WALK MAN

For this project we split the class in two groups. Each one had to present an idea for a short movie about 45 seconds long. My group was compose by Sean, Giulia, Jane and me.

The first steps for this were to come up with an idea a modboard and a mind map of what we need to do. We came up with a couple ideas.

FIRST IDEA:

Here you can find the mind map of it: https://www.zenmindmap.com/docs/view/gP8V4y1aK88RbQGw5Wvz

The idea was to create a short story about 3 or 4 people that are not related to one and other, but somehow one story continues from the last one explained. This is a modboard for this idea:

But we quickly move to a second idea that we had and like better.

SECOND IDEA:

This idea is the one that we end up creating. A post apocalyptic world where there is no life and a scavanger is exploring an area that he found abandoned and never been there.

This is the mindmap for this: https://www.zenmindmap.com/docs/view/k1oYq9wdLZZwajPXgEBG

Again after the mind map we created the modboard. We search some reference on Mad Max, Love and Monsters and more:

Because this was our final idea we proceed and created a storyboard to have a better understanding of what we wanted to do.

The scavenger finds and abandoned church and he decided to enters to see if she can fins something. Once inside the scavenger discovered and old robot made of old tech, like pen drives, cd’s, Walkman and more. The plot of the story is that at the end the robot sends and important and life changing message.

Next step was to creat the sript and a schedule to organize when and how we need to work for a good result.

This is the script:

WALK MAN

ACT ONE

FADE IN:

EXT. TOWN – SUINRISE
Aerial view of a destroyed town. Overground vegetation and rusty cars. There is a church in the distance.

EXT. CHURCH – SUNRISE
A church destroyed. There are no life signs apart from a SCAVENGER (21) who is dirty and sweaty with ripped clothes. The scavenger opens a war bottle and drinks his final drops of water before walking inside the abandoned church.

INT. CHURCH – SUNRISE
Empty and old. Overground vegetation.
SCAVENGER notices a robot among some rubble and walks closer. The scavenger is excited to see the robot, believing he will be able to lead him to salvation. The scavenger drops to his knees, the tension builds as he waits for the robot to say something. The robot is not able to talk, he is only able to communicate by music that comes from the old tech he’s made of. The robot opens his mouth and sings “CRAZY FROG” before powering off and dying.

END

This was the scheduled we followed:

And all the shots that we needed to create and work on:

Shot #	Int / Ex	Camera	Camera Angle	Shot Type	Location	Shot Size	Shot Description
1	EXT	Drone	Bird’s Eye View	WS	CGI, Drone, Stock Footage	4k, 3840 x 2160	AERIAL VIEW OF A DESTROYED TOWN. OVERGROUND VEGETATION AND RUSTY CARS.
2	EXT	Black Magic	Perspective	MWS	St Mary’s Church	4k, 3840 x 2160	STILL HEAD-ON SHOT OF CHURCH, SCAVENGER WALKS INTO FRAME AND ENTERS CHURCH
3	INT	Black Magic	Perspective	VWS/WS	St Dunstan in the East Church	4k, 3840 x 2160	INSIDE THE CURCH THE SCAVANGER LOOKS AROUND AND NOTICES A ROBOT AMONG SOME RUBBLE AND WALKS CLOSER.
4	INT	Black Magic	Robot’s Persp	MCU/WS	St Dunstan in the East Church	4k, 3840 x 2160	THE SCAVENGER IS EXCITED TO SEE THIS ROBOT.
5	INT	Black Magic	Perspective	WS/MS	St Dunstan in the East Church	4k, 3840 x 2160	THE SCAVENDER DROPS TO HIS KNEES, THE TENSION BUILDS AS HE WAITS FOR THE ROBOT TO SAY SOMETHING
6	INT	Black Magic	Perspective	MCU	St Dunstan in the East Church	4k, 3840 x 2160	MEDIUM CLOSE UP OF SCAVENGER’S FACE
7	INT	3D Camera	Perspective	MCU	CGI, St Dunstan in the East Church	4k, 3840 x 2160	MEDIUM CLOSE UP OF ROBOT’S FACE
8	INT	Black Magic	Perspective	CU	St Dunstan in the East Church	4k, 3840 x 2160	CLOSE UP OF SCAVENGER’S FACE
9	INT	3D Camera	Perspective	CU	CGI, St Dunstan in the East Church	4k, 3840 x 2160	CLOSE UP OF ROBOT’S FACE
10	INT	Black Magic	Perspective	ECU	St Dunstan in the East Church	4k, 3840 x 2160	EXTREME CLOSE UP OF SCAVENGER’S FACE
11	INT	3D Camera	Perspective	ECU	CGI, St Dunstan in the East Church	4k, 3840 x 2160	EXTREME CLOSE UP OF ROBOT’S FACE. THE ROBOT OPENS HIS MOUTH AND SINGS CRAZY FROG BEFORE POWERING OFF AND DYING

Once we have all the shots listed and we know everything we need to shot we meet up outside in a location that we like and start shooting. Here are some behind the scenes images:

And here we can see the first edit with what we shoot that day.

We were very lucky that the location we chose was perfect for what we wanted to achieve and we were able to shoot everything we needed in one day. Once we had all our footage ready we start working on the 3d model of the robot and researching other 3d models that would fit the looks and fits the scene.

We used quixel Bridge with megascans to implement some 3d assets to create a more post-apocalyptic look.

After we had our assets and the movie sequences, we started to implement them, while trying some looks on with DaVinci. And then Jane made the background music and sounds for it. Once we had everything we put it together and this is the end result.