We shared a great three days with the second year students on the Digital Animation BA (Honours) course. Split into five groups, we each had three days to write and produce a two minute animatic to help improve the public perception of NUFSED (National Union of Fairies, Sprites, Elves and Druids).
Our group chose the tragic reunion of Goldilocks and The Three Bears, in which both parties come to a sticky end, while others did the same to stories such as Rumpelstiltskin.
It might sound crazy, but as you can see above, things did get a little tense in that final hour or so as each group patched things together, matching the animations to the sound.
Three days wasn't really long enough, but even if they'd given us longer who's to say it would have added anything to the course? We all learnt a lot about working on joint projects, and I think that was the point of the exercise. Writing can be a lonely profession, so learning to work with others is another unexpected bonus I've gained from this year.
Oz.
No mention of the other hard-hitting, gritty Goldilocks tale told at the workshop? That's a shame...
ReplyDeleteSorry Milord, but in the end this is MY blog...
ReplyDeleteVery true!
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