Light Night

Last year i went to light night and tried to experience it but it was very dull for me as i couldn't comprehend what it meant. This year i went to go and see my own animation up there.

A brief was set to make a one second animation that along with other one second animations, would be shown as a band from the leeds college of music performed. The theme of the brief was the four elements and the universe. As i only had a week to do this and i was very out of practice with my animating after the summer, I chose to think small, which in turn made me consider and think the theme on a small scale. When you hear the word universe you end up thinking of vast open space and unexplored star systems out there and its massive. But in comparison we are nothing more than atoms or insects in comparison so i considered the idea of a butterfly flapping its wings and within its wings was the galaxy or space, working with how we are all tiny in comparison to the universe.

BUT unfortunately due to time and my lack of confidence on my capabilities to animate after not animating for so long i chose to change the idea. I was still focusing on the idea of a small scale object and went for a match being struck, i was thinking about the idea of a small action sparking a chain reaction similar to when people talk about the butterfly effect.

The animation itself was done first by drawing the timing of the match in traditional hand drawn, scanned into photoshop and then painted over the top. I had to go back a few times removing frames and other elements to try and get the timing right but as it was a one second animation it wasn't something that required my full attention or dedication as the brief was optional. In conclusion I'm not entirely dissatisfied with it but i know for a fact it can be done a lot better.