Proposal

Proposal 

Summary

the aim of this project is to give my self the chance to produce a visually driven animation. I'm to produce an experimental animation by researching music along with particle animation (visual music). I'll be using this research to enable me create my own particle animation.

Current Situation

My current situation with this project is to develop an understanding of how to produce and particle animation with moves in sync with a music track. For this I will research how to produce a 2D particle animation using either Adobe Flash or Adobe Aftereffects and then develop it to appeal to my interests.

What I'm aiming to create is an animation which will be projected on to a canvas on board which will suspended from a ceiling either by reflecting on a mirror or by aim the projector upwards.

Project Goals

The purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding of visual music how how to produce a project centered around this.
The other purpose of this project is to get me out of my comfort zone of stop motion and working on a animation with a linear story line. This will also add to my portfolio and show that I'm able to produce different forms on animation, not just contemporary.

Target Audience

The target audience for my animation is anyone of the age of 16, my reasoning behind this is that I feel that anyone below this age wouldn't appreciate one of the potential soundtracks or this form of animation. I would like my audience to feel intrigued by the way the particles move in the animation.


Schedule

I am looking to start work on this animation by the 10th of November and to have the animation complete by the 18th of January. By keeping to this schedule this will allow to

Process

the process of this project would be to start by gathering research and techniques as to how to produce this animation to the best of my ability. Once I have done this I'll begin planning and producing test animations giving me knowledge as to how to use these techniques and tools required for this.

Music

For this project I will be using a pre existing track, which will be from either one of two genres, Classical or Rock due to the contrast. I will use these tracks to be the basis of the particles movement in this project. I'll be researching various tracks to see which one would be the most appropriate to use for this project.

Overall Summary

To recap, I'll be creating a visual music animation that'll dependant on the musics rhythm and beat. I'm aiming to use Adobe AfterEffects or Flash depending on the experiments that'll be working on to see which will be the best to use for this project.

michael.leslie@g.bdc.ac.uk