Relax and let it out

I've been mulling over idea after idea for this project. i know that i want to incorporate live video once i'm done after i'm done with the video an incorporate it into my BFA for I was already dealing with consumer culture and the idea of fantasy to unveil a greater truth. It's in the power of fiction to tell a story that although it isn't "real". The symbols and the meaning within the piece instill a feeling within the viewer that relates on a deeper level of understanding. This is the same thing as serious play to me. the creativity of making light of serious issues by showing it through a magical reality can inspire from within because of it is easier to trust. It isn't pushed in our faces and at the same time, removes us from social stigma. This being said I have finally come to a fairly solid basis for my animation. It will gradually, piece by piece, work to a complete story.





This "complete story" is what i shall pitch with a teaser. And for the first assignment i will animate the intro sequence. Or at least put a full effort into it. I included a video of the credits for Sherlock Holmes for the usage of compositing real footage of ink splattering as a mask to drawn images and text. This antiqued style and mystical quality is an aesthetic i wish to push as well. The Image at the end is not my own yet this same ink compositing can be layered and directed to create a moving haze for the animation. There are many techniques i wish to experiment with and that is what i wish to accomplish with the projects in this class.




Main character reveals:

The time is now, for that is always the truth of the matter. Time is and will always be the present to you. Perhaps you wish to understand in your own terms from when my message comes. All I can to tell you is that it is nearly 5 Baktun since the last rebirth. The prophet Joseph opened the eyes of many long ago and by now that same message of awakening has been twisted for the gains of those who would seek to control us. PRESENTLY we are taught about the past, of how organized crime died, and the world was saved from evil nations attempting to control us. The truth is that evil is never fully destroyed. As evil needs us to manipulate for power we need it for the strength found in the struggle to survive. This is the cycle, the cosmic hamster wheel that powers our existence. Each time evil evolves into smarter practices: now organizing under the guise of corporations and shrouding itself with protection from the state. Forces of manipulation feed off innocent victims while they blindly go about their lives pretending not to notice. There is a whole world hidden from view only because the mass majority is too afraid to look up for once and see the highly evolved organism sucking them dry, replacing the energy taken with false information designed to keep its victim complacent. The problem is that certain forces have been in power too long, and the next cycle is coming. All the world is waiting on a spark. This is my purpose.