my main inspiration for this piece was drawn from old disney
animations. every frame of which consists of 2 separate paintings: the
background painting, and the cell with characters and props. this is done to
save time and resources, as a single background painting can be used for an
entire scene. it would be incredibly inefficient to paint a new background for
each frame. this combination of separate backgrounds and foregrounds is what
inspired me to make this piece. i took this concept, and replaced the background
painting with video, and the foreground cells with my own crude drawings.
my piece was changed significantly since my proposal. my
original intention was to have the drawings pre-drawn on transparencies and
change them along with the video. this
was compromised because i was unable to find transparencies. my idea was changed from changing pre-drawn transparencies
to drawing the pictures live and erasing them as the video changed. despite adding to my performance, i felt that
this change hurt my project. i was too rushed drawing the pictures, and if i made
the videos longer i would have exceeded the time limit. if i were to do this
project again, i would do the same piece, but iron out all the technical
details. i would have better diffused the light from the overhead projector as
to see the background videos more clearly. as previously stated, i would have
used pre-drawn transparencies. there was
a great risk involved as i did not have an opportunity to practice my piece. the biggest critique i got was to practice the
performance aspect ahead of time. this is a fair critique and i agree with it. overall i felt that i my piece was successful in entertaining the class. classmates
appeared to be engaged and entertained, and could clearly see the vision I was
trying to execute.
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