Well, here it is, my finished thesis!
At SVA, everyone graduating has to complete a thesis. As Computer Art majors, we started the process at the beginning of our junior year.
From the beginning, I knew I wanted to have my thesis about dreams and lucid dreaming. (The subject has always fascinated me. My AP Art portfolio in high school was also about dreams!) Coming up with a story, however, was hard. I wanted to make it about my own dreams, so it started out as someone just traveling through all these random dreams. After coming up with concept art and storyboarding it all out, I realized that it was just too long and confusing.
So, I picked out one of my favorite dreams, where I'm flying, and transform into a hawk. It needed some sort of storyline, so I incorporated another dream where I "wake up" and fly out my bedroom window.
The rest of junior year was spent tweaking storyboards and making production schedules. At this point, I knew that I wanted to use the Waking Life rotoscope…
Well, here it is, my finished thesis!
At SVA, everyone graduating has to complete a thesis. As Computer Art majors, we started the process at the beginning of our junior year.
From the beginning, I knew I wanted to have my thesis about dreams and lucid dreaming. (The subject has always fascinated me. My AP Art portfolio in high school was also about dreams!) Coming up with a story, however, was hard. I wanted to make it about my own dreams, so it started out as someone just traveling through all these random dreams. After coming up with concept art and storyboarding it all out, I realized that it was just too long and confusing.
So, I picked out one of my favorite dreams, where I'm flying, and transform into a hawk. It needed some sort of storyline, so I incorporated another dream where I "wake up" and fly out my bedroom window.
The rest of junior year was spent tweaking storyboards and making production schedules. At this point, I knew that I wanted to use the Waking Life rotoscope…
My Masters of Digital Media major work. Although it is open for interpretation, the work represents the intertwining life cycle of a $10 bill and a male. The bill returns to the male at different stages of his life to show how he reacts to money. Although the character realises that there is more to life than money towards the end, the character is actually in an endless and inescapable cycle, as he shows his son (which really is himself) how to plant a money tree.
Music: Broken Social Scene - Pitter Patter Goes my Heart
This is a small portion of the rotoscoping I did for my major work while studying at the Collage of Fine Arts Paddington. In total there was about 2 minutes of this style of animation, which took my friend, Conrad Ramakers, and I 3 weeks of 2 hours a day to complete.
A 2 minute animation follows Dan Levy (host MTV live) on a trippy run through downtown Toronto. We rotoscoped and hand painted over 1200 frames over a 3 week period and the final result was well worth the effort.
Trabajo de animación para clase de Diseño por Ordenador (Escola Llotja de Barcelona). Creado en Flash CS4 con la técnica de la rotoscopia.
Animation work for Computer Design Class (Llotja School of Barcelona). Created in Flash CS4 with the tecnique of rotoscope.
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