Exercise 1: Minimum space

I gave it some thought, how to present my findings. I decided that for the story to be cohesive and easy to understand I should have same/ similar background in the images. I decided to present the story as if the camera was positioned at the feet of the bed. In first few images I accentuated the ceiling light being on, illuminating the room, to show it is night-time. This is then followed by the action of undressing and putting the pyjama on by my character. He then goes to sleep; the light is off and moon crescent is present next to pictures 1-4. Daytime pictures show the sun shining. I thought I’d show my character stretching and yawning as he wakes up, he then gets dressed and leaves the room.

In my storyboard research, I’ve seen examples of each picture having a little description, I used that description here. I considered the look of the storyboard and didn’t like the idea of seven squares. I decided to make it eight squares, first one to contain the title.  I considered carefully what sort of movements are made by the human body in the requested examples, I even mock tried making some movements and then drew what I thought represented them.

Drawing my design sketches, got me thinking of what these dimensions could be… I know as a fact that a single bed is usually 90cm wide and 200cm long. As my character is quite tall, I decided (after a quick look online at average data) that top of mattress to the floor distance should be 60cm. My storyboard had a bed that is quite a bit lower than that. I also keep thinking that this isn’t smallest space I could have had these actions in. The bed could be placed on a platform (like in Trailhead Tiny Mansion). The character could ‘exercise’ (stretch, bend etc) more while getting dressed or undressed. The door could have been a sliding one to save space. I enjoyed this exercise; it was fun and creative. The drawings were created using Procreate app on iPad.