ABSTRACTING! YAY! (not really...)
Okay, this is the kind of astract I can get behind. XD We're supposed to create a creature or character that reflects our chosen discipline...but all I can think of is digimon. Like, the digi-evolutions of...let's say, a kitchen hand to a chef to a sous chef until they hit their final digi-evolutions of THE HEAD CHEF. XD KSDJHFSKHFHDSHF
Like, the baby digi-evolution, then the in-training then the rookie stage, the champion stage, the ultimate stage and then THE MEGA STAGE...I reckon the baby stage will be easy enough but the in-training could be a little chef hand (like with Kids Masterchef) before going onto the rookie stage of a kitchen hand, maybe the station chef or the commis chef as the champion, the sous chef as the ultimate, before hitting the mega digi-evolution of head chef. I dunno. I like the idea of a lot of station chefs banding together to create the mega digi-evolution, or something, but would that be too Transformer-esque? WKJSDHFKJSDHF Whatever? The names are going to be funny, and completely unoriginal. XD I'm sure there's a...chef-type digimon out there already but I'm gonna have some fun with this...
Here's a super rough version of the digi-evolutions...
I'll finish off the rest at home because I can't draw on this tablet. DX Not properly, anyway...I might change the design on the ultimate and the mega because they're looking a bit too similar but I want one of the digi-evolutions to do a carrot cake attack because CUTE. The champion will throw dinner plates as their attack. XD
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AT HOME. THIS IS DO.
I like bunnies.
So, my line of thinking is this: you gotta be quick in the kitchen. You gotta be quick, you gotta be smart, you gotta work it. As you can see in this digimon here...they gots a big stirring spoon on their back and a wok on their head. The wok can act as a shield, albeit a small one. XD They've got a knife roll tucked right next to them so they can use their assortment of knives if poop hits the fan and they need an extra attack boost. WHOOP! They've got claws so they can slice and dice their foes, powerful feet to give drop-kicks and a cute fluffy tail that belies their utter strength at bashing a head in. BOOYAH. The wok can pack a serious wallop because it's made of CAST-IRON STEEEEELLLDFKJHSJDFHSKDJFHDS How does this digimon even work? HOW DOES ANY DIGIMON WORK? I have no idea. Leave it to the power of the IMAGINATION...
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Also, I thought a little bit more on the whole trans-disciplinary assessment and I wondered, hey, what about the 12 principles of animation? I could combine that into cooking, right? I mean, a jelly is a whole squash and stretch principle all on its' own...XD
-sobs-
So many weeks have passed and I still have nothing to show for it...
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I started on the brief but there are some changes to be had still. I've more or less settled for this as a starter:
TRANSDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK:
Fusion Cuisine will be a live action/stop motion film mixed with 2D animation combining techniques from Steriogram’s “Walkie Talkie Man” (2004), Aardman’s “Wallace and Gromit” series and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution’s “Ratatouille” (2007). The animation will be split into three main parts.
According to Exquisite Taste, it is the: “blending of two or more culinary traditions from different areas to create innovative and often very interesting dishes.” It is the taking of different cooking disciplines (Asian VS Western, American VS Mexican, British VS Middle-Eastern) and combining it to create a new dish/condiment. While the art of combining flavors has been around for decades and even centuries, it is only in the 1970s that chefs and home cooks alike began to really play around with Fusion Cuisine and Gastronomy. It was in the late 1980s that “Molecular Gastronomy” took the culinary world by force, recreating old ideas with new techniques that make chefs like Heston Blumenthal a sensational rave by most food critics.
In the music video “Walkie Talkie Man”, a mixture of live action as well as stop motion was seen interspersed throughout the footage. On top of this, I will also be taking reference from the “Wallace and Gromit” series which was done almost entirely in stop-motion. In “Ratatouille”, the main part which I will be taking from are the moments when Remy is describing the scents, tastes and texture of cheese and seeing them in music and color in his mind’s eyes.
CREATIVE PROCESS:
This animation will have an amalgamation of techniques including live action, stop motion and 2D animation. I will explore the “creation” of Fusion Cuisine; the marriage of different flavors and the birth of a new sensation. This will be described, not through words or exposition, but entirely in a visual story with elements of a “rom-com” movie.
Development for this project will be achieved through a minimum of: ????
- 15 fusion cuisine food items
- 30 concept sketches
- 10 abstract visualisations and perceptions of “fusion cuisine”
- Storyboard and animatic
On top of these developments, videos of basic stop motion footage will be needed to display use of the technique and to show progress of the animation. Music will also be included in the concepts of visualizing fusion cuisine which will either need to be created new or sourced from royalty-free websites.
SCOPE AND OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT:
By the end of this project the film will be converted into a digital video and uploaded for submission. The length of the film, not including the opening and ending titles, will be determined through the rough storyboard and animatic and the eventual testing of the footage. I am hoping to achieve at least 30 seconds for the final submission.
Programs that will be used during the project will be Photoshop, After Effects, and Animate. Equipments that will be used will include a camera, borrowed with permission from the school, and various kitchen tools. As mentioned previously in the Creative Process, audio will most likely either be original or sources from a royalty-free website.
The final submission will include:
- Opening title and ending credits
- Live action footage
- Stop motion footage
- 2D animation
- Audio
PEER FEEDBACK:
Not many people understand the term “fusion cuisine” so peer feedback will be asked throughout the project to gauge reactions and to determine the clarity of the explanation through subtext. Feedback will also be asked on consistency of filmed footage, i.e. lighting, item placement and timing. Feedback on the smoothness and cleanliness of the 2D animation will also be sought.
REFERENCES:
Exquisite Tastes. (2013) Retrieved from: http://www.exquisite-taste-magazine.com/all-editions/may-july-2015/east-meet-west/the-history-of-fusion-cuisine.html
Wallace and Gromit. (2016) Retrieved from: http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/
Walkie Talkie Man. (2004) Retrieved from: https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/walkie-talkie-man-2004
Ratatouille. (2007) Retrieved from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382932/
Molecular Gastronomy. (2016) Retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_gastronomy
Heston Blumenthal. (2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heston_Blumenthal
HEAD HURTY.
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