This week I have continued to read essays in existentialism. The essay I am currently reading discusses the differences between psychology and phenomenology; psychology is the study of facts about emotions and the human psyche, whereas phenomenology is the study and reflection on consciousness and the phenomena within. Phenomenology simply does not place the earthbound restrictions on the knowledge surrounding the intangible and fathomless depths of our psyche as psychology does with it’s structured system of facts.
After many long hours of drawing, I have finished the first ten seconds of the opening scene in my animation. This first scene will be the only completely hand-drawn scene in my piece. For 35 seconds I have estimated I will need at least five hundred pages. This week my drawing has been slower, because I am still learning how to draw motion using the millions of minute adjustments essential to animation. Wednesday, I had a test shoot in the 2D Animation lab. For this first shoot I used Istop Motion instead of Dragon, just to keep it simple. I shot the first three seconds of my piece, and I found I needed to add a few drawings here and there to smooth out the motion. Tomorrow, however, I plan on using Dragon, instead of Istop.
Congratulations on your first ten seconds of animation! What you’ve been reading about existentialism sounds really interesting; I can’t wait to see how you bring these ideas together in your piece. See you in Olympia!