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Final Post - Semester 2.5 [May 12th] As I bid my honours project portfolio goodbye, I share with you the journal of all my meetings with Brian this year. While they haven't been numerous by the average standard, they have all been incredibly useful and I've appreciated his input every step of the way. Without that little bit of guidance, I wouldn't have found the clarity I lacked when I began this journey. It's been fun,  God Bless. 

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Poster Concepts - Semester 2.5 [May 12th]  These are probably going to be the only concept work I get to showcase regarding posters for the animation, seeing as the deadline is today!  I created these posters yesterday once I had uploaded the finished animation.  In true auteur vein, I felt inspired by Alfred Hitchcock inspired posters as well as Stanley Kubrick inspired posters. Both are notable film auteurs which I have mentioned before and yet both seem to inspire minimalistic poster designs. My eye was drawn to the simplicity of the work, so I adapted this format for my colour scheme and content.  I was particularly taken with the 'No Country for Old men' poster I found, as I felt it captured the film brilliantly through the replication of key figures and key scenes. I decided to follow suit and recreated an iconic scene from my own animation in a minimalistic way.  Unfortunately, I feel like the design varies too far from the design of the animation. While this isn't a problem for live action films, where the viewer knows to expect reality, with an animation this could be misleading.  I will have to develop the poster further, potentially reincorporating the aesthetics developed in the animation, although I feel they are too detailed for poster and advertising format. 

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THE FINAL PIECE - Semester 2.5 [May 11th] Finishing just in time for submission, here is the final animation for my honours year project. I recommend that on first viewing you turn off annotations in order to try and understand the theme and message for yourself.  However, after that feel free to turn on the annotations for a biblical background into the message being conveyed.  Personal Evaluation Now that all is said and done, I think I can honestly say that I am pleased with my final piece. The pipeline that I established for creating an auteurist orthodox animation really saved aided me a great deal during the final stages of production as I was able to depend on the framework to adapt to time constraints. With that in mind, I still managed to convey the theme and message that was on my heart. I truly believe that I, and the message, are present in every ounce of this animation. The visuals connect on a deep level with me personally, as part of my past and my identity. To me, there is no greater story to tell and no better way I could tell it.  Against my framework, I am pleased with the method acting used in this piece, thrilled by the success of the archetypal story beats and in awe of the range of motion techniques that bring the aesthetics to life. I would potentially have appreciated more research in the aesthetic department as I believe the visuals could've been slightly more refined in certain depictions of motion. Sometimes I had to prioritise the animation style over the aesthetic style rather than blending the two fluidly.  On those grounds, the animation has been a great success and considering that the animation itself was produced in a little over a month, I believe I have proven that auteurist orthodox animations are a viable method of self-expression. However, it could be said its success really depends on the audience and what they make of this animation. I believe it is impossible to truly assess this factor but by way of future development,  I will log all feedback I receive in order to see what could've been improved to achieve better clarity of the key theme. Thank you for your patience and God Bless.

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'The Making of Gravestone' Booklet Part 3 - Semester 2.5 [May 5th] This post follows on from again from the last and showcases the missing two pages from the other posts.

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'The Making of Gravestone' Booklet Part 2 - Semester 2.5 [May 5th] This post follows on from the last and showcases the next set of pages in the booklet I created for My Honours Project Portfolio. (excluding the animatic page spread due to restrictions)

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'The Making of Gravestone' Booklet - Semester 2.5 [5th May] Shown above are the first 10 pages of the book I created for my Honours Project Portfolio, with the advantage of also potentially using it as showcase material during the exposition.  The purpose of the booklet was to follow and explain the process I went through to create the final animation. I hope that through reading it, people will come to understand better who I am as an auteur and how that can be seen in my film. It's hard to create a presence in one film as opposed to a collection, but I explain how in each part of the pipeline I try to add my sense of self.  The book arrived today and is looking rather sharp. I'm considering creating a similar book but exclusively for Art, rather than detailing the production process. I used the same template I had been using for creating the animation itself, but slightly edited to fit the required dimensions. This way I hoped to form a unity between the book and the animation.