Fairy Tale #4 Little Red Riding Hood Fairy Tale #4 Little Red Riding Hood Hi and welcome to the your fourth fairy tale assignment... Little Red Riding Hood! One reason I chose this tale (besides the fact that wolves and red hoods are fun to draw), is because I wanted us to explore the dark side of fairy tales, and the wolf and forest provide a great opportunity to do that. Also, many of you named it as a childhood favorite! I m really excited to see your interpretations of this one! Your assignment is stripped down to a single storyboarding task. Have fun, and email me anytime! carla@carlasonheim.com. Let s Begin! 1
Fairy Tale #4 Little Red Riding Hood Assignment Storyboard Little Red Riding Hood A storyboard is a sequential series of thumbnail sketches which visually maps out the story, page by page, or spread by spread. ( A spread or double-page spread is what any two open pages in a book or magazine is called.) This is where you figure out what characters, environments, and actions will go on each page. It s also another way to begin working out your compositional ideas. STEP 1 Go to a Coffee Shop This is of course an optional step, but I highly recommend it! Set aside some time and remove yourself from your normal environment for a few hours with your story and sketchbook. I went to a coffee shop, but a library, a conference room, or even your car would work! 2
STEP 2 Read and Write Choose a version of the story. I have provided in the PDF a version that I remembered from my childhood, but you might prefer another found at this site... http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html#wratislaw... or the version from your native country. Read your story slowly. Write down 10-15 words that describes each paragraph or couple of paragraphs (sections). I wrote down verbs, nouns, adjectives... anything that came to mind. 3
Don t worry at this point how many sections you have at this point; just break the text down into sections that made sense to you at the moment. STEP 3 Visual Note-Taking Next, divide several sketchbook pages into 6-8 boxes and began to systematically go through each section and draw visual notes. 4
Sometimes you might need more than one box to explore an idea. For example, whenever I came upon an item that I didn t know how to draw, I d look up images on my smartphone to help me. For example, I searched for images of 1800 German bonnet, cap, girl hat, etc., and then just sketched as many as I could find. This research will help you when you begin to develop your characters. 5
STEP 4 Storyboard First, decide whether you want to storyboard a 32-page children s book or a 12-page magazine spread. I have provided layouts for both here for you to print out (or you can make your own!). 12-Page Layout: http://www.carlasonheim.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ft4article121.pdf 32-Page Layout: http://www.carlasonheim.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ft4childrenbook32.pdf 6
Fairy Tale #4 Little Red Riding Hood I decided to work with 32 pages. This is the fun part! It s like a puzzle... Sometimes you will need to combine some ideas into one illustration in order to make it fit. Alternatively, you might find that you need to stretch out a scene or section, and try to interpret it visually in different ways. You can decide to leave space to incorporate text, or simply choose to have the story read on one page and the illustration on the other page. Spend 15-30 minutes on your storyboard. Next time we will chose some spreads to illustrate! 7
Three Extra Credit Assignments Extra Credit #1 Start to develop your characters... Red Riding Hood, the wolf, granny, the huntsman... Use the character development techniques from our first lesson ( The Frog Princess ), or begin finding your own best way to develop your character. Extra Credit #2 Get creative with the story itself and do a rewrite; storyboard your new story. Sonheim Creative 2014-16 8