Animation (2D)
Film / Video
Illustration
Project background:
So far in studying design through film and animation, I have explored and experimented with posterising and Rotoscoping.
In this next project, I would like to develop these skills further and also explore other areas of animation such as stop motion and traditional animation. By doing this, I will be able to utilise many different forms of this media to commuinicate my final design solution. I will also have primary research to carry out, such as character, scene and setting observation.
The existing artworks I will be studying for stop motion will be animations and films made by Ray Harryhausen, an Ameriacan animator who specialised in special effects for mainstream movies, and Jan Svankmajer, an animator from the Czech Republic who has created surreal artistic films.
For traditional hand drawn animation, I have already done some research into American animation such as Disney and Japanese animation such as Studio Ghibli. For this project I would like to research different European and Russian animations, as it has an illustrative quality which I would like to explore.
To carry out this research I will be examining a number of books such as The Five C’s of Cinematography, Visual Creativity, Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation, The Fundamentals of Animation, Animation Art. I also plan to research a number of journals through the university library such as, Animation Magazine, Computer Arts, Film Ireland
Project description:
The theme of this project will be childhood memories, I plan to explore this theme fully and create my own narrative through different imagery and sound media. I estimate the film to be at least three mintes long. The rationale behind this will be the use of personal imagination and memory and use of my own primary material to make the film unique and innovative. The use of mixed types of animation and live action filming will also help in commuinicating differnet themes throughout the film.
As for the purpose of this project, I am planning to enter it as a short film for a number of film festivals such as
DepicT, an international short film competition which challenges filmmakers to create super-shorts of under 90 seconds. For this I will shorten the film down to suit to brief of this competition.
Evora an independent International Short Film Festival organized by the non-profit associations University of Évora Film Society
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
Im hoping that the film will be entertaining for quite a broad group of viewers including children and young adults interested in animation.
However the problems which I will probably face will be producing a fullscale animation with a limited budget and timespace. I will have to come up with a timetable and workflow that will bring me to the design solution I desire.
Project aspirations:
My aspirations for this project are to broaden my expertise in various animation techniques so that I become comfortable within any disapline in this area. In doing so I hope to be able to place myself in a industry standard stituation and be able to fill out my design proposals in the most effective way. I am hoping that this with also give me good experience for the film industry, as it will involve all aspects of production used in making films.
This will also be a start for producing work in order to gain recognition in the professional field and therefore build my portfolio of work so that I can apply for a number of different scholarships and residencies to further my studies.
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