Senior Studio Contract

Bob Black

Senior Studio Contract

My Senior Studio project will be a 3D animation that will be between 1-3 minutes long. The majority of the animation will be done in Autodesk Maya. This will then be moved into after effects and then edited to include sounds, music, and other minor characters. Papakura will also be used to make a mask for the projects display in the gallery.

The Concept that drives my project is self-reflection. The story for this animation was based off of my self-reflection during the summer. The theme that my project will address is the process of self-reflection and dealing with ones personal issues and thoughts.  The piece will consist of a scarecrow that is trying to stop being scary, attempts to hide is problem behind a mask, but eventually expresses who he really is through music.

The style is going to be a mesh of 2 and 3D animation. The project however will be displayed through a mask that the viewer will have to look through. This will bring about the idea that the viewer, once they take off the mask has to remove the mask from them as well. Bringing about the idea that they were hiding behind their own mask. Bringing about the idea of what else they were hiding from. Thus providing the self-reflection process.

My animation will be done in a movie file format (.mov) and will be constrained to a television that will be a flat panel television. This will be mounted on the wall and encased in a small box with a mask on the front to look through. This will be no bigger than 30-35 inches for the tv and the case together. So wall space will be very minimal.

Materials that will be needed to make the animation include a computer with the program Autodesk Maya. A program that prints Papakura, a printer, materials to put the papers together as well as some form of glue will be needed for production. I will also need materials to form the container for the flat panel television and a television for the piece. I will also need a dvd player that can be set to loop and play the animation on.