Future Memories and the Alchemy of Animation

As an introduction into animation we were shown various animations by inspiring artists, a piece which caught my attention was titled Dimensions of dialog by Jan Svankmajer. This animation was brilliant, as it was though you where able to see evolution evolving. Although there were no words being spoken the sounds within the objects moving, or music played within the background completed the piece. No narration was needed as by listening to the sound, this enabled me to understand the concept of what was being portrayed. Another animation which intrigued me was Procrastination by Johnny Kelly, I could relate to this animation in so many ways which is the reason I found it both humorous and brilliant all together. As the piece was simple and not complicated, the simplicity made it that more visually pleasing, less is more. The transitions between each scene was cleverly done, each scene flowed into the next becoming part of each other. For the purpose of carrying out a group task in creating a final 30 second animation, I was assigned a group to be working with through out this stage. We had then practised sketching and creating storyboards of animations, working together in making group decisions in preparation for the final outcome. I was rather excited to be carrying out this task of creating an Animation as I have previously worked in animation before but not in the way of drawing by hand, only through working with software.