'SOUTHPARK' INFLUENCE
I am going to produce a flash animation for my assessed coursework and have been analyzing a number of cartoons and animations which could inspire and give me ideas for for my project. Including Family Guy, The Simpsons, Studio Ghibli Productions, Southpark and Monty Python Animations.
I focused on the animated comedy series, South Park. I was drawn to the visual style and the simplicity of the animation. The use of bold simple colours and 2-dimensional animation is a contrast to the sophistication of the narrative. The creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker were influenced by stop motion cut-out animation used in Monty Python's Flying Circus which explains the simplicity of the animation.
I also studied family guy in detail. I was heavily influenced by the facial features of each character and hope to emulate the visual comedy it creates.
AUDIENCE
The facial expressions used in southpark and Family guy covey real emotion and provide physical comedy to the audience which is what i want to also illustrate. In class we looked into formalism and realism, and I believe my idea involves both these genres. My Idea is influenced by the formalism genre however the production will be un-complicated displaying hints of the realism genre.
I hope the audience of my film should take my animation as a break from reality almost like a dream of some sort. My film is a simple idea and doesn't rely on the audience to interpret it for themselves.
FLASH PRODUCTION
I am exploring many techniques in flash, in my preproduction i hope to create a car traveling down a road, a simple idea however flash does restrict you and i aim to create a simplistic and clean cut production. To create a dreamy supernatural atmosphere i will insert a shape tween to the whole animation which slightly distorts the image. I will use contrasting colours so the audience will be able to identify what is reality and dream. I will apply a greyscale to reality and vibrant bold colours to the dream.
2 comments:
This is a good start and includes useful detail about the influence on the South Park figures, which in turn you have found influential. You will need to add to this substantially in January as you have already mentioned a range of other ideas to me. If you were to add bullet points to this draft, or make notes about other ideas as you went along that might help you to complete this thoroughly.
Build on this starting point by addressing:
1 what techniques you intend to explore in Flash
2 how you intend to create the settings
3 what sound layers you plan to use and what effect you are hoping to achieve through this
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