To show a narrative over space and time, I have constructed a storyboard for my animation to gain a better understanding of what happens, beginning to end.
“Our strategy for understanding these narrative graphics is to hold constant the underlying information and then to watch how various designs and designers cope with the common data”(Tufte, 1990).
To begin, the scenes are set within a forest full of pine trees accompanied by a snowy gust of cold weather. The snow then builds up in strength and layers snow within the background and foreground, changing to a slower fall. As soon as the snow has settled I plan on making it slow down to a gentle fall, one less intense, the larger snowflakes will be then introduced falling within their own individual paces to show the fall uniquely.
These snowflakes then layer on top of one another to create a similar form to the pine trees within the background. A gust of snow however triggers a few of the snowflakes, making them glow bright with colour, acting like a light burning bright on the tree. The top light glows stronger than the rest, however, filled with the energy it floats forward and bursts. The scene then fades and reveals the words “Merry Christmas” out of snow.
Tufte, Edward. R, 1990. Envisioning information