Assignment 6: Superhero Video Effect

For this assignment, we were required to do a video about someone who has supernatural powers and i came up with a concept about how this man has the power to control mother nature and he unleashes different weather elements on his victim who is a smoker. He has a distaste for being around smokers.

I searched the net and got a little inspiration from the pictures i found of smokers. At first i wanted for the location of the video to be at a bus stop but thereafter decided against it, hence the pictures of bus stops as well.

Some pictures of bus stops:

Random 1:



Random 2:



Bus stop with lady smoker:



Smoker:



Flicking action:



Anger and frustration at the inconsiderate smoker:



Perplexed expression:




(The sequence of the pictures are in order)


This was the initial storyboard that i came up with. In the end i didn't stick to it.


Storyboard:
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FRAME 1: Wallie walks to a bus stop to wait for his bus.

FRAME 2: A stranger also walks to the bus stop.

FRAME 3: He takes out his cigarette to smoke.

FRAME 4: Wallie is irritated by the smoke and shows signs of disgust.

FRAME 5: Wallie freezes time and proceeds to take the man’s cigarettes and throws them into the dustbin.

FRAME 6: Wallie unfreezes time and continues to wait for his bus. Stranger is perplexed.

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I wanted to bring a personal perspective to the video because i'm an ex-smoker and have successfully kicked the habit for 14 months. I can no longer stand the smell of the smoke and i hate being around smoke, it's not that i have a hatred for smokers, it's just the smoke and the smell of it that i can't stand.

Therefore i came up with such a concept and i filmed this within the confines of my room and some of the props i used were of course a cigar, that was bought by a close friend of mine whom i used to smoke with but i quit before having the chance to smoke it, my own basketball cap and a jacket. It's a pretty simple video and this is what i came up with.



Here's the final video for this assignment