Notes for Arefact

The Mummy Jonathan

Pantomime consists of actors and actresses overacting because the audience is at a distance, shuttle movements would be lost in such a big theatre which is in great contrast to the movies where the actors would be expected to create shuttle movements as everything is much more noticeable on the big screen. The piece I have created lies between the movies and pantomime because when a piece is converted into a 3d animated sequence often movement which would be noticeable in the a film don’t relay the same message onto the audience in the same way so by adding just a touch of exaggeration we can improve the narrative of the piece.

Two versions of this piece where created the first piece was to replicate the original movements taken from the film.

 with the intent of seeing how exaggerating and changing the original scenes movements slightly.

The second piece worked much better for an animated sequence and even though there were aspects of over exaggeration this complemented the narrative of the piece. Because a real person can express emotions in such an amazing way from the way we breath, sweat, panic, cry etc.. we can only keep going until we achieve the most effect result. 

Normally when concentrating on an animation lighting would be left out in these types of test however because in the original scene lighting is used to cover aspects of the setting this piece would have benefited narratively from the dark shadows which should have been casted. This links to what I have learned previously about making everything simple “Spell it Out”  (what is the readability like of the scene)

When a piece is transformed from realistic footage into an animated sequence as I have demonstrated, the sequence is completely out of context so by making shuttle changes to the setting will complement the narrative. This will allow the audience to be able to enjoy a piece even if it is taken away from the original context.

This arefact has taught me that allowances have to be made when converting real life characters into animated ones.

There were also many aspects of the piece that could have been improved in response to the feedback received

In feedback talks it was suggested that by animating the piece just through the reference of the audio this might give a much better narrative.

“Timing is more Important then spacing” r Williams p.314

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