Lens Based Media Exploratory WEEK 2 PART 2

During the second part of the week we had to think of a story and construct a storyboard using only six frames. There had to be a beginning, a middle and an end to the story.

We individually had to draw strange characters we had met in our lives and as a group intermingle our characters to form a story.

These are the ideas of my group :

Fig 1 : Group Brainstorm (2013) Authors Own

We were then assigned an individual project to finalise our own storyboard.


A sketch of my first storyboard and character design :

 Fig 2 :  Draft of Storyboard (2013) Authors Own

Fig 3 : Character Design (2013) Authors Own



My initial story was about a woman who gets sucked through her mirror and the only way for her to return
home is to retrieve a key. She ends up in a parallel universe where London is being attacked by a giant octopus.

Fig 4 : First Draf of my Storyboard ' Octopus attacks '(2013) Authors Own

 I realised that in my first storyboard the main character only had one struggle to overcome; which was to retrieve her key. My initial story needed more substance in the middle part.



This is the final edit of my storyboard :

Fig 5 : The final version of my Storyboard (2013) Authors Own

I added objects from the woman's handbag into the story to increase her struggle to retrieve the key. This time the woman is sucked into her handbag to the parallel universe and discovers what truly lies in her handbag. A paintbrush, a spider, some lipstick and a phone all add to the octopus woes.