proto type 2 & Final animation

final animation :

final piece props

                                                                              

i wasnt too keep with the whole cogs idea at the beginning because i thought it was a bit random to the sequence and rest of story so i will skip that bit and get straight to the next stage of the story..
 also as the ending of a random apple appearing in the sky..
So i drew out some sketches of my windmill and tested out some colour palettes and styles and use corrugated card for raised characters but that will truly progress when i 'make' them to see where it leads me..

As i have found it difficult to use after effects i am going to use cell motion.. to make it a bit easier i am going to do my production in scene by scene.

Here are some sketches through my understanding of development and props i am going to use to make my clip

 

1st prototype of begining of my clip

this was done by me taking my own photographs of my quick drawn prop.
Improvments : try using some sort of camera stand n pure daylight, no flash, more fluid and emphasis of rotating cogs.

story board ideas

water colour & cut out the props/characters - mix media, flat surface.
circles - never ending; repeated pattern/object ( things pull out of each other ).

lots of different kinds of ..

1. cogs
2. spinning wheels
3. wheels

1. carnival balloons
2. earth
3. apples (pebble ripple in stream type

1. (different key rubbings) - leaves
2. kites
3. summer abstracted
4. drums

1. Cogs x 8/10 turning or multiplying - different colours and texture
2. then mutate into spinning wheel - in common is spokes
3. continue into wheels again x 6/8 *
4. stripes of balloons common to spokes  to 1 into earth- lots of pattern - psychedelic 
5. turn to apple colours x 6 --> 1
6. drops into a stream causing ripples

* (  or, windmill - balloon comes out..cloud turns into apple )

1. (leaf floating in water)
2. different leaves / foliage texture pattern shape (grow)
3. 1 grows into diamante leaf into kite
4. kite float away to join more - move around sky
5. kites smudge into summer sky - blue/pink--> orange etc

thoughts and notes

Round like a circle in a spiral.
like a wheel within a wheel.
never ending on begninning.
on an ever-spinning reel.
or a cranival balloon
and the world is like an apple
whirling in space.

In a half forgotten dream

like the rippels from a pebble

someone tosses into a stream.

keys that jingle in your pocket

words that jangle in your head.

Why did summer go so quickly?

was it something i said?

was the sound of distant drumming

just the fingers of your hand?

that autumn leaves were turning

to the colour of her hair...

•  water colour & cut-out - mix media, flat surface
• circles never ending - repeated patter/object (things pull out of each other.
• lots of different kinds of wheels/clogs, spinnign wheel
• carnival balloons, apples, earth, pebble ripple in stream
• (different kinds of key rubbings), summer abstracted painted
• kites, drums, leaves

im very attracted to the idea of using water colours so i researched some water colour illustrators but as for now am unsure what media to use in my final design..

Stina Persson:

 cut paper:

across the sky...

float away...

paper thin...

mood board

wind

water

falling; raindrops

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falling

falling petals

the music also reminds me of some old guy smoking while playing the cello in a dark bar, coincidentally 

music notes because i could imagine them transforming from the old mans smoke and beard 

nigh time or twilight relating to looking up with a telescope looking at  something sinister

or even a sunset/dawn is quite interesting especially clouds as transformation

growth

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