Final Animation

I ultimately attempted to make the entire animation run smoother. I used parenting with the goddesses wings and instead of zooming in on her, I panned her from the side. I added a few leaves falling in the background and the final leave falling in the last scene. I also changed the color scheme of the background to red and sized down the pattern. I think the end result is a lot cleaner.

write up

I changed the panning from scene to scene game plan. Once I started to to play around with the scaling, opacity and rotation, I decided to interchange the images within the same scene and fade out opacity for a softer transition. I am still strongly considering leaves falling throughout the scene. It's a rough cut and definitely needs work.

Rough Animation Cut 1

Revised Photoshop

I have recently revised my Photoshop file. I decided to split the bottom scene into 3 layers and the second scene is split into 10. This way I will be able to manipulate more of the characters.

Explanation

I chose to create a high contrast with the materials I used for this project. The silhouetted figures against a bright, textured background helped me to do so. I used a photograph of a Native American tapestry to achieve this background. Through this piece, I hope to communicate the possibilities of a rebirth or afterlife once you die. In the first scene a figure is shown lying dead, while his soul lifts from his body. The soul is then grabbed by the Goddess above and transformed for the afterlife, a tree. The conflict lies in the decision of where the soul shall end up and the resolution is reincarnation in the form of a tree. A dead man, his spirit, a Goddess and a tree make up all of the characters, although I have toyed with the idea of constant leaves falling through each scene until you reach the top and are able to see the last leaves fall off the tree, onto the ground.

Movie Critic

In the Realms of the Unreal

This film contains 2-D illustrations, live footage, narration from different ends, and animation, using After Effects. The illustrations and paintings of Henry seem to come to life, from simple panning all the way to rigorous animation layers. Transitions are smooth and clear throughout the entire documentary. Around 13 minutes into the film there is a shot of girls climbing down a wall, which led to the inspiration of the panning I am choosing to execute in my film.


The Kid Stays in the Picture

This documentary is mostly a subtle attempt of animating still Photos/Images. It does however include live footage as well.
Simple layering of image compositions created a real film effect. There seemed to be a lot of floating text, which for me is a bit distractive. The lighting throughout the film was very intense.


The Civil War and Baseball

Ken Burns films are simple documentary format. Extremely deep, mono-toned narration, along with slow panning of still photography, to create the illusion of depth, space and motion. Although most of the panning was slow, both films seemed to speed up when the topic or subject got more intense. In a weird way, the panning is very intense at times.

Story board : Scene 1 Awakened Spirit

As death comes forward, a spirit will rise. Scene will begin with slow pan from bottom to top, then connect to the second scene.

Scene 2: The Gods

The gods shall extract your soul to the afterlife. The transition from scene one to scene two will be the connection of the Goddesses arm to the top of the soul being lifted from scene one. Still a constant slow pan to the top will remain, until the second scene has connected with the third.

Scene 3 : Spirit Fly High

As the body dies, the spirit is awakened. The transition from scene two to scene three will occur through the Goddesses hair attaching to the spirits legs. The pan upwards will continue to the final scene.

Scene 4 : Reincarnation

As the spirit rises from the ground, rebirth takes its toll. In the final scene the spirit will rise into the soil, symbolizing the creation and rebirth of a new life, the tree.

Photoshop (format for story board)

I have toyed with the idea of constant leaves falling through each scene until you reach the top and the last leaves fall off the tree onto the ground. I can also easily cut out segments of the characters to allow me to manipulate each one differently.