Adaptation A: Introduciton to Infogrpahic

Adaptation A: Intro Infographic

Adaptation B: Family Research into characters and style

Falconer -

Scotland

Gaelic -

Mysterious, angry, hairy, war paint.


"one who hunts with falcons or follows hawking as a sport", also, "keeper and trainer of hawks". The hawk trainer was held in high esteem in medieval times as it was his responsibility to supply hunting hawks to his overlord or the lord of the manor.

Yeoman -
English
Saxon, stuck up arrangent, maybe a poet? diplomat perhaps?

"a servant in a royal or noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom or a squire and a page."

Murphy -

Irish

-Gaelic

- happy go lucky.


Meaning: Sea Warrior.







Llewellyn

Welsh

- Celts

- invented the longbow

-dwarfed esk

- short and stocky.


- Llewellyn's language of origin is Welsh. Here, the meaning is 'shining one; lion-like; leader; likeness'. Based on the first element of the name, it is sometimes taken to mean 'shining, bright' ultimately from the Indoeuropean leuk, like its short form Llew, or else it could be of the Welsh llyw or eilun (meaning 'likeness, image, idol').





This is the style that I am looking to portray too within my Part B as inspiration :)









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Adaptation A: Edited Voiceover

I took my voice over and put into audition to edit it to sound like the 1960's  radio to fit in with the style of his voice.

Adaptation Part A: Sound Effects and Backing Tracks

I'm unsure on what backing to use for my infographic it would only be very subtle but its something that I feel will add to the infographic.

Adaptation Part A: Final Storyboard and Illustrations

Here this is my final storyboard, I had to cut it down due to the time of the infrographic, but overall I think it will work im still unsure of some of the transitions but it is all ready for after effects now.
All illustrations were done in 2556x1440 so they are big enough for editing within 1080p. Here are some key illustrations.

Mudbox: Pepper Tutorial

Here we were told to model a pepper pepper in mud box and we learnt how to texture within mud box too.

Adaptation A: Final Script and Voiceovers

*Title screen* - Science of Snowmen. 

Making a snowman is no easy task. We have all had that experience of making a snowman but they never turn out quite right either too big. Too small. Yellow. Or just a big ball of..hmm.. lets say, mush. 

When building a snowman first of all you have to  understand the science of snowmen  and this will lead you to having the 'perfect' snowman. You may need a pen and paper to jot down any of the following information.

For the beginning of the process we need a necessary factor. Snow. Make sure you have 50kg of snow  in a cylindrical fashion. Compact the liquidum forming three sized viburnums with an exact 2/3 ratio making sure each one is perfectly spherical. 

With this virburnums in place, systematize these carefully on top of each other with the larger one the bottom to support the mass of the snowman. Let’s take a closer look. Ah yes of course! The arms…

Find some medium sized (approximately 60cm) ramulis' and fasten them into the middle section of your snowman without these in place it may topple and become a.

Noman.

Now with everything in place we are ready for the details. Whilst outside look for some spherical rock formations for the eyes, buttons and mouth of your snowman. Fix these onto the snowman from top to bottom ensuring each one is deep enough to penetrate the snowman.

When you are happy with your rock positions you need to find an amictorium and place it over your snowman. Fasten the nodum within your amictorium making sure it hangs to the right of your snowman this is very important. With everything in position you are almost complete.  

After a longs days work on your snowman it will need to cause cohension overnight. Whilst your snowman requies' overnight you need to employ a carefully trained professional to comprehend a hat together for the finishing touch.

And there we have it a perfect snowman!....

Now let’s have a look at yours.... 

Perfect! Well done. Now you know how to make a perfect snowman. 

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Here is my final Script for my infographic. I have edited one of the voice overs to fit into the script bringing it to 2.15 as the original one was just over 3 minutes. Here is the edited version that I will be using if the voice over doesn't get back to me.

 

 

 

@Alan Adaptation A: Final Script?

*Title screen* - Science of Snowmen. 

Making a snowman is no easy task. We have all had that experience of making a snowman after Christmas time, but they never turn out being quite right either too big. Too small. Yellow. Or just a big ball of..hmm.. lets say, mush. 

When building a snowman first of all you have to  understand the science of snowmen  and this will lead you to having the 'perfect' snowman. You may need a pen and paper to jot down any of the following information.

For the beginning of the process we need a necessary factor. Snow. Make sure that you check with the weather man that it is ready to snow outside and wait for the snow to stop until you have approximately 50kg of snow in a cylindrical fashion. Compact liquidum forming three sized viburnums with an exact 2/3 ratio making sure each one is perfectly spherical. 

With this virburnums in place, systematize these carefully on top of each other with the larger one the bottom to support the mass of the snowman. With the snowman perfectly stabilized lets take a closer look and fill in the missing units... ah yes the arms.

Find some medium sized (approximately 60cm) ramulis' and fasten them into the middle section on the side of your snowman stabling it for any weather condition it may encounter. Without these in place it may topple and become a. Noman.

Now with everything in place we are ready for the details. Whilst outside look for some spherical rock formations for the eyes, buttons and mouth of your snowman. For this part you will need to go back inside and place them into a saucepan of boiling water to heat them up for 30seconds causing them to calface. Now back outside again. Fix these onto the snowman from top to bottom ensuring each one is deep enough to penetrate the snowman.

When you are happy with your rock positions you need to find a amictorium and place it over your snowman.Fasten the nodum within your amictorium making sure it hangs to the right of your snowman this is very important. With everything in position you are almost complete.  

After a longs days work on your snowman it will need to cause cohension overnight. Whilst your snowman requies' over night you need to employ a carefully trained professional to comprehend a hat together for the finishing touch. 

And there we have it a perfect snowman!....

Now lets have a look at yours.... 

Perfect! Well done. Now you know how to make a perfect snowman.   

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This is what I have so far, and this is the style  of voice that I wanted: 

Adaptation B: Character Ideas

Here is the Smith family crest, as I had falconer which I am going to use as a Celtic name and Smith being very English I could use as my English character.  On top of the crest is a turkey symbol which I could use for my character. 

Symbolism of a Turkey: 

-"The turkey was thought to be sacred to ancient Mexican cultures. The Aztecs,Mayans and Toltecs viewed the turkey as a "jeweled bird" and also referred to it as the "Great Xolotl." Male turkeys were honored for their beauty and essence of cocky pride."

-With this in mind I could represent the character as a cocky character who is too stuck up for his own good - this would represent the English rather well. 

This is a design for the union crest which I like the idea of using the phoenix as a character, this character could be the ruler of the throne almost that keeps everyone in control. 

"Because of its ability to die and come back to life, the meaning of the phoenix has a foundation of resurrection. To wit, the phoenix was a symbol of Christ in the Middle Ages - specifically, His resurrection - having died on the cross and returned from death in three days, just as the legend of the phoenix."

Some Traits of a phoenix-

-Protection

-Immortality

-"After three days, the phoenix emerged from its own ashes - reborn and released from the sentence of death, able to live on forever." 

I'm un sure of the origin but I couldn't find a similar phoenix coat of arms to base a character from. 

Maya: Base Diffuse Maps

@Alan Adaptation B: Developement of idea

Whilst I have been researching different family crests and the symbols of the animals within Nordic and Celtic culture I thought of doing something more personal to my myself. Faulkner. Faulkner comes from the term falconer which is a falcon keeper. I have managed to find a family family illustration for the falconers which would of been put on shields and flags.

When researching Falcons and symbolic meanings behind them this came up: 

"Further evidence of its solar influence, the Falcon was symbolic of the rising sun in Egypt. It is also the king of all birds where many gods were shown with the head or body of the Falcon (including Ra).

In European tradition, the Falcon represents the huntsman and is associated with the Germanic sky-gods Wodan as well as Frigg and the trickster Loki. In European culture the Falcon is considered a warlike symbol." 

 

Researching further into falconers and goes further back to this illustration: 

They say: "FALCONER, a surname derived from the ancient office of keeper of the falcons of the king. The first on record of this name was Ranulph, the son of Walter de Lenorp, falconer to King William the Lion, about 1200. From that monarch he had a charter of the lands of Luthra, now called Luther, Balbegno, and others in the Mearns, which he called Hawkerton (afterwards Halkertoun) from his office, having charge of the king’s hawks."

Therefore I could turn these crests into a character that is a falcon keeper, but the keeper of the kings birds etc. I could set this story in another environment of a more magical land. 

The other idea is to use a symbol from Norse mythology: 

 

  


"Yggdrasil - In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is an immense tree that is central in Norse cosmology; the world tree, and around the tree existed nine worlds. It is generally considered to mean "Ygg's (Odin's) horse". Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central and considered very holy."


I could adapt this symbol also into another character perhaps using this description? Or maybe interlink the two ideas?

Adaptation A: Updated Script and Storyboard

 

 

*Title screen* - Science of Snowmen. 

-Making a snowman is no easy task and we have all had that experience of making one after Christmas time but they never turn out quite right, either being too big. Too small. Yellow or just a big ball of..hmm.. lets say, mush. 

- Understanding the science of snowmen will lead you to having the.. 'perfect' snowman. 

- You may need a pen and paper ready.

-First of all make sure that your thermostat is set down enough to make it snow outside. Wait about an hour  until you have approximately 50kg of snow in a cylindrical fashion. 

- Stage 2

-pack the compact liquidum forming three sized viburnums with n exact 2/3 ratio making sure each one is perfectly cylindrical.

Stage 3

- place these carefully on top of each other with the larger one the bottom to support the mass of the snowman.

-Now lets take a closer look and fill in the missing units... ah yes the arms.

-Find some medium sized (approximately 60cm) ramulis' and fastening them into the side of your snowman stabling it for any weather condition it may encounter. Without these it may topple and become a noman.

Stage 4

-Now with everything in place find some pebbles for the eyes, buttons and mouth of the snowman, place them into a saucepan of boiling water and heat them up for 30seconds cause them to calface. fix these onto the snowman from top to bottom ensuring each one is deep enough to penetrate the snowman.

- When you are ready you need to find a amictorium and place it over your snowman. 

-Fasten the nodum within your amictorium and your snowman is almost complete. 

Stage 5

-With your snowman almost there just leave it out to settle overnight. 

- If you have followed these steps correctly, carefully trained sewing ants have been trained to search for these snowmen to attach the final garnet.

-They each carry a piece of material to form the hat on top. 

- after a long nights work the ants go home rest until the next night when they go looking for over another snowmen to finish, thanks ants. 

-Thants.

-The science of snowmen. 

 With the script doing a lot of the work for me I don't think I will need the words from the script on screen and therefore all the writing on screen will be the diagrams and blueprints for the snowman and ants. From this I can start experimenting with the graphic style of the infographic.

Adaptation A: Intial Illustrations

These are my inital illustrations for my info graphic. I think I am going to redo them in my of an illustrated way with block colours keeping them simple and using my updated storyboard. Although I want to keep a blueprint style to my work also integrating a style of it done on a chalk board aswell therefore I might go into the outline approach for my work rather than the illustrative work.

Mudbox: First Sculptures

Today was a lesson just getting used to using mud box I felt like sculpturing some kind of Ork character and human character I thought overall it was pretty successful and I look forward to using it in future projects.

Adaptation B: Symbol Meanings

Symbols and meanings on the shields:

Sheild Knot

The celtic knot seen on alot of shields is to do with protection from evil spirits, said here;
"Later, the four-corners emblem was used in the Kabbalah as a symbol of the Shema, the prayer/spell to invoke the four Archangels; it is the origin of the “Qabbalistic Cross” ritual still used in magic today.... Used for the same purposes, protection."

 Hugin and Muffin




This was one of the symbols on the shields, they are twin ravens of Norse mythology. According to the legend they are sent out each morning and report back to Odin each evening on the reports of the happenings of the world.

Another Norse symbol that interested me was Yggdrasil.


"Yggdrasil - In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is an immense tree that is central in Norse cosmology; the world tree, and around the tree existed nine worlds. It is generally considered to mean "Ygg's (Odin's) horse". Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central and considered very holy."

After not a lot of luck of finding out what the meanings on the shields were for the old viking shields I have decided to look at old heraldry symbols and old war family crest plates and see what there symbols were on their shields and apply this to the Norse ones.

Sheild Colour:
-Blue - Strength and Loyalty
-Red - Eagerness to serve his country. Warrior & martyr
White - Wisdom, peace and joy
Black - Grief and resistance

Symbols on shields

Antler - Strength and fortitude.
Bird - provide peace and affection for the home and family
Dog - courage vigilance and fidelity.
Dolphin - swiftness, diligence charity and love
Dragon - guardian of treasures. Bravest of all with a sharp eye.
Eagle - man of action, high intellect, ingenuity, repartee and quick comprehension. Salvation, redemption and resurrection.
Two headed eagle - protector, together of two forces.
Falcon/Hawk - eager in pursuit of an object not dormant until the goal is achieved.
feathers - meaning willing obedience and serenity of mind.
fish - bravery and steadfastness, generous spirit.
Goat - practical wisdom and someone who wins through diplomacy rather than war.
Lion- undying courage, valiant warrior.
Raven - knowledge, divine providence, nature the bringer of death.

Here are some celtic translations of animals symbols too:
-Dog - Meaning loyalty, harbinger of good health, symbolizes the strong bond of companionship felt between human and animal.
-Eagle - maturity and growth.
-Crow/raven - individuality and disregard to what others think. Crows carry big secrets and the Celts used to lead their way.
Wolf - fearless, brave and rarely comprimise. hero's in battle. honorable and they thrive on challenge.

Maya: High Res Modelling and Normal Maps

Adaptation A: Font Styles

I want to keep the infographic fun but with a scientific side to it therefore I need to use a serious typeface I was thinking, 7 and 9 but the title of the infographic maybe 10? I'm a bit unsure on the typeface but I'm happy with these three being my main type.

Adaptation A: On Screen Graphic Styles

 For my infographic I want to do a graphic style with block colours like the Santa holding the bag, but then in combination with the script and the scientific diagrams below this could lead to an interesting infographic about building a snowman. I looked into GCSE math and science diagrams and I will use this to back up the science of making the snowman to make it more believable that there is a science to building a snowman.

@Alan Adaptation: Part B - Rethink

After the tutorial I went looking into something that will stop me from drawing generally and keep my designing focused. I am going to do something that is similar to a translation from imagery rather than text. I went looking into the Norse, Celtic and Viking symbols and translate them into characters perhaps?

I thinking of using the family symbols they used to have on their shields and adapt that into characters, using these symbols as they wouldn't have to be human but could be anthropomorphic characters. Could perhaps set it in the future or stick the traditional era.