As homework from the previous lesson, we were to have 6 images of a story we made which we would use today as part of a storyboard.
A gif of the original story:
- A little creature found a balloon.
- He really loved the balloon.
- But he loved it too much/hugged it too tight and it popped.
- The little creature cried...
- ...and cried.
- Until we was given a new balloon.
The original story line was too simple and straight forward, therefore I decided to work on it during the course of the day.
A new beginning was added, which gave the character life and a beginning prompt for me to work with. I also gave my character more emotion and added extra struggles and problems for it to face before he could solve it and get to a new equilibrium. I didn't find it particularly easy to start the story, as I already had random information for the middle of the plot, but working around it and figuring out where to place the screenshots took me longer than it should have. However once I had the beginning sorted, the rest of the story was flowing easily.
After finishing with my new story, we were all split into 6 groups and told each other the story we'd made within the group. One person per group was chosen to tell the whole class our story, and as much as I feared public speaking; I was chosen as the story teller of the group.
The story begins with a little creature who lives in a forest. The balloon goddess had created this special forest full of balloon trees; this was to make the people happier and the places look more colourful and joyous. One particular little creature; who was of black in colour and small in size was never able to get near one of these beautiful balloons. The trees were too high for him and if any had happened to fall on the ground, it was immediately planted by someone for a new tree to grow or simply taken away by the children.
One particular day, a balloon rolled over to him and too his surprise, no one was around to take it away. He was so happy that he immediately enveloped the red balloon in the hug. But he must have hugged too tight because soon the balloon popped.
He cried and cried at the loss of his beloved balloon. The balloon goddess had noticed the sorrow of the little creature and felt pity upon the innocent soul, so she gave him another balloon.
The little creature was too overwhelmed after receiving such a grand gift that he'd wanted his whole life, he just had to make sure it was protected and safe from the world.
He walked through the forest, facing the rain storm, thunder and lighting, yet he protected the balloon with his life.
Upon days of traveling in search for safety, he stumbled upon a part of the forest which had deflated and remains of balloons on every tree. Hearing a loud roar, he hid behind a tree away from the sight of the balloon monster. He stood in fear, body shaking and was waiting for it to leave before he could continue on his way.
He was snapped out of his thought when he hear a cry for help. The little creature peeked from behind the tree to see a little girl before the monster, shaking in terror. This would explain why the monster hadn't left yet. He was going to charge at her since there weren't any more balloons left for him to eat.
Gathering up all the courage inside himself, the creature jumped out from behind the tree and stood before the little girl. Holding his hand up before the monster, he told it to go away and not hurt the child. After the words left his mouth he threw the balloon behind the monster and it was carried away by the wind; which immediately got the balloon monster chasing after it.
The creature turned back and helped the trembling girl up and offered to walk her home to ensure he safety.
As they walked home the little girl looked up at the one who'd saved her and said "you're my hero".
The presentation was extremely nerve wrecking, but I knew this was something very common in the field I wish to work in and I'd just have to suck it up and get used to it.
To my surprise, after I told everyone the story, everyone seemed quiet; this didn't help my heart rate.
Turns out I had a very good response and critique from both the students and teachers. The discussion was rather about the meaning and symbolism in the story and how it had a good plot and contained a twist which wasn't expected.
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