Flash Project

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Animation Practice

In our first practice session we looked at the module brief and started to get an idea of how to use Adobe After Effects. One part of our brief is to create a My street project video showing the area of where we live with an added element of animation. This shouldn't be too difficult as long as I get the hang of using after effects. For the basics in the first session we imported a few images from Google and played around with them just to get an idea of how the program worked. The other part of our brief is create a flash based film on an encounter between two things or people.

Animation Theory

For our first lecture in the second semester we were introduced into a broader look at animation theory. We began to look closely into ideologies and how they shape the way we see things in film and in real life, capitalist ideology, patriarchal and racist. During each session we watched a film so we could discuss what we thought about the messages in the movie and how our theory sessions related to it.
List of films:
Persepolis
Waltz with Bashir
Animal farm
Kirikou and the sorceress
Chico and Rita
When the wind blows

I enjoyed all the films that I saw and thought they helped greatly to help me understand factors of ideology. During these sessions we also learnt about Semiology the 'science of signs' that we see in and out everyday. It was fascinating to see how we naturally interpret these signs without having to think about it, for example a fire exit sign doesn't always say 'fire exit' it is just symbols but we understand what these symbols mean.
Representation also made an appearance in the lectures teaching us about the social process and how it connects meaning and language through written, verbal and visual aids.