storyboarding....

ok, based on the beat-scripted screenplay on the last thread,
here is how it looks like in storyboard...

follow this link:
http://jkdesigns.limewebs.com/storyboard.html

Beat-scripting my screenplay for storyboard

I had several conversations with Simon, my tutor, regarding how to write my screenplay,
so here is what he suggested: using beat-script method, which is scripting aid for short animation. The format is to create a list where all story actions described in a short sentence are listed accordingly from time to time.

So here is the beatscripting screenplay for my storyboard:

Hundred Pacer---Beatscript
1. driving rain hits the roof of a village hut;
2. inside Muni is having dinner with her family;
3. he is laughing from a joke that Muni has told;
4. Muni says “Happy Father’s Day” to an old man sitting across the table, her father;
5. suddenly a loud roar can be heard!
6. the sound thunders –shaking the house;
7. “Must be the some construction work going on again, said her father;”
8. Muni replies gently with smile: “I’ll just go check it out;”
9. Muni walks through the door and is just ready to step out;
10. Thud! Windows and wall blow apart;
11. a blast of wind pushes her from behind;
12. She turns around;
13. as if in slow motion;
14. She witnesses a shocking scene
15. She screams: “Dad!”
16. Tons of rolling mud coming from nowhere;
17. She sees her father being swept away in front of her eyes!
18. along with her family members;
19. who struggle against the torrent;
20. Muni runs back to house;
21. The ground shakes and suddenly cracks up;
22. The wall is cracked by mudslide that rolls away with half of the house;
23. Muni dodges the broken rooftops falling on her;
24. But Muni falls into a crack, and her leg is trapped;
25. she struggles against the force but doesn't have the strength;
26. Muni feels great pain in her legs;
27. a blast of dust covers her;
28. she coughs and chokes;
29. She tries to crawl out of the mud, but her hands are like paralyzed, not moving;
30. She tries to lift her legs up, but only realizes that her legs are gone;
31. amputated by the crushing pressure;
32. The rain continues incessantly -rinsing off her blood;
33. she loses consciousness and collapses;
34. Muni’s sub-consciousness brings her to the dark ,
35. Vaguely, a pair of enormous eyes shine in the dark, it is a giant snake;
36. The giant snake approaches Muni;
37. Muni is shocked;
38. The snake speaks to her: “Do you want a deal?”
39. Muni replies: “what’s going on, where am I?”
40. The snake says: “You are dead; the mudslide killed your family…”
41. Muni recalls the shocking scene where her parents are rolled away by the mudslide;
42. Muni screams: “Who did this, why?”
43. the snake grins and says: “That’s for you to find out… and I am giving you a chance to do so…”
44. Muni mumbles with tears: “I want my life back, I want my family!”
45. Muni replies: “I want vengeance…”
46. The snake says: “He he he, that’s the spirit, done”
47. The snake opens his giants mouth and swallows the Muni;
48. There is a voice in dark: “My name is Kamavanan, and I shall give you a new life, but in return, you live for me; for that I am your blood, I am your people, and I am your true god…the Hundred Pacer.”
49. Muni ‘s body lies prone on the ground;
50. Hundreds and thousands of little snakes gather together;
51. twisting and writhing onto each other over Muni's body;
52. the snakes overlap and begin to form a shape of a human;
53. as they writhe they begin to form recognisable facial features in Muni's likeness;
54. Muni is reborn in a serpentine form;
55. tattoos etch themselves into her hands (crawling up to her arms);
56. A Hundred Pacer snake-like mark rises on her forehead;
57. Her eyes open, sharp like a snake;
58. she has vengeance in her eyes;
59. she walks away;

Paiwan folktale

Earlier this week on Facebook I ran into a friend of mine who is a scholar in contributing to indigenous Taiwanese culture academically ...so had a little chat with her, asking her if there's any ideas could help on my research ( had called her like million times but she hardly responded)...

so below is an ancient story regarding Paiwanese respect for Hundred Pacer snake in her own town:

The vengeance of Hundred Pacer:

Once upon a time, there is a woman whose husband has an important ceremony to attend. The woman wants to have his husband outstanding in the ceremony, so she intends to make him beautiful “Kulin” (a scarf that covers men’s chest). However, she feels lack of inspiration and could not come up with any ideas.

One day, the woman is on her way home from collecting herbs, she runs into a female Hundred Pacer snake with her baby snake, and she is amazed by the beautiful totem on the baby snake’s back. Therefore, she begs to the mother snake to borrow her baby snake home, so that she could follow that beautiful design on its back to weave the Kulin for her husband. The mother snake agrees to let the baby snake out for a week, so the woman takes little snake back and quickly follows the totem to make the Kulin. However, the Kulin based on the little Hundred Pacer’s totem amazes everyone in the village, so the baby snake is borrowed again by other villagers over and over. One week later, the mother snake comes to the woman’s village and wants her baby snake back, the woman lies to her that her Kukin is not complete yet and wants to keep her baby snake for one more week. However, in fact, the baby snake is already dead due to the endless torture of travelling between villagers’ houses.

Weeks and weeks pass by and every time the mother snake comes to claim her baby snake back, the woman makes up different excuses. Hence, one day, the mother snake found out about the death of her baby snake, and she is extremely wrathful. A few days later in a very early morning, millions and millions of Hundred Pacer snakes are sent to this village attack every villager including the woman, and only a few of them survive. The dead bodies are way too many to bury and begin to decay and stink, so the survivors have no choice but to move out of the tribe.

Ever since then, Paiwan people have realized that the Hundred Pacer snakes shall not be offended, and they are very vengeful. They say that whoever kills a Hundred Pacer snake he/she will leave the scent that other Hundred Pacer snakes can trace, and they will all come together to revenge for their companion.

Conclusion: Hundred Pacer snakes are vengeful...

Reflection---Dam trip, damn good

I love cheese, so what caught my attention the most is always cheese...yeh cheesy







However, what really amazed me is the architectures are very neat and decorated in different unique styles,
something that we don't see in UK...


















































And more surprisingly, this city is just full of freedom, a city as liberal as Dam yet it is so much safer than probably the entire UK...



Finally, my way finding project, however probably seemed boring compared to this amazing city itself:

My wayfinding project was assigned to a residential area where nothing really happens, so it's rather difficult for us to conclude something other than "silence"... Hence, what we came up with is that instead of making a fancy presentation, might as well just tell the audience how this area is...
so, see for yourself in the clip above then...