Digital Media - Camden Smith

  I had such a great time in this class and learned a lot that will help me in my career. These new software like Photoshop and Illustrator will be integral to my films moving forward.

  The music I created for the animation was super fun to make. I made about 3 or 4 different prototypes before I settled on this one. I wanted to make a more rock and funky beginning section, a nostalgic and melancholy middle section, and a somber end. This was to show how we forget the things that are important to us over time. I also wanted the bass guitar to be the main focus, that being also the main focus of the animation itself.

  After many long nights, I have finally finished this animation. This was the longest time I spent on any of these projects, which makes sense given that there are over 600 frames of animation. I wanted to make this piece cohesive with the music I made, so the bass guitar was very fitting for me. The mask was to make this video feel more animated and detached from reality.

This one is my favorite that I've done for this class. For this project, I used my fear of being watched to create an unsettling image. I used the hands tearing out to illustrate the feeling of escape, but never being able to which is represented by the hands around the neck.