The purpose of this assignment is to practice writing and sketching out ideas that are inspired by what you see and learn during the cross sectional lectures. Please make a post on your ELP with at least 5 things you saw by name (techniques, films, etc) and a brief description and/or sketch.
There were a few films that were shown in the lecture that I found really interesting.
The Stone Reader which was a narrative of a real rock being displayed in different ways, including stop motion, hand illustration, collage, as well as the layers of different music made it difficult to focus on what was going on. Especially because in addition to the audio, there were multiple things going on with the animation as well, but I thought that’s what made it interesting, especially because of the multi media in the film.
Frank Mouris’ animated short ‘Frank Film’ was a film comprised of over 11,000 images cut geometrically to create a scheme, using layered audio and images and I thought this was extremely interesting. Especially because it had aspects of real live action cinematography, like zoom and panning.
Sally Cruikshank’s animated short made in 1987 called Face like a Frog had a rhythmical background music with illustrated animation. The perspective of the background portrayed space in a strange light, in addition to the vivid colors that weren’t necessarily realistic. At this point, I realized that a lot of the films showed were difficult to follow the plot because the animation itself was just too interesting and immersive.
The animated stop motion short by Andy Kennedy was (as Gary Leib says), extremely hallucinatory. I found it interesting that he did everything in his apartment as well as create his own music for the film. Accumulonimbus had really interesting setting design because it was created in a way that made it very limited for the subjects in the animation (since it took place inside of a circle) but the way he played around with the concept of space was so interesting to see. The way the figures moved within this limited space reminded me of a horizontal field of view video game.
Peter Millard’s animation was extremely intense, and even though it was simply drawn (using paint and crayon) the sound effects of the animation were so intense that it made the film feel a lot more complete and chaotic.
Some questions to get started:
– What did you find interesting or exciting in the lecture?
– What did you find interesting or exciting in the lecture?
Out of the things you list, pick at least one to write about. If nothing appealed to you, write what you didn’t like.
I really enjoyed Accumulonimbus because I just personally take interest in that art style. I found it so interesting that he found a way to play with the concept of space in the circle, and how he kept the movement of the animation by utilizing that limited space.
– Why did it appeal to you?
Please list at least 3 reasons why it interested you. If you are writing about something you didn’t like, qualify it with at least 3 reasons why and how you would improve it.
Please list at least 3 reasons why it interested you. If you are writing about something you didn’t like, qualify it with at least 3 reasons why and how you would improve it.
– the way the limited space helped with the animation, and not actually limited.
– the art style, and the way the figures were illustrated. Especially the cloud and rain.
– The movement of all of the figures.
– What kind ideas did it spark for your own work?
List at least 1 way that you could incorporate something you learned from the lecture into your own work.
– It made me think about ways I could play around with space, and the movement of certain figures instead of going the traditional route.
– It made me think about ways I could play around with space, and the movement of certain figures instead of going the traditional route.
