Mise en abyme...

Phil has mentioned looking at Mise en abyme so i decided to get straight on doing some research into what it was. at first you may be thinking what the hell is that, but i can assure you we are all familiar with the idea, if not the name of it. The term is originally from the French and means "placing into infinity" or "placing into the abyss". The commonplace usage of this phrase is describing the visual experience of standing between two mirrors, seeing an infinite reproduction of one's image. this relates to my idea because the town inside the box is a reproduction of the actual town the musical box is in.

Reference Images... Town Design...

I have gathered together some images to use as a reference for the design of my town. I wanted quite an ordered and 'perfect' looking town so that the animation seems very surreal and out of the ordinary. Here is the type of look i am going for when considering the design of my town...

Summer Project Idea Development...

Here's my new idea for soundscape 9 for our summer project. I like the twist in the the narrative and i think with the happy mood and tempo of the music, there will be an element of surprise...

- A town seems abandoned but there is confetti on the floor and banners and decorations are hanging through the streets, implying there is some sort of parade/carnival…
- A Parade comes through town but still there is no one in sight…
- As the parade leaves, the music slows and it is revealed that this is actually a music box as the lid closes and the key begins to stop turning…
- The music box is the only thing in an abandoned room which turns out to be a toy shop and as we pull away and out of the shop window we see that the street in the music box is a replica of the actual town and the street has been abandoned…

Summer Project... Idea...

So i've been thinking of ideas for my summer project whilst i was doing my unit 6 Maya tutorials, and ive come up with a basic narrative for my favourite idea. My soundscape is number 9 and its very fun and adventurious, it really reminded me of the type of music you'd find for events at festivals or fayres. This influenced my idea. The basic outline for my idea is a character who is trying to get into a big fayre/festival but tickets have sold out. He/she then steals someones outfit/costume and gets in like that, but once in the character is rushed into performing and from there all sorts of occurances happen as he/she doesn't know what theyre doing...

Next i'm going to produce a small thumbnail storyboard to make my idea a lot clearer, but i think it has the opportunity to be quite funny and comical, maybe similar to a mr. bean style silly sketch.

Unit 6 Maya Tutorials... Render Layers Part 3...

Unit 6 Maya Tutorials... Render Layers Part 2...

Unit 6 Maya Tutorials... Render Layers Part 1...