Unfriendly Power House

My short animation involves fantasy and science. The article in the Metro Newspaper ‘Frankenstein Furniture’ stimulated my interest because it was linked to everyday life. Household furniture and energy / electricity are now part of our everyday lives. Also new sources of energy are being sought because of the demand for it is increasing in the world around us.

Unfriendly Power House, Eco Unfriendly House

The Misunderstood boy with Autism

I’m creating an animation called the misunderstood boy who has a disability-autism. Before I chose this topic I brainstormed and draw a mind map. I then began my research. During my research I looked at several videos in order to develop an idea for my animation. I looked at animations created by students from UCA e.g. one that portrayed a man who was obsessed with Mickey Mouse. I watched Careful, which is about a 7 year old girl who was sent on a mission to post a letter by her controlling mother. Also I looked at the Procrastination (Tales of Mere Existence series), which is about a character dialoging about getting his work done and aspects of life that has been described as hilarious. I then watched Mousecape, which is about being misunderstood and the thought then came to me to develop my animation about being misunderstood.

I chose this idea because it’s an opportunity to show and prove to the audience that meeting people who are acting weird and silly should not be judged in a discriminatory manner before understanding the reason for their actions. I have autism (disability) and I have personal experiences about being misunderstood. I used myself as a character telling a story about being born with autism and having problems and making mistakes before people understood and offered help and support.

Lip Sync Technique

In Tuesday's animation workshop I was working on 'Lip Sync' Technique with Naomi. We chose soundtrack 2 which is the second scene in the animation above of a character with tiger eyebrows and funny eyes and mouth. 

My first animation- The Aeroplane Crash

This is the first animation I've made, it's about an aeroplane crash. I used I Stop Motion and did lots of drawing and planning in my storyboard. I think it was a interesting idea about Phobias. It did turn out the way I planned it and I'm pleased with it.

The problems I had was trying to get the running and walking movement right. I looked at pictures in books, on the internet and also people in real life, then tried to figure out which camera angles I should use. 

On the scene when the girl was running away from the burning plane I made a mistake with the camera as you can see the peg bar, but on the big screen you can not see it. Sorry about that.