Week 4 Day 1 : Post Preduction

For the beginning of the week I commenced by writing down every single animation idea I could think of linked to my theme. I came up with ten different ideas as of which I then started to develop and see if I could link a couple of them together to create more rounded stories. However, once I had done this, one idea in particular stood out: The idea of two different people from different countries trying to communicate in different languages and just ending up screaming and shouting at each other in different languages. This idea made me think of Jan Svankmajer's animation work in particular his 'Dimensions of Dialogue' piece where the characters eat each other and spit each other out again. 

I would love to be able to recreate this idea on flash. I also had the idea that these characters could 'tune' into each other like a radio or television to be able to find the same wavelength to communicate however this doesn't work and they just keep changing languages struggling to connect.

 I carried on watching a couple of animations on video in order to be inspired by different animation style ideas. In particular I absolutely loved 'My day' (2008) by Eamonn O Neill. ( http://vimeo.com/6253749  )

Fig 2 : My Day (2008) Eamonn O  Neill

What I liked mostly about this animation was the look and feel; the 2D and watercolour design. I loved the aggressiveness put into this animation which is what made it original. A lot of it came from the character. I admired the framing and change in proportions of each character to symbolise how they feel and to accentuate the theme of personal space. The story is easy to relate to. The situation of the man in the bus has surely happened to most of us before. What I found interesting was the way that the situation was placed in a public space, however through the different frames it feels placed in a private space. This piece inspires me to accentuate lots of different frames in my animation in order to show my story more. I think it will also help get convey the notion of frustration to the spectator.