I found the minor project to be one of the tougher projects after completing the premise, the reason behind this is mainly due to the modelmaking as compared to before I was initially doing more character-based modeling is moving on to more environmental based item and designs. the initial design stage and researching wasn't too harsh for me to follow as thanks to Premise only had a general idea of where I want to go with my work, one of the major setbacks I had during the minor project time scale was the cutback of the initial set and what was can be implemented into it so instead of doing an entire street leading up to a singular attic room it was more streamlined down to the bare essentials of what was going to be shown from the book even the eaves that the book mentioned the children going through to get to the uncle's room in the first place. after I had the initial objects modeled mapped out another painstaking process was the layout of the room on which I was quite met
OGR 01/03/2019
ReplyDeleteHey Coyle, so I can see here a real effort to plug your specific interest in the animation into a theoretical framework - but I can also detect the effort you're experiencing to make something meaningful happen as a result - so you're bringing these two worlds together but I'm struggling to understand the 'point' of doing so. An example of what I mean (and I don't know the animation, so forgive me) - let's say that the story arc of your animation results in one of the characters undergoing some kind of transformation or change - regarding that transformation, what does it mean - does it contain some kind of value judgement or societal view, and if so, how can you discuss that meaningfully? At the moment, I don't know what your argument is 'for' - or the point it's seeking to prove? An example from something completely different - imagine you were writing about the representation of Disney Princesses - and wondering why it is that they are drawn in similar ways - blonde hair, big eyes, tiny waists etc - a student could look at those elements, and they'd quickly see how 'blonde hair' represents a value judgment agreed upon by culture as 'superior' (but why?) - it's the 'but why?' that is missing from your structure. You're looking for a problem to discuss - an issue that is presented by your choice - an issue that opens your debate more widely and starts to be 'about' society or politics or gender relations or race relations or...
I think you need to look at your animation and figure out what it is 'messaging' in terms of what we're supposed to think about these characters and their relationships - and somewhere in that 'message' you'll find the 'point' of your argument.