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I chose the sub-theme of art & memory as it appealed to me the most. I came up with two ideas for what to do, a literal meaning of art & memory by going with the memory of art (mnemonic memory.) The second idea was to create a space sequence using audio and images from NASA missions, and combine it with 3D models. I went with this heading instead of the other two as it spoke to me more, I could have done the same idea with them but it suited art & memory better: With the art of memory I planned to follow the principles of mnemonic memory, which involves sequences of images connected together in a chain, such as memory images within visual locations. The main principles are visual sense and spatial awareness, order, limited sets, association, effect, and repetition. I would create a 3D object, either a sphere or pyramid, and then have different scenes from various major points in Earth’s history, such as the building of Giza, the formation of the planet, the extinction of the dinosaurs, the first world war, etc. I later decided to go with my second idea as I knew it would take a long time to get the transitions and the huge amount of scenes finished. With the space theme I wanted to reflect the memory of past space explorations with my own 3D models flying through space. To get the necessary images and audio I went to NASA’s website which has downloadable high-res images of space, the planets, and distant stars, as well as audio of older space missions such as Discovery, Juno, Cassini, and audio of deep space observations. I also found texture maps on Solar System Scope, which I can put onto 3D spheres. References; Artists: I chose to look at a few different artists, Zdzislaw Beksinski and Edward Gorey, whom I really like, and John Martin who made fantasy compositions, and whose work has been emulated in modern cinema.
Films: For the science fiction nature of my project I looked at primarily films involved Earth as opposed to fictitious settings.
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SynopsisIndividual project from first year of VFX course in Ballyfermot. Archives
May 2018
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