Assignment 3: U C what I C

Some say a picture says a thousand words. What happens when you put a few pictures together? You can tell a story.

Through a series of pictures, we are supposed to illustrate a story with or without a twist.

In line with my street life concept, I decided to work on the theme of dance, and tell a story about it. At the same time, I wanted to incorporate some little facts about life in the story, and a twist at the end. I also wanted to inject some humour in the story which explains the unconventional use of a banana as a main character.

Here is my storyboard... See if you can decipher the story and it's meaning...

 

Well here it goes... In the first picture is a banana surfing the internet as he was bored. I used the long shot to show the banana's interaction with the surroundings, i.e. the laptop.

The next two pictures are actually a point of view shot, with the banana at the foregound near the camera and the laptop screen with the ballet and breakdancing picture. The reason this shot was used was to give focus to the pictures on the laptop screen but at the same time showing that the banana is viewing the pictures as well.

For the subsequent 2 pictures number 4 and 5, it shows the banana is deciding between taking up ballet of breakdancing. Once again the long shot was used to show interaction with the surrounding and also to give space for insertion of his visible 'thoughts'. The rule of thirds was applied as well so that the banana is in the middle of the images, as focus is on him thinking. As seen from his expression, it seems he prefer breakdancing.

However after consulting his friend orange, portrayed using an over the shoulder shot to illustrate conversation, he decided to go do ballet as his orange suggested that.

For picture 7, it shows another point of view shot of banana going for ballet class. 

Lastly, the twist of the story..... Banana ended up being eaten at the ballet class or another interpretation would be banana split!

The underlying value in life in this story is that one must always follow your heart, no matter what others tell you or influence you. You do the things that you love; only then you will not look back and regret.

-The End-