I decided to do some fiddling with audio for my sting as initially I thought I would just use a 15 second clip of 'Descent Into the Maelstrom' by Lennie Tristano, which is an improvised piano piece inspired by the feel of Poe's writing of the same name. (I'm living life on the edge by not using sounds from a free music source, but I really thought this music would be appropriate - and as it is only a small clip hopefully we can slip under the radar). I thought the clip of Christopher Lee saying "Quoth the Raven, Nevermore" would fit nicely into my sting too, so I thought I would make an ungodly merge of the two.
Edgar Allan Poe - Sting from Amber Kaplan on Vimeo.
My final sting is quite (very) simple but I like it. I think it's better that I did something simple that looks kind of alright than try and do something really complicated that would stress me out and probably end up looking bad. The theme of the sting matches the theme of my publication, keeping the bottle motif and the same colours - so there is a sense of continuity within the work. I made the sting from lino prints I had already done as I thought the texture would reflect the tone of Poe's work - and would tie in my print work with the sting.
I think the audio goes quite well with the imagery but it also makes me laugh along with the zooming in on the Raven's face.
If I were to do this again I would definitely start the sting earlier in the project, as I kept putting it off in favour of doing the print work which I felt was more important and was also something I was excited about, whereas I just wanted to put off the sting for as long as possible.
Storyboarding is where I fell down a lot as I kept floating around with ideas too big for 15 seconds and changing bits and pieces, not settling on anything. If I had storyboarded more effectively and dedicated more time to animating bits and pieces then I probably could have made something slightly more complex.
My final sting is quite (very) simple but I like it. I think it's better that I did something simple that looks kind of alright than try and do something really complicated that would stress me out and probably end up looking bad. The theme of the sting matches the theme of my publication, keeping the bottle motif and the same colours - so there is a sense of continuity within the work. I made the sting from lino prints I had already done as I thought the texture would reflect the tone of Poe's work - and would tie in my print work with the sting.
I think the audio goes quite well with the imagery but it also makes me laugh along with the zooming in on the Raven's face.
If I were to do this again I would definitely start the sting earlier in the project, as I kept putting it off in favour of doing the print work which I felt was more important and was also something I was excited about, whereas I just wanted to put off the sting for as long as possible.
Storyboarding is where I fell down a lot as I kept floating around with ideas too big for 15 seconds and changing bits and pieces, not settling on anything. If I had storyboarded more effectively and dedicated more time to animating bits and pieces then I probably could have made something slightly more complex.
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