Week 8

Feeling Stuck Again

I felt fairly lost with where my essay and practical investigation are going and so I reached out again to the book - Primer of Visual Literacy. Skim reading through again, I found another topic directly relevant to my research and so I tried to remaking it in my Visual Journal. Breaking down landscape into elements - looking at its visual anatomy.

Week 7

MAF 2019 Week 

Intrigued by film itself, Gon, the little fox (2019) I started searching more about how it was made. I found these videos which reveal how they used real water on their set, rigging, water ripples etc. and many more breathtaking facts. 

Interviews with Takeshi Yashiro:

https://vimeo.com/364255822?ref=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR1JGgfUbo_B_6Hab6zrGy_1a2TybbU3DPtEfRvs2BejzGjfe6_LIznDSBQ (Accessed: 11/11/2019)

https://vimeo.com/360517247 (Accessed: 11/11/2019)

It has been a busy week otherwise and I have attended
12-14/11/2019 Manchester Animation Festival, few things relevant to the research that I carried away with me included:

Cassini, R. (2019) Animated Answers: What Makes the Perfect Showreel. 12th November, Manchester: Manchester Animation Festival 2019 - she was talking about the importance of previous experience with miniature making for candidates who want to get into the Mackinnon & Sounders.

Meeting Aardman - The making of session for Farmageddon. Talking about materials and scale of sets.

Week 6

Weekly

With the desire to explore sustainable sets, yet time running out and I still not having the clearest idea this week's tutorial was really helpful in putting me back on track.

I need to contact the practitioners in my case study as soon as possible as well as define what exactly I am exploring with sustainability.

Therefore, for the rest of the week, I focused on putting what I have researched so far into words in order to narrow down and specify the topic.

At least I have got the idea that I want to research landscapes -the countryside & underground as that will then inform my Extended Practice with the methods explored last week. Weeklys slides

Proposal

Current version of my CoP3 Proposal. I still need to reference several bits, although without it I like to think the idea of my research is clear, my case studies need a tweak. This will be looked into when writing the essay.

Week 5

Weekly Summary

This week I did further research into Yashiro, T.'s works.

It is interesting to see the difference in materials between Making of Norman the Snowman (2014) and previously looked at Gon, The Little Fox (2019)

Was this intentional change or just an influence of props on the set?

I also explored more the ideas from A Primer Of Visual Literacy and landscapes: