At the beginning of class Monday, your rotoscope animation is due.
You also need to email me a one-paragraph description of your idea for your final animation project. Please also indicate your ideas for the style/technique you will use. You can use any technique (or combination of techniques) you'd like -- rotoscope, jointed armature, etc.
The latitude for what your final animation is about is also very open. I just don't want to see things that are mainly spoofs or ripoffs of something else. It should have a personal dimension to it. That doesn't mean it has to be realistic in any way -- it just has to be your own ideas, images, characters, etc.
If you're stuck for an idea, here are some jumping-off places (some of the past sketchbook assignments could be starting-points):
What's an interesting trip you took?
What's a memorable dream you had?
What's the most embarrassing thing that's happened to you (you have to be brave to pick this one, but your cartoon might get some good laughs)?
What's something (an event, a place, a person) that you were really excited about, but when the event happened (or when you visited the place, or met the person), it wasn't at all what you expected?
Talk about your favorite daydreams.
Talk about your worst fears.
What's a story (funny or serious) that you've told time and time again, because you know it's a good story?
What was the first time you defied one or both of your parents -- or some other authority figure? And what was the consequence?
What's been the greatest achievement of your life so far (it can be rough to go this direction without looking like you're bragging about yourself, but it can be done)?
What's the most difficult decision you've ever had to make?
What was your first pet?
What's something weird you did as a young child, that seemed to make sense to you as a kid, but in retrospect seems pretty bizarre?
What's the thing you hate most about the world?
You can be funny or you can be serious. It could be as serious as dealing with the death of someone close to you, or as goofy as the most successful practical joke you've played on a friend. Just make sure the story is meaningful to you in some way -- meaningful enough that you won't mind spending about a month working on it.
Another option: pick a folk or fairy tale to adapt. That way, you'll have a whole plot laid out for you -- your trick is to invest it with your own sense of style.
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