To summarize the Bayeux Tapestry, a man named Harold is crowned king despite the oath made to William, William upon hearing this is filled with betrayal and thus heads out to Hastings and seeks to attack , as a way to retrieve his right to the throne. The battle sets out and king Harold gets killed (by he famously known) by an arrow to the eye. What I found interesting about this was how these tactics that humans would undergo years ago, still exist today. How war is still a massive issue, how human lives can be thrown away and cast aside so easily. Moments like this I believe only highlight the worst features of mankind. I reason I thought about this was that (with the knowledge that we are making an animation) it is important to reflect upon how it links with modern society, how (as an animator) one can connect with the audience, to pass on a moral that speaks for itself and has a global impact. As animation itself is simply another form of visual and verbal communication, and what good is speaking if it is without purpose?
After that we were told of the required format of the flip book animation, that the chronological order of the animation would be split between the beginning, middle and end, and each member of the group would take a specific part. Having to produce a 100 paged flip book (on a post-it note) for each stage.
After that we started to brainstorm ideas about what our flip book animation could be (based on the historical moment we looked at)
We came up with our idea quiet quickly. When this happens it is occasionally because as a group you were lucky to hit it on the first strike. Usually only professional and experienced animation studios and teams are able to do this, therefore as a result I believe we as a group may have slightly been too eager to come up with a resolution, that we did not think about any other possible outcomes. I also think this was because the group weren't comfortable with one another verbally, as there were instances I felt members (including myself) have ideas but kept it to themselves. I have yet, to experience this and learn how to solve it. As when in a real situation, the priority is the idea, and therefore such things shouldn't come in the way as it could possibly endanger the projects potential by a large scale. My aim is that the next time I experience this, I will act more and try to help make every member feel involved and engaged with the project.
Idea one
Our first idea was to recreate the most well known scene of the Bayeux Tapestry which was the moment Harold got hit in the eye by an arrow. Here is the way the story was split up.
Storyline
Beginning: The troops are running in (Sam)
Middle: An arrow is shot by member of group (Samson)
End: arrow is seen flying and hitting eye (Halima)
Equipment
Pencil
Ruler
Post-it notes
Making the flip book animation
The process required a lot of patience as it took a lot of time to get the shot of the arrow and its speed in time with the amount of post-it notes. What I also did that was a mistake was that I started by imagining what the arrow might look like and working from my head, rather than searching images of arrows and the way it is shot. I did this later on, and only when I did this did my animation work and finish in time. A problem that everyone else also realized at the end was that because of all individual drawing styles by each member, when the animation came together the scenes didn't flow as well as they could have. I personally liked the differentiation in style as it brings together different forms of visual communication. Despite this in a professional environment, the drawings have to be styled in the same way. This made me see how difficult animation is a a career choice, as everybody working together in a studio has to have the ability of easily adapting to different styles, and the one needed.
Here is my flipbook animation
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