tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68139984665719107502024-03-13T07:20:11.849-07:00LEWIS'S ANIMATORIUMJenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-87806555211814642492012-12-06T06:49:00.002-08:002012-12-06T06:49:22.628-08:00The SessionFor the last two weeks, I've been working with the animation directing duo, Jens & Anna.
Anna asked me to help with some animation on a truly inspiring film that they've been working on for a year but want to finish up before Christmas! It has involved collaborating with team of artists, writers and actors to create a short film about a psychiatric session.
Much of the film is rotoscoped of the filmed actors, but with all of the psychological symbolism, memories, imaginings and various hallucinatory imagery, there is also a great deal of creative animation involved. Often, one things morphs out of another, a process that I really enjoy animating.
When they first showed me the trailer for the film, I was very emotionally affected by it - I felt that I could really empathise with the force of emotions the three characters are suffering in the film. For that reason, I have great expectations for The Session and expect it to be a huge success!
Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-63074149905013889402012-12-03T12:12:00.002-08:002012-12-03T12:12:31.826-08:00GIAC Premiere<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SU5RCvHSzTM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Girlfriend In A Coma premiered at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London on the 26th of November.
It was a very stylish night with prosecco, hors d'oeuvres and a room packed with economists, journalists, filmmakers and various Italian V.I.P.s!Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-74007889516580149272012-08-04T03:16:00.001-07:002012-08-04T03:35:00.689-07:00Where The Wild Things Are/Higglety Pigglety Pop!'Where The Wild Things Are/ Higglety Pigglety Pop!' premiered at Aldeburgh Music Festival on June 8th this year.
They put me up in a charming and luxurious hotel called The Bell and arranged taxis to and from the show.
The venue at Snape is breathtaking. This modern, stylish brick and dark wood building overlooks a wide stretch of marshes. Everyone in the bar was transfixed by the dark grey clouds, dazzling evening sun and a huge rainbow arching right across the sky.
It was wonderful to see my work presented in such a beautiful and prestigious setting, which made all of the months of hard work worthwhile.
Afterwards, the organisers threw an indulgent party for everyone involved and I stayed chatting to the opera singers and other artists until midnight.
An adaptation of Higglety Pigglety Pop! is now moving to The Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood Music Centre in Boston. It will be performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Summer Academy for Advanced Musical Study.
http://www.bso.org/micro-sites/tanglewood-music-center/about-us/the-festival-of-contemporary-music.aspx
The academy have chosen not to perform the piece theatrically, so this month I animated Jennie the dog to fit in with the rest of the animations (in the production at Aldeburgh, Jennie was acted in costume by Lucy Schaufer).
Netia and I were devastated at the news of Maurice Sendak's death, which came just as I was finishing the final animations for the show. The show had his personal approval and supervision form the beginning and he appeared to be very excited to see it. Netia considered the production not only an homage to his work, but a present to him.Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-46343079210208835682012-05-16T01:46:00.001-07:002012-05-16T01:46:34.913-07:00The Best of the British!After a hugely successful and inspiring festival this year, British Animation Awards is releasing a DVD of some of the favourite and most successful entries this year.
Among them is "All Consuming Love", directed by Louis Hudson, which I did some character animation for.
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Follow the above link to check out all of the animations to be found on this DVD!Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-61495717015650985862012-04-13T02:13:00.003-07:002012-04-13T02:26:04.662-07:00'Lilith's Second Chance'Back at Campfire Festival in Melbourne, part of the Campfire Film Foundation. It is available for screening in classrooms around the world through the foundation for the purpose of spiritual exploration.<br /><br />http://campfire.org.au/film/liliths-second-chance-2Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-68563964249895692792012-04-07T07:51:00.002-07:002012-04-07T07:59:47.863-07:00BBD at CFFBeing Bradford Dillman..... <br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/beingbradforddillman <br /><br />....was named Runner Up for the Indie Magic Award - Best Animated Short at Charlotte Film Festival, North Carolina!<br /><br />http://www.charlottefilmfestival.org/2012-cff-award-winners<br /><br />It has also featured recently in Seattle True Independent Film Festival (STIFF).Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-46702256873230903392012-03-17T08:23:00.002-07:002012-03-20T07:50:41.373-07:00Being Bradford Dillman wins at BUFF 2012Being Bradford Dillman, a short animated film I worked on last year as CG animator has won the 'Best Short Film' award at BUFF Film Festival.<br /><br />http://buff.se/en/blogs/vinnarfilmer-buff-filmfestival-2012/<br /><br />BUFF JURY 2012 "A full-unanimous jury has selected this film for it with the precise narrative, rich imagery and skillful implementation challenge and engaging.<br /><br />The film is a social realistic animation with magical elements that draw us into a gripping story about a girl and her mother.<br /><br />Their fantasies both reveals parents' gruesome power over their children and become a road to the girl's exploration of gender and identity."Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-59784886890845559422012-02-06T07:59:00.000-08:002012-02-06T08:08:52.962-08:00Something Old and Something NewTamara Barschak is a classical piano composer who found my work online and asked to create a score to accompany an old animation of mine, called Handwritten. This, in turn, was inspired by a sonnet written by a poet I found online myself! Quite a coincidence.<br /><br />Her website is tamarabarschak.com and here is the link to the animation:<br /><br />http://www.tamarabarschak.com/flash/handwritten.htm<br /><br />Enjoy!Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-56976824265733544052012-02-04T02:29:00.000-08:002012-02-04T08:17:59.858-08:00In And Out Of Weeks........I have been doing character animation for Lightmap:<br /><br /> www.lightmap.net<br /><br />full time, taking charge of the animation on a really exciting theatrical production that will be performed at the Disney Hall in LA, the Barbican in London and many other exciting venues.<br /><br />Please follow this beautiful, stylish and mysterious blog about the evolution of this project:<br /><br />www.inandoutofweeks.com<br /><br />I can't put up my work in progress because it's top secret, but we will have a lush site dedicated to the production after the premier.Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-49005489225055564852011-10-26T14:04:00.000-07:002011-10-26T14:07:24.178-07:00Being Bradford DillmanWhile my showreel is mostly composed of character animation, I have acquired a lot of experience in compositing this year. <br /><br />You may have seen some publicity for a new short that was recently released called 'Being Bradford Dillman'; I did months of CG animation and compositing in After Effects for this film. <br /><br />It was recently screened at the BFI in the London Film Festival as part of the International Panorama 1 programme.<br /><br />You can check it out at <br />www.facebook.com/beingbradforddillman <br /><br />and see a trailer at <br />www.vimeo.com/beingbradforddillmanJenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-61418623204505725492011-09-09T02:49:00.000-07:002011-09-09T03:13:22.593-07:00Commission me to draw your portraitPortraits are a wonderful gift to uphold the memories you share with your friends and family.<br /><br />Commission a portrait the easy way with no risk. Simply email your request along with the photos of your choice to Jenny at j.lewis08@hotmail.co.uk<br /><br />Whether you want a realistic copy of a particular photograph or a caricature in a fantasy situation, anything is possible. Media are charcoal, coloured pencil, graphite, pastel, oil pastel, watercolour, ink...or something else of your choice.<br /><br />I will photograph or scan the portrait and email it to you. Then you can decide if you want to buy it - there is no obligation. Prices begin at £25 for an A4 pencil drawing.Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-72552596342511417982011-08-17T07:57:00.000-07:002011-08-17T08:02:03.036-07:00Pendle Witch Child
<br />Tonight is the first broadcast of The Pendle Witch Child. I assisted Phoebe Boswell in the animation of this historical documentary.
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<br />It was a pleasure to animate traditionally (on a lightbox with pencil and paper) after so many months of CG animation.
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<br />Here is an overview of the documentary with some stills and video clips:
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<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013fj47Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-50211877212813398052011-08-08T07:15:00.000-07:002011-08-08T07:19:35.618-07:00Jotta Interview
<br />Jotta interviewed me about my involvement in Being Bradford Dillman and posed more questions to reflect on my graduate film, Lilith's Second Chance. You can see the feature by following the link below:
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<br />Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-43440596336995900262011-07-20T23:01:00.000-07:002011-07-20T23:02:12.799-07:00Imagine Q&A for Being Bradford DillmanImagine Q&A for Being Bradford Dillman<br />Check out this Imagine Animation interview for a unique insight into the concept development of Being Bradford Dillman. Delve into the dark childhood memories of director Emma Burch and illustrator Pete Williamson to understand how masterminds come up with their ideas! <br /><br />Reality really can be stranger than fiction...<br /><br />http://www.imagineanimation.net/features/being-bradford-dillman-qa/12073Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-24285179588918935852011-07-20T12:59:00.000-07:002011-08-08T07:04:55.419-07:00Being Bradford Dillman is unleashedFrom January to June, I had the pleasure of working with the team at Loose Moose Productions on their latest production: a 10 minute stop-motion animation called Being Bradford Dillman.
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<br />We held a private screening on the 14th of July and it was a massive hit - please check out this charming and hilarious film! It has been accepted to some prestigious film festivals, with hopefully many more to come.
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<br />Any of the links below will lead you to more information about the film and the production team. My role was compositing and animation in After Effects.
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<br />http://helloyoucreatives.com/post/7846128712/beingbradforddillmanJenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-44140384995600583972010-11-18T04:36:00.000-08:002010-11-18T04:39:42.692-08:00Link to the brand new MA course - be the first!As of next year, the long-established London Animation School, more recently known as Pg Dip Character Animation at Central Saint Martins, is offering an MA option! Interested?<br /><br />http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/character-animation.htmJenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-88605706778179749012010-11-14T15:42:00.000-08:002010-11-14T16:22:50.945-08:00National Gallery presenceThe National Gallery have recently uploaded the animations from last year's course to their website.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the soundtrack has somehow been shifted, coming in two or three seconds too early. I would recommend viewing the animation at vimeo.com/lewisanimates, where the audio is on track.<br /><br />Here is the link to my animation on their website:<br />http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/learning/inspired-by-the-collection/2d-animation/*/chooseMedia/14/<br /><br />You can also view my classmates' animations by scrolling down the page.<br /><br />In other news, I have been animating with Shroom Studio in London Fields since September. Their website is shroomstudio.com - I recommend that you check out their past work. I have had the privilege of working on all stages of production for clients like the BBC, governmental bodies and charities.<br /><br />As for animated films, I haven't embarked on any new projects of my own since Lilith's Second Chance - I have yet to develop a concept that just can't wait to be realised. However, there are a small number of exciting opportunities coming up...stay tuned!Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-17693655311590292202010-07-10T10:22:00.000-07:002010-07-10T10:46:36.541-07:00Stills from 'Lilith's Second Chance'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDiv9oTCDhI/AAAAAAAAAL8/VZM2mciCdhE/s1600/sc10_00176.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDiv9oTCDhI/AAAAAAAAAL8/VZM2mciCdhE/s400/sc10_00176.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492333218902445586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDiv9aNic3I/AAAAAAAAAL0/eTK-IHlt5kw/s1600/sc7_00700.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDiv8HDSAbI/AAAAAAAAALc/EqcJD3bwpgA/s400/sc4all_01653.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492333192798142898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDit6w6f8pI/AAAAAAAAALU/KfkxK0IHFYA/s1600/sc4all_00797.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDit6w6f8pI/AAAAAAAAALU/KfkxK0IHFYA/s400/sc4all_00797.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492330970652603026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDit6m1EO6I/AAAAAAAAALM/nnZ3-MtrWKU/s1600/sc2_00045.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDit6m1EO6I/AAAAAAAAALM/nnZ3-MtrWKU/s400/sc2_00045.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492330967945460642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDit6NU40eI/AAAAAAAAALE/RF0xo5Yg0uk/s1600/sc2_00037.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDit6NU40eI/AAAAAAAAALE/RF0xo5Yg0uk/s400/sc2_00037.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492330961099608546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDit5gg9PFI/AAAAAAAAAK8/j8usBfVgURo/s1600/sc1_00073.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDit5gg9PFI/AAAAAAAAAK8/j8usBfVgURo/s400/sc1_00073.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492330949070634066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDit5OLevvI/AAAAAAAAAK0/OqdddPoPfV8/s1600/sc1_00050.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/TDit5OLevvI/AAAAAAAAAK0/OqdddPoPfV8/s400/sc1_00050.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492330944148717298" /></a><br />Here are some selected stills from the film.Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-39033684203677817092010-07-02T13:04:00.000-07:002010-07-02T13:51:09.069-07:00Plans for refining Lilith's Second ChanceHi everyone, I now have a vimeo account at this address:<br /><br />vimeo.com/lewisanimates<br /><br />You can see my videos in HD, particularly the version of Lilith's Second Chance showcased at the degree show. I have to admit that I made a lot of changes to it in the week between assessment and the show, so this one isn't the version submitted for assessment. <br /><br />There are also may other changes or additions I wish to make to this film. I had to miss out some beautiful shots that would have been great fun to animate but also add a little spice to an animation which has been called slow and boring by one critic. This film should, therefore, be considered a work in progress.<br />Among the shots I would like to add are: <br />1) Before the shot cuts from the exploding Houses of Parliament to Lilith on the bridge, I would like to add a quick pan across to show the change in perspective - otherwise the point of view is unclear.<br />2) To do a proper 3D camera move in after effects with the bridge, so that I can add a cracked pavement texture to the road underneath Lilith, which is currently plain black. I had attempted a camera move before, but the bridge didn't move exactly in sync with the character animation. This will be very tricky.<br />3) When Lilith comes into view on the river, I would like to show her slowly emerging from under the water. This would be difficult because she is constantly moving, but beautiful and worth the trouble! It would also make it clearer that she is the same woman, as she looks so very different in her spiritual state.<br />4) My least favourite shot is when she turns to look at the wolves - it seems so wooden and artificial. I wanted to make her head turn slow to represent her stunned disbelief but instead it looks like bad acting, particularly since her body doesn't move. I would very much like to have her twist her torso and prop herself up on her elbows or something.<br />5) To add more movement and variation in the wolves.<br />6) After morphing to the bears, I want to cut to a side shot of the bears swimming, similarly to the shot with the fish. This will allow me to cut back to the aerial shot of the bears swimming out of sync with each other. It's difficult to explain, but morphing from the wolves to the bears meant that I had to have them swimming in sync with one another, which looks mechanical.<br />7) To drop the camera behind the last bear in the pack, to submerge the camera underwater and swim between the legs of the bears, before shooting back up through the water to meet the next scene, where the camera is looking upstream and then rises up to fly over the hills at great speed. This was a favourite point in my animatic but not essential to the comprehension of the narrative, so had to be sacrificed for more vital scenes.<br />8) To add more in-betweens over the hills, more form and more texture. At the moment, it looks like a rough draft, as there is no colour. I would like to make the river blue as in the other scenes, add some Celtic pattern textures to the forested hills, and add some sky with clouds.<br />9) To create a cathedral grove when she approaches the source of the river. This will then be taken out of context, changing to a symbolic space depicting the tree of life (e.g. Yggdrasil of Norse mythology) hanging over the earth before an image of outer space, smothered in a network of rivers and pumping like a heart. This will pull out to reveal the rivers forming a body of veins - a body matching Lilith's shape and movement on the river. Then I will probably cut to her being launched upwards by the last drop on water in the stream.<br /><br />This final idea is a new one, actually, which came to me as I read a passage of Simon Schama's 'Landscape and Memory,' which never ceases to fill my head with ideas. I was just waiting for a friend in the library so I opened the book at a random page, read one passage and was instantly inspired! It was a discussion about the quest to scientifically explain the formation of rivers and briefly mentioned the ancient classical view of the earth as an organism with systems similar to those of the human body.Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-8326176422818901832010-06-10T15:09:00.000-07:002010-06-10T15:44:25.904-07:00Almost there!There's now just one week left until the assessment of our National Gallery projects. Everyone has been working so hard and going a little crazy - some of us have been eating all of our meals in the studio and have completely cut out any kind of social life.<br /><br />Luckily for me, everything has been going fairly smoothly from the beginning. However, this doesn't mean I'm on track at all -after having initially planned out all of the scenes for my project, I soon realised how much I would have to cut out if I had any hope of getting a coherent animation completed on time. There are so many symbolic elements that I had wanted to include but have had to sacrifice, which is a little sad because the conceptual research is what got me really fired up and passionate about my idea in the first place. I will definitely polish things up over the summer to include some of the cut scenes, which will help to make the narrative more comprehensive. However, it's a shame that I won't be entirely happy with what I have to show for assessment on the 18th and at the private viewing on the 25th.<br /><br />Some of the clips in progress have been posted on my Youtube channel. Please check them out if you have the time, unless you don't wish to spoil the surprise that the final animation will bring!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/user/JennytheNomad<br /><br />It's hard to recognise how much you are learning whilst the process is ongoing, but I can feel how much more confident I am in the Ps, Fl and Ae programmes than I was six months ago. Even though everything hasn't gone to plan, it's a great feeling to know that I am learning so much along the way. Most of all, I have learned that I MUST be more organised with the planning of my animation projects from the very start, particularly with time management!Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-85449805111746971782010-05-17T02:26:00.000-07:002010-05-17T03:21:09.558-07:00Final Project in progressHere are a couple of clips from the first scene. Again, these are templates to be traced so that you will only see a few brushlike highlights of the forms against a nighttime backdrop.<br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-e9525b32fab09e6 height=266 width=320 contentId="e9525b32fab09e6"></OBJECT><br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-b8d32fe6fc20d4ea height=266 width=320 contentId="b8d32fe6fc20d4ea"></OBJECT>Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-63585043951312566802010-05-06T02:52:00.000-07:002010-05-06T04:01:16.549-07:00Rough animatic<OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-8fe02aa927fcb36e height=266 width=320 contentId="8fe02aa927fcb36e"></OBJECT>Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-55169560490797448872010-05-04T05:52:00.000-07:002010-05-04T13:00:45.497-07:00Swimming Wolves<OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-7591bc0edccb74f3 height=266 width=320 contentId="7591bc0edccb74f3"></OBJECT><br /><br />This is the pack of grey wolf spirits that will carry Lilith for the first part of her journey. I have changed Eve's name to Lilith because she is a far more interesting and obscured figure from the same mythic tradition.<br />As with the bears, I will rotoscope the form of the wolves and the ripples with painterly effects.Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-86345275672148723312010-05-03T14:28:00.000-07:002010-05-03T16:08:47.319-07:00On Friday, the class had a meeting at the National Gallery to show our animatics and get feedback, and hopefully approval, from the tutors, visiting professionals and gallery representatives. It was fascinating to see everybody's work and made me extra excited to see the finished products; some of the plans look like so much fun to animate that I was even a little envious that I wouldn't have the privilege!<br />I am pleased with the feedback I obtained. The critics were merciless but seemed interested in my ideas and the themes I am exploring. Most importantly for me, they have convinced me to cut out all ancient motifs that aren't clearly linked to the river Thames or English culture. I had wanted to include many interesting mythic figures and symbols from ancient civilisations across Europe and back to the Sumerians at the dawn of civilisation, as I belief these ancient worldviews have trickled down to inform the foundation of the Thames's cultural history. Although I was most interested in ancient English tribal culture, I wished to be as diplomatic and politically correct as possible; to claim ancient English traditions as the source of the Thames's history might seem too anglophilic/anglocentric in a BNP-paranoid climate and exclude all of the citizens of London who are not of English heritage. However, I was persuaded that the ancient English culture I am interested in exploring and expressing has been sidelined by a distortion of what English culture stands for and that I should play a part in redressing the balance.<br />Today, I visited the British Museum for the first time for some visual research into ancient Celtic imagery and did some sketches of the oldest artefacts with any discernable pattern, some of which came out of the Thames itself! Perhaps I can incorporate the circular motifs into the setting sun and the linear motifs onto the barks of trees.<br />Here are some of the patterns I have chosen to be most appropriate:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99XEXi8XfI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/5-la8Z2O8sw/s1600/wandsworth+thames+shield+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 204px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99XEXi8XfI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/5-la8Z2O8sw/s400/wandsworth+thames+shield+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467184205202742770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99W_Bb_T3I/AAAAAAAAAKI/ryCL5Te2c0A/s1600/Thames+400BC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99W_Bb_T3I/AAAAAAAAAKI/ryCL5Te2c0A/s400/Thames+400BC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467184113368649586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99W-Tk40eI/AAAAAAAAAKA/v1sjRnJYr7M/s1600/Thames+150BC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99W-Tk40eI/AAAAAAAAAKA/v1sjRnJYr7M/s400/Thames+150BC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467184101057941986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99W-BM9jEI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/IsGWRFHJzpI/s1600/Thames+100BC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99W-BM9jEI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/IsGWRFHJzpI/s400/Thames+100BC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467184096125750338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99W9xO-prI/AAAAAAAAAJw/3Z37zOdEtpQ/s1600/river+witham+nr+lincoln+400BC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99W9xO-prI/AAAAAAAAAJw/3Z37zOdEtpQ/s400/river+witham+nr+lincoln+400BC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467184091839243954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99W9kZfTSI/AAAAAAAAAJo/mKRbsY63ACg/s1600/northamptonshire+50BC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99W9kZfTSI/AAAAAAAAAJo/mKRbsY63ACg/s400/northamptonshire+50BC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467184088393665826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99WM6M6M4I/AAAAAAAAAJg/MI45gYGqrCU/s1600/Kirkburn+sword+250BC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99WM6M6M4I/AAAAAAAAAJg/MI45gYGqrCU/s400/Kirkburn+sword+250BC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467183252432892802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99WMYUk-jI/AAAAAAAAAJY/_IhlSC0UjIM/s1600/hertforshire+50BC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99WMYUk-jI/AAAAAAAAAJY/_IhlSC0UjIM/s400/hertforshire+50BC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467183243338250802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99WMLJNOwI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/oITme1LgGdw/s1600/cornwall+100BC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99WMLJNOwI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/oITme1LgGdw/s400/cornwall+100BC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467183239800896258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99WLgZIrjI/AAAAAAAAAJI/y91_yJoYoe8/s1600/cambridgeshire+100BC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99WLgZIrjI/AAAAAAAAAJI/y91_yJoYoe8/s400/cambridgeshire+100BC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467183228324982322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99WLjiIQTI/AAAAAAAAAJA/NT_08ufMegE/s1600/battersea+shield.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LtXZtwe0w4g/S99WLjiIQTI/AAAAAAAAAJA/NT_08ufMegE/s400/battersea+shield.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467183229168009522" /></a>Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813998466571910750.post-60863001522182208252010-04-26T03:46:00.000-07:002010-04-26T03:55:18.566-07:00swimming bearsHere is the test of a template I will use to show the bears swimming. These bears, which are actually ephemeral embodiments of the river, will carry Eve for the first stage of her journey before they morph into wolves. I created this animation with clear black lines because I will be rotoscoping them later in photoshop for the desired look.<br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-1b6dd3b7a99672e6 height=266 width=320 contentId="1b6dd3b7a99672e6"></OBJECT>Jenny Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793299382630821353noreply@blogger.com0