Illustrations & Visual Narratives // Project 3 : Visual Novel & Graphic Motion
21/10/2020 - 27/11/20 // Week 9 - Week 14
Gan Shin Tung / 0346455
Illustration & Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Project 3 Visual Novel & Graphic Motion
Lecture
Week 9 : 3-Acts Structure
Storytelling Basics :
Central theme
The theme is what the story is really about. It’s
the main idea or underlying meaning. Often, it’s
the storyteller’s personal opinion on the
subject matter. A story may have both a major
theme and minor themes.
Major Theme: An idea that is intertwined and
repeated throughout the whole narrative.
Minor Theme: An idea that appears more
subtly, and doesn’t necessarily repeat.
Conflict
The conflict is what drives the story. It’s what
creates tension and builds suspense, which
are the elements that make a story
interesting.
If there’s no conflict, not only will the
audience not care, but there also won’t be
any compelling story to tell.
Conflict is what engages an audience. It’s
what keeps them white-knuckled, at the edge
of their seats, waiting impatiently to see if the
protagonists will overcome their obstacle.
Characters
A story usually includes a number of
characters, each with a different role or
purpose. Regardless of how many characters a
story has, however, there is almost always a
protagonist and antagonist.
Central Characters: These characters are vital
to the development of the story. The plot
revolves around them.
Protagonist: The protagonist is the main
character of a story. He or she has a clear
goal to accomplish or a conflict to overcome.
Although protagonists don’t always need to
be admirable, they must command an
emotional involvement from the audience.
Antagonist: Antagonists oppose
protagonists, standing between them and
their ultimate goals. The antagonist can be
presented in the form of any person, place,
thing, or situation that represents a
tremendous obstacle to the protagonist.
Three-Acts Structure :
- Setup: The world in which the protagonist exists prior to the journey. The setup usually ends with the conflict being revealed.
- Rising Tension: The series of obstacles the protagonist must overcome. Each obstacle is usually more difficult and with higher stakes than the previous one
- Conflict: The point of highest tension, and the major decisive turning point for the protagonist.
- Resolution: The conflict’s conclusion. This is where the protagonist finally overcomes the conflict, learns to accept it, or is ultimately defeated by it. Regardless, this is where the journey ends.
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| Source: https://blog.reedsy.com/three-act-structure/ |
Project 3
Graphic Novels : Isekat
Character Development :
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| Figure 1.2 Character Intro |
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| Figure 1.3 Character Intro |
Sketching & Structure :
Figure 1.7 Proposal PDF
Figure 1.8 Final Visual Novel PDF
Figure 1.9 Motion Graphic
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Reflection
Before starting on my comic, I did some sketching and coloring on my character.
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| Figure 1.8 Sketch |
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| Figure 2.0 Sketch&Color |
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| Figure 2.1 Experiment |
Throughout the drawing process of my visual novel, I found out that using chalk brushes can create a better effect rather than using normal brushes. I use them to create blood marks on the floor and bodies.
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| Figure 2.2 Disney Film 'Enchanted' |
The topic of Visual Novel is Isekai, which means accidental travel. However, my story does not have accidental travel, therefore I decided to add on more storyline. After Prince Hans killed the princess, he commit suicide due to the guilt he felt. His death allows him to travel out of the fantasy land or comic world. He then saw the nurse in his room was the princess. As I was drawing my comic, I got inspired by this Disney Film 2007 called 'Enchanted'. It's about the girl being transported from fairytale into the real world. It also shows that in the real world there is no happily ever after which shows the difference between fairytale and the real world. When the girl travels to the new world its presented by a real actress which is why I wanted to make a different style of drawing to show different dimensions.
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| Figure 2.2 Giselle 2020 |
During my comic drawing journey, I have a second thought of creating another version of Giselle. Since Prince Hans death makes him travel out from the comic into 21st century, everything should be different from back then. I'd like to present my characters in another type of drawing style.
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