tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5126553528839813584.post2621354589274957465..comments2023-04-07T08:53:26.857+01:00Comments on A Flock of Pixels: Ideas, character designs and storyboardsAFlockOfPixelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05669296239837694573noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5126553528839813584.post-65657948656620891842010-03-27T22:55:09.680+00:002010-03-27T22:55:09.680+00:00Hmm - I didn't notice the sticker - curiouser ...Hmm - I didn't notice the sticker - curiouser and curiouser; I wonder if we'll find out more about the Doctor's wife from the library episodes? I'm thinking 'yes'...tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5126553528839813584.post-64683206542782707982010-03-27T19:33:34.948+00:002010-03-27T19:33:34.948+00:00Well the trailers make new Doctor Who look promisi...Well the trailers make new Doctor Who look promising and I believe that Matt Smith will be great. I always enjoy Steven Moffat's episodes so I happy that he is the head writer.<br /><br />I like the new logo, although that was mainly because I thought using the letters DW as the Tardis was clever. It also has a classic Doctor Who logo feel to it. I can't say whether I prefer it to the current logo yet.<br /><br />What is a Dalek doing with a Union Jack sticker???AFlockOfPixelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669296239837694573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5126553528839813584.post-44465349068449166422010-03-27T18:36:22.429+00:002010-03-27T18:36:22.429+00:00Yes - that's your big challenge - and I think,...Yes - that's your big challenge - and I think, if you give your story a slight 'moral' - (i.e. pride goes before a fall), the structure tightens instantly and your narrative has that elusive 'click' wherein the circumstances feel inevitable and rewarding and the audience goes 'yeah!' It's the same when I'm writing something myself - so often it's not the content that's wrong, but the order in which the information is presented to the audience. Make Act 3 a revelation and comeuppance and your story will work; though, thinking about it, the revelation that the lamp's goal (the other lamp) is actually a mannequin might sit at the climax of act 2 - you cut between lamp 'seeing' his mistake and the flex tightening - and then 'crash'! And then, in Act 3, you see the standard lamp reduced to bargain basement status alongside the 'last season's hats' mannequin display - to reveal the mannequin in the third act might 'eclipse' everything else... anyway, get it drawn out and see how it plays...<br /><br />meanwhile - your thoughts on the new Doctor Who trailer... and the new logo? I have my reservations...tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5126553528839813584.post-82696015033387663102010-03-27T16:42:55.470+00:002010-03-27T16:42:55.470+00:00I think I'll go with you adaption. While I sta...I think I'll go with you adaption. While I started storyboarding I actually made it so that the label on the hat also looked like the on/off pull switch. That way I can really trick the audience into believing it is another standard lamp.AFlockOfPixelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669296239837694573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5126553528839813584.post-15960514933602337582010-03-27T16:34:59.210+00:002010-03-27T16:34:59.210+00:00I'm just reading your second postI'm just reading your second postAFlockOfPixelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669296239837694573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5126553528839813584.post-45417149313529694402010-03-27T16:34:10.787+00:002010-03-27T16:34:10.787+00:00well at the moment, the only other ending that I c...well at the moment, the only other ending that I can think of, could be that the hat that was on the mannequin could have also been bought at the same time as the standard lamp, and was hanging on a hatstand in the house. Although that's not exactly climactic either. I'll keep working on my final storyboards up until the last act and hope that something better comes to me.AFlockOfPixelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669296239837694573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5126553528839813584.post-45287372536024901912010-03-27T16:25:33.915+00:002010-03-27T16:25:33.915+00:00I've just thought - how about making the revel...I've just thought - how about making the revelation that the other lamp is infact a mannequin into your third act? So, you have aristocratic lamp shunning the other lamps around it - it's attention fixed on another, more 'posh' lamp on the other side of the department store (this is your Act 1 is setting up standard lamp's conceit and wish to be with the other lamp on the other side of the store). Act 2 sees the lamp moving towards the other lamp - flex pulls tight, lamp falls - blackness. Act 3 - bulb back in - lamp is finally next to 'other lamp', but other lamp is a mannequin and the 'area' in which the lamp and it are standing is the 'damaged goods - money off' section of the store - (because the lamp was damaged when it fell over). It's a 'grass is greener on the other side' type story: it's also all about your sleight of hand - making the audience think what the standard lamp thinks - with the 3rd act coming as a proper surprise?tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5126553528839813584.post-90976655290059157652010-03-27T16:09:49.815+00:002010-03-27T16:09:49.815+00:00You're really working hard to resolve things, ...You're really working hard to resolve things, Ethan - and I know you're keen to have things clear - but your third act just doesn't satisfy yet; acts 1 and 2 are very nice - with the realisation that the other hatstand is a mannequin - but the ending following the black-out isn't strong enough; it needs an additional twist or 'voila!' It just feels to me that the relationship between the mannequin and the standard lamp is key - that after the black-out, the audience should be supplied with somekind of resolution that involves that relationship; at the moment, your structure feels anti-climatic...tutorphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842833126210822641noreply@blogger.com