Design

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drawn from http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/conceptual-art/sol-lewitt-and-instruction-based-art

My interpretation of Sol LeWitt's instructions on the page above. This consists of a large square divided into a 20x20 grid, with either a cross, a diagonal line or nothing drawn in each grid square. If I was doing this for Sol LeWitt I would have clarified whether I should draw the grid or not. I originally intended to draw it but decided that it would be more aesthetically pleasing without.

(Out of curiosity I wrote a 17-line Processing script in 5 minutes which outputs the same thing as this half-hour drawing)

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drawn from http://www.atariarchives.org/artist/sec11.php

This was the hardest to draw since the instructions are the most vague. Basically this started off with simple geometric shapes, which I progressively transformed to be unrecognisable. This shows my final image along with two previous iterations.

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drawn from http://www.atariarchives.org/artist/sec16.php

This image consists of multiple partitions, each with one diagonal element and multiple rectangular ones, arranged in particular ratios, then coloured according to certain rules.

I found this a little confusing because the webpage didn't seem to include all the rules - the low-res, unreadable image at the bottom of the page actually seemed more comprehensive and easier to understand. For example, I was unclear whether the matrix inside each partition had to be 5x5, and although it was clear from the drawing that under certain circumstances two diagonal elements could be placed in one partition it was unclear what those circumstances were.

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My own zentangle designs, although I'm still not sure what the definition of a zentangle is ...

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Five zentangles - drawn from the instructions on this Pinterest board.

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Target changes for final clip

I probably should have put this up before starting work on the final clip (or at least before uploading it ...), but this is the list of changes I was working from while progressing from my progress check to the final clip.

Animate characters (obviously there was a lot to this - my ideas about what exactly to do changed a lot over the course of the project)

Mock up sweatshop and take photos in a school

Make a soundtrack that isn't distracting and annoying (I decided to go for something more somber, since fast ticking got on my nerves however I tried to use it)

(Suggestion from tutor) Make sure none of the text is misleading (since it's a 24-hour challenge, 'try working 13 hours' isn't the best wording ...)

(Suggestion from tutor, carried over from sample clip) Be careful about the scale of characters - try to have an accurate child size

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PROJECT THREE - FINAL CLIP

Phew. Finally. I attempted to upload it to YouTube as well but it didn't work ... hopefully it's viewable on here

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The final soundtrack for my clip - guitar composed and recorded by me plus a CC0 ticking sound. I wanted to have a less frantic (and annoying) accompaniment than in my progress clip. The sliding notes correspond to time speeding up, so although the ticking remains constant there is still a solid link between the audio and video.

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PROJECT THREE - PROGRESS CHECK

My progress so far - I'm doing a top-down approach so the whole clip is very rough (with some placeholder backgrounds I haven't managed to photograph yet, in greyscale)

It's also online at http://youtu.be/MfucGYNx-jM in case the player above doesn't work (which has been known to happen ...)

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PROJECT THREE - STORYBOARD

Actual final storyboard this time

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PROJECT THREE - CRITIQUE OF ME

By joshuanormanngasson:

Jonos approach to the stop-motion project is very interesting. The way he has decided to use a combination of paint and photographs. This is really quite visually appealing. Which is important for any advertisement to grab your attention with in the first 5 seconds. One negative thing about his stop-motion thus far would be the size of the painted person in comparison to the photo background. The Pained person is too large making it look like the person is really an adult not a child/teenager. Jonos final storyboard is looking really sharp and clear; it’s easily comprehendible which is so important. Especially when in a real world situation, when you’re trying to sell your idea to a client. If they can not understand it there goes your job. He has also listened to past advice, by using pen on his final story board to increase clarity. In contrast to his first story board which was done in pencil and was a little difficult to read and comprehend. Jono also designed a timeline for his stop-motion this is a great way of nutting out the length of each scene especially if your trying to convey a lot of information in the short space of 40 to 60 seconds.

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PROJECT THREE - CRITIQUE

My critique of Joshua Normann-Gasson's work to date

aThis is a storyboard and sample animation for the Caritas Challenge, an event organised by a worldwide charity to raise money for children living with poverty and injustice. The client has requested a 40-60 second promotional video to be shown to school children and youth groups.

Joshua’s approach to the clip is to do a watercolour stop-motion. I find this a very interesting idea with potentially amazing results, although I think it would take a long time to bring it to its full potential. The sample clip flips through the same logo painted in four different colours. I think this is an interesting and unique treatment and possibly a good way to make a satisfying conclusion to the clip, if each challenge is done focusing on one of the four colours.

The storyboard started off fairly rough and in some frames it was hard to see what was happening – after my initial feedback it has benefited a lot from more description of what’s in each scene as well as clearer and more definite pictures. The treatment of the storyboard is very cool – the frames are drawn onto a half-open book with two frames of the New Zealand story beside each frame of the African story. This effectively communicates the split-screen view Joshua will use, while still enabling more detail to be shown of the New Zealand story (since it’s clearly less straightforward). Doing the storyboard in a book (“…showing just another simple item that we as a first world country take for granted”) is unnecessary in my opinion, but it’s still an interesting idea and certainly something that would catch the client’s attention. A minor disadvantage of this method (in my opinion) is that the description of each frame is at the bottom of the paper rather than beside the frame. For me this makes the storyboard slightly harder to follow – I think this would have worked better with larger pages on the 'book' that could contain the description as well.

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Semifinal storyboard

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PROJECT THREE - SNAPSHOT

A short snapshot of my progress - The walking animation still isn't right and I might not end up even doing this style, but it's something concrete at least.

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A rough timeline of how this clip will play out - actual time on top, in-clip time on bottom.

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Some thoughts on how to go about this movie plus an initial character design in Photoshop and Fresh Paint respectively (testing out what the "chalk" brushes are like in each program ...)

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Arifa is a garment worker in Bangladesh. She sews clothes primarily for Wal-Mart, but her factory takes contracts from other brands as well. Arifa is a member of the National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF), a Bangladeshi union that War on Want has supported for 10 years.

She started off earning 100 taka a month - under $5