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Reframing the Objective: Structuring Realities (2/2)

First, an update on my technique progress so far! A small 40-minute study from baseball (hope to make a complete animation out of it, with camera movement, background, and more movement over the weekend): 


With the gears shifted, it's time to establish a clear path towards creating an animation that values narrative over demonstrating skill and proficiency. First, a rough timeline should be established:

  • WEEK 5
    • Continue learning basics of animation on a daily basis
      • Ball Bounce- Tue
      • Simple Human Motion- Wed + Fri
      • Flour Bag Drop- Thu
      • Dialogue- Sat
      • Full Environment Animation - Sun
    • Create 5 thumbnail animations depicting my narrative through keyframes - Blog update
      • Learn how to use Alight Motion
      • Learn 2D animation for Blender or use DaVinci
  • WEEK 6
    • Pick the narrative for my animation Blog update
    • Continue learning basics of animation
      • base the exercises on the narrative- don't develop skills I won't utilize
    • Finalize design choices for every scene Blog update
      • sketches of environment
      • sketches of objects and/or characters
      • style
      • color pallette 
    • Get feedback from art communities on my work over the weekend
  • WEEK 7
    • Develop full keyframes Blog update
    • Continue learning basics of animation 
    • Begin developing additional frames
      • watch tutorials on developing in-between frames
    • Re-visit narrative and design decisions and update timeline Blog update
Weeks 8-10 will be planned during my 2nd Blog of Week 7

Now, here are my rough ideas of the current narratives, for your consideration and critique:
note: all narratives must follow this general prompt: "how can you discourage your peers from texting and driving"Back to the future but it goes wrong because of texting hehe

A car race doesn't start because all the drivers are texting
  1. To illustrate unwanted consequences in a funny manner
A teenager attempts to text while driving and turns old in the process
  1. To illustrate the fact that while texting and driving, a teenager's response time becomes as slow as that of a 70 year old person.
Phone gets uncomfortably large with every new message notification while the car is driving
  1. To illustrate the fact that there is a societal pressure to respond to texts quickly
Footage of driving an a football ball flying across the entire field are shown side to side
  1. To illustrate the fact that while being distracted by a text, a driver will pass about a football field worth of distance.
Superhero flying into a plane because they were texting 
  1. To illustrate unwanted consequences in a funny manner, again.
An olympic champion texting during the entirety of Olympics (training, competing, winning) but putting the phone away when driving
  1. To illustrate that texting is okay anywhere but while driving 


Since I can submit up to three entries, I want to pick two ideas to actively pursue in the coming 5 weeks, and an additional to pursue during Spring Break (the deadline for scholarship application is April 1st). 

Please let me know what your favorite ideas are! 

Comments

  1. Yui Niizeki MaeharaFebruary 8, 2022 at 4:20 PM

    Wow, I love the plan and the sheer number of works you are trying to create for both the class and the application entry! I personally like the super hero idea because it leaves some design and unique visual ideas open ended as it does not necessarily need to take place in the real world.

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