This is what I presented for my first beat-board. (A beat-board is similar to a storyboard but not as detailed as a storyboard. It doesn't necessarily show all the camera movements like a storyboard would. The beat-board shows the key moments in a story.)
I got some interesting feedback on my beat-boards. The number one thing was that most of the imagery i used for the beat-board was a little too cliche. It was things which we already have seen. And it had a character in it. By having a character i am already moving the viewer away form the experience. Therefore I had to rethink the whole story. First thing I decided was to remove the character and make it look like it was form the point of view of the viewer.
So I decided to remove the abstract ideas such as falling, excitement and success from the initial beat-board. This allows me to think of movements which have these qualities in it. Here is the beat-board with the movements in it:
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| beat-board with movements |
I created another beat-board which shows abstract symbols that represent ideas of the abstract terms I had. I am then going to mix the both of these together to create a new look for the animation. Here is the beat-board with the abstraction in it:
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| abstracted beat-board |
