Project 3 concept

Concept: “reflections”

Reflection is a metaphor for looking back on one’s past, evaluating and summing up one’s work and life, to see how far they actually have come. In the context of the studio exhibition:

Reflection seeks to examine and explore the journey taken through our time at Monash, and to predict where that path may take us.

Using dreamlike imagery, I plan to create an animation that explores the metaphor of reflection. To further reinforce this concept, I plan to use actual reflections to scatter parts of the animation around the gallery space, making these reflections an extension of the animation itself. Careful planning into what parts of the animation are being reflected and where will be explored. Reflective surfaces and their properties will also be researched, so that unique and interesting patterns may be made using reflective properties.

The animation style should be dream like, like a distant memory. There will be a strong emphasis on transitional animation, for example, following a bird flying which leads us to the ground which leads us to watching flowers, the flowers take flight and take us elsewhere etc. Another example of this type of animation is Ultralove Ninja by MK12 Studios.