Concept Update!

After discussing with Troy, ive decided to go forth with my second concept (All-In-One), where posthuman is both illusional and real. The animation will focus on how Human (the "form") and techonology are interdependent on each other inorder to stay alive (ex, a computer itself is dead if there are no users using it, and a posthuman relies on technologies to get through his/her day). The illusional and real part of the idea comes in place when the "form" imagines an object (ex, a car) and the object becomes a real item for the "form" to use. Once the "form" uses the item, it then merges with it and thus, communicates the idea i mentioned in previous entry:

"we morph........ into the system"
"we merge.........with the system"
"we become a part of the system"

Im now conducting my character sketches, trying very hard to avoid directly using a human figure to represent the human form. Rather, i wanna try to use abstract elements to bring out the idea im tryin to communicate.

For characters, im going to incorporate the Taoism idea of Yin and Yang. According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_yang), Yin and Yang are opposing forces that are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, giving rise to each other in turn. Thus, my "form" will be represented by Yin and Yang to communicate the interdependent idea in a metaphoric way.

Now i just have to figure out the colors of the bkg and characters.


Im hoping by friday, ill have everything ready and start animating some clips to present on monday. Most likely, ill be working with illustrator, photoshop and aftereffects. Though Julz suggested tht i can use Flash and do what japanese animes always does (draw one image and pan it over to other layers and keyframes so that when you need to move, you only move small parts like the mouth), but i dont wanna use flash anymore T^T

Now im looking into some aftereffect tutorials, but i think for the effect im lookin to create, i better ask ppl instead, since i duno what its called.
Creative Cow


Some movies im looking into are Spirited Away, Lain, Ghost in the Shell.




For Lain, im lookin into the effects it has in the opening animation above; Like the computerized stuff that makes everything look liek its there but not really there.