This was the week 1 assignment that we did for this rotation, We were asked to draw a storyboard with 20 to 60 frames for this activity, and the story needed to be about two people in a cafe. I chose the story of two friends who met in a cafe and got into a robbery accident when they went out. I was excited when I saw the robbery theme because I felt I had a personal connection with it. I had been robbed of my cell phone by a biker in the UK before and the scare was still fresh in my mind. Therefore I wanted to use this experience to create an idea of what would happen if I had the ability to fight back and caught the criminals after being robbed.

I think the assignment was very interesting and I think I learned a lot from it. First, I learned how to plan a whole story better. Because we only have 60 frames and I have a lot of stories I want to tell, it’s important to think about the beginning and the end first and then move slowly through the assignment. I like writing novels, but I used to write them without outlines, therefore I often didn’t know how the story would go. Drawing a storyboard taught me how to organize my thoughts better. The second point is composition and camera angle. Although I had drawn storyboards before, when I did that I hadn’t considered these, this time I added this consideration to this storyboard, and I think it’s more interesting and can show some emotions and character perspectives very effectively.

We shared this assignment with the class and the teacher, and I got a lot of useful comments. I think I still need to change the camera angle in some parts because I didn’t draw it at the right angle, for example, there is a scene from the top where my chair is not drawn properly. Therefore if I want to make this storyboard into an animation, it may cause misunderstanding, so I think the right angle is still very important.

In conclusion, I think this activity was meaningful and helpful as we demonstrated our learning in the lesson through this assignment. I also think it was fun because we had a lot of freedom to design and create our own scenarios, that we don’t actually need to animate out. Moreover, we had the opportunity to ask for feedback from our classmates and teachers to further our abilities.