September 30 Update

 General Update:

This week I finished my second pad and edited the frames to correct timing. I am scanning them at 300dpi into photoshop then editing the timing in there, I then export to premier and edit the color. The files are humongous so I think it may be time for me to get a hard drive. The school threw out the pegbar punch I was using which I am very sad about and don't really know why they did it, but I ordered the 3hole pegbar off amazon so it will be ok. I was getting bored with the newsprint so I decided I should take a break and try something else that I could incorporate to the final video. I chose to print out a whole bunch of frames from a video of D.Boon and animate on it, I enjoyed doing this and want to play around with this idea with childhood videos.

Animation:

 

D.Boon Tribute:

I've also been enjoying ceramics as a way to generate ideas and relax so here are some projects I have been working on...

September 23 Update

Media I've Consumed:

Adam Beckett - Life in an Atom - I am starting to think of how to incorporate my dream sequence my piece and this helped, I may just extend the dream sequence. 

https://www.annafirth.com/tutorials

Ideas:

I have been in touch with my mom more than usual this week discussing things like the fear I am losing my French and relationships ect. I feel for my thesis one idea could be to have a recorded conversation with her as my sound. 

I also bugged my dad to send me a voice recording of him singing a song I grew up with 'Belle-Ile-en-Mer' so I may use that. 

Updates:

It is confirmed I will stick with hand drawn, the process is a lot more enjoyable and I am excited to learn how to composite everything and play with scanning my images. One idea I have is to also scan the backs of my frames as my marker bled through.

Scanned Animation:

Im having trouble uploading but for now it is on my instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CivShXtg55C/

Process Photos:

I can't stop animating I am almost done my second pad that I'll have to scan in for next week, but I am having a lot of fun with it. 

My past internship at Plymptoons came in handy when I was figuring out how to scan my frames.

September 16 Update

 FEELINGS:

This week I had some trouble feeling confident in my original idea, I watched The Fantastic Planet and found the animation truly so beautiful that it made me not want to create something funny but rather something more serious. I’m not sure if I am going to change my original idea, but I have decided to animate on paper and create a dream sequence I can use in the beginning of my animation. I’ve begun the frames but will need to scan them in. I have been drawing lots of organic shapes and a dream sequence feels to be a perfect way to incorporate these drawings into my thesis.

MEDIA:

The Fantastic Planet - Made me want to make something dreamlike, and use lots of blue

The Family that eats Soil - Khavn “I feel no pleasure”

Naked Lunch - William Burroughs - I’ve just begun the book, this will inspire me in some way I hope, not too certain yet.

September 9th Update

 Character Design

Sketches

Working Script

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EjxhJ7qC4-ZPSZnicjgepUTxYtCW_RfDiam55AQ0rvE/edit?usp=sharing

MEDIA:

Nowhere - Gregg Araki

I enjoyed this film because I liked the way the characters talk and their dry humor, this is definitely something I want to incorporate when creating the dialogue

Ants - Giuseppe Andrews

I found this short film really odd but enjoyed again the dry humor but also the discomfort it puts the audience through. 

Idea! 

My friend showed me an animation I must re-find but it used what I am calling ‘annoying orange-esque’ which is where a realistic face is imposed on a animated drawing. I want to use this in scenes where spit is freaking out.

Trial Animation:

Summer Research Presentation

 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-lpfRdCLAyylUfJ8YK81dYD_s4etx1VJp2zD0lgZ9So/edit#slide=id.gfedc58f640_0_14