In this session were asked to animate 4 different types of animation of ball physics, the first being a short animation of a cartoon ball bouncing which required to draw to draw stretched circles throughout which from my prospective was fairly hard as my circles are not brilliant compared to drawing a normal circle. then for the second animation we were required to animate to real psychics of a bowling ball( black )/ a ping pong ball( yellow ) and a tennis ball( purple ). with this animation real physics were required and it took a quite a few attempts to make some form of realistic animation that was expected.
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.