Creative Brief
1. Title
Forty Below Zerowitz (tentative)
2. Overview
Creation of a series of promo videos for the novel The Tracey Fragments by Maureen Medved. Inspired by quotes from the book that I think capture the essence of the text.
The piece will make use of still frame animation and a “cut and paste” style to communicate the deconstruction and dis-jointed feel of the story.
Currently I’m planning 3 (10-20 second clips). Here are some found images that have a similar collage style and/or quality to what I’m imagining for this piece.
3. Audience
Though the story could appeal to anyone, I feel like the contemporary nature, dry wit and dark humor of the text and subsequent film that was made from it makes it more appealing to a somewhat younger generation – artsy college student to still-hip stay at home Dad?
Technologies
I think the small clips would work better for this novel as it is written in a very broken, confusing and distorted manner. A stop-motion technique will be applied for this project, plus some additional editing in After Effects.
Schedule
April 24th:
* Storyboards & Planning stages complete
*Footage Captured
*Export Frames
*Print Frames
*Gather additional elements/characters
May 2nd:
*Capture still frame animations of the 3 sequences
*Edit frames together
*Begin addition of any digital elements such as textual overlays etc.
May 8th: Post-production completed.
May 15th: Refinement (fixing up). Packaging and presentation begins.
May 22nd: Packaging and presentation.
Deliverables
Final movie posted to blog & hardcopy submitted on DVD.
Filed under: Project 2
