RSA- Moving Pictures Brief: Research (small responsive brief)

My deliverable will be a stop motion animation I plan to illustrate by hand, this will accompany one of two sound clips, I chose the first as I feel the topics resonate most with me. The content is explained below along with the clip, the first time I heard this it clicked with me and I knew I could get truly passionate about this brief as I've previously studied and made art and literature surrounding Feminism, the implication of women feeling inadequate will also tie in with my research and interest in mental health and gender psychology.

 

The clip is 1 minute long and the aim is to create something that challenges conventions, "how does your solution benefit society" I aim to tackle this feminist and mental health perspective head on and illustrations I want to be an abstract way of delving into this topic, hopefully keeping the viewers attention as the illustrations won't be photo realistic, more abstract representations which will demonstrate emotions surrounding the context. As Dufu urges women to embrace their imperfections, I will illustrate her narrative with less than perfect drawings, highlighting a reflection of women's perspective of themselves. 

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Research 

Considering different mediums of animation, I looked at Guldies videos and was inspired by the intricacy of their stop motion animation techniques. They're able to have blobs of Fimo suspended using wire he edits out afterwards, using meticulous precision the video is incredibly smooth.

While this seemed like a challenge, I wanted to further broaden my skills in hand-drawn animation as I feel I've lost touch with illustration recently, not remembering the last time I undertook a drawing project. I have previously done a small hand-drawn animation when in my foundation year which recieved great humoured response. This is in response to 'The Discovery Of Bacteria':

LBM (Little Bacteria Man)

http://aligray1.wixsite.com/portfolio/single-post/2016/02/15/LBM-Little-Bacteria-Man-in-The-Discovery-Of-Bacteria

I'd love to elaborate on this practice but maintain the same quirky disjointed style, My drawings are messy, not completely fluid, the animation itself has different frame sizes in LBM which I'd obviously like to rectify for this animation so it's more professional. However I aim to maintain the scruffy handmade feel with not so precise accuracy of illustrations, minor things like different shading angels but covering the same area so it's not so obvious but aiding the overall imperfection as I admired this quality from my previous attempt and feel it hones in on my individual style.

I've started to consider the fluidity of my animation, having only done a very shaky 5 second long animation before I'd like to challenge myself using a hand drawn medium, for the full minute.

I would have to draw up to 900 frames if I wanted 15 fps:

Looking at hand-drawn animation videos I found the charming work of Malcom Sutherland:

UMBRA (Animated short - HD - 2010, Malcolm Sutherland)

The Tourists- Malcom Sutherland

I've asked how many fps this animator uses and await response. I love his simplistic style with complex concepts behind each surreal experience. The subtle use of colour works really well and makes me consider wether I want my animations in full colour, with a hint like Sutherland's or just have them in black and white, placing emphasis on the conceptual message.