Blindspot
"The World is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing."
Service
Movie Generation
Final Project
Collage
Arts University Bournemouth
Year
2020
The world has been changing so fast recently. There are many channels to follow what is happening in the world during the day. Thanks to mobile phones, newspapers or televisions, which have become a part of modern life, people encounter hundreds of news, people profiles and images every day. Especially people spend time in newspapers or their online applications, websites to follow current local and international news. Access to these sources is very easy, but the effects of the news on media channels on people lives are very short. Current media channels usually have highlighted the news content and headlines for entertainment purposes, which can be made more sales and can get more click however some news fall far behind in importance. In third world countries especially in Middle East and Africa, new crimes against humanity and war crimes are committed every day. News about humanity does not take much place, when the contents of the newspapers are examined. Nevertheless, media channels include news from these countries however they are mainly political. Unfortunately, in the news where the political problems between countries bring to the forth, the main problems of the people living in these countries remain in the background. In the news we used to see politicians, political problems between and within the countries, explosions, deaths and protests with a superficial coverage but it is quite rare to read news about the daily life challenges of unknown people living in these countries, instead they used only as political pawns.
4 frames per second:
Animation techniques were a completely new field for me. Because in this area, which is different from 3d motion design, it was necessary to provide both movement and narration at the same time. Since there was a limited time for project submission and a lot of knowledge in animation required, I decided to draw and narrate with traditional methods instead of computer generated animation. In the traditional hand drawing technique, I had to draw 30 frames for an average of one second, this number meant too many drawings (more than 200) in a limited time. Instead of 30 frames per second, I made it by drawing 4 frames for each second in scenes that require motion with the stop motion method. And I used my Ipad as a tool.
From sound to the video:
I decided to go through the concept of the bus stop, what I had to do was produce a sound for the video. Since I determined the bus stop as the main location,
I needed a recording with sounds consist of the outside world, bus voices, human noises and sounds from news reporting about Syria as I dealt with a criticism through media channels. I firstly created the sound of the video by using different sounds taken from Youtube. I used After Effects as a tool and use the final sound as a guide for my project.
Bus stop loud: bus commuting, cars, horn sounds, people talking
Newspaper pages turning voice
News Report: Syria crisis. I have used 7 different news report. However, as a result of the context analysis I have done with newspapers and online news channels, I realized that the vast majority of the news about the Syrian crisis is already political. That is why I also covered mostly political news.
Diegetic Sound: It is the music and sounds heard in the world of the film. It can be heard from television, radio or living things around us. Usage of diegetic sound helps me to reinforce my video with the sound effects from news reports and sound from outside.
