In the run up to the end of this semester things are hotting up. The projects that we have going at the moment are as follows:
An experimental animation piece. (Animating a piece of music as supplied),
A Character animation for the 11 second club,
And a study of relationships and body launguage in sketchbook form.
The experimental piece.
I have been in two minds hoe to do this and have come up with a way of animating using gels, light and silloettes. The method involves a wooden wedge shaped box with holes and slots drilled and cut into it and the insde painted black. At the far end is a light source; and along its lenght are pieces of polythene (semi-transparant) to give the impression of atmospheric perspecive.
Slots are cut in at regular intervals and sillohettes introduced., with the combination of lights being moved from the back of the box to the front i am hoping to produce a 'street' effect; with cuts to stills of some city like signs, and the music i have chosen this should produce a feel of 1950's Chicago.
The whole thing is going to have to be shot in the dark (to stop light coming in through the slots and light holes).
Wish me luck; im geting the timber this weekend.
The Character animation.
At first i was going to do a cat for this animated character. But i have had a sudden change of mind (i know time is of the essence), and i am now doing a human body with a cats head.
This is going to be some freaky shnoozle man; animatic is in the pipeline; and the new charecter sheet has been drawn up. I just felt that a human form would lend itself better to this learning module as all the projects we are doing complement each other in some way or another.
The Sketchbook work
Here are some of my drawings i am happy with. One is from a photo (the old man and the boy) and the others are realtime observations.
SOrry about the orientation of this one!
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