Swansea College of Art UWTSD – Jane Phillips Award

Winter is Coming: Ragnarok

November 30, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Nathan MasonTagged Final, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Ragnarok, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, Winter is coming

WiC: Ragnarok opening 1

November 18, 2018Posted in Blog PostTagged Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Project, Ragnarok, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, Winter is coming

Ragnarok initial concept notes

November 5, 2018November 28, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Digital Residencies, Nathan MasonTagged concepts, Foundation, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Notes, Project, Ragnarok, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, Winter is coming

This is the opening shot to the episode, setting the location and mystery the episode will follow.

Ext shot, hill with trees, panning down hill
Follows straight from one, shot up river with buildings in the background, camera pans down into 3
Camera pans down into final position
Camera onto body lying on slab stones/concrete, hold for a few seconds, let music well up and smash cut into next frame

*All p/in/p videos fade in and out*

Half profile shots of the two leads of the episode (a police investigator and the leader/ sub-boss of the biker gang suspected of the murder. Beside each are small videos showing actions of the upcoming episode to give a brief insight to the characters.)

Shot of character getting out of car and talking to colleague
Shot of character arresting/interviewing someone
Shot of character room clearing/searching for clues
Shot of character in a bar with drink (maybe a smoke too)
Shot of character preparing chain/knife/knuckle duster
Shot of character flexing with leather/denim vest on

Main title card for the episode, pic 1 is independent, while 2 and 3 are together.

Black background, title fades in, followed shortly by episode title
Series title fades in as a snowstorm starts to pick up (going from upper left to lower right), flows into pic 3.
White background with vignette around border, episode title fades in black letters (possibly with episode count underneath)

Winter is coming- project notes

November 3, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Digital Residencies, Nathan MasonTagged Foundation, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Notes, Project, Ragnarok, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, Winter is coming

I have a new project to complete for my university course, called ‘Winter is Coming.’

The aim of this project is to create an opening title for a fictional anthology series called ‘Winter is Coming,’ with each of us creating a basic outline for an episode and constructing the opening title sequence around that.

Below you will find some preliminary notes I made about the project.

Winter is Coming opening credits

Nordic/Gaelic/Welsh noir inspired
Typically from the perspective of the police (most commonly dealing with murder)
Sometimes deal with corruption of government
Slow burn tension and drama
Opening title to be 60-90 seconds long
Can either be an opening scene with credits or more traditional opening credits (like a montage)
Winter is Coming- anthology series style

Episode style/story notes-

Cops vs bikers (Ragnarök, name for Biker Gang)
Corrupt local government official funding bikers (either through drugs or weapons)
Police pick up the trail after a body is found, suspected be a gang killing
Bikers preparing for a war with other gangs

Opening credits content notes-

Opening shot of dead body central to plot
Majority of credits are a close up of the two leads (separately) faces, half on show, over a black background while short clips from the episode fade in and out beside them
Leads= lead investigator and biker gang leader
Clips showcase the characters personalities through actions (such as arrests for the cop and beating someone for the gang leader)
End of credits feature the series title (Winter is Coming) and the episode title (Ragnarök) as a subtitle.
Alternative: Main title comes up, a “snowstorm” covers it over in white and replaces it with Ragnarök.

Smoke

October 28, 2018October 28, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Digital Residencies, Nathan MasonTagged Foundation, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Photoshop, Smoke, Swansea College of Art UWTSD

Wendigo-6

October 20, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Digital Residencies, Nathan MasonTagged BnW, Colour, Foundation, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, wendigo

Wendigo-5

October 19, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Digital Residencies, Foundation Residency, Nathan MasonTagged BnW, Colour, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, wendigo

Wendigo-4

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Digital Residencies, Nathan MasonTagged BnW, Colour, Foundation, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, wendigo

Wendigo-3

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Nathan MasonTagged BnW, Colour, Foundation, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, wendigo

Wendigo-2

October 16, 2018October 18, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Digital Residencies, Nathan MasonTagged BnW, Colour, Foundation, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, wendigo

Wendigo-1

October 15, 2018October 18, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Digital Residencies, Nathan MasonTagged BnW, Colour, Foundation, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, wendigo

Wendigo shoot BTS

October 14, 2018October 18, 2018Posted in Blog Post, Digital Residencies, Nathan MasonTagged Behind the scenes, Foundation, Mission Gallery, Nathan Mason, Swansea College of Art UWTSD, wendigo

Here’s a selection of behind the scenes shots from a photoshoot I organised today (Sunday, 14/10/18) at Afan Argoed forest park, for my university project, taking influence from the Wendigo legend.