This collaborative project developed around the idea of David Greenberger monologue ‘Snakes’. The principle concept was divided and then articulated based around various styles and how that can be achieved in context. Some members of our group explored gifs and landscapes. I attempted to create a short animation of type.
Background
David Greenberger
Click on link below for the first rough cut
Rough Cut
Hummingbird
In addition to the sequences of type I also complied a sort animated piece of a hummingbird that could be used during the monologue as part of the visualisation of narration.
Collabe
The following are pieces that were emailed for later discussion.
Further to the work I attempted digital collages, again to be used with the dialogue. Timing the work to the speech patterns of Snakes was an real challenge. There are sections that are slightly out of time. This was very frustrating. Each piece was then edited to both George and John for editing. There were issues regarding communication and time management which did impact on this project.
Edited Work
Trees
Rough Cut
Final Cut
Critical Analysis
The introduction to utilising our environment and therefore structuring a narrative was really a frustrating process. Using key elements of the dialogue, once edited, built a more semantic short film relying on these components to propel the narrative which seemed hectic and disjointed. Visually I think my animation is scrappy and underdeveloped however it does convey the general idea. Developing technically the ideas needed to be more coherent. The overall composition was still not completed by the time of the final crit. In the presentation another version had been shown that had further edited my work out of the film, which was with out my knowledge. This was a very steep learning curve and was an extremely challenging project.