building of love (process book)
DESCRIPTION
A process book of my animationTRANSCRIPT
樓情
BuildingofLove
Director’s Statement
Story Concept
Research & Analysis
Visual References
Character Development
Story Flow
Storyboard
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director’s statementHumanness is disappearing, don’t you think so?Or didn’t you realize it because you are busying with your own stuff?
The most observable example is the relationship between neighbours.We can hardly find a neighbour who greets you other than “HI” and “BYE”.
I do really like the close relationship among neighbours in the past.That is why I made this animation.Hope you all enjoy it.
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story conceptI am now staying at my grandmother’s home.In contrast to my home, I can feel the unbreakable relationship between my grandmother’s neighbours.They always visit others home to have gatherings, sharing of their new “invention”,even if they are living in the same building.
That is how I can experience the humannessand compare it between now and the past time.
I can have a conclusion on this:
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Humanness Privacy =
objectivesTo arise people’s awareness on the decreasing humanness among neighbours.
To document the living environment and activities in the pastwhich are being eliminated in the modern society.
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research & analysisFirst-hand research:Photo-takingInterviewingViewing photos of my grandmaother
Second-hand research:Borrowing/Buying booksBrowsing Internets
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research & analysisPlaces chosen to be visited:Dai Pai DongHawkersOld-style Cafe/Cha Chaan TengOld-style Stationary StoreOld FlatOld Soya Byproduct StoreRooftop of Old BuildingsHair-styling Stall at the alley
Additional activities chosen to be observed:Airplane olive sellingFlour Doll making
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Dai Pai Dong Messy, dirty with little animals and rubbish everywhere. Many foldable tables and chairslocate on the roadsides or at the alley
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Photo taken:G.O.D. (Shek Kip Mei Branch)
Hawkers Messy, dirty with little animals and rubbish everywhere. Small-scale business and therefore a high mobilityProducts are relatively cheaper and handier
Research and analysis 7
Photo taken:G.O.D. (Shek Kip Mei Branch)
Old Style Cafe/Cha Chaan Teng (餐室) A good place for gathering, with reasonable pricePopular in the old days
Research and analysis 7
Photo taken:Mido Cafe, Yau Ma TeiStar Cafe, Tsim Sha Tsui
Old Style Cafe/Cha Chaan Teng (餐室)
Research and analysis 9
Tile patterns on the wall
Things are being put under the seats
Shop owners may make some dishes for seasoning on their own
Old Style Cafe/Cha Chaan Teng (餐室)
Research and analysis 10
Old style equipment They are preparing the materials for next day
Sketches of Old Style Cafe/Cha Chaan Teng (餐室)
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Sketches of Old Style Cafe/Cha Chaan Teng (餐室)
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Hair-styling stalls at the alley Located at the alley,Small-scale with simple hair-styling tools
Research and analysis 13
Photo taken:Sham Shui Po
Reference from:“MYHK”
Hair-styling stalls at the alley
Research and analysis 14
Old-style Stationary Store Products mixed with toys, stationary and Chinese funeral paper offerings etc.Overcrowded environment but things are being put in order
Research and analysis 15
Photo taken:Kweilin Street, Cheung Sha Wan
Old-style Stationary Store Shop owners always hang the products upand leave them there overnight
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Old-style Stationary Store Shop owners always chat with customersThey usually have a very close relationship
Research and analysis 17
Sketches of Old-style Stationary Store
Research and analysis 17
Old Flat The furniture found in the past is hard to be found nowadays.
Research and analysis 18
Photo taken:G.O.D. (Shek Kip Mei Branch)Hong Kong Museum of History
Reference from:Old photos from my Grandmother“MY HK”
Old Flat Simple decoration (mostly hanging several family photos)Some hand-made furniture may be available too
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Old Flat
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Old Flat
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Old Flat
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---- Tekkon kinkreet (惡童)
Old Soya Byproduct Store Established for a long timeKeeping its traditional method to make their productsEverything unchanged for long time
Research and analysis 23
Photo taken:Cheung Sha Wan
Old Soya Byproduct Store The shop is the mixture of --Place for dining, production area, office, kitchen and the place for storing and selling products
Research and analysis 24
Old Soya Byproduct Store Soya byproducts everywhere in the store
Research and analysis 25
Old Soya Byproduct Store The method of jotting down prices is different from the one we used nowadays
Research and analysis 26
The shop owner kept telling me stories while she was making me a try of their product
Sketches of Old Soya Byproduct Store
Research and analysis 27
Rooftop of the Old Buildings Rusted houseswhich are made of metal sheets are build on old buildings
Research and analysis 28
Photo taken:Sheung Sha Wan
Rooftop of the Old Buildings
Research and analysis 29
There are wire netting and clothes hanged for drying
Aerials everywhere on top
Rooftop of the Old Buildings
Research and analysis 30
---- Tekkon kinkreet (惡童)
Sketches of Rooftop of Old Building
Research and analysis 31
Old Buildings
Research and analysis 32
Old Buildings
Research and analysis 33
This is a really old building which has only 2 storey. But the big balcony can be the features of old buildings
The cages built outside the windows are another features of old housing
Old Buildings
Research and analysis 34
There is a ½ level of the building, which is located between G/F and 2/F, the height of this flat is relatively lower
There are lots of electrical wires flying over the street
Those are the backs of the old buildings
Old Buildings
Research and analysis 35
This kind of celebrating board can be found in old districts
People have to walk through this long and narrow stairs before getting home
Sketches of Old Building
Research and analysis 36
Old Style Bakery
Research and analysis 37
All breads are being put at the display area
The shop owner is so nice that he helped to slice the cake for his customers
visual references- Le Building- Tekkon kinkreet (惡童)- NDS game “雷頓教授與最後的時間旅行”- Cards found at G.O.D. (TST Branch)
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visual references
- Le Building
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visual references
- Tekkon kinkreet (惡童)
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visual references
- NDS game “雷頓教授與最後的時間旅行”
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visual references
- NDS game “雷頓教授與最後的時間旅行”
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visual references
-- photos taken in G.O.D (TST Branch)
Visual References 43
character designThe main character dressed with a sharper colour will be a leading role which bring audience to explore the old living environment. It would be a boy dressing in casual clothing which can be easily found in the past.
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character designReferences
Character Design 45
character designWith the references, I drew these three characters. I chose the left one to have further development because its feeling suits my animation and the limps are easier to animate.
Character Design 46
character designI recreate this character due to his trendy look.He doesn’t match the time in the past.He is too modern.
Character Design 47
character designHere is the final set of character designAll children share a similar hair styleBecause they cut their hair by the same stylist.
Character Design 48
character designI tried to fill the colour by watercolour pencils. But the colour is not stable while having a cell drawing animation
Character Design 49
character designSo, I use Photoshop to fill the colour. Colour pencil texture is added to create a feeling of the past.
Character Design 50
story content
- A group of kids get to play outdoor together - We can go upstairs to watch TV while ours had broken down
- We could get a slice of cake if our neighbour made one
- Mother always stand and chat with her friends at the roadside
- Neighbour may give us a hand when someone is sick but no one staying at home - Neighbour may help to pick up out kids from school
- Neighbour may lend us money when we forget to take it
Story Flow 51
story flowDue to the unplanned usage on land, mixed land use is common in the past. Similarly, in my story, all activities and scenes will appear in the same building within a limited space.
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story flowReference
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story flowI first tried to list out the kinds of shops that can be found in the old days, then I tried to put the shops into the units
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story analysisScene 1:The environment of the surroundings
Story Analysis 78
story analysisScene 2:Location: Dai Pai Dong
Mrs. Kam gave Gum a 5 cents coin as his birthday present
Story Analysis 79
story analysisScene 2:Location: Hair-styling store
Gum helps to bring his sister to the hair-styling store at the other side of the building Mr. Wong, the hair-stylist, remembers Gum’s birthday
- Shows the close relationship between them
Story Analysis 80
story analysisScene 3:Location: outside the stationary store
Try to get his favourite colour pen set at a discounted price by lucky drawBut his only 5 cents coin stucks in the machine
- A chance for him ro fulfil his dream, but not success
Story Analysis 81
story analysisScene 3:Location: outside the stationary store
Gum turns sad and the camera moves into the stationary storeAnd Mr. Ho climb up the ladder at the same time
- To show the characteristics of the stores in the past- To show the nervousness of My.Ho while Gum was getting upset
Story Analysis 82
story analysisScene 4:Location: The long narrow staircase of the building
Gum goes upstairs sadly with a darker colour of the surroundings
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story analysisScene 5:Location: Corridor outside Mr. Ho’s Flat
Mr. Ho asked Gum to stop while he was walking pass Mr. Ho’s door. He greets Gum and gave him a birthday present, which was the set of colour pen set he liked And also, a Birthday Lucky Coin.
Story Analysis 84
story analysisScene 6:Location: The surrounding’s of the building- Cha Chen Tang (2/F) -> (G/F) -> Outdoor near Dai Pai Dong -> SiuLing’s Home
To show the living environment and the eliminating activities found in the past, and also their close relationship
Eliminating activities:- Airplane olive selling (due to the increasing height of the buildings)- The food-delivering lift of Cha Chaan Teng
Story Analysis 85
story analysisScene 7:Location: SiuLing’s home
SiuLing’s father, who is a flour craftman, is making the flour dollsSo that Mrs. Gum asked Gum to borrow flour from themAnd Oi Keung is first show up in this flat
Elmilating activities:- Flour dolls making
Story Analysis 86
story analysisScene 8:Location: Staircase
Gum runs very happily and fast to represent his excitement
- Have a contrast with the last “walking-upstairs” scene
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story analysisScene 9:Location: Gum’s Home
Mrs. Gum yelled from her Dai Pai Dong to asked whether Gum remember to borrow flour from SiuLing’s fatherBut Gum is concentrating on his drawing and neglected her
Elimilated activities: - Yelling from the ground floor to their flats
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story analysisScene 9:Location: Gum’s Home
His friend, Oi Keung, found him because he heard Gum’s mother’s conversation But he can only get Gum’s sttention when he throws something towards GumGum’s introduced this pen set excitedly And suggested to ask ArFai to join them playing on the rooftop
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story analysisScene 10:Location: Corridor outside Gum’s flat -> Rooftop of the building
They knocked ArFai’s door asked him to play together at the rooftop They race upstairs and get to a cornerGum tends to draw on rooftop’s wall, Which was not permitted to do so. But he want a larger area to draw So he started to draw at the corner of the wall
Eliminating activities:- Playing with neighbour nearby
Story Analysis 90
story analysisScene 10-11:Location: Rooftop of the building
He drew himself one the wall. Suddenly he dropped the pen. Colour tone is changed to a darker and colder one. And the camera start to help finding the pen
Gum finally found the pen where he hide many years ago. The pen become very short and dirty He draw near the portrait he drew long time ago – it is a portrait again.
Story Analysis 91
story analysisScene 12:Location: Rooftop of the building
He walked towards the house on the rooftop.Audience can then discovered that Gum has up.
There was nothing else left but a can He got into the house and open the can.
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story analysisScene 12:Location: Rooftop of the building
Dozens of letter are there in it. There is also other things inside:
1. A folder which was containing all news about Gum since he left the building
2. A colour pencil set Mr. Ho knew that Gum loves drawing. He bought him a luxury pencil set as present one year.
3. Lots of 5 cents coins Mr. Ho left Gum one 5 cents coin per year as his birthday lucky coin.
But Gum didn’t come back until now. 5 cents are now not available at all And also Gum’s neighbour. All of those are being a part of his memory…
THE END.
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