Thesis II W9

For this week:

animation
some background finished

Due to the I missed the meeting on time and I am going to email later to Professor,  I'll update the video tonight with a proper adjustment of the audio and timing.
Screen shot for changed scenes:

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The reason why I need a bit more time to render my video: 

I went to New Jersey From Friday to Sunday. Back here at Sunday late night without rendering anything out......and it took more time than I thought.

(Gone for my cousins wedding)

rnrcaitheknot.com  is the website of my cousin's wedding.

And also, the reason why I did not finish rendering my video before noon and waste time at clinic :

    I burned my hand because I poured boiled water on my hand by accident when making tea. (On Monday morning 9 o'clock after my guests, who stayed at my apartment overnight, had left and I came to studio)

   I keep my hand in cold water for hours but still hurt a lot and it's hard to use computer for one hand. I went to clinic on campus and the lady at the desk said I didn't turn in the form, I shouldn't be able to enroll, why there's no record.....and blablabla I didn't brought my insurance card and she want me to do it right now.....anyway, at last I asked her can I get my hand fix first, she grab my form back and said "Okay, go sit and wait them call you!" Well, my hand really hurts and I never forgot to paid the clinic fee every semester.....The TB shot record in her computer sounds more important for her.

   I didn't get ANY email or any information from Pratt that request me to turn in any health check form before I came to Pratt. I got to know this when I twisted my wrist in midterm and I went to the clinic on campus last year. They found I have no record, and asked me to turn in a form. I remember that I asked her when should I turn in the form, she said whenever I am done. I did go to see my family doctor, and she said the only shot (they marked and request me to take on the form) I haven't done, is not necessary. No one in NY are doing this nowadays. So, my form is not complete.

Main changes:

-The ending part

-The viewing angle

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-adding cars( bird view)

-adjust the cut of growing plants

-remove the grow to door cut

-remove the grow from trash cart cut

-house plants(not discard yet) also grow

-adding sound effects

-change the look through city cut camera move

-remove the wrong kitchen cut

-try light effect for last scene

Screen shot for changed scenes:

Video here:

Thesis II W8

For this week:

Animation

Thesis paper finished chapter 2 
 

CHAPTER 2

INFLUENCES

Subsection

My relationship to plants begin in childhood. From the earliest age I can  remember, I played in the small garden on the balcony of my apartment in Taipei city. My grandfather also had a garden at his house in the countryside. He loved to take care of plants. Both my father and I inherited my grandfather’s passion for plants. Such a variety of plants in the house taught me how to care for different species of plants. I still love to keep plants and observe how they look every day. When I look at all of my lush green plants, I feel relaxed. To me, plants are part of my life. These plants feels like friends.

After I graduated from college, I came to New York City to earn my masters degree. I currently live with three roommates in a nice apartment where lots of sunshine comes in through big windows. My roommates and I all bought plenty of potted plants. Unfortunately,  none of the plants that my roommates bought lived for long. My roommates didn’t know how to properly care for their plants and they thought it would be easy. Once the plants began to look sick and dead, they threw them out. I did give them some suggestion when I saw they were not treating their plants well. But they didn’t care. I also found lots of potted plants thrown out on the street. I felt sad when I realized their  negligence towards plants.
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Thesis II W7

For this week:

Animation


Thesis research related link:
From tree to shining tree RadioLab
Plant Experiments: The Power of Words
Dr. Masaru Emoto’s Rice Emotions Experiment
Proof That Our Thoughts Affect Physical Matter
What is the photograph of frozen water crystals?
The Botany of Desire
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) clip

Thesis paper edit:

ABSTRACT

Plant Killers is a short 2D animation about humans who buy plants but do not take good care of them. Because of human negligence, the plants die and are discarded. The plants take revenge on the humans by growing overnight and taking over the city.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS   _________________________________________iv

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS   _________________________________________v

CHAPTER

1. INTRODUCTION   _________________________________________1

2. INFLUENCES  ____________________________________________3

Personal inspiration

My Own Experience

Outside inspiration

Documentary Film

Books, Articles

Field Observation

Artists, Movies

3. STORYTELLING   _________________________________________8

Story Structure

Storyboard

Pacing

4. AESTHETIC ISSUES   _____________________________________15

Scene Design

Hand Drawing Style

Color Design

Mood

Character Design

5. CONCLUSION   _________________________________________25

My Journey

Expectation

REFERENCE LIST   _____________________________________________26

Thesis II W6

For this week:

animation:
changing the ending part

Thesis paper outline:

CHAPTER

1. INTRODUCTION   _________________________________________1

2. INFLUENCES  ____________________________________________3

Personal inspiration

Own experience :

-Childhood encounter with plants in dad’s garden

-taking care of plants

-living with other people and found their negligence towards plants

-my response towards people viewing plants as something to be throwing away

-how easily people forgot plants

-our responsibility towards plants

-Plants are not thought as living beings having their own souls, instead they are considered as commodities which one can buy under five dollars and not feel the slightest pinch of throwing away a living being. In this way plants are treated as objects to beautify the place and something which can be replaced with a new one when its  purpose is done.

Outside inspiration

Documentary

-Michael Pollan botany of desire

: how plants influnece human beings in a way

thinking about how plants control human

-A research where two plants are given different treatments

One is spoken to in a positive manner, and the other in a negative manner

The result shows that the plant receiving positive words grew taller and healthier as opposed to the plant who received negative words.

-Dr. Masaru Emoto’s water experiments

-A similar research was proven by scientists only in this research they used water, frozen water. The water that received good music and positive words crystallized into a beautiful design as opposed to water which received negative words it turned into something humans won’t appreciate.

Books, articles

-The Dominat Animal- Huamn evolution and the Environment

-Nature Wars-The incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backards into Battlegrounds

Field observation

-The Huntington Library, Art Collection, and Botanical Gardens

-Brooklyn Botanic Garden

-New York Botanical Garden

manicure garden the plants are taken care, Utopia for plants lovers and plants as well

A vast place reminds me about a place plants are not discarded away

A place where people realize the beauty of plants, and appreciate the company of plants

even back at home they might throw away plants

Artist,Movies

-Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)

3. STORYTELLING   _________________________________________8

Story structure

-Begins with the introduction to the human city and people buying plants. The plants are taken into humans home. And showcase human abuseing and negalecting plants. And eventually throw them away. In the darkness of the night, the plants grow to be larger than life, and encapsulate the whole city and end up taking revenge on the humans.

-issue of content: first story>>and now/ how my story come to this

-My story is intend to show the plants point of view

-biggest problem

-The whole story is an ironical outlook on the classic horror films

-The setting is a humorous take on that stucture

-The film emphasizes this more through the use of comical sounds

Storyboard

-different camera angle

-time of changing storyboard

-how to tell the same story in different ways

Pacing

-human are setting off the time bomb which is ticking away

-story builds up to apoclyptic situation bestowed on the humans by the plants

humans going to die

4. AESTHETIC ISSUES   _____________________________________19

Scene design

-inspired by a NYC like structure

Hand drawing style

-a paintery

Color design

-the color change with the animation to emphasize the plants movenment

- the atmosphere matters a lot to show the bustling city life as well as the creepiness of the night to attack humans

Mood

-A spoof making fun of classic horror genre

Character design

-The nature look of plants character that doesn’t have face

-Original design the plants has teeth, eventually I decided not to have mouth, which is like to to put human characteristics on the plants and show them more as individual being apart from humans

Sound

-funny cartoon sound effects

-plants chomping groning sound

-The sound brings the plants alive

5. CONCLUSION   _________________________________________25

My journey

Expectation

Thesis II W5

cut 5-1 reverse :showing lots of plants, not showing something specific
cut 6-1 the part of the sun and moon change is funny because simple
test and see what kind of ways for the color looks better(don't be too realistic)
cut 9 cut out the cook walk in, just start from walk out
cut 11 pause a bit more at the flies part
cut 13 the party light (circle) looks funny, keep them

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Unfortunately, the tutor was sick, my thesis paper isn't correct yet.
Last week I made a reservation on Friday, but it has to start from the next week. This week, she's sick.

Thesis II W4

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A link to the schedule has been added on top of all articles（below the name of the blog)

Comment for last week:
- thesis paper on schedule should be specific(which part)
-cut1 animatic : change the people buy plants
-cut3 show the whole plants( adjust camera)
-cut5-1 too fast
-cut6 don't move the plants( don't let the audience know it's alive)
-cut6-1 the change of moving camera : old version better
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For this week:

cut 6 add light
cut 3 adjust
cut 5-1 slow down
cut 6 cut out moving plants(but the end position changed, have to replace the leaves)
cut 10 add a bit : cook walk back, and the other side of wall
cut13 smoking gesture
cut 15 pull plants hand
cut 20 draw in color

Thesis II W3

For this week, I'm going to finished at least 3 cut animation, and some backgrounds.
A more detailed schedule has updated.
New video (include the finish part I have done) will updated on Monday.
I'm going to finish my Nuke assignment first.......

A screen shot for this week schedule (see the link at the article of "schedule")