Check out "Gregor" on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/165597259
Although it is quite different from what I had originally imagined, I am happy with the result of my efforts. Sometimes it is better to let the medium take over and allow room for change. This way both the project and the idea can develop and evolve. This is a lesson I have struggled with this semester in both my Digital Art and Sculpture classes, but I think I'm starting to get it. After Effects has been a lot of fun, especially now that I am more familiar with the software.
Friday, May 6, 2016
Gregor's Final Moments
So close to finished! I have one "scene" left. I have just knocked off Gregor's head with a clipart apple. Once his head rejoins the rest of himself and the apple rolls away, a violin will begin playing, just as it does in the book. (In the book, Gregor is also seriously wounded by an apple tossed from his father, though it lodges in his back and not his face).
Gregor's sister's violin playing precedes Gregor death the next day. The music has a profound impact on him, and is perhaps the culmination of of his new-found humanity within his cockroach body. No way could I leave out this important theme! The apple was mostly for fun--that's my favorite part of the video so far--but this is for symbolic significance.
Gregor's sister's violin playing precedes Gregor death the next day. The music has a profound impact on him, and is perhaps the culmination of of his new-found humanity within his cockroach body. No way could I leave out this important theme! The apple was mostly for fun--that's my favorite part of the video so far--but this is for symbolic significance.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Gregor's World
Having so much fun playing with effects in Adobe After Effects; there are so many! For a while I definitely got lost in all the cool and strange built-in animations to place on objects, but I have returned somewhat to a place of sanity.
I've been watching some of Monty Python's Flying Circus lately and I have no doubt that Terry Gilliam's animations and the general tone of the show have continued to inform my work. Of course, it does help that Kafka's stories reside somewhat in that realm of the strange and unidentifiable, and the medium I have selected of a sort of digital cut paper surely contributes as well.
For a while I had stalled on this project. My excitement dwindled as my original idea faded and I became less excited about the software. Now that I have re-established a direction, I am in a much better place and in fact almost finished!
I've been watching some of Monty Python's Flying Circus lately and I have no doubt that Terry Gilliam's animations and the general tone of the show have continued to inform my work. Of course, it does help that Kafka's stories reside somewhat in that realm of the strange and unidentifiable, and the medium I have selected of a sort of digital cut paper surely contributes as well.
For a while I had stalled on this project. My excitement dwindled as my original idea faded and I became less excited about the software. Now that I have re-established a direction, I am in a much better place and in fact almost finished!
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