Monday, 19 April 2010
Idea
02:59 | 
Posted by
Jack Witherden
I have thought of an idea through looking into stop motion animations and the wide variety of forms of it and how stop motion can be achieved. The range of stop motion videos i have seen has been very large and this gave me the idea of evolution. From simple drawings on paper that alter with each frame to full puppet/figurine stop motion which has been shot in a three dimensional space through separately filming backgrounds then overlaying stop motioned subject on to it. The idea that cities have evolved also influenced me to this idea and i think that if done right, this animation could really be successful.
The idea is to start with a simple two dimensional figure walking on the spot, the background to this will be something primitive such as a rock to symbolize perhaps cave drawings in which i will digitally alter the figure to look as such. The walking figure will then literally jump from the rock background to another more modern medium such as parchment paper (for this i will overlay an effect digitally to give the right effects as with all sections. Again it will jump to more and more modern mediums that have been used for drawing (notepads, maybe a screen). These sections will be a static shot with the figure walking on the spot and backgrounds being moved.
The final section of my animation will consist of a technique i saw from animator, Patrick Boivin, where my figure will make a last jump and the camera will moved from its two dimensional static shot to a three dimensional space. To give this effect i will pre shoot a three dimensional space without any subjects involved, and also create a separate stop motion animation against a green screen background. The subject involved in this green screen animation will then be keyed out and put into the pre shot three dimension camera movements to symbolize the finishing section of this evolutionary animation. The background for the final section will be a city in which i shall build out of card for the purposes of the shot. This city will be establishing the modern and synchronic ideas that were stated in Jean Baudrillard's quote.
Although this is a very time consuming idea, i have full confidence that the end product will be well worth the effort and am very excited to work on it.
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