Up.
We were given the film Up for our second assignment. It was released in 2009 by Pixar Animation Studios. It was Directed by Pete Doctor, it's about an elderly man who has been recently widowed as his beloved wife Ellie passed away. By tying 10,297 balloons to his house, Carl wants to fulfill Ellie and his dream to travel to South Africa and complete the promise made to his late wife when they were kids to go to Paradise Falls. The adventure takes a turn when he is accidentally accompanied by Russel a young boy who is keen to help Carl in order to receive his 'Assisting the Elderly Badge'.
Links that influenced our work.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs in Up : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iucf76E-R2s&t=41s&index=138&list=WL
Fun Pixar theory that showcases how every Pixar film is linked together in the same timeline: https://youtu.be/h0OTZo3-K5s?list=WL
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/megpeg190094/up/
Schematic:
Illustrating the on and off screen timelines and narratives of all the main characters.
For the schematic seeing as most of us knew of Up before we had a good idea of what the storyline was but just to refresh our memories we all watched it again. We divide the duration of the movie up equally to create a timeline for each section. The initial plan that we created leaving a gap in the story for any off-screen segments that we would discuss as a group and fill in the gaps that would be appropriate to specific characters. Re-watching Up made it easier to create our schematic. We had problems with the sizing and style in which we should format the timeline and did our own individual takes on how we each thought it should work and we choose the best one for the outcome. In the end, we all choose Hristo’s design as the aesthetic correlated well with the movie.
Key points in moments in minute 67 to the end credits.
Minute:
67 – Carl puts out the house. Russel heartbroken that Carl chose the house over Kevin.
Frustrated Carl send Dug away putting the blame on everyone around him.
69 - He begins dragging the deflated house to paradise falls.
Next morning – Carl and Russel makes it to paradise falls with the house. Upset Russel throws his badge sash at Carl and storms off to sit by himself.
72 -Carl goes inside the house to return Ellie’s page to her Adventure Book. Carl then notices all the memories/ adventure Ellie placed inside of her and Carls life together.
74 – Determined after seeing Ellie’s message tell him to go have a new adventure he goes to seek Russel.
Russel fly’s away to help Kevin. Carl goes after him by making the house light weight in order to fly once again.
Dug knocks door – Carl welcomes him with open arms and accepts he’s his master.
77 - Russel makes it into the blimp…dogs capture him and tie him up to a chair.
Muntz drags Russel to a ramp door and opens it, Russel begins sliding to his death.
Carl saves Russel puts him in the house to keep him safe.
While dug and him try to save Kevin.
Carl and Dug try to rescue Kevin by throwing the ball from is walking stick as a distraction for the guard dogs and locking them out.
79 – Russel breaks free but the house unhooks causing it to float away Muntz sends the dog after him.
81 – Dug bites Muntz as he sneaks up behind Carl. Muntz kicks Dug back and closes the door. Muntz attacks Carl while Carl tries to fight back. Kevin and Carl run away out the window to the outside of the blimp. Muntz follows.
Dug runs away from the dogs then traps Alfa with the cone of shame.
83- Hearing Carls call for help gives Russel the courage and motivation to climb the hose to the house. He disorientates the dog in the planes by saying squirrel, they crash into one another.
After Muntz grabs Carl leg he retaliates causing Muntz to fall lower down and retreat inside.
Russel brings the house over they all get in when Muntz starts firing at them.
85- Muntz fires at balloons house falls causing Carl to fall out. Carl runs after house grabs the house so it doesn’t float away.
Muntz goes into the house ready to kill. When Carl shouts chocolate Kevin burst out the window with Russel and Dug, while Muntz jumps out after them but falls to his death.
Carl pulls them to safety while he watches his beloved house float away.
86- Returns Kevin to her babies, says goodbye. Sets off home in the Spirit of Adventure.
87 – Badge ceremony: Carl bestows The Ellie Badge to Russel.
88- Ice cream shop car game. *house makes I to the falls.
Credits: My New Adventure Book.
· Walking Dug.
· Dug chasing squirrels.
· Fishing trip.
· Camping Museum.
· Picnic at Ellie and Carls spot.
· Nursing home visits.
· Music fun.
· Camp fire storys
· Cinema trip ‘Star Wars”
· Chalk artwork on footpath.
· Teaching Carl to use a computer.
· Dug met a girl and had a shit tone of puppies.
· Photo booth fun.
· Wilderness Explorer trip to zoo
· Bingo
· At home with Dug chilling, Carl listening to Russel through tin string phone.
End.
Schematic of my minutes.
Final Schematic.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NYlqRm5pBaS9dezc3aNQIhEMhQVwhRbH/view |
| We went through various drafts and ideas of presenting the Schematic. |
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| Final Draft. |
An artifact:
- Create Carl and Ellie's house
- Create the wilderness survival guide
- Create the chair carl and ellie sit in and make two version one being brand new and the other being old and aged showing their relationship and life together
- Create Russell's badges and sash
- Create an adventure book from a different character's perspective being unique and different
- Recreate the mailbox with Carl and Ellie’s hand print
- Grape soda badge
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| Charles Muntz. |
Create an adventure book from Muntz perspective:
For the artefact, what inspired us to do a twist on Ellie and Carls Adventure Book was due to Christopher Vogler book The Writers Journey. Chapter 8, The Ordeal contained a section that mentions you should be able to walk in the shoes of the villain in the story and understand how they view everything; so this is what we did we created an Adventure book for Charles Muntz showcases his journey and what lead him to be the man he is today.
I wanted it to look as real as possible so I locally sourced some leather from a material shop near me and began measuring and painting to make a realistic book replicating the Adventure book from the movie. The contents of the book were divided up between everyone and turned out great once tied into the final book cover.
We collectively came up with a rough timeline and planned every page in order to tell the story of a young Charles Muntz that then leads to his first discovery of the Monster of Paradise Falls.
The story beingMuntz was a lonely kid but found what he thought was a forever friend (his new puppy Dug). This lead to his trust and love for dogs in the future. He was a bright and inventive kid that loved discovering new things. Sadly later down the line, his only friend Dug passed away. This relates to the future of Carl and Russel discovering Dug(the friendly talking dog) as Muntz kept getting the same breed of dog and wanted to keep Dugs memory alive. This is also why Dug is less intimidating than the other dog breeds and therefore causes him to be bullied by the other dogs for being different.
The book then showcases Muntz going on different adventures around the globe and documenting his way finally to his first trip to Paradise Falls where he makes an amazing discovery of this unknown bird-like creature.
Muntz's many ends storyboards: https://youtu.be/jK5QLV4_wnM
Muntz theories: http://pixar.wikia.com/wiki/Charles_F._Muntz
In that article I loved the theory of Kevin's eggs being able to make Muntz younger once consumed which would make sense as he is 92 years old and is still able to get around with ease.
I recreated the front and back cover of the book.
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| I locally sourced the Leather at home to give it a more realistic feel. |
Painted the spine of the book with a mixutre of red, deep yellow and brown tones for that aged effect.
Looked and reference photos from the movie and began doing a boarder and the lettering of the book.
Finishing touches: Adding the little illustration of the globe and painting the inside of the book so it looks compleated.
Final Aretfact Outcome.
I am so pleased with the outcome as in my eyes it really captures the same feel of the book in the film. I love the fact that when you initially see it you think it will most liekly be Ellie and Carls book, but when it belongs to Muntz you are intrigued to see his side of the story/ his journey.
Pages I contributed to the book.
I wanted my pages to appear aged so I stained them with tea and put them in the oven.
- Discovery pages
- Dogs Anatomy.
- The map of Paradis Falls.
- Monsters Feather.
Added sepia effect to the map.
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Created By: Studio RMX: Maps; Places Real and Imagined
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| Unknown. |
I reserched to see if any maps had already exsisted to get inspiration
Looked at a picture of Kevin as a reference and placed one of his head feather on the ground that Muntz has discovered.
Later added a sepia effect so the photo looked old.
The book we made recorded Muntz’s early adventures leading up to and including him hunting the monster of paradise falls. The book is a compilation of all of our team members work.
In Conclusion:
This team was quite enjoyable to work with as we collaborated the whole way through the project. I was happy that we got Up as our movie, which made it more enjoyable for me as it is such a beautiful film. Having already watched the movie it was great to analyse little details and their meaning in more depth. Re-watching Up made it easier to create our schematic. My favourite part of this assignment was the artefact, as we recreated the Adventure Book from the movie but with a twist as it belonged to Charles Muntz. I made the cover of the book which I feel turned out really well and looked similar to the book in the movie.
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