-writer thought of a moral or something about life he wanted to say. Then he told it with fun characters.
) Something simple yet effective.It's like with that, the story-writer thought of a moral or something about life he wanted to say. Then he told it with fun characters.
N86,
I think this could be a helpful topic.
Thank you for coming up withthe idea.
Jeff
I think this could be a helpful topic.
Thank you for coming up withthe idea.
Jeff
| QUOTE (N86 @ Mar 20 2005, 09:22 PM) |
| You could classify your story according to one of the following genre: Fiction-an animated documentary or biopic of some sort. Action-think kung fu Adventure-Indiana Jones, a journey of wild discovery Comedy-a character keeps slipping on a banana Crime/Gangster-a masked man robs the bank Drama-think soap opera or ER Epics/Historical-animate the Trojan War Horror-something frightening Musical-remake Grease with Thom Science Fiction-star wars meets the tribbles War-animate a great battle Westerns-a duel at high noon These are just a few examples and aren't meant to be restrictive. Once you determine the type of film you want to make. And keep in mind you can mix and match between the genres. |
I know you weren't meaning to be restrictive, but some of your definitions strike as either particularly generic or off. Some of yours seem to be definitions some are ideas. I'm confused what the point of the list was if you were going to mix those.
Ones that were ideas:
Comedy-a character keeps slipping on a banana
Adventure-Indiana Jones
Crime/Gangster-a masked man robs the bank
Epics/Historical-animate the Trojan War
Musical-remake Grease with Thom
Science Fiction-star wars meets the tribbles
Westerns-a duel at high noon
Ones that were closer to definitions:
Fiction-an animated documentary or biopic of some sort.
-It should be noted that the word you were looking for was non-fiction (I assume)
Adventure-a journey of wild discovery
-This one was both categories ^
Drama-think soap opera or ER
Horror-something frightening
War-animate a great battle
I personally would like to see your definitions for all the categories, giving story ideas imo doesn't breed creativity in story telling.
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