Filming.
The aim of the exercise is to create a composition of 3 characters, which the candidate will photograph independently in the school studio and insert into the environment of the offered photographs. These are then inserted, together with three other separately photographed props, into the photographs offered to the candidate for further processing. The composition should have a surprising and imaginative character with an emphasis on atmospheric expression.
Starting points:
1. set of exterior shots without any fundamental atmospheric characterization.
2. a set of photos intended for keying or cropping.
3. a studio with a green background and a light park for photographing three figures.
Task:
Photograph two fellow extras, each separately on a green background, so that they are placed in the perspective of the selected background photo and create a relationship between them similar to that of filming a film. Then have your colleagues photograph themselves as a full-body self-portrait, which you will also insert into the cinematic atmosphere of filming the overall composition with a dominant position.
In addition, there should be a relationship between the three characters and at least three studio-photographed props and three archival footage. The resulting format should be landscape with a minimum resolution of 1920x1080 or higher while maintaining the aspect ratio.
Strive to create a unique atmosphere and at the same time the realism of the achieved result. In addition to changing the atmosphere, candidates can eliminate objects that do not fit artistically into the environment, they can combine several environments from the offered materials into one. Full creativity is possible here.
3D input
ANIMATION BASED ON THE RUBE GOLDBERG MECHANISM PRINCIPLE.
Design a short visual work - an animatic, presenting your own funny Goldberg machine.
Form
Create a soundtrack for a fictional TV series, a fun 3D animated title, or a trailer for a social event. The theme is a Goldberg machine of your own design. The result should be a complete, functional format between 7 and 30 seconds long.
Examples:
https://vimeo.com/50636012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl2U1p3fVRk
Concept
A chain series of imaginative kinetic actions and reactions, known as a Rube Goldberg machine.
Number of “stages” of the mechanism from 3 to 10, possibility to combine simple 3D objects - balls,
cones, cylinders, dominoes, rails, spirals, tracks, inclined planes, weighing scales; or create your own thematic objects.
Action
Cuts, shots of different lengths - slow, long, short, fast. Timing principles: repetition, gradation,
contrast. A visual point is desirable at the end.
Implementation
Difficulty chosen to demonstrate the candidate's strengths. Examples of focus:
Artistic talent - a mechanism that does something imaginative, such as blowing up a balloon or making coffee.
Animation sensibility - inventive camera angles, timing, animation style.
Motion design - aesthetics of shapes in motion, visual narration.
A really strong idea that you can't or don't want to generate using 3D software within the given time limit can also be processed as a set of concepts, sketches, and storyboards. The condition is that this documentation clearly and clearly reflects the form of the future visual work.
Output technical parameters:
Video 7 to 30 seconds long, mp4 or MOV format, frame rate 24 fps, aspect ratio 16:9.
Preferred codec H264, resolution 1280x720 or 1920x1080, bitrate up to 10 Mbit/s, size
file up to 100 MB.
The optimal preset in the Adobe package is “Youtube 720p/24fps”.
In the case of sketches, a series of jpg images or a set of graphic sheets.
Rating
In this order, it takes into account in particular:
creative thinking, ingenuity, imagination, artistic sense, composition, timing, experience
with visual narration, technical skill in a 3D program.
