Monday, October 21, 2013
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
The Proposal
Nature and the Human Observation and Interaction with It
Art is a way of expressing yourself. You can show a large audience what you like and things you are passionate about. It is a way of showing people who you are, without necessarily having to say a word. Art is a way out of or further into reality, a way of doing the things you really want to do, but may not be able to do. It is a way to create and invent and be imaginative. This is why art is important to me. With animation, I can show what I think and how I feel through the movement of characters and the designs of backgrounds. I can share with everyone what I am passionate about. As an artist, I struggle with letting go of appearances, with loosening up and just letting the process happen. I struggle with letting the movement flow because I am so caught up with whether something looks right.
So for the senior thesis, I would like to incorporate my struggles into my desires. Over the one-year seminar, I am going to create a traditional (hand drawn) animation that is at least two minutes in length. The focus of the animation is on the theme of nature and the human observation and interaction with it. The animation itself will be broken up into the different seasons. Nature is a beautiful thing and is full of so many wonders worth seeing. It is something most people no longer get to enjoy. I would like to bring this observation back to the people who view my animation. I would like the viewer as well as myself to get lost in the beauty of nature. To create this project, I will incorporate skills that I have learned in my previous classes, such as panning backgrounds in Pre-Production, traditional drawing and capturing in Dragonframe from 2D Character Animation and motion drawing in Kinetic Drawing. The animation is going to be at least partially in color. The materials are open to experimentation, and may change as the project is being done.
Throughout college, I have always wanted to create a longer, well-crafted, smooth animation, but have never had the time to develop or execute one. So in this year long seminar, I will accomplish a piece that is just that. During the first semester of seminar, I want to do all the pre-production work (material experimentation, storyboarding/animatic/sequential planning), and get through a good portion of the final animation. During the second semester, I will finish up any animation that needs touching up, as well as do all the final edits and add sound. The exact plan for the semester will be determined fairly soon.
I am hoping, with seminar, to work out a well-rounded piece that I can be deeply proud of. I hope to learn to create smooth movements, which are easily legible, but have a sense of life and movement to them through the looser drawing style. I hope to learn a little more about process and a little less about how things look. I hope to discover more about traditional media, and plan to experiment with different media to create a unique piece. I think this project will help me develop good skills as an animator, and will allow me to pursue a topic that I want to do. I want to develop a style that is uniquely my own. I am ready to discover myself, and show it visually through my art.
In one sentence: I am going to create a traditional animation with a multitude of materials that is at least two minutes in length and focuses around the theme of nature and the human observation and interaction with it.
© all material Samantha Rose Lefrancois
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