Variation it is !
Ok.... so i think i am finally comfortable about the idea of doing my research on stylistic variation in narrative animation. How this relates to 'gifted' ? Wellll..... i figure that in both my major and my minor i tried really hard to achieve an integrated look, and i wasnt able to achieve that level of integration to my satisfaction.
In the minor it was the watercolor bgrounds that didn't quite work well with the character renderings and i tried techniques like putting a grain on top of the entire film to texturize and flatten the space.. .but it ended up being too distracting
In the major it was the damn outline that stood out distinctively amidst the soft edges of the background. I tried treating the character drawings but spending 8 minutes per frame for coloring wouldnt have given me a finished film.
Undoubtedly with more time at hand i could have achieved the look i was after but all that effort leads me to question WHY ? FOR WHAT? What would happen if i were to consider going the other way and purposely made the characters different from the background...?? How would it effect the narrative ? Would it have effected the narrative ? Could it have been used in favour of the story to contextualize the unexpected outcome of gifted? Maybe the style in which the prosthetic leg and the background was rendered could have been simmilar and henceforth projected the fact that they both are nothing but a form of support for the boy? Maybe, i am going a little cuckoo and over analyzing ? Maybe John Howard and Mark Latham will stop fighting and the aussie troops will really come back home for christmas ? Maybe, i just missed the tram .... again ?
Anyway, the point really is stylistic variation.. how can it be used in servoce of the narrative? how has it been used in previous productions. Kirrily pointed out to me that 'My Life as McDull' had certain sequences that had mixed styles and techniques in it..... so am curious... If anyone of you know where i can get a copy of the film - it will be much appreciated.
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