Approach:
For this week I began with laying out and experimenting with some rough animation. I'll be getting to reading the articles later this week, as I spent most of my time animating content for week 3. Below is the animation in it's current form. As you can see I spent time trying to get as much as the path complete that I could for the sake of having time to add more depth/line-work later. I also knew that I wanted the complexity/amount of forms to increase over time, though I now consider that going back to do this how much of it will matter. Choices Made: For the animation itself, I decided to stick with non-objective forms and wait to use those until the lyrics begin. For the moment, I only allude to some basic foliage within the animation (I think it is a leaf or two). I also kept a list of frame numbers for myself to reference when the beat of the song had a strong indication that it could line up with the animation. I believe there is a part where a form separates into four individual blobs and lines up with the strumming of the 3 guitar chords. Inspirational Sources: This week I found a video that I thought was a more typical approach to the creativity of letting the music influence the visuals. I think they utilized color and composition well, though leaving the forms in the direct center of the screen can sometimes become dull. If the ability of the entire screen is available, why not explore other parts of it?
Questions Raised & Needs:
The only question that I have for myself is how representational I want to get with the animation. If I continue on a 10-frame loop path that builds a form over a span of 100 frames, it becomes a little dicey in terms of changing the flow of the animation after this -- as the form is always present throughout the rest of the animation rather than changing/morphing. Next Steps: My next steps for this week are to read as much of the articles as I can, notate them, and determine whether or not they're relevant to my research. I'll also be doing more animation and hopefully hitting the halfway point on the total amount of frames I'd like to accomplish. Getting to the part of the song with the dialect will help with representation within the animation. -Taylor Olsen Approach: This week I decided to go back and evaluate what I would have enjoyed about working with my proposed songs. I found that they lacked a strong repetitive depth to them, and often had too many instruments and/or vocals that would detract away from the animation being played. I searched for another song and stumbled upon one by the band BADBADNOTGOOD:
Choices Made: For the music choice, I realize that I wouldn't have time to animate over 3-min of content so I ended up trimming the song for a more reasonable goal. The full piece is about 1:45-sec. I went about creating the initial template for the piece that would be a growing radial pattern. After realizing that I could section off the other parts of the animation, I decided to cut a slice of the full radial pattern and work with this as a piece of the whole animation. After I create the animation, I'll duplicate and arrange them together in the center to create an almost 'madala' effect. I plan on slowly trucking-out from the imagery in the center as the song progresses.
Inspirational Sources: TBU Questions Raised & Needs: TBU Next Steps: TBU
Approach: This marks the first blog post for my single, 8-week, Independent study credit. Attached above is the outline for the study, and what I will be addressing and creating. To sum up the requirements I've set for myself:
Choices Made: For the music choice (for the animation project), I decided that I wanted a more slow and somber tracks, reflecting the growing nature of the animation from small parts to an encompassed whole on the screen. I also decided to skim most of the articles this week and highlight parts that I need to go back and record. I will attempt to either compile the sources together with all of the highlighted content or to respond to more specific sections from the pieces of the articles. Inspirational Sources: Below are the two [current] sources that I decided to use:
Questions Raised & Needs:
Next Steps: Keep reading and begin to work with creating a layout for the animation. I will also be continuing to compile notes and will be interacting with my adviser about my progress and keeping them updated through my blog posts. |
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