Ella's Animation Journal: Ba1b

sketchbook: This week i sketched out the comic strip for the two characters i recently designed. the comic is a metaphor of modern society and how people prefer not to see the world for what it is because it makes life easier. that is why the male character is smiling until he is given eyes to see. 

Morph project: This week i continued work on my animation. i struggled to morph the barrel directly back to the shape of a rose so i changed by animation plan. the animation now features a rose, morphing into a barrel, however, before the barrel returns to the shape of a rose, it transforms into a diamond. i chose a diamond because i thought the symbolism of a diamond would create connotations of the crown. this relates to my chosen film ‘V for vendetta’, because a lot of the plot focuses on the conflict between the crown/ government and the character V. 

Narrative research: today i found an interview by Emma Watson with Satrapi about the film. This research was especially helpful because it developed my understanding of the purpose behind the monochromatic art style. It also developed my understanding of the feminist influences within the film. 

Today i began work on a comic, using the character ideas i designed previously. The comic’s intention is to be metaphorical for modern society.

Morph project: This week i completed the formation of my second object, the barrel. i also added small details to the animation such as ash falling from the burning wick. i achieved this by key framing the opacity of grey ellipses. 

sketchbook:This week i attempted to create some character designs based on myself. i drew this same concept in two different art styles. This benefited by work process greatly because it allowed me to experiment and made it easier for me to identify what i thought worked best. 

Narrative research: This week i read some passages of the original novel of Persepolis. I believe this was a necessary step in my development because it allowed to confirm that the characteristics of the film were present in the original novel. Characteristics such as the film’s focus on modern society and politics. 

sketch book project: 24/01/19

22/01/19; Today, I completed the transformation of the barrel and the wick burning away.

sketch book: this week i made sketches of people i saw at a bar. this experienced forced me to develop me ability to draw in a timed circumstance because my subjects kept on moving. this experience also developed my understanding of the human form.

Morph project: This week i research more examples of animations that feature morphing and transformations. I really appreciated the artistic style of this animation because i worked with shapes that were already on the screen a lot instead of introducing entirely new shapes. the animation tended to use no more than two shapes at a time, this benefited my understanding of the use of colour and how not to rely on colour to portray an concept. 

Narrative research: This i research more sources that would develop my understanding of Satrapi’s true intention behind he film. I fund a really useful interview of Satrapi; Shaikh, N. Marjane Satrapi: 'I Will Always Be Iranian'. This interview really helped me develop an understanding of Satrapi’s beliefs on society and gave some context to narrative. 

sketch book project: 16/01/19

Morph project: 15/01/19

I included screenshots from this animation because i found the transformations highly creative and i believe this helped inspire me in my own morph project. 

Morph project: This week i applied the knowledge i gained from watching a tutorial on how to create a fake 3-D effect on after effects. The instructions from the tutorial didn't perfectly fit my concept, so i’ll have to continue experimenting to achieve the effect of rotation. 

Narrative research: I familiarized myself with Vogler’s 8 character archetypes by identifying them within the animated film, ‘Up’. This experience benefited my planning for my essay because it refreshed my memory of Vogler’s 8 archetypes before my identification of those archetypes in the film, Persepolis. 

Sketchbook project: 09/01/19

Morph project: This week i watched an After Effects tutorial on how to create a fake 3-D effect. Although i don’t intend to apply everything that was done in the tutorial to my morph animation, watching the tutorial helped my understanding of how to use after effects.

Sketch book: i also visited a museum and did observational drawings of other students and taxidermy animals. i feel like this experience was very beneficial to my understanding of shape and form because it allowed my to create observational drawings of animals i wouldn't likely see in real life. This experience also developed my appreciation for the art surrounding the art, by this i mean the environment that the art is within, this came mainly in the form of other students and visitors of the museum.