Although I haven't finished creating all 21 'visual representation' images, I'm beginning to plan how I'm going to present the images. I want them to be viewed, not as separate photos, but as one evolving, morphing, continuous movement, as it is a journey of 3 weeks in my life. I thought of a simple slideshow on screen, each image dissolving into the next. This could work as an element in each image continues onto the next, so your eye would be drawn to this (as it has not changed) and lead you to the next image. However, I feel like because this is a project about 3 weeks in my life, it should be presented in a way that also says something about me.
Therefore, I think I will animate a panning shot which scrolls between all the images, linking them by the elements which stay the same.
I am using the intro to the film 'Babe' to inspire my animation. I've always really loved this as an intro to a film, as it's a panning shot featuring a comparatively small area of the farm featured, yet it captures the scene of the residence perfectly and sets the atmospheric feel for the whole film.
The lighting is dark, with dimmed spotlights glowing, as the camera passes, on particular images (to keep your attention moving with the camera), creating moody atmospheric shadows. Occasionally, an item is animated, but amongst these are items which sit unmoved, that the camera passes over but the shot is long enough for the viewer to study it and therefore, aids in giving clues about the story. I could add in objects which are personal to me, or which have a relation to the events happening in the images.
The shot is 1 minute 18 seconds, which is a long animation, but as only one element, at most, needs animating at a time, this makes it a little less time consuming.
However, there are only 8 framed items on the 3 walls in this shot. To avoid the animation being too quick to process, I may have to do some very simple animation featuring paper cut-outs between some of the 21 images.
Searching for a location which I can completely control the lighting, and set up the camera and images for around 2 weeks undisturbed, is a difficult task.
I quite like the idea of setting up on some stairs, with a new image on each step. The camera would have to somehow move along the handrail, or be on a stand on smaller, make-shift stairs between each step to make the movement smoother.
No comments:
Post a Comment