P R I N T E D P I C U T R E P R O D U C T I O N
I INTEND TO PRODUCE…
A series of 4, 2 colour, A3 screen printed images based on my interpretations of selected pieces of writing and descriptions from the Haruki Murakami novel 'Hard Boiled Wonderland & The end of the World', and also reoccurring themes that run through out Murakami's books.
The colours (at the moment) will be Black on all all 4 prints with 4 different colours on each print. (e.g.: black/orange, black/pink, black/blue, black/metalic grey) Will depend on the final look and content of each finished image.
THE CONTENT WILL FOCUS ON (identify 3 specific themes, texts or concepts)
1. Surrealism - not being worried about things looking as they should
2. My distorted depictions of characters or events from the book.
3. A 'golden beast'/ unicorn skull features in both parts of the story, so will be featured somewhere in all of the series of prints, some less prominently than in others.
I WILL BE AIMING TO COMMUNICATE (identify 3 specific messages, ideas, moods etc)
1. Otherworldness - the prints will feature a collection of weird looking elements and compositions.
2. Confusion - a feeling felt by for the majority of the story by both of the two lead 'narrator' characters.
3. Deterioration - The prints will all have a certain amount of distressed textures and paint effects on them, certainly around the edges, which is a sort of metaphor the the world starting to fall apart from the outside.
TO AUDIENCE OF…
1. People unfamiliar with Murakmi's work.
2. People unfamiliar with Murakami's work
3. Anyone appreciates visual metaphors with a touch of surrealism about them.
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M O V I N G P I C U T R E P R O D U C T I O N
Now, as i haven't yet produced any imagery that I've settled on & want to pursue into the final production stages, getting started on the animation sting stage of the project has been done purely in my head & storyboard of how i imagine i want it to look and move.
Also,looking at lots existing examples (on vimeo etc),and browsing through a few of the Year 6 efforts from last year has helped me visualise why can be achieved.
Feeling comfortable with the Photoshop/Illustrator connections to After Effects i'll be tackling this once the printing side of things are done & dusted. As i think leaving the screen printing until near the deadline would put more pressure on me rather than having to suss out any issues concerned with my animated work. If i aim to have the printing (or the majority) done before i leave for home over xmas (I'm not going home straight away, so will hopefully have a nice quiet week in the printing studio to capitalise on?!).
I INTEND TO PRODUCE…
A 15 second animated sting, using Adobe After Effects based on my interpretations of writing and characters featured in the Haruki Murakami novel 'Hard Boiled Wonderland & The end of the World', other reoccurring themes from Murakami's work.
It will focus more on the panning, zooming, rotating rather than "animating" what I've drawn as such. Subtle movements will be included as the sting takes a 'journey/adventure' around the elements i've drawn from all 4 screen printed pieces.
Now, i don't want my visions to become too grand, as i realise I've very little experience with actually using After Effects, but if get my 'nerd-on' and do plenty of private study time using online tutorials then i may work out how to get some smashed glass or cracking,crumbling earth type effects going on. But again, i don't want to get too carried away with what's desirable and what's realistically achievable at this stage. As long as i keep a consistent feel between this and the printed work i produce then that'l be a success.
However, "you musn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling "...
1. Hidden meanings.
2. As with the prints (as the sting is just an amalgamation of those), Surrealism.
3. Mystery - ie: what the hell is going on here?! A feeling that often came to mind when reading this book.
I WILL BE AIMING TO COMMUNICATE (identify 3 specific messages, ideas, moods etc)
1. Adventure - as the 'camera' moves from illustration to illustration, giving the viewer little snippets of them all.
2. Confusion - as (to the uninitiated) these pieces are full of (seemingly) random and mashed together people & creatures. Its also something the characters in the novel commonly feel.
3.
TO AUDIENCE OF…
1. People unfamiliar with Murakmi's work.
2. People unfamiliar with Murakami's work (this book inpartucular).
3. Anyone appreciates visual metaphors with a touch of surrealism about them. Plus there aren't a whole lot of animations based on this guys work, that I've come across.
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