DES 251 Digital Media Design III

The Martian-inthavong

Essay

The martian is about about a group of astronauts sent on a mission to collect samples on mars. However a deadly storm appears and the group is forced to abort mission, however during the process they lose one of their crew members. Mark Watney. They presume he’s dead and continue on with their mission. Surprisingly Watney is still alive and his journey begins as he realizes he must survive on mars with minimum food source, and scarce supplies left over stranded alone. He uses his botanist skills to create a water source to grow his potatoes. During the process he needs to figure out how to communicate with nasa and other scientist to bring back mark “the martian” simultaneously his crew plots a nearly impossible mission to rescue mark.

Words to Idea + Thesis Statement

This film is a scifi drama set in mars with an abandoned crew member stranded, and is pushed to his limits to survive in the rough conditions he’s put through.

Visual Research (Inspiration Board/Collection)

success with creating water

crew lost watney

Ariel shot

Ariel shot displaying set and color tone

Success with communicating with nasa

color palette

Exploration/Formulation (Style Board/Examples/Studies)

Inspiration_mood

Exploration/Formulation (Motion Tests)

TheMartian_titlesequence (Chris_Intha) from

Story Board

Final Film Titles

https://vimeo.com/user36189345/review/268493478/eec65ce741