Since the last tutorial, I had been attempting to conduct research into what I had discussed with Mike in the hopes of trying to focus my research further so I wasn't researching too much or going too broad. However, I was struggling with this quite a lot and I had only managed to gather research that felt a little all over the place and I was just as confused as I was the previous week.
So I brought this up to the group, hoping that they would be able to help me get my ideas sorted and help me to find a focus area. However, because I was so uncertain, I couldn't really explain what I was trying to research in a coherent manner, which led to me receiving very little feedback (understandably).
Once the group tutorial was over, I sat down with Annabeth and went through my ideas and broke down what it was that I was actually interested in and how I could use this as a starting point to kick start research that would be of more use to me and settle on an essay question.
From this, I managed to write down a few points that will help me focus. These are:
- Look into aesthetics and how they effect the way a story is perceived - specifically in 2D animation.
- Look into all the key things that make a strong animation from an aesthetic point of view.
- Break it down e.g look into line of action of a character, timing and spacing, Mise-en-scene, frame rate, colour pallet, line work, etc.
- Look at more independent animators rather than mainstream animation.
- Possibly look into cultural reasons for aesthetics.
I feel like these will be good starting points for me, and I am feeling a little more comfortable about moving forward with my essay. However, I do have a lot of research to do before I will be in a position to start writing.
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