For this project we
decided to split the different roles and then combine our different types of work. Our plan for this
project was to overlay animation over film. In order to do so Imi would film
and Lea and I would animate. We decided that we wanted to represent someone who
has schizophrenia and
then overlay animation to symbolize the freedom of the mind compared to the film where the
character would look like they're suffering from it.
In order to create
this final project Imi filmed and edited as fast as she could so that we could
then animate over it. While she did this Lea and I drew storyboards and discussed
what we would animate exactly and the style of animation we were going for. We
decided upon adding to the image instead of completely changing it. Adding
symbols and colourful patterns coming out of the characters head to portray the freedom of
thought.
We animated using ‘Flash’ which we then
exported into ‘After
Effects’ to be able to key the background and overlay it over the film. We overcame a few of
difficulties trying to combine both because we realised that most of the
scenes which Imi had edited were only about two seconds long which wasn't
enough visual time to animate. The film which she edited was great
and we didn't want to make each scene longer because having short scenes added flow and tension to the film. Lea
and I decided to face this and animate more simply so that the
spectator has time to see the animation. This was quite a
struggle however I am happy that we managed to overcome this. I do think, however,
that if each scene had been longer we
would of been able to create better quality animations and thus make the
movements less simple.
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