Some more intertextual references are these Stop- animations; some having the same imagery of leaves falling from trees which we are creating... The first also shows how the creator has combined animation and real-life imagery (like we are going to).
The first animation "Off The Beaten Track" (by an animator called Leo Bridle) is very similar to our idea of combining stop-animation animation (using cut outs) into real-life. The young man cycles into a woody area then continues through the jungle-like woods in animation. Another similarity is how the animator covered the screen. He used leaves and things whereas we will be using the parchment/banner to cover the screen to allow us to switch the black to white.
Roxxy and I attended part of the Norwich Film Festival, the Animation Bafta Night 2 on the 21st September. I was amazed by the work of the animations with the exception of already knowing how good the Wallace and Gromit animations are. The other examples included computer animations that were so incredibly detailed, one of a home-sick artist and another of a very cute rabbit-like animal trying to escape the new city that takes over its grass land (may have been tackling global warming or something...).
These stop-animations are done through drawings, which are probably more time-consuming than cut-outs. Especially the first of the two drawing ones, because it looks as though its done in felt-tip pens. The animator could have used tracing paper to copy the exact image onto more pages so it worked smoothly. It looks really sweet but I think I prefer how the leafs fall on the second example (of the drawing ones). The second has leaves falling and sweeping very smoothly and gently. It reminds me of the Winnie Pooh animations as there is more movement in the way the subjects move.
Well done for attending the Animation Event at Cinema City - this is further evidence of your painstaking commitment to your music video whilst also evidence of your ambition to develop your film making skills.
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