3. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I decided to create an environment for penguin to be placed in front this help
give continuity to the image. Although basic it is better than the penguin
floating with no context. Noticing how on a real penguin colours are not solid
blocks of colour, shades move over each section and change over that area.
My favourite part of the image is the yellow and orange shades that make up
the neck region of the animal. I used a gradient overlay here and as worked
better than expected, it also retains the same style that fits the rest of the
image. Experimenting with the colour range tool was idea that I tried out, the
aim was to achieve a fur-like texture. After seeing the result I thought this
broke consistency with the rest of the image.
What would you improve if you did it again?
The addition of the environment is something that I like as I mentioned in the
previous paragraph although it is too simplified for my liking. In future
attempts I will put more time into creating an elaborate backdrop. Then task
was to create an animal using on shapes of Photoshop, therefore the
environment was only an added bonus so it doesn’t overly bother me.
6. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
On the first burgundy coloured background the rotoscope does stand out on the page
and I therefore prefer this to the other brighter lit background which merges with the
colour of the player’s shirt. However on this design the player looks as if emerging
from a tunnel of light which places the player on a god-like level. I when for a stylised
look over one of high level of detail or other designs that show only selective areas, by
cutting the selection very roughly using the lasso tool I created a artistic look over
realism. By only taking area of light and dark I have been able to create a very 3D
looking design. To do this I increased the contrast giving me clear cut areas of light and
dark.
What would you improve if you did it again?
If I were to re-do the idea differently I would try a different stylised method. It would
look very impressive with an enormous range of shapes with rounded edges and an
increased scale of colours. Focusing more time into getting a very high level of detail in
the shirt. Capturing the moment of the shirt flapping in mid-air is time consuming it
would make a very polished image.
8. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I feel that I have been able to capture a good sense of perspective. The various shades of grey
traveling down the road into the horizon capture this, when combined with the shape of the
road. It is a difficult thing to do from this angle fortunately it turned out well. It took a significant
amount of time to rotoscope the rock formation to the right of the road in the mid-ground.
Initially I had hoped to create the entire environment using this technique. After understanding
how time consuming this method was I realised it was ultimately unnecessary considering the
task set. To compensate for this I chose the use the threshold tool on a real image of a rock
formation, with an appropriate orange background. These two examples can be seen further back
in the image. My excuse for this is that this area of the image is close to the horizon, I can argue
that it is a mirage. The setting for this environment is a desert therefore I chose to give the sky a
gradient overlay that merges from the orange of the desert to the blue sky colour.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I have already touched on the aspects of the image that I think need improvement. Due to time
limitations it was necessary to use the threshold tool on some of the scenery. I also did this on
the plain land to give some texture to it. I do think this works well although it is lazy, it would
have been possible to individually place parts of the scenery as I began to do with the rock
formation of the right of the road.
11. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
Choosing a thick, broad font was important. I needed to capture a large amount of the image
behind the text. So the font I chose was a good choice. The font that I chose suits the images
showing through. It is an image of Leeds United’s football ground therefore the font I chose
needed to be relatable to sport or specifically football. This font does have a noticeable football
theme. I also decided to put a minor slant to the font as to mimic the sports branding text, Nike
for example position their text in this way. To centralise the image and reveal the more of the
centre of the image where the text is I moved the first part of my name “Jamie” centred and
above the word “Mellors”. After moving the image of the stadium around I decided to leave it
with half of the pitch in view, part of the crowd and part of the far stand. This has a accomplished
a sectioned design that creates interest. I also adjusted the gap distance between letter and rows
to find a spot where there is some overlap, this keeps the images flowing behind the letter
unbroken.
What would you improve if you did it again?
The image I have found is on a bright sunny day that allows lots of bright colours to shine
through. This made the image a nice one to look at. But what would have ideally made the final
design more interesting would have been a more action packed image with all the players shown.
Even better would have been to capture a goal.
19. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
Of the three final images I have made in this section is the first one shown. It features a scene
from “Reservoir Dogs”. I deemed this to be the best because the edits that I made to the image
are very relevant the plot and specific scene. While the background is a dull brown colour it is
unimportant. The film is highly driven by its characters, two of the main characters are “Mr. Pink”
and “Mr.White”, those two are the characters featured in this iconic scene. The characters use
code names as they have involved in a robbery, these names are colours this gave me a good
opportunity to really highlight this as I have done. To retain the cartoon look I made the borders
between colours very obvious and jagged. I also included a speech bubble featuring a classic line
form the film, the font I used here is perfect for the comic book genre. I also like how I have
blocked out the faces of the two characters as the film is based around identity. All characters are
anonymous to each other as they are tasked to find out who is the police informant.
What would you improve if you did it again?
On having a second attempt at designing this image I would first cut out and create new layers
around both actors. Once I have done this I would add the layer with the colour. This would allow
me to remove the areas of the background that are shown within the white/pink areas.
21. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
The message behind the image I have created epitomises the film. The film shows the
struggle between a drug addiction and the main character trying to continue on with
his life while heroin and the people he knows hold him back. On either side of the
character I have positioned each alternative, one or the other scenario. The dark and
light colours I have used on the gradient overlay that passes behind Uwin Mcgreggor
cover each retrospective good/bad life style. The quality and construction of the
character is good, the facial area is the highlight.
What would you improve if you did it again?
Rotoscopes are difficult to get right. They require a large investment of time and
dedication. To save on time I did use the Threshold tool to select the dark areas. This is
as good as any technique although it would have been better if the same technique
had been used over the construction of the whole image. Same going with the
trousers, I only used two shades for this selection. There was not really any detail here
or change in shade as the character wears skinny jeans. To improve this on a future
attempt I would decide to leave the lower half of the character’s body out in order to
focus more heavily of the face and upper body as I feel that this is the strength of the
image.
23. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
On the most part the image well drawn. Proportionally each body part is sound. I like the
stylised choice, I decided to only draw what is in the centre of the page. The image
continued to the edge, although I preferred the look I have gone for. Notice how the hand is
floating and the chest area is not filled in.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would trace over each line with a strong dark pen as to improve the quality of the
scan. The pencil lines have faded in the process of scanning. A a sketch I was pressing
very lightly which is the cause of this. Some details of the sketch were in accurate
when compared with the original image that is was sketching. I made mistakes when
drawing facial features.
31. Proposal
Dimensions
11 pages at dimensions of 26 CM X 11CM
Story Overview
1. Main character climbing a Mountain
2. Decides he wants mountain rescue to pick him up
3. Calls them using a walkie talkie pretending he is in danger
4. He gets picked up by a helicopter
5. Mountain rescue find out he is not in trouble
6. He climbs the mountain again the following day
7. This time he comes in contact with a mountain goat.
8. He climbs a rock where the goat can’t reach him
8. He tries to call mountain rescue, they refuse him.
9. Goat manages to get up and knocks him down the mountain.
10. Falls down the mountain
11. Swears never to lie again
Export Format
JPEG
Advantages: JPEGs are compatible with most devices meaning that the file can be shared easily and online.
JPEGs are not very large file size as they can be compressed.
Disadvantages: If compressed and recompressed quality is lost.
32. Deadline
Audience
(Think about who you are targeting as your audience. Consider age, gender, class, location and other
characteristics which could define your audience.)
The audience is a younger audience of Under 8 years old. The age will range from 3-8 years this seems
appropriate as the story is too basic and short for older children and will use language that will be above the
level of younger children. I intend the book to be read by parents to children and in the later years of the
age range read I themselves. The story and theme is fitting for both genders. Although it might be viewed as
swaying more towards the male side of the spectrum due to the absence of the usual properties that make
up a children's book for girls. Things such as romance and a typical fairy-tale setting. The book will not be at
all graphic or realistic in depicting what being attacked by a mountain goat would be like. Also the main
character falls down an entire mountain in a cartoon like way that does not cause death this keeps the book
suitable for a younger audience. The location of the book is set in the mountains meaning that the book
may be more appropriate for people who live in such areas, however mountains are such a universal setting
that it should not affect demographic. To go walking in the mountains is a more middle class thing to do
than anything else although this does not change the target audience. The story has a message behind it
that all children should learn.
Production Methods
The characters will be hand drawn. To do this I will create the shape in pencil then trace over the outline
with a marker pen to give a strong black line. This allows the image to be scanned into the mac and
uploaded to Photoshop with less flaws. The characters will then be coloured using the fill too. Various other
effects will be added to achieve a unique stylised look. I will experiment with the “satin” tool, “Gradient
Overlay” etc.. Environments will be a combination of pre-existing images that have been warped and
stylised and other hand drawn aspects. Text will be surrounding the page rather than in speech bubble form
except for specific circumstances.
33. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
The audience is also very clearly thought through
with a lot of detail on who the book will be aimed at,
also the way the over view is written very simple to
read and understand, so that you get a clear
understanding of the story.
Although the proposal is in a lot of detail there is no
character names mentioned in the story overview
so the names of the mains characters could be
added into the overview.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
The idea generation is also in a lot of detail as all
the settings have been well though through with
lots of different ideas in the original mind map, as
well as there being a lot of different main ideas in
the first mind map.
In the idea generation slides what could be
developed further is that the characters in the book
could’ve been looked at in more detail of what they
are going to look like or details about them to build
a better picture of the characters.
34. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
I can immediately picture how the story is able to
go by the definitive outline and well written plot
summary. The description of how you will draw the
pictures and everything is clear and the audience is
specified with good reasons.
You could maybe add a name for the main
character and the rescue team member(s).
(Unsure of the 1. 2. 3. there's meant to be 2 x 8. of
if that is corresponding to the page number, just
letting you know in case its an accident)
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
There have been many possibilities thought out for
different fairy tales and stories and they have been
developed in depth so your final story has a good
effective plot. The second map is in plenty of detail
so even without the proposal you can get an idea of
the story.
You could maybe add descriptions to the character,
or have another bubble talking about the style, so if
its more cartoon like, if its meant to be slightly
realistic etc.
35. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
You have gathered a lot of images to help give you
an Idea of what you want. You are giving me an
idea of how the book is going to look exactly. You
have shown me what size pages you will be having
so I know what sized images you will be creating
You have done really well for the proposal I can
hardly think of any faults the only fault I can think of
is what the other two feedbacks have said and that
you haven't given the main character a name but
even that’s easily fixable
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
You created two mind maps and gather ideas for if
your original one falls through also by creating a
second mind map of your final idea you are really
expressing how you want your book to be I know
exactly what you want in your book.
Once again you have written a lot and I struggle to
find faults in your work and have to point out the
same fact that the other two feedbacks have written
and that you could just give more of an idea about
your character
36. Feedback Summary
Sum up your feedback.
As I whole it seams people think my work has been well planned out. Everyone made
one point in common though, this was that my main character had not been named.
Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?
I agree that it is important to establish a clear main character, as the story is driven by
the lesson that he learns later on. Therefore it is important to understand what he is like
before hand.
Which parts of your feedback do you disagree with and why?
I agree with all of my feedback.
37. Original Script
Traditional Version
A boy called Peter lived with his parents in a village on the hillside. His parents, like most of the other people in the village, were sheep farmers. Everybody in
the village took turns to look after the sheep, and when Peter was 10 years old, he was considered old enough to take his turn at shepherding.
But Peter was too easily bored, and he found it very tiresome being on the hillside with only sheep for company. So he’d find ways to amuse himself, running
up rocks, climbing trees, chasing sheep, but nothing really kept him amused for very long. Then he hit upon a brilliant idea. He climbed to the top of the tallest
tree, and started shouting towards the village: “Wolf! Wolf! Wooolf! Woohoolf!”
One of the villagers heard him, and got all the other men together, and armed with axes, hoes and forks, they ran out of the village to chase away the wolf and
save their herd. Of course when they got there, they merely found Peter perched high up in his tree, laughing, and the sheep grazing peacefully. They were
very annoyed with him. That night Peter got a spanking from his mother and was sent to bed without any supper.
For a while life went on again as normal, and people forgot about the incident. Peter managed to behave himself whenever it was his turn to mind the sheep.
Until one day, he got really bored again. He picked up some sticks, and running through where the sheep were grazing, he started hitting the sticks together,
and shouting: “Wolf! Wolf! Wooolf! Woohoolf! Woohoohoooolf!”
Sure enough, somebody in the village heard and before long the men all come running up the hill armed with their sticks and axes and hoes and shovels, ready
to chase away the big bad wolf, and save their sheep and the poor shepherd boy. Imagine their consternation when they arrived in the field to see their herd
grazing peacefully, and Peter sitting on a big rock, laughing uncontrollably.
That night Peter got a good telling off, an even better spanking from his mother, and was again sent to bed without any supper. For a few days people in the
village went around moaning about Peter and his tricks, but before long things settled down again, and life resumed its normal uneventful course, and Peter
had to do his turn at shepherding again every now and then. He decided he should behave himself, he really didn’t want to upset everybody all the time, and
he especially didn’t want another one of his mother’s spankings!
Then, one afternoon when Peter was in the fields with the sheep, he noticed some of them were getting nervous, they started bleating and running hither and
thither. Peter didn’t know what was the cause of this strange behaviour, sheep were running all over and making an ever louder racket. He got worried and
decided to climb a tree so he could see what was going on. He balanced on a sturdy branch and looked around, what he saw almost made him fall out of the
tree. There was a great big hairy wolf, chasing the sheep, biting at their legs, snapping at their tails. For a few seconds Peter was speechless. Then he started
shouting: “Woolf! Woolof! Woohoohooloof!”
In the village an old man heard the shouting. “Oh no, not that Peter again”, he said, shaking his head. “What’s going on?” enquired another villager. “It’s that
Peter again, he just can’t help himself”.
“That boy needs to be the centre of attention all the time”, said another. “Wait till his mother gets a hold of him”, added yet another. Nobody believed that
this time there really was a wolf, and nobody got their hoe out, or their axe, or their shovel. All the sticks were left in the sheds and nobody rushed up the
hillside. It wasn’t until very much later that afternoon, that the boy sent to take over the shepherding from Peter found dead sheep’s bodies strewn all over
the hillside, and Peter still up there in his tree, whimpering, that the villagers found out there really had been a wolf this time.
At last Peter learnt his lesson, that if you always tell lies, people will eventually stop believing you; and then when you’re telling the truth for a change, when
you really need them to believe you, they won’t.
http://fairytalesoftheworld.com/quick-reads/the-boy-who-cried-wolf/
38. Story Breakdown
1. Main character climbing a Mountain
2. He calls mountain rescue because he is hungry using a walkie talkie pretending there
is a mountain goat near by.
3. He gets picked up by a helicopter
4. Mountain rescue find out he is not in trouble, warn him about it
5. He climbs the mountain again the following day
6.He calls mountain rescue again/dropped off again, this time they are angry with him
7.Climbs mountain again
8. This time he comes in contact with a mountain goat.
9. He climbs a rock where the goat can’t reach him
10. He tries to call mountain rescue, they refuse him.
11. Goat manages to get up and knocks him down the mountain.
12. Falls down the mountain
13. Swears never to lie again
39. Final Script
* = Narration or Action
“”= Something that is being said or heard
Page 1:
*Lucas set off up the mountain at 9.00am as he does every morning*
Page 2:
*Lucas decided mountain rescue should pick him up as he hadn’t eaten, so he dialled the emergency
number on his walkie talkie*
*999*
“Help! There’s a goat blocking the path!”
“Stay where you are! We’ll be there there in 15 minutes!”
Page 3:
*The helicopter arrived quickly since they thought he was in danger*
“The goat ran off” he lied.
Page 4:
*Lucas was dropped off at his home, he felt very pleased with himself. Although he remembered what
the pilot had said*
*Don’t waste our time! We didn’t see a goat”
Page 5:
*Lucas set off again at 9.00am the next day*
Page 6:
*Lucas became tired and decided to use his new trick again*
“Help! There’s a goat blocking my path!”
*The pilot sees there is no goat again*
“We told you not to waste our time!”
40. Page 7:
*Lucas set off again the next morning*
Page 8:
*Lucas stopped in his tracks as a mountain goat approached him, everyone who lived near by knew how
unpredictable they could be*
Page 9:
*The goat began to charge so Lucas jumped up to a small ledge as fast as he could*
Page 10:
*Lucas was in trouble now he dialled the emergency number once again*
“Help! There’s a goat blocking my path!”
“………..”
Page 11:
*Lucas waited all night for the Mountain Goat to give up*
Page 12:
*As Lucas walked down the mountain he swore he would never lie again..*
