For the first day
of the commencement of my FMP I focused around on the main theme for my project,
which is integration. I wanted to choose a theme which was very personal to me
in order to discover more about myself through in-depth research. For me, the
theme of integration is part of my life and has become part of who I am today.
From a very young age I have moved back and forth many times between England
and France and so I have had to inhabit two different cultures whilst growing
up.
The first step of
research I made towards this project was to look at different forums and blogs
for people’s point of view on bilingualism and how to integrate into a new
country. I discovered that socially you need an open mind, and by adapting to another
culture you need to lose some of your other culture in order to make room for
this new one (http://www.nassauweekly.com/jai-deux-amours/ ). I found
this information interesting and use this for the final piece, for which I will
create an animation. This research will be extremely important for my main
character as I begin to shape both his characteristics and the story itself.
I then planned some interviews for people whom have had to integrate into a new country in the past to gather further points of view as an addition to my own personal experience with integration. I composed a list of various questions to ask each person, and I shall interview each person during the coming week.
I am really happy with how this interview turned
out. Surprisingly, I can relate a great deal with Imogen's background and
her experiences. This reinforced my initial thoughts that in order to integrate
you have to keep an open mind about everything around you and the people that
you meet in order to connect with them. This is a character trait which my main
character in my animation will have to have.
I also began to gather up a lot of concept art from various artists in order to start shaping an idea in my head of the various types, styles and methods of animation that I could use. I already had an animation idea in my head that I really wanted to create which involved aliens and space. Most of the concept art which I have printed out will then help to shape an idea for my character designs.
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