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https://soundcloud.com/lillie-kowalik/audio

ITS 11 MINUTES LONG BUT ONLY LISTEN TO 30 SECONDS OF IT.
This is the base of the audio for the animation, almost like the rhythm to carry it along, we are adding extra sounds to it today and in the upcoming days which are more fitting to the animation (waves sounds, chains etc.)

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https://youtu.be/rXHHLtG_iGQ

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Testing animation over book, cotton picking

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Lino cut animation loop, the white lion

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1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is delighted to announce its return to Somerset House for the 11th consecutive year. Taking place from 12 – 15 October

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Lightning- Long John (Old song by a chain gang)

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- What part of this project are important to you?
The representation and message that this illustration was connected to. It was the eye catcher and representation of the whole article. So it was important to me to do well.
- How dos this represent your skills and interests?
I enjoy editorial illustration alot and i want to get back into collage again.
- what would you do differently?
I would have ben more organised with my time. i felt my communication was really good and i still met the deadline however it would have been nice to do more experimentation.

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what did you most enjoy about this project -
I enjoyed the randomness of this project using the unconscious mind and
what did you learn in the process?
not being too precious with work in order to make "happy mistakes"
where did you encounter diffculties in the project ?
yes the music and the animation was hard to put together still something that isn't quite right
what elements are important to you as a maker?
this animation is more of a happy accident piece it shows a lot of elements of experimentation
how does the project show your interests?
it shows my interest in music and layering visual stimulus over to create a different feeling to the song
what would you do differently?
the animation gets slightly repetitive so more experimentation

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your curls are you power
- What did i most enjoy?
I enjoyed getting back into my style of drawing and playing around with collage/backgrounds again.
- What did you learn through this process?
I leaned to not be afraid to ask questions. i was concerned about depicting problems or race that i cant relate to. but in the end i was tought a-lot. this is also where i had difficulties, i struggled to draw braids and so i went for an afro. but i was concerned that it was a basic and obvious  representation of modern black hair.

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what i did i most enjoy?
using cut outs and using oil pastels allowed me to use painting that would otherwise be unsuitable for animation
what did i learn?
cut outs are fiddly and annoying and to not make the music too loud
where did i encounter difficulties?
finding a bloody rostrum they would let me use
getting the animation completed in time
pacing the thing in the edit
what elements are important to me as a maker?
the sense of movement in the animation needs to be fluid and convincing and it needs to have feeling
how does this project show my interests?
i like painting and i think that is evident in the piece

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most enjoy about it?
-never really do animation so it was fun doing a digital animation which i could smash out quicker than normal also using new medium.
what did you learn through the process?
-throughout the animation i got more efficient and understanding of the way animation works.
where did i encounter difficulties?
making some of the scenes merge into each other well as it was a merging animation.
which elements of this project were important to me as a maker?
for me to enjoy making it, which i did.
how did this project represent skills and interests?
it made me excited to experiment with the potential behind digital animation and where i can go with it.
If you were to do a similar project again what would you do differently?
be more brave with the animation use more of a variety of tools etc, play with audio.
How did you organise the project? How long was the project, how did you manage your time?
-was a spair time lil project so there was no deadline or time limit which was actually quite nice to just play around as much as i wanted, however might be interesting to see how well i'd work with a deadline.

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Has anyone in the group found interesting sources / suggestions / thoughts?

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Has anyone in the group found interesting sources / suggestions / thoughts?

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animators (william kentridge), music ideas, music merging, blues, animating merging time periods.

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Where might you begin to engage with additional research material?

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Where might you begin to engage with additional research material?

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youtube, vimeo, instagram, the sites that they reccomended.

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What are you interested in learning more about that you have not yet?

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What are you interested in learning more about that you have not yet?

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-strange fruit
-learning more about the music and audio
-lots more visual research, animations, film etc.

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How far does your research take you away from the focus of the essays within Four Hundred Souls?

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How far does your research take you away from the focus of the essays within Four Hundred Souls?

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so far we have generally been sticking within the lines of the idea of the book, we haven't had the chance to go off on a tangent

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How does the source of the material change the information? Who created it and from what perspective are they presenting it? When was it made? For what purpose?

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How does the source of the material change the information? Who created it and from what perspective are they presenting it? When was it made? For what purpose?

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combined both of their skills and professions to create a book which can inform and change the way people can view black history from a variety of perspectives rather than just one persons perspective.

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How does the form of the material change our understanding?

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How does the form of the material change our understanding?

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gives us a more diverse insight, and equal stress on time throughout the different 5 year periods.

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What forms has your research taken? Reading? Listening? Watching? Looking?

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What forms has your research taken? Reading? Listening? Watching? Looking?

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mostly watching, however need to do some more audio research, potentially songs they sang,
editing music from past to present (theo??)
James brown, R.kelly

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What interested you about this research?

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What interested you about this research?

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interesting to see other peoples animations and compare and to gain ideas for the future .

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How has/could additional research widen your understanding of the essays?

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How has/could additional research widen your understanding of the essays?

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-If something takes your interest from one of the essays you could further research that specific thing.
-Lots of visual research, as the book is mostly written. good to get lots more visual research.

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What additional research have we done so far?

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What additional research have we done so far?

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-looking at the past kingston vintage animation entries
-1619 podcast
-William kentridge animations

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diffrent formats different creative views
diffrent authors diffrent  experiences
keeps you interested, and imformed

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which essays have interested you and why?

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which essays have interested you and why?

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arrival 1st essay
baptised loophole
Elizabeth key - born to slave and slave owner

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what emotion do you feel while reading these essays - how do these feeling change ?

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what emotion do you feel while reading these essays - how do these feeling change ?

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upset, horrified unthinkable heart breaking disgusted embarrassed disconnected

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mayflower boat most famous, boat before that no-one knew about, the white lion
marroon, groups of people that escaped slavery formed own self reliant communities, completely separate, white authorities tried to deal with them by giving bounties to native Americans to kill black people, putting minorities against each other