Updated Storyboard

with some adjustments needed I'm sure.. here is my most recent and somewhat final storyboard. I wasn't sure what to do with images towards the end. I was losing inspiration so I'll take any suggestions or ideas to help spice it up!

Experience: storyboard continuted.

I made tons of additions/changes to my storyboard and its nearly complete. I'm not sure if I am going in the right direction but I am liking the way it is looking so far. I won't be in class today so feel free to comment because I'll need all the feedback I can get!

*Make note that the boundary boxes are missing so its a little bit hard to tell where where the edges of the frames are. Some images are cropped by the edges but you can't tell in this rough storyboard.

Experience: Beginning Storyboard

A rough start to what will eventually be my storyboard..

Experience: Photos & Type

I have finally decided on a idea that I am happy with. I have changed my 'experience' a few different times but I plan on sticking with this one! For my new idea.. I am doing the experience of making a salad. I am going to pair it with content taken from Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. The experience paired with blurbs from his book will (hopefully) create commentary about the importance of eating healthy! 

Content:
On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a fast-food restaurant, without giving its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous. It now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. The industry's drive for consolidation and speed has radially transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workplace. Often in destructive ways. 

The value meals, two-for-one deals, and free refills on soda give a distorted sense of how much fast food actually cots. The real price never appears on the menu. 

Ask yourself, is the true cost of having it 'your way' really worth it?


Here are the new contact sheets/type storyboards:

 

 

ANIMATED DICTIONAY

Here is my final flash piece for the word stretch!

FINAL FLASH VIDEO

REFLECTION:
It was extremely helpful to have such a detailed storyboard to work from. The last time I did this project, I feel like my storyboard wasn't as detailed and it made it difficult to create transitions that made sense. I feel like this time around, my video flowed more because of the time I spent outside of flash. At first, I had trouble coming up with interesting transitions because I find it hard to visualize things in motion. I think next time I will try to push myself more and move away from such horizontal/vertical movement and compositions. I was happy with the timing.. I spent a lot of time working on it making sure everything stayed on screen long enough to read. The last time I did this project I struggled with timing so I am happy with how it turned out. I think it is really important to go into flash knowing what I wanted to do so I want to make sure I have a good plan of action for the next project as well because it made it a lot easier to work through!

Also, here is my updated storyboard: 

Project 3 Exerience Ideas

Here are a few ideas I have been thinking about for possible 'experiences' to begin photographing..

Walking on campus or grand river.
Cooking
Organizing: closet/drawers/ desk etc.
Hand Gestures (shaking, waving, high-fiving, thumbs up, typing, texting, etc.)
Reading (magazines, books, internet, news papers)
Baking a cake/decorating
Birthday: opening presents, reading cards, blowing out candles)
Exercising

I'm having trouble deciding...

I came across this catalog on the AIGA Design Archive.
Design Archive Example

The piece was designed by Matthew Rezac fir Blu Dot’s annual sales catalogue which is the company's primary marketing piece each year. I really enjoy the minimal approach and the way the type is being cropped.

FLASH DEMO

Flash Demo

Here is the link to the Quicktime of the Flash Demo we did in class!

Finalized Storyboard

Illustrator is still giving me trouble when I try to export a jpeg so here is low res file of my updated storyboard. Sorry it may be a bit difficult to make out. Something is weird with my file..