MOTION GRAPHICS + 2D TRADITIONAL ANIMATION. A CASE STUDY
My short “The Other Side” entwines the use of an expressive 2D style with the motion graphic, the after effects shape based animation. The latter is in heavy rotation in today’s animation industry for its effectiveness and efficiency- I set out wanting combine 2 styles, presenting hybrid techniques of animation. Mixed media is a fascinating genre of art, to me, using and working with the materials available to you to tell your story, paint your ideas- whatever you have to hand. The idea then, came very much as a plot. A man walks up to the camera, where a chicken in the foreground gets kicked in the butt. I knew I wanted to combine different animation techniques, harbouring different styles to describe character. Bringing this creation to life definitely took me a few wrong missed steps. The effect to over lay illustration over a pre animated chicken I animated in After Effects, gave the chicken more than just movement keyframe to keyframe... I could illustrate a