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simple storyboards [10.02.01]
simple run through! first concept drawing.
[1-6] - from right to left the lines enter the shots. Telephone lines flying by. almost as if you were filming them as you were driving along. between shots there are "cuts" to imply different groups or "more than one". the lines/poles are silhouetted on the light blue/gray sky. as the transformers go by the sound of electric buzzing gets louder and softer as they pass. over time in the beginning we change our viewpoint from looking above... to looking down. from the normal to the micro viewpoint.
[7-12] -as we move along the poles become more abundant. at first they are in linear succession. But after so long they become tangled and disorganized. the organized rows become a "forest of gnarled poles"... "a spider web of communication wires". As the chaotic mess becomes more apparent.. soft white cellular objects float by [12].

[13-15] we slowly go into a cellular network area. a mix of man made communication towers and neurons... all talking with one another. the two are woven together. there are wire networks going from the telephone poles to "converters" in the cells [15]. the point is to contrast the two elements together in a landscape format. macro to micro and back.
[16-21] energy[particles] travel down the telephone wires and go to the converters. when the energy gets to the converters they set off chain reactions that cause rattling and movement in the cells.[16] the rattling is reminiscent to the telegraph in manner. we watch the chain-reaction, which leads to the other side of the network where more wires are attached. these wires lead out. the energy is processes and shipped out. we leave visually the same way we came in... .with the white little floating cellular objects drifting by.[19-21]
while we leave, we follow the transformers out.. the sounds fade with each passing pole, then only some lines... then only one line... then end. and finally credits for the hard working team. ;]

General concepts in contrast - everything is ABA in format.

1. camera: in beginning, it is locked into a rigid view...but that view becomes more organic and jitters later in the animation. Then returns. ABA. Also the camera angle changes from low to high to low.
2. meter: at first, motion is implied as quick.. you are zipping along much like a car. video taping out the window on a highway. But on entry of the web of poles the meter slows. this also counts toward the cuts in viewpoints. at the beginning we cut alot.. then no cuts .. then a bunch of cuts.
3. sounds: quiet and then loud... and then quiet. peace to chaos to peace. i hope this will be reflected in the sound.
4. wire: linear from pole to pole. then organic twisted and twined around objects.
5. telephone poles: standard poles at beginning. they too become twisted curved and sloping in the cellular area... and back at the end.
6. color: non colorful... monochromatic to light color. I think color should only be used to force the point of interest in this animation.