Creative Studio: Journal Entries [Compilation]

Creative Studio: Ideation

Embodied Thinking
- Empathizing
- Kinesthetic

Kinesthetic: 5 senses
Applicable to music?
Changing rhythm, amplification, change in instruments, vocals (possibly lyrics?)

Wavelengths: bars, lines, waves

Apply to:

• Linework (stability)
• Colour palette/theme/scheme  (brightness/saturation)
• Size
• Stylistic approach (how realistic)

Examples of music to be used:

• Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
• ALIEN - Maximum the Hormone
• ECHO - CrusherP
• Toxicity - System of a Down
• Circles - EDEN

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Sound = Audio waves

• Frequency/Wavelength
• Amplitude
• Sound pressure/Intensity
• Speed of sound
• Direction

Frequency = number of occurrences (higher frequency, faster rhythm)

Amplitude = measure of change (higher amplitude, louder volume)

Instead of the audio waves literally being the linework, it can instead dictate how smooth/rough the lines, textures, etc. are.

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Videos that follow the beat of the song:

Thought of You by Ryan Woodward: 

Duet by Glen Keane:

Notes: 
- Movements only follow the general rhythm but aren't entirely dictated by them. Big, key movements during the peak moments of each song.

- Linework is rough and free; matches both songs' calm and serene nature.

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Narrative videos influenced by shapes/patterns (animation process research):

Coda by Alan Holly:

The Junebugs by OddFellow:

https://vimeo.com/181109548

Notes:

- Shapes could morph to the beat, whether it's with size, colour or opacity.

- Using rough textures for each frame could mean wanted/unwanted extra movement

- Stylistic approach could be different for each element in the animation. Eg. Only linework for the environment in the foreground, realistic painting for the background, flat 2D for the characters.

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Music video with experimental animation (linework, textures and colours):

Old English by RuffMercy:

Notes:

- Frames are never consistent and always changing. Is rough by nature, multitudes of lines, layers of colours, text. Very wild and free.

- Shapes and patterns transform all around the rappers, matching key moments of the beat.

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Examples of rotoscoping with expressive linework:

EXO Dubstep intro animation (KAI ver.) by Chulsu

exo-k kai machine animation by Chulsu

Notes:

- Good minimalistic approach in linework. Uses not online outlines/folds, but also the shading and darker tones' strokes to bring about movement.

- At key moments of the music, the movement is exaggerated with motion blur.

- The costume design and environment in the second video allowed for even more movement through the linework.