In this class we learned about different kinds of abstract animation and conceptual animation. As for the abstract animation it has the question: what kind of story tells the animation or film? The old abstract animations we looked at during the class were all quite different from each other. for example there were a lot that were made on to old film and where they tried to ‘play’ with different shapes on the film, layer for layer. But also a different method used was with stop motion.
At the end of the class we were told to choose an abstract animation that we know or found and tell something about the animation. As for me I choose one that also has a little bit direction towards my thesis subject.
I choose the Video mapping project Ollo done by content creator Mr.Beam this project was shown on the Brussel light festival in 2015
Ollo is a Video mapping project created by Mr.Beam. It tells a story about 2 blobs (called Ol and Lo) who ‘wake up’ in a new environment, first wakes up 1 of the two and then follows the other. They discover the surroundings that have been given to them and play around. When the’ve seen everything they try to go out of their boundaries and try to adventure even further. But this causes for trouble and delivers them many obstacles. They work together as friends to escape these threads.
As for the Animation self: it has been video mapped onto a building where you can see they played with the different edges the building gives us. The blobs have to crawl around the windows to discover new areas. This is one of the reasons I’ve chosen this as my abstract animation. It shows a playful method of animation and gives you as creater a more fun canvas to play with.
Also for my animation thesis I want to do my subject about how animation includes empathy for the audience in many different ways. I think the animation Ollo uses a very good way of showing these emotions of the blobs while they discover the area. The small movements of looking around when they see something pulls you in as the audience. as well as when he gets stuck into the ‘glue’, as a viewer it makes you worried about how they will be able to escape.