Animated Narrative - Week 6 - Character and dialogue

This week's theme is: dialogue and sound, helping the eyes to see. In the course, we learned how to use dialogue and voice to enrich characteristics of the character.

I created a story and drew a storyboard for it. I used this promise - a candle had burned down to just a small section, a gust of wind stressed it, saying, "Enough, your tears are already like a waterfall". My story is about "until the future comes, we are never sure whether it will be destruction or hope". In the story, I use the elements of wind and candle to make the dialogue highlight their character, focusing on highlighting the tense atmosphere with sound effects. Through the idea and dialogue between wind and candle at the beginning, the wind wants to help the candle realize its dream and promote the development of the story. Among them, I show that the turning point of the story begins through the silence after the rain.

This is the first version of the story:

"How was your day?" The wind asked

"I'm fine today, and you?" Said the candle gently

"I'm good, too."

When it comes to ideals, candles always say with hope: "my destiny is to illuminate people's lives, but now people use electric lights, and I look so dark."(motivation1)

The wind and candles like to chat through the window

They never touch each other

The wind wants to realize the wish of candles (motivation2)

That night, the heavy rain shut down the motor

The candle was lit and crackled

The wind beat anxiously against the window

The candle cried bitterly (motivation3)

"Let me in!" The wind shouted, "this damn window!"

The outside of the window is full of flying sand and rocks, and thunderstorms make the dark night darker

Stubborn in the face of the window, the wind can only squeeze in through small cracks. But it's not enough to blow out the candle. (obstacles)

The rain is about to end and the wind is about to give up

The moment people opened the window, the wind blew in and blew out the only candle left on the table (outcome)

The wind held the weak candle and its tears on the candlestick and said, "enough, your tears are like a waterfall." (outcome)

This is the final version:

It was sunny and sunny, and the little candle hummed happily

A breeze blew out of the window

"How was your day?"  The wind asked

"I'm fine today, and you?"  Said the candle gently

"I'm good, too."

The wind and candles like to chat through the window

They never touch each other

When it comes to ideals, candles always say with hope: "my destiny is to illuminate people's lives, but now people use electric lights, and I look so dark." (motivation1)

he wind often talks about its own powerful power

The wind wants to realize the wish of candles (motivation2)

That night, there were thunderstorms.  The heavy rain shut down the alternator

The wind happily wants to see this candle that has fulfilled its wish

The candle cried bitterly (motivation3)

The wind was amazed at the pain of the candle

The wind beat anxiously against the window

The wind looked at the sad candle

The candles melted more

"Let me in!"  The wind shouted, "this damn window!"

Stubborn in the face of the window, the wind can only squeeze in through small cracks.

The outside of the window is full of flying sand and rocks, and thunderstorms make the dark night darker

The morning sun is bright and the birds are singing

The rain is about to end and the wind is about to give up

Everything becomes quiet

The morning sun is bright and the birds begin to sing

The moment people opened the window, the wind blew in and blew out the only candle left on the table (outcome)

The wind held the weak candle and its tears on the candlestick and said, "enough, your tears are like a waterfall."  (outcome)

Similar work, in Tony Zhou's video Martin Scorsese - the art of silence (https://vimeo.com/98240271), the function of silence is introduced. The silence of the soundtrack can create suspense, turning points, emotions and atmosphere for the story at an appropriate time.

By watching Tony Zhou's video, I found that everything was too compact and lacked a representative turning point in the first version of the story. So I decided to add a silence part in the sunny place after the rain, and then the morning sunshine and bird chirping appeared. I found that this can make my story look more harmonious.

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