Madison Vale

Reading and Writing

Chapter 11 of Animated Storytelling, Show & Tell, highlights the importance of sharing animation projects effectively. Liz Blazer advises packaging work professionally with a strong title, compelling visuals, and a concise synopsis. She stresses finding the right audience, networking with peers, and consistently sharing work to build a loyal following. The key to success is persistence – continuing to create, experiment, and engage with animation.

Overall, I ‘ve learned quite a lot throughout this course! I’ve always really loved motion design, and took Motion I and II in my undergrad so I was excited to expand my knowledge. I actually found it really helpful that I was forced to go back to some of the basics because i was able to brush up on my skills and really refine my knowledge of the programs we were using. I was also introduced to some new techniques and tools that have helped me create more advanced pieces and I’m excited to take what I’ve learned and continue creating.

Research to Inform

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFqW7JKJYOE

This was the first time I had come across mixed media animation, and immediately thought it was so cool.

I decided to take a deeper dive into what could be done using mixed media animation, since it’s such a mix of stop motion, animation, and other techniques.

Ed Sheeran has always got some pretty cool motion within his videos. Especially this one about Shape of You that was posted by the New York Times. I frequent this video because it is just so good, and there is so much in it to take inspiration from.

Create

This was a really fun project to complete! I’ve been so inspired by the song “Franklin House” by Brenn! and the multi media animations I’ve been coming across since watching the first one that I references in my research. I will say, it took a LOT of time since I had to reduce the video down to 10 fps, then put them in a grid, print them all out (108), draw on them, scan them back in, and then edit them back together in photoshop (just like you would a stop motion piece) Because of that, I did add a little bit of an extra intro where I learned how to get video to overlap text by using the Color Key tool in Premier.