Concepts of Digital Imaging Assignment 03: A Short film about Dreams

Here is the video:

Genre:

Short film

Explanation:

  • It is a representation of a dream that the main character is having.
  • Unrealistic sequences such as entering a lift through a toilet entrance and people who are supposed to be somewhere else appearing in a completely different location is shown.
  • The fact that the story still somehow continues moving forward even though strange things are occurring drives the notion of it being a dream.

Process

Storyboard:

Storyboard Page 1
Storyboard Page 2
Storyboard Page 3
Storyboard Page 4

 

Two-Column Script:

Two-Column Script Page 1
Two-Column Script Page 2
Two-Column Script Page 3
Two-Column Script Page 4

MoodBoard:

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  • I was intending to go for a cold, dark atmosphere for the short film.

Explanation:

  • I was thinking of something comedic when i started on the assignment, and wanted to create an exaggerated situation because of the flexibility that the word “dream” gave.
  • The riser sound effect at the start of the film was to grab the audience’s attention and to set a dark, mysterious tone for the first part of the short film.
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  • The first strange occurrence is the bowl of curry rice turning into a fried snack between two scenes.
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  • The second strange occurrence is the characters entering the toilet door and ending up in a lift
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  • The third strange occurrence is the lift going down, even though the guys were supposed to go up
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  • The fourth strange occurrence is when Su Yang and Hilman appears in Ryan’s room, even though the two of them are seen moving towards other locations in the previous scenes
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  • A surrealistic ending of ketchup splattering on a plate. representing blood, juxtaposed with the sound of a body hitting the floor is used to heighten the impossibilities of a dream state.