Final Project

For my final FST333 animation, I'm planning to either use stop motion or rotoscoping to create a music video.

The song choice I've planned to use is Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit." In the video, as the music plays we open up to a house cat eating at her food dish in a dark and human-free living space. As the music progresses, we follow the cat as she explores her habitat. We'll see her jump from the floor to the kitchen counter and discover a bag of cat-nip that she'll proceed to dig through and ultimately ingest it. Once the cat-nip takes effect the scenery will change and the background will become crazily colored and the cats eyes will get larger and ordinary pieces of furniture and appliances found around the living space will become distorted in some shape or form. By the end of the video the cat will seek solace in her cat condo away from the craziness that has become her home.

If I use rotoscope I will film my own house cats movements around my apartment to get not only the setting but also the motions of the animal as it would actually move. (However, I will not make her actually ingest cat-nip). After the rotoscoping is done, I'll use effects from After Effects to make the furniture/appliances move or distort themselves make the cats eyes larger and add effects to the background. While rotoscoping will take a significant amount of time it may be the better option to really capture the motions. 

If I use stop motion I will use my apartment as the setting still but instead of my actual cat use a cat plushy I own and take photos that will progress into my video. I will still use After Effects to add extra effects to the video and get the crazy feel I'm going for with the video. 

I do not have storyboards up at this time but by 3:00 tomorrow I will have them up. Hopefully a visual image will help understanding the idea I'm going for.