Animation Research and Practice - Week 5 - Character Development, Essay Structure and Sound Lesson

This week in Sams lesson we discussed the essay and structuring the essay.

Do you have – 

-A central question (Answered)

-A case study (compared)

-An investigation (Discussed)

5 part Structure (to consider when writing chapters)-

-Intro

-Contextualisation of topic, key terms, ideas, questions and investigations.

-Layout of central and arguments/discussion you are using, use of specific examples.

-How this relates to your practice (can be first person).

-Conclusion.

Homework -

To redo our structure keeping in mind the above

Ross's Lecture - 

We discussed music and how it is linked to the moving image.

-Depict motion

-Relation to the plot (Leitmotifs)

-Provide an aural commentary on the images 

-Render emotion (One of the most effective uses of music)

-Locate the image geographically, socially and culturally (Invoke time and place through cultural references)

-Reference time and historical periods (Ex. Using a baroque sound can take us back to the 18th century, or can be used as flashbacks for subtlety etc.)

-Link scenes and support transitions (Can assist in linking montages together)

-Manipulate ideas (Propaganda and audience manipulation)

-Change perceptions of time (Altering the tempo of music can influence the pace of a scene)

-Support fantasy and the unreal (Music enhancing the unreal)

-Create a feeling of space and scale (the perception of space can become radically affected by the music too)

-Parody (Contrasting music to the perceived character can lead to a feeling of parody and irony)

-Collectively unite the audience and Create physical reactions in the audience

-Modify and emphasise size perception and relationships