Adaptation Part A: Submission post.

ART OF How to Survive

APA: How to Survive Comic Con Infographic Submission - No Sound.

Bellow is the no-sound edition of my inforgraphic. The art of will appear with the filled sound scripted edition.

@Alan - APA - Revised script. EDITED

The following is a revised script for my info-graphic. Is this a little better as I still need text but they will appear in blocks divided like we discussed.

(Speech bubble enlarges on screen text is typed out)

Are you prepared?

It's Comic Con time. 

He's some tips for you to remember.

HOW TO SURVIVE COMIC CON

(Icon of water appears  slides left for the text to appear)

You'll get thirsty, bring lots of water!

(Lots of water bottles quickly appear in the background one by one)

(The screen wipes away (top to bottom) with the edge the shape of waves)

(Icon of Money appears slides right for the text to appear, Screen wipes away top to bottom in the shape of notes falling from the sky.) 

There will be LOTS of people queuing for the ATM. 

(Icon of ATM and People appear slides left for the text to appear.) 

Bring spare money. You will need it! 

(People pile on the screen to succumb it in darkness)

(Icon of shoes pops up in the centre) 

Even a spare pair of shoes for walking.

(Shows walk of screen pulling the colour background with it revealing another colour)

(Icon of Thors hammer smashes into the floor and cracks apart, I don't know how to display a transition of it being repaired but after it will flash brand new like an item picked up in a video game.) 

A repair kit for accidents. 

(Icon of a lunch box appears and goes right of the screen and fills with snacks. Large apple fills the screen and gets crunched.)

Extra food to snack on. 

(A camera Icon flashes and goes left of the screen) 

A Camera to capture those memories. 

(Flashes go off on screen to adjust screen for a Battery symbol flashes empty on screen) 

A Power Charger for you phone!  

(scene swipes over like swiping a smart phone)

(Icon of plaster)

In case of blisters and injuries! 

(Icon of Bag drops on the side as the stuff fills it up) 

A Space for all of this and goodies! 

( Costumed figures pop up)

Always travel together. 

(Park lanscape graphic pops up) 

Go out and take a break!

(Comic con logo appears splashed on the screen) 

And Have Fun! 

APA - Irish folklore study.

Irish Folklore

APA: Icon Development: Spray

So after some feed back from some peers I started today on looking at my icon of a spray can. I made it so that it has qualities of a comic book, suck as the thick outline and bold colours. I added the background and shading on the second one to see how it would contrast with a background.

APA - Post Tutorial Reflections.

So after discussing my approach to the info-graphic, I have discovered that I haven't really formulated a script or a word plan for what kind of things will be mentioned in my video. It has also been pointed out to me that I don't need to make my info-graphic a comic strip but more so emphasises on the looks and attributes or aesthetics of the comic art form. I have started sketching out my graphics in a style that I think fits the comic genre.

Firstly, the icons or graphics that I think will be featured in my info graphic based on the facts that I have collected so far are as follows:

- A Water Bottle.
- A Deodorant spray can.
- A rucksack/bag.
- A Money note/coins.
- A Repair Kit.
- A Exit sign.

This set of graphics fit with the following facts with a that I will be including in the video:

- Bring Extra Cash to an event. The lines for the ATM are longer than the lines to the loo.
- Bring some water. Keeping Hydrated while walking for miles around the event is important.
- Bring and wear deodorant! A lot of cos-players in hot and heavy costumes, plus walking around adds to the smell.
- Bring a bag for all the goodies. A lot of things to buy, can't carry them without one.
- Bring a Repair kit. Costumes will get ripped and pulled whilst travelling to, around and about the event.
- Take regular breaks, leave the convention for some fresh air and cheaper prices.

Here are some sketches of the water bottle and spray can, please tell me what you think, and which one is closest to a more comic-ie feel and would fit into a infographic.

APA: Comic Con background/Logo painting.

So I've been bed ridden with food poisoning so I've been lightly working with a new background/logo for my infographic.

ADA: Adaptation A Ideas for design approaches.

Adaptation Part a – Design Approach

APA: How to survive research.

So I have been looking into other Survival guide info-graphics and presentations, just to get an idea as to how it can be done. I found a couple of inforgraphics that display different types of information that I found interesting, particularly in the methods used to display the information as well as the colours used and the music too. Bellow are a few that I thought were interesting.

APA/APB - Post Tutorial write-up

After the discussion with Alan, I have come to a complete halt with Adaptation Part B as my original plan to use the story behind Balto has been crossed out. No Quadrupeds. Now I just need to do a lot of research into what I could essentially replace this idea with.

Adaptation Part A went extremely well as now all I need to do is come up with a graphic direction to take the info graphic. Some ideas consist of possibly comic book style, with bold lines, panels, red and yellow colours and a font that of which revolves around acme and cartoons.

APA: Post Brief Idea and research,

How to Survive Comic Con

APA/APB: Adaptation, Professional Practice Project.

Today started the second term's project. Adaptation. This project is again split into two projects, a 4 week and a 15 week. APA, Adaptation Part A, is the four week project where we picked out a sentence from the infamous blue box and this sentence was our starting point in creating a info-graphic. I received: ''How to survive ______''. A cliché statement, but a pretty simple concept to work from. The task given after this was to come up with ten answers to the blank in our sentence, these will be selected tomorrow by our peers. As Phil would put it, I did get fireworks in my feet, as I have experiences with info-graphics, as I have attempted them in the past. I was excited, an very much relieved, to hear that it doesn't need to be made in maya (fist pumps the air). I can use flash and after effects to create my submission. I came up with a lot of ideas, over 10 words/statements to fill that gap. The top ten however are:

1. Zombie Apocalypse.
2. Relationships.
3. University.
4.  The end of the world.
5. Bullying.
6. Comic Con.
7. Every day life.
8. Marriage
9. Criticism. 
10. An alien invasion/abduction.

I know, even though I haven't got my sentence set yet, but I have an idea for the ''opening sequence''. I picture the title ''How to Survive:'' In bold white letters on a light background. A think white line proceeds it and a set of words begin to rotate into the space, the background changing colour and the words bringing images to associate with them. I would use the list above and when it comes to the topic that I get I will stop the reel on that and emphasises it's selection some how. From there it will be a sequence of events that explains how to survive it, either in a number series or in bullet points. 

The second project, APB, Adaptation part B is the long 15 week project that requires me to selected a piece of non-visual context and transcribe it into a visual space in 3D. We're allowed to use a majority of everything, but avoiding the tropes and generic fairytale and fantasies. I have a few ideas in my head but until the first discussions with Alan start I am not to sure if they are feasible. 

The main idea I was thinking about is a story I liked from an animation I saw. Not the animations story but the actual original story it was adapted from. Te story is about a dog called Balto. Balto is a Siberian husky who is made famous by his efforts in saving children suffering from Diphtheria in Nome, Alaska in 1925. The story unfolds to make out that Balto was the hero, even though he and his team only finished the last leg of the run. It was another dog sled team names Togo who transported the serum to cure the children through the longest and more dangerous part of the course. There has been debate as to why Balto was also given fame, with a statue in Central park, New York, and not Togo. Or even both of them, even though the statue commemorates all the dogs and the drivers who took part recollection. But that aspect of it, the fact that if the dogs were rational thinkers, Togo and Balto would not be likely friends. This could make a really good story. The animation titled Balto, makes Balto out to be a half-wolf half-husky outcast who tries out to be a part of the team to go and get the serum from the Anchorage check point. The rival dog Steel makes it so that he doesn't. This conflict is similar but essentially, Balto goes and rescues the team, rather than what is the real story where him and his team take the serum its last leg. 

Other ideas include the tale of Pochahontas, the non-disney version.  Or possibly something from a poem or too. I can defiantly say I've took a more direct approach to this project, despite what I've been experiencing at home.