audio key framing

in this project i'm experimenting with imagery relating to mass communication of religious ideas. the isolated segment of telephone poles panning by signifies the transmission of a message that starts from nothing and goes nowhere. the dialog audio clip i found on the freesound website seemed to fit nicely with this concept. the red at the top is meant to be seen as an interference of some kind.

puppet tool vs. parenting

i think the puppet tool is pretty great, and i wouldn't consider it "cheating" at all. however, i think that the way in which an object has been set up to be animated and how it is meant to look when it moves will determine which method will work best. for example, it seems like there would definitely be some drawbacks to using the puppet tool if you were wanting to animate a robot standing at a three quarter view since the movements would need to be very mechanical and also the silhouette or outline of the robot would not represent its actual shape and form; the puppet tool mesh appears to be geared mostly toward creating believable movement only to objects presented at a full frontal, side, or back view.

layering an image and then forming a parenting structure takes more time to set up of course, but i think this method allows for more precise control overall.

i think that using both methods together would generate the best results in most cases.

character

4 words

milk jug herd addict fear lost void infinity panic anxiety crowd fate continuous cyclical garden fairies boeing aircraft conquest greed wafer paper plate shroud guilt booth curtain screen counseling piggy back wrestle fondle tickle touch discharge unanswered magic miracle stigmata bleeding hallucinate repent worthless absent violence chains grip death holiness paladin healing consecration divine baptize sinner cleanse slap podium alter book acolyte bearer pilot splinter trap monkey playground community chalice holy grail eternal lava nightmare cloud kingdom thorny poke guts lol lucifer promise trumpet

conquest
paladin
fondle
hallucinate

During the year long conquest of his neighboring town, Paul the paladin experimented with many drugs, leading him under a state of hallucination into several more villages where many reports were made by peasants and commoners that Paul had fondled them inappropriately.

project 1 - brainstorm and proposal

what do i want to make work about this semester? what is important to me?

one topic i could definitely make art about for the rest of my life is religion. i grow more and more frustrated with it every day, wondering why it still has such a tremendous impact on our society in an otherwise very modern world. religion is nothing short of problematic to the progression of the human race and our culture in almost every way.

but what can i say about it that hasn't been said already? or maybe what can i do about it that hasn't been done? is it necessary that i be so completely original with my art in regards to this particular struggle? or will repeating the same message that others have just a little differently help it to suddenly get through to the masses one day?

the message of course being that god is imaginary.

1. Make a list of at least 20 similiar or related words or ideas.

control, religion, government, fear, god, heaven, hell, confession, guilt, sin, "saved", morality, war, lies, territoriality, race, class, gender, propaganda, greed, being judgmental

2. Make a list of at least 20 opposite ideas or words.

empathy, science, logic, selflessness, personal accountability,

*add sketchbook notes from initial idea feedback here*

3. Thumbnail sketch at least 20 visual metaphors for your topic.
4. Thumbnail sketch at least 20 contrasting visual metaphors.
(** completed in sketchbook. will scan in later **)

5. You must now go to the library and find at least 6 sources that
somehow relate to your topic.

books:
francis s. collins - the language of god: a scientist presents evidence for belief
norman l. geisler and Frank Turek - i don't have enough faith to be an atheist
lee strobel - the case for christ
the lion encyclopedia of the bible, edited by pat alexander
friedrich nietzsche - the birth of tragedy, beyond good and evil, the genealogy of morals
richard dawkins - the god delusion

links:
http://www.biblegateway.com/
http://godisimaginary.com/
http://www.silk.net/RelEd/
http://listverse.com/bizarre/10-weird-religious-practices/
http://www.studylight.org/his/ad/hcc/
http://pewforum.org/religion08/
http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://www.jeffcohenstudio.com/bagoftoast/comic.cgi?comic=71

6. Write a proposal describing your idea and post to your blog.

project 1 proposal:

[animated short]
comment on the self-destructive nature of religious customs & tradition through the following example

- the common communion cup spreads herpes simplex 1

storyboard:

line of people receiving communion in a church
visuals are very rhythmic. you see a closeup of mouths switching back and forth between the wine duty communion assistant and each recipient, then a white cloth sweeps across the rim of a golden chalice.

audio on loop:

"the blood of christ."
"amen."
*wipe chalice*

"the blood of christ."
"amen."
*wipe chalice*

etc..

then, without any change in tone of voice, the audio becomes:

"the blood of christ."
"HSV."
*wipe chalice*

"the blood of christ."
"HSV."
*wipe chalice*

"the blood of christ."
"HSV."
*wipe chalice*

ect...

the end