OUIL504 - Studio Brief 2 - Moving Pictures - Final Animations

After a couple of peer review sessions it came to my attention that I need to create 6 10 second animations in order for the animations to fit with my intended theme. I originally wanted to hand draw all the components of my animation and use Dragonframe to make a stop 0frame animation, but I ended up having to do it digitally because of time constraints, I also decided to do only 3 animations instead of the original 6 that I had planned, as I was finding it hard to complete the animations to a high standard.



animation1 from becky firth on Vimeo.





animation2 from becky firth on Vimeo.



animation3 from becky firth on Vimeo.

I think the last animation was least successful because it was the most jittery and I rushed it a little bit to meet the deadline.

What I would have done If I had time

If I had had time I would have added text to my animations which may have moved at the end, I also would have added a static noise in the background which would run throughout.

OUIL504 - Brief 2 and 3 Initial Peer Progress Review

Comment on the practical development of work for the Moving Pictures Brief. Is there sufficient evidence of practically investigating selected processes and techniques?

- Dragonframe workshop is very effective in showing the motifs - colour palette
- Concept of the clock isn-t super strong - is this just a test? - explain why you are/aren't using it.
- Great amount of visual research
- Camera head people are weird but communicate Orwell effectively, Have you abandoned this?
Perhaps state why on your blog - What's the idea for your final animation?

Comment on practical development of work for the Printed Pictures Brief. Is there sufficient evidence of practically investigating selected processes and techniques?

- Text heavy experimentation, you read the text and then the image, not syncing up fully yet.
- Perhaps text needs to be incorporated with image more.
- War is Peace doesn't initially read as Orwell
- Ignorance poster, text is getting lost within the image

Comment on the clarity with which the development of concepts, ideas and practical solutions has been documented on the studio practice blog.

- Quality of prints is very high
- High quality paper becomes part of the image, torn ragged edge reflects concept
-War is peace would work better cropped.

Comment on the extent to which the planning of time and resources has been effectively considered in order to enable the production of the proposed work in the time available.

- Amount of Screen print shows good time management
- Maybe work could have had more development before print, you've investigated a lot but not experimented at the same degree.
- You should be proud of where you are at this point.

Strengths

- Use of colour and bold line work, very powerful and reflect concept appropriately
- Animation tests are strong - in particular DragonFrame
- Good idea of screen print and development
- Practical work, use of text makes your work recognisable
- Camera for head people, intangible works so well for Orwell.

Improvements

- Think about text as image - look at graphic designers who use type as image.
- Begin to prioritise moving pictures
- Iron out concept for moving pictures
- Blog everything
- Blog about what decisions you've made - be critical.

OUIL504 - Studio Brief 2: Moving Pictures Concept Review

Comment on the selection of themes, content, concepts or messages (are they specific enough and are they appropriate to the selected author, texts or research?)

- Dystopia
- Surveillance
- Oppression

Comment on the visual concept of the proposal (are the decisions about aesthetic, media and colour appropriate to the intended tone of voice, mood and/or concept)

Look at Astrids work
Theme - Aesthetic really strong, think about layers, opacity and depth when building animation.

Mood - Oppression - Think about viewpoint/lens. How do you show oppression? How literal do you need to be? Intangible?

Comment on the clarity with which the audience and or context has informed decisions relating to format, duration, media and content.

Documentary about life and works, Authors life.
CHANGE to 6 10 Second long stings.
Think about 6 different animations.
6X Compositions/Scenes/Events from the book on theme of surveillance/oppression.

Comment on the extent to which the planning of time and resources has been effectively considered in order to enable the production of the proposed work in the time available.

You need to make a storyboard.

TO DO:
Make a timetable
Organise Printed Pictures
6X Animations
6X Storyboards
Find 6 key events/scenes/quotes from the book.

OUIL504 - Moving Pictures - How I made my animation

I have decided that although I am still hand drawing my animation, rather than doing it all on paper and using Dragon Frame to make my animation, I'm going to compile everything in After Affects and animate it that way.

I have made various backgroundA which were inspired by the textures I created in my visual journal and drew each part of my animation in photo, I drew each image multiple times in order to give the illusion that it moved when I looped it.

OUIL504 - Studio Brief 3 - Printed Pictures - Screen printing

I did two full day sessions of screen printing, which were hard work but have made me fall in love with the process. I like that you put in so much hard work and get a really nice looking piece at the end, that you can tell was time consuming.

I ended up doing tests for two of my prints and I intend to expose the rest of my screens at some point this week so that I can print after the Christmas holiday.