CoP Creative Resonse: Practical Proposal Form

In relation to our essay, we are required to create a practical element that explores and relates to our chosen essay title and the research we have undertaken. At first I had no idea how I was going to tackle this element of the module and I was really struggling with how to explore my theory. All I knew was that I had to somehow explore and experiment with the notion that animation is capable of telling stories better than other mediums.

With this in mind I sat down with Mike and we went through the questionnaire a question at a time and began to pick away at what it was I actually wanted to achieve through my exploration into my chosen question. To make it easier, I started with what I was proposing to undertake and found that the rest of the questionnaire filled itself out.

Practical Proposal Form

In order to begin work on my practical element I will need to conduct further research into storytelling techniques within animation and animations that tell stories effectively. I will also need to research into why certain animations effect us in a certain ways, why certain animations are completely immersive and how they achieve this effect. Leading on from this I started to think about how this works even when the animation we are looking at is extremely stylised and decided to explore how they are still believable despite obviously being an animation. I also feel that it would be beneficial to look at a range of animations that are effective at storytelling and which aren't and explore why these animations aren't as effective.

Based on my essay research I also feel that it would benefit my work if I were to conduct research into how colour and lighting effects how we perceive certain events and how they can alter the mood and atmosphere of a story. I also want to explore how shot framing and camera angles help to tell a story and how they can help to guide an audience through the story.

All of this research will help me to create an animation of a character in a situation that requires me to use all of the techniques and methods of storytelling I have learned over the last few months. I want to attempt to create a situation that engages the audience, fully immersing them into the story, whilst still remaining believable. I also want to focus on creating something that can't be achieved in another medium, or that wouldn't work as well.
Overall, I feel that I have a good starting ground and I am confident that I will be able to come up with a few alternative ideas to work with.