Inside the mind

While trying to understand this project and how to develop our ideas, I found this image to give input on the idea of the overall animation.

The individual Rooms [Testers]

Testers - [No Sound]

Each Room represents different choices we make in life, starting from childhood and leading into adulthood.

Jay's Room


Liz's Room

Nic's Room

James' Room

Visual Inspiration

"Mind Wide Open" is a book written by Steven Johnson on brain chemistry; looking at the fact we are all on drugs all of the time, just natural versions and talks about how this affects our daily lives.

http://dir.salon.com/tech/books/2004/02/18/mind_wide_open/

I really like this image in reference to our overall idea. If the eye is the window to the soul then your mind is the door to the inner you. Our animated rooms represent a variety of physical and spiritual choices that we make through life.

A nice image holding the idea that infinite worlds can lie behind each door.

I wanted to use a similar process as the image above to produce the hand and face for my section of animation. Unfortunately this was to prove too difficult as we couldn't find the right material at an affordable price and so we compromised again on this section using just the one gloved hand.

This is a section of animation illustrated by Andy Martin. This appealed to me as inspiration for representing being cut off and the walls you build between yourself and other people when you live a drug infused life. It also gave me the idea of having one or more of my doors bricking itself up instead of fading in and out but that process would have been to time consuming.

Trippy Room Breakdown

This is a breakdown of my room, the idea behind it and what the different elements represent. As with all of the different sections of animation i had to make compromises in order for the animation to work as well as possible for the deadline we were working towards. This meant that i couldn't have room stretch or incorporate the face i wanted; the final product still holds the ideas within it but represented slightly differently.

Brainstorm

Stop Frame Vomitalisious

This is a stop frame animation i produced for the walls, ceiling and floor of my room. We've cropped the time and frame to fit in the room and to fit within the animation effectively. I also played around with the overall colour for the desired effect.

Hand

This is a sped up version of the hand i am going to incorporate into my room.

It is supposed to be representative of being out of touch with people around you when you choose to live within the chaotic space of taking drugs.