We are in the penultimate week of our Human condition project and an idea has been slowly forming and coming together. I want to juxtapose video, animation and narration to communicate the human condition. I want to use a visual analogy of spaghetti and thread tapestries to communicate life and the human condition. I want to think of another analogy, though so that I can have a power of three. Or at least more footage. I was thinking of incorporating all of the animations I have made (See previous posts)
These animations were made in my room with the strands of spaghetti on top of a scanner. I had to use water to keep the spaghettis slimy and I moved them with tweezers. The Animation above is flipped half way through so that the strand passes through. That's the rough and ready animation style that I like in lots of films. Some animators are very precise and patient and will do everything perfectly but I honestly don't have the dedication for something like that. I never wanted to be an animator because it it takes too long. Yet here I am!
I wanted this animation to feel like little microbes or sperm. I used a lens correction filter to add a subtle chromatic abberation to look like a microscope almost. The black of the scanner could be interpreted as dirt.
I ping-ponged the animation so that it was 'seamless' also. Animators have always used little looping tricks to maximise efficiency and save time.
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