still mucking around with various softwares, and downloading trials and freewares.
a difficult decision to decide what to do... I always do this... worry myself sick making decisions when i really should be just picking up a pencil..
is part of the joy of my procrastinating nature... ;-)
was talking with my colleague yesterday (the esteemed Dr Lou) who is researching the creative process for us visual/digital/animation/artist types about this software choice stuff..
do i choose what would be Sensible..in terms of getting jiggy with the application we use at the college, or should i choose what i would MOST like and feel most comfortable with and get the look and feel that i want - meaning i won't be updating my specific tech skills in that one app we neeed to teach, but Will be updating my tech skills and evaluating a relevant production process in another app...
...sigh... - everything costs money and time also...
I think the best decision is to stop worrying about What Is Right and get on with the actual creative process...
she sent me a good quote about procrastination and perfectionism
"Most challenging of all, exposing ourselves creatively is likely to make us feel profoundly and often frighteningly vulnerable. When we pre-judge and filter our creative ideas in this way, before they have a chance to breathe and develop, they are likely by default to become bland and formulaic."
It's from 'Creative Filmmaking From the Inside Out' - a jolly good book
http://creativefilmmaking.com
anyway - i guess i'm doing a bit too much pre-judging!
so, meantime, i've been looking into the whole business of animated documentary which seems to be much more of a buzz thing these days..
certainly a lot of things have changed in terms of production possibilities (i.e., it is easier to make animation because we have such access to groovy programs unlike the old draw-xerox-cel days) and certainly there's a whole lotta creative rotoscoping going on in the 'mainstream'... starting with "Waking Life" back in 2001, and now "Waltz with Bashir" in 2008 - both of which have a documentary approach about them.
I was looking at the Leipzig film festival for documentary and animation again.. i had forgotten about this til my other esteemed colleague Mr P reminded me - gives me some confidence that I am not wayyyyy off track in this approach to the project
http://www.dok-leipzig.de
and then i found this awesome set of projects which are
"short animated documentaries which use real testimony from people who have experienced different forms of mental distress. A single aim underpins all the films: to help dispel myths and misconceptions about 'mental illness' by giving voice to those who experience these various difficulties first hand. Engaging animation is used in order to try and give some authenticity to the subjective experience of the various mental health problems."
well - I think that just about sums it all up for me... it started in 2003,produced by Mosaic films in the UK (they do everything awesome in terms of 'indie' animation there!) and gosh, i wish I knew about this way back then!!
http://animatedminds.com
so at least I have some inspiration to stop me procrastinating so much....
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