Pitch prelude

As week 8 draws ever closer I once again begin to take stock of my work thus far.

This time, I'm going to make clear distinction between my different modules and indicate the specific work I've done for each.

Audio

So far this year in my Audio module I have worked through all the tutorials on Soundforge and made adequate notes on everything I've learnt. This module is the most information heavy thus far and as such little work has been done on the creative side of things. However, preliminary design ideas for the coursework can be found in my Audio Sketchbook

Elementary Animation

Animation has been much more fruitful in its learning process as I have finally completed two full 'Post-it note' flickbooks. Both animations document the course of a ball undertaking an obstacle course and as I made mistakes in the first book I took measures to correct those mistakes in the second flickbook.

After finishing those, I moved on to the line tests, creating a 3 second animation charting the movement of a 'Ball with tail'. Unfortunately the lighting quality is poor and I am tempted to edit the animation in photoshop to create a clearer result.

 

In addition to this, my Animation sketchbook is showing clearly the development of the design process towards my first animation involving an actual scenario and character. 

To demonstrate this, I have a 'research endowed' collage that tried to present the story I wish to animate in a digitally appealing fashion. The concept is that; An American hillbilly Spacehopper is being abducted by Aliens, and tries to escape his fate by hiding behind various objects. The objects get abducted in turn until there is only one left. The last one is too big for the space craft and it crashes whilst trying to abduct the final object. Equilibrium, disequilibrium, eqiulibrium.


 

Dynamic Communication

In my dynamic communication classes I have been spending time both furthering my flash skills and working towards the coursework goal through designing a personal logo. 

In addition to this I have also created an influence map and documented some thoughts on how various artists influence my own art.

Above you can see some various animations that were created whilst practising my Flash editing skills. Each one highlights a seperate key element of flash creation techniques and were all inspired from lectures and tutorials.

Visual Literacy

In my visual literacy course, my progress has been 3 fold. Firstly, I completed my series of images on communicating words visually. Four words interpreted to my own desire; 

In addition to this, I have also created a series of images in photoshop using the techniques i've learnt during our tutorial sessions;

Lastly, I have began preparation towards my coursework, choosing to design imagery to convey the story or partys of the story from the book "The Shack" which I believe to be basically graphically inept, thus making it a perfect subject matter for unique works. 

Stencil recorded.