Idea's Generation - A Few Ideas

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Ten Creativity Techniques

Here are the ten creativity techniques:

• Assumption-Busting Techniques
• Brainstorming
• Edison's Idea File
• Koinonia - Generate Ideas by Brainstorming With Others in Your Field
• Lateral Thinking
• The Lotus Blossom Approach
• Mind Maps
• More Creative Links
• Creativity Technique - Introduce a Random Element
• Reverse Brainstorming
• SCAMPER

I mainly would choose to brainstorm ideas first to help me open my mind to new ideas. I think it's the simplest idea generation process to use.

Brainstorming

Brainstorming is a process for generating new ideas in which specific rules and techniques are applied which encourage and spark off new ideas which would not have happened under normal circumstances.

The brainstorming rules are basically the following:

Withhold judgment and criticism. During the first stage of a brainstorming session ideas are not evaluated in any way.

Wild, seemingly wacky ideas are welcome.

Go for quantity, not quality.

Build off the ideas put forth by others.

Mutate and Combine, that is, deliberately distort and modify existing ideas and deliberately try to build new ideas from combinations of existing ones.

"Seeking to solve problems by unorthodox or apparently illogical methods." Concise Oxford Dictionary"

Lateral Thinking

"Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way." - Edward de Bono

British physician, author, inventor, and consultant Edward de Bono has had a major impact on the way we think and particularly in the field of creativity. He coined the phrase "lateral thinking" which involves approaching problems from diverse, unexpected angles and from different perspectives. Dr. de Bono meant to differentiate lateral thinking-in which you nudge the mind to make sudden turns- from vertical thinking, which is logical and sequential thinking.

Our brains are "pattern recognition systems", which helps us to quickly evaluate our surroundings and respond accordingly. However, we can get stuck with patterns, which hinders our ability to generate new ideas.Lateral thinking seeks to provide techniques to nudge the brain out of its patterns.

Working Storyboards

Whilst working with storyboards i found this on you tube which really helped me understand where you need to cut the storyboards frame by frame, its good to actually see a working storyboard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1re0dqrSds

Steven Spielberg On StoryBoards

Steven Spielberg came to AFI in 1978 for a seminar with AFI Fellows. In this clip he talks about how he approaches storyboarding.

Interestingly enough, the young man asking the question is Bob Mandel, who is now the Dean of the AFI Conservatory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBH89Y0Xj7c

I found this interesting to watch as it links closely to my work.

Comic Books

Once a concept or script is written for a film or animation, the next step is to make a storyboard. A storyboard visually tells the story of an animation panel by panel, kind of like a comic book.

Story Boards

Whilst looking at Story Boards i came across this short story board from a Donal Duck sequence of Walt Disneys. You can easily see the transitions from one frame to the next which i plan on creating myself. Even with no words on this story board you can instantly tell what's going on and where the scene's going.

Photoshop version of my Photograph

Here is my Photoshop version of the image i tried to re create. I think it worked well but i do still prefer the warmer version.

** Lighting **

Here i had to find an image which used a lighting effect i liked, i ended up choosing one that used backlighting. I recreated the image by simple using a warm back lighting effect and making sure the rest of the room was in total darkness. Here is the original below and the one i did on the right. I think it worked very well and i prefer the warmer lighting rather than the cold lighting used in the original.