For better presentation, I edited a video with the story version and the sound and timeline. To better show the motion, I made another video draft. They were made by Pr and AE respectively. I only had two days to make the two videos and the PDF required for the presentation. Also, the laptop I could use this weekend is not the one I usually use, it does not have AE software. This makes the whole task more difficult. I once tried to use Pr to make the second video showing motion, but the effect was really bad. I knew I need to use the 3d and camera functions of AE to complete the motion effect of the first shot. So I wasted a lot of time trying Pr and downloading AE. Finally, I finished the two animations on the evening of October 23 and began to sort out the presentation.

After discussing my new idea with Diana, I redrew the storyboard. In particular, coloured the areas need to be purple to represent cancer.

This week we were a little bit stuck with the character design. Stuart gave us some advice about this question and inspired us that if we what to find some things to represent cancer, we didn’t have to use a specific character. Instead of designing the character in purple, we could use purple to represent cancer directly. And don’t be limited by the sound.

Based on this, I started to think about a new storyboard which is more abstract. But I just have a general direction for the new storyboard. I have no idea how to start. So I kept watching and finding new references.

Just before I went to bed at night, I suddenly saw the candle lit in the cupboard and suddenly got inspiration. The candle is in this enclosed space. The walls were illuminated by light. The presence of candles can be felt as long as in this box. Some parts of the box were illuminated, and the intense reflection was in response to the light of the candle. But some places are still dark. Cancer is just like this candle, and the box is our community —–most people know the existence of cancer, but there are some of them who don’t know and some of them don’t what to talk about cancer. We can’t avoid it, because it’s really here. The candle is in this box, and cancer exists in the world.

Starting from this, I draw the new storyboard. It’s mainly about using geometric figures to symbolize different things.

think up some new ideas

Based on my storyboard, we had a discussion today. And Diana thought up some new ideas. Combining our ideas, we updated our storyboard.

I don’t have any courses on Thursday. So I draw some storyboards for our group.

interesting animation, motion design, character design, illustration, colour, 2.5D……

Based on their presentation and the answer to my question and also the brief, I rearranged the information to clear the requests of clients.​

Before the clients’ presentation, I read the brief and prepared a few questions about the projects. Especially about some of the questions that I’m not sure will offend patients and their families. Because this subject is very specific, for some people it is very sad and sensitive. Nobody can empathize with others totally, but I have a lot of respect for what they’re going through or they have gone through. And I want to take care of their feelings and no harm inadvertently caused to anyone.​