Week 9: Notoscoping

When creating an animation, the artist has to make many decisions in regards to the visual style, narrative and sound. When creating my animation, I wanted to utilise the technique of rotoscoping, as I believed it would fit perfectly with the visual style and narrative. Whilst I still believe this, I have decided not to use the rotoscope method to create my animatic.

After a brief talk with my seminar tutors, I came to the realisation that it would be more beneficial for me to utilise a more basic animatic technique - rotoscoping isn't easy, and I simply do not have the time or skills to do so. (If I continued to insist in using the rotoscope technique, I would have needed more time to learn the new skills required, and even more time to utilise these skills to create my animatic. This wouldn't feasible)

Whilst this is a shame, not all hope is lost. Adobe After Effects provides a fantastic set of tools that allow me to mirror the rotoscope effect. The most notable of which is the Wiggler effect, which I can use to make the objects and character's shake uncomfortably, much like they do in Don Hertzfeldt's Rejected Cartoons. Furthermore, I can make use of the blur and contrast effects, to enhance the eerie effect that I desire to create.

So what now? Roll on with the production! Although I am saddened about these turn of events, I still believe I can produce an effective and successful animation.