College applications are coming up, which means essays with a bunch of different prompts, all of which essentially ask for a summary of "you". Which begs the question, who am I? I suppose they expect me to give them a list of what I perceive to be my best qualities; but given that I learned about post-modernism last year and existentialism this year, my brain went down a decidedly different path. I started thinking about what the being was composed of. I know I view myself through a filter made up of my experiences and opinions, as does everyone else, so no one's perception of me is truly "accurate". That's where modernism and post-modernism come in--according to modernism, there is an actual "me": I have a concrete being. However, according to post-modernism, my "being" is an abstract concept. As in, there is not another "concrete" reality as everyone's reality is different. In my head, that filter looks like a pair of glasses: as though everyone is wearing a pair of glasses made up of their experiences. Whenever they learn something about someone, that piece of information passes through that filter and thus what goes into their brain has been modified, which means their view of that person has changed.
That basically translates to I wanna make an animation. My idea is that the animation will showcase one person walking while other people with glasses casually glance at him. Those people will be viewing him through their respective glasses; as they glance at him, the camera passes from behind their glasses, the model of the main character changes to something different: their perception of the main character. I'll have everyone wearing glasses except the main character, because I think we often see ourselves as holding no biases. At the end, I want the character to end up in front of a mirror with his idea of "himself" reflecting back. Then, I want the camera to turn around and show him wearing glasses too.
That basically translates to I wanna make an animation. My idea is that the animation will showcase one person walking while other people with glasses casually glance at him. Those people will be viewing him through their respective glasses; as they glance at him, the camera passes from behind their glasses, the model of the main character changes to something different: their perception of the main character. I'll have everyone wearing glasses except the main character, because I think we often see ourselves as holding no biases. At the end, I want the character to end up in front of a mirror with his idea of "himself" reflecting back. Then, I want the camera to turn around and show him wearing glasses too.
The picture above is my concept art. In truth, I wanted it to be a bit more abstract, so I might create a second piece of concept art that reflects that. I think the biggest issue I will face is going behind the classes and switching the main character to reflect the different perceptions. I'm not sure how I'm going to do that yet; my only ideas so far are maybe rendering out different videos and trying to create a smooth transition when the camera passes behind the glasses. It would be much easier to just change the material to a different color, but I don't think that would accurately convey my idea. as accurately.
Work Log
Monday 9/16: Worked on 3D Printer
Tuesday 9/17: Worked on Animation
Wednesday 9/18: Worked on Animation
Thursday 9/19: Worked on Animation
Friday 9/17: Worked on Animation
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