Two Thirds | Bekkies Story
Brief: To create something which showcases the importance of memory and having conversations before it's too late. Problem: Memory is something we can't see, it has stereotypically representations, but this doesn't scratch the surface of what the true experience memory is. Solution: Creating a web of experiments that combined primary and secondary research, along with journalistic interviews, allowed for a deeper understanding that led to ultimately choosing to animate a story told candidly by my parents; as it showcased how memory isn’t a clear picture but is instead living and changing along with us. **To see the final animation and tests visit my website: sarahr.myportfolio.com **
Below are some selected stills from each scene featured in the above animation these highlight the key moments of action.
What led me to choosing memory as a subject?
As I've generally struggled with poor memory, it's something that's been quite prevalent in my life and the more I forgot the harder I found it to connect with people I knew. This led to research into how memories function, and a range of short tests exploring how to visualise memory theory in practice.
Exploring different means of redaction and repurposing of my personal image collections, this started the idea of the cut out style and it's importance in showcasing real stories.
Further tests led to me trialing stop motion using projection, as well as making individual frames to communicate the emotions of holding on to people from your past. This directly impacted how I ended up animating my parents in the final piece.
To produce the final animation I used a combination of hand drawn and painted frames, combined with Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects and a plug in called Duik (the videos below shows some of this process).