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Creative => Story-Telling => Topic started by: Birdie on August 28, 2014, 13:39:00
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Inspired by all of the great stories over here, I also made my first photo story - comic strip thing :)
I used my modern street diorama that's still up in the living room.
Mitri helped with the storyline and he showed me how to work with Pixlr, for the speech balloons and such. Thank yoouuu :wave:
The story features a little girl named Meg, and it is called:
The Soap Box Derby
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Great story, I'd never imagine its your first one since you really did a great job with it!
Great positioning and effects, it really gives a lot of character to the clickies.
Also many nice little details, I like how you imply at Meg's family being native american with the doll and the wall decoration at the dinner table. It's a nice subtle touch. :)
Did she play poker with her sister the evening before? And her baby sister is adorable.
It's obvious Nathan is popular, half the kids in class wear the same hat. I bet they want to be just as cool as Nathan. ;)
Also love the kid walking back up the slide, the entire playground really captures what kids do on playgrounds during recess.
A shame Meg did not get to finish the race, the other kid seemed unharmed though, and Meg seems to have good company as well! Good thing she was wearing a helmet!
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Thank you so much Rhalius, you've been saying I should do something like this for a while, so I hold you partially responsible ;D
It's obvious Nathan is popular, half the kids in class wear the same hat.
:lol: Yes that might have something to do with the fact that some of those clickies (including Meg and Nathan) have been around since the nineties, when cap or bonnet were the only options. I've become used to it. It's also weird for them to wear bonnets in summer - I tend to ignore that :)
Meg's father was a clicky Mitri made for the first western Playmotown we built. I guess he moved and started a family ;)
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Oh that's brilliant, and with such beautiful photographs. The Countdown photograph ('1....') is wonderful: if that was a poster, I'd buy it! And Baby sister is so cute with her 'Cars', and I love that Nathan brought flowers.
And.... I notice that Sonia may be giving up on her anti-dress-bursting diet!
Super story.
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Great pictures and story, with an unexpected ending! ;)
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:) Thank yooouuu!!
And.... I notice that Sonia may be giving up on her anti-dress-bursting diet!
Ha! You noticed! :lol:
There's also a Mitri and a Birdie cameo.
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Aawwww, that was such a cute story! I really liked your photography, especially those last few frames. And how the little baby kept saying "cars?" The ending was really sweet. Well done. :clap:
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What a wonderful story dear Friend :wave:
If such a lovely and creative modern city and photostory is the result of the bad weather, then let the rain falls down as I am loving it :love:
I have never had a chance to attend a soap boax racing and really wish I will be able to someday ;)
Karim
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Thank you so much Rhalius, you've been saying I should do something like this for a while, so I hold you partially responsible ;D
Well, whenever you make another awesome diorama I'm just starting to picture all kinds of stories going on there because you always manage to let the clickies really come to life with so many little details.
And once the diorama eventually has to be brought down, you'll always have a story or stories to remember it by, alongside the great pictures of the overall diorama. :)
The beauty of the storytelling is that you kind of get to make your own movie and have complete creative freedom over it. :)
Looking at it the second time, I noticed your cameo as well. Can't believe I missed it the first time. :-[
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And how the little baby kept saying "cars?"
Thanks a lot :) Both my nephews had 'auto' (car) as their first word!
If such a lovely and creative modern city and photostory is the result of the bad weather, then let the rain falls down as I am loving it :love:
Thank you Karim :) Yup, the weather will be horrible right up until 1st September. Luckily uni only starts in three weeks, and I'm still on study leave.
I think I'll do a Zoo next.
The beauty of the storytelling is that you kind of get to make your own movie and have complete creative freedom over it. :)
That IS cool, I thought it would just be a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun coming up with the story, creating the scenes and searching for parts to make them work. And you really see the 'movie' as you get further along.
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This was great. And it's so exciting to see a female protagonist and people of color being main characters.
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Wow, excellent story! The photography was very well done, it felt as though I was watching the race. The speech bubbles were well positioned, as were the various other "effects", such as the whoosh of the cars racing down the hill and the impact of Meg hitting the ground after swerving to avoid the dog. Great job! :clap:
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Amazing! Great story, just as Raven I like the "cars" and the "baah" comments of the baby sister. The purring cat is great too btw. And everything else!
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That's a great story, Birdie, with a good build up, great photos and captions and excitement all the way. The start sequence from 3 to GO! is superb, especially the shot over Meg's shoulder at 1. Overall, a good, taut, short and to the point well thought out photo story, with every frame adding to the story and nothing unnecessary.
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Awesome pics, great story!
I admit I had to look for your avatars - didn't see them the first time around :-[
The pics of the (final) countdown are indeed grea brilliant - the second is my favorite of those, with the street stretching on and on.
The puzzled look on the cat (how did you manage THAT?!) looking on while they are working on the car (another great pic) is priceless.
There is one thing that bothered me - all the kids in hats in class. My teachers would never have allowed that! At least not any of the ones worth the name (had a few.... duds :P )
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Thank you all very much for your encouraging comments. I'm really, really happy you liked it! :wave:
The speech bubbles were well positioned, as were the various other "effects", such as the whoosh of the cars racing down the hill and the impact of Meg hitting the ground after swerving to avoid the dog.
I'm sure there must be more (and better) free, downloadable stuff out there, as far as sound effects and comic book fonts go. I'm planning to look into that. Those effects really make a story come to life, I love how Lynx does them in his The Story of Randolph
Just as Raven I like the "cars" and the "baah" comments of the baby sister.
Do you happen to know Spirou (Robbedoes), the Belgian comic series? There are comics of him as a toddler (Le Petit Spirou), and the sound effects in those stories are hilarious.
And actually... the baby in this story is a boy :lol:
Overall, a good, taut, short and to the point well thought out photo story, with every frame adding to the story and nothing unnecessary.
That's good to hear, because I was worried about that while I was making pictures. At first I thought about doing this photo story without any dialogues or text at all, so I tried to make sure every frame would speak for itself.
The puzzled look on the cat (how did you manage THAT?!) looking on while they are working on the car (another great pic) is priceless.
No you see, I took the picture with the cat watching, and while doing the dialogues I just noticed his expression. I swear he did it by himself :)
There is one thing that bothered me - all the kids in hats in class. My teachers would never have allowed that! At least not any of the ones worth the name (had a few.... duds :P )
Yeah, the hats, and the bonnets, I know :lol: As a teacher I don't allow caps or hats in class either. You know how everyone customizes the adult clickies? I have a history of customizing the children, so the hats have become part of the outfit.
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I feel so sorry for Meg. If it hadn't been for the dog (and rat) she would have won the race. At least she got the flowers...
Such a lovely story with beautiful pictures. The caracters really come to life. Very well done.
It was mentioned before buth the comments and other effects are brilliant. Really enjoyed it!
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No you see, I took the picture with the cat watching, and while doing the dialogues I just noticed his expression. I swear he did it by himself :)
It's an amazing shot. MORE amazing cause WE know the cat doesn't really move (much)!
Yeah, the hats, and the bonnets, I know :lol: As a teacher I don't allow caps or hats in class either. You know how everyone customizes the adult clickies? I have a history of customizing the children, so the hats have become part of the outfit.
Well, it is a moot point in playmoworld - what I said, I mean. What does make a klicky? To us, first the neckware (that was not removed lightly! Still isn't, in the named ones!), then their hats! It IS part of their identity. How else can we tell them apart?
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Great story and overall effects well positoned, you've managed to get soem great shots and I really liked the actually race setutp particularly doing the 3-2-1 shots each at different angles. Meg is really cute particularly her realationship with Nathan so nice to see that he turned up and was clearly keen to watch the race and that after her accident he cared enoguh to bring her flowers, hope she wans't hurt to bad. I liked the little duck in her bedroom and the shot of her working on the car with her Dad with the cats puzzled expression as well, I've got to admit I also thought the baby was little girl generally speaking I think that hairstyle does look more like you'd expect to see with a little girl where as the other hairstyle is like a tiny verison of the classic boys
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I think I'll do a Zoo next.
Cool! Can't wait to see it. I'm wanting to do another zoo dio soon too, but now I think I'll wait for a couple of new animals first. I currently have a state fair dio set up which I'll post pics of once I get a couple more rides, and then Chris and I have another joint project we're going to do.
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I feel so sorry for Meg. If it hadn't been for the dog (and rat) she would have won the race. At least she got the flowers...
Thank you Sunflower! :)
Don't feel bad for Meg, she's in the paper and everything ;D
I've got to admit I also thought the baby was little girl generally speaking I think that hairstyle does look more like you'd expect to see with a little girl where as the other hairstyle is like a tiny verison of the classic boys
Thanks DrDralek ;D I still prefer the oldest style babies, from back when that was the only way they could look.
Cool! Can't wait to see it. I'm wanting to do another zoo dio soon too, but now I think I'll wait for a couple of new animals first. I currently have a state fair dio set up which I'll post pics of once I get a couple more rides, and then Chris and I have another joint project we're going to do.
Please do, I've been looking forward to that one :) I've been trying to get Mitri to do a photo for the photo contest, but he's worried he won't find anything in the huge pile of boxes spread around the house. He's got a point :-[
I also thought I should maybe wait for the new animals and the new zoo, but then I thought there's always a reason to postpone. I'm thinking of possibilities for water - I know there's a topic about it on the forum somewhere...
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Ok Birdie. That was really amazing!! Wonderful story with great photo shooting!!
You have done excellent job here and everything is just perfect! I had the feeling that I was reading a playmobil magazine!! Very professional job, congratulations!!!! Thanks a lot for the sharing.
Friendly George. :)
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Great story and excellent photography! You did a great job in putting it in cartoon style. And you have a good eye for detail. And i love the way you were creative with the fences to fence of the public from the street.
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Such a cute story to go along your wonderful diorama! I loved everything from your playground to the race setup... And I never saw the dog coming! That makes it an even better story because of the plot twist! I enjoyed how it wasn't a typical story that the main character races and wins, but that it instead even had a little backstory to it. Great work Birdie!
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Owww... how could I have missed this one! What a great story, how cute! I love the different camera angles (especially the start of the race), somehow you just found the right shots to tell this story! Lovely dioramas too! Excellent work, Birdie!