As part of 703, I presented my proposed project to the class as part of the animation subject specialist session. This presentation went really well and allowed me to present a focused view of the project as a whole. After this presentation, I had a subject specialist session and spoke with Michaela about the work.
Slide 1
Name
Course - I am on the part time MA and this is my second year.
So so far I have completed 701 (project proposal), 702 and 704 (dissertation)
Introduction to who I am, My degree is animation,
I am a teacher of animation and game design and my work spans these subjects.
I work in Stop Motion, Puppet Fabrication, VR, 2D animation, Pre Production, Digital Sculpting and More.
Slide 2
Project in a nutshell
Focuses on the combination of stop motion animation in VR
How stop motion footage can be captured and put into a virtual space, to be watched and progressed to be made fully immersive and interactive.
Longer project than MA so will cover progression later
Slide 3
Context -
The project has a large context and background because it spans across so many areas
Disertaion focused on presence theory, immersion in VR, haptics and embodied memories
Dissertation looked at my theory of how embodied memories in stop motion can contribute to the overall sense of immersion in virtual reality spaces.
Embodied memories are when an object is imbued with memories through touch, it can be both experienced by the animator and the audience and helps create a connection between the audience and the work.
Looked at if embodied memories can make it more immersive
Looked at the work of Jan svankmajer, the brothers quay, Phil Tippett, as well as more mainstream VR pieces of work.
Slide 4
Inspiration and examples
Phil Tippett - Mad God
Isle of Dogs
Jan Svankmajr - Alice
Brother Quay - street of crocodiles
Feliex and Pul - Gymnasium
Baobab Studios - Baba Yaga
Disney - Myth
Occulus story studios - Henry
Wolves in the walls
The key
Angellica
Gloomy Eyes
The line
The corpse bride
Slide 5
Project overview
Look at pipelines
Testing, upskilling and learning
Traditional and digital
softwares
Slide 6
Softwares to learn for different areas
Slide 7
Studios and people to contact
Slide 8
Methodology
Method - Action Research
Qualative research
Contextual reviews
Critical analysis
Case studies
Project stages using action research
Slide 9 and 10
Learnt all I need and then identify what is best
Made industry contacts and have a professional presence
Have a test piece along with a written paper that proves the theory
Have a published article
Have a PhD proposal and place
Once again I had been over-ambitious with the project and had set too many goals. The number of technical skills I had set myself to learn for the 703 unit was unachievable. After speaking to Michaela about the work that I need to submit for 703, I changed my idea and made it more attainable.
My next actions from the supervision meetings were
Emma to prepare presentation for Interim Critique in Week 6 taking the above into consideration.
Re-read your dissertation to highlight the potential criteria you’ve identified and can use for analysis and evaluation.
Develop the research framework – methodology/methods you’ll apply for the final tests. Draw on theory from dissertation, incorporate skills development (learning software etc) - articulate how you gather analyse evaluative data/outcomes to draw your conclusions
Continue to ask whether your focus lies in the technical pipeline, embodied memory/ immersion or a combination of these…the balance can continue to shift but you need to keep this as a question while you’re defining the framework.
Emma to continue building/developing industry networks…
My changes to the work for 703 are:
Use 703 to define methodologies for 705 and future - how am I gathering data, what criteria will I use to analyse and evaluate my process and outcomes, how will I draw conclusions/ insights/ knowledge from my tests/practice-based enquiry. - This will create a written document/ chapter of my PhD proposal/conference paper.
Start to do some practical tests of work, this must be started by week 7 or will not have time.
Continue to keep a record of the project on my blog, and then refine down and put it on the website - similar to the 701 submission.
The work I need to hand in for 703:
Record - blog
Animatic - test recording
Pitch - a written chapter for methodology
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