New logo

The words I ended up using are: earthy, romantic, and quirky. I liked the symbols that I had originally come up with, but after getting feedback, decided to work on some combinations with symbols from another idea that were bolder. The word romantic I had wanted to use, lent itself to another symbol that I had drawn that could be interpreted as being heart or leaf shaped. The word earthy has a very delicate shape, and needed to be balanced by a bolder shape, which I found in the symbol for quirky. I played with rearranging the elements until I found a combination that I liked (last image) The process of combination and collage was useful to see the variations that I did not originally see.
I like my hybrid image, it reminds me of a sort of carefree bird creature. I like the combination of recognizable objects (leaf/heart symbol) with the more abstract bubbles and branch (quirky and earthy).
As far as the animation goes I plan to have a construction/deconstruction theme going. I can picture the bubbles rolling and bouncing across the screen. I think the fact that they have an inner circle as well will help make it even more interesting. The heart symbol would be interesting to pulsate like a real heart. The earthy branch could perhaps flutter as if it was in the wind or grow into the three leaves. I haven't thought too much about sound yet, but it will probably be gentle and soothing because it reflect my personality more than something loud.

logo idea

Final Movie

sound

After completing this project, I became much more aware of sound. I now hear it it in places I never noticed before. While watching tv the other day, I noticed the choice of background music they were using to enhance tension, even though the tv show was a reality one. Before this exercise, I had never really given sound a chance, because I am not a musically inclined person. It is refreshing to know that sound does not have to relate to only musical instruments, or those with a good sense of rhythm (not me!) I liked being able to create sound out of everyday objects, and still have it work to create mood in an animated piece.

The project where we swapped sounds in class was very helpful. It is interesting to see how random pieces will still sync up to your images. This helped me realize points in my animation where I could work at making the sound sync up and add more depth. I also noticed the use of a steady beat in two of the works (both the male members of the class!) and the importance of using a variety of sounds.

My challenges for this project were finding sounds that would work with the mood of my piece. Some sounded too happy, and others were too machine sounding. I think that in my piece I made use of background mood, selective sync, object movement, and allusion. A flower dying would not normally have sound, but it was added to emphasize the pain and sadness it would experience.