Inspiring

Been a couple of days since my last post. To be honest I was having a hard time rapping my head around the brief, the music, and what I really wanted to get out of this project.

I have been doodling in my sketchbook, trying to figure out what I would want to spend my time doing. Looked at a bunch of music videos, read some stuff on 'enlightenment', trying to get a feel of the undertone of the book and character motivation at this point in the story. It is a very strange song, even translated it does not give much insight into the characters. I went to waterstones to buy 'Monkey' the book, sat down and tried to find the right point of the book so that I could read that and the previous chapters, to try and get a feel of the setting, but it didn't have it. I looked on every page! At least I read it in the store and didn't buy it (although it will be a nice read one day).

I looked at enlightenment images and music videos, found some pretty funky stuff, very low budget, but I like that grungy quality. I have been on motionographer a billion times, and found nothing that really caught my eye, in terms of inspiration. Just went on, however, and found this sight:http://www.sant.at/mtv/SantaMotion_AcessoMTV.mov. Really really cool. I like the transitions, I like the abstractions, and I think this is the direction that I am going to head in for my piece. I was thinking of doing a half animation half real time, but I was not feeling it. It all seemed very bait and predictable. I tried to work out how it could be done subtley but I really can't get my head round it.

I think this type of style offers mystery, and the non-linear narrative shows that it is not only a journey that the charcters were on, but a mental journey, one that is not bound to one direction. Wow, that sounds so deep. I am going to explore how I can make this work....

Did I mention that I downloaded the "Forbidden Kingdom" with Jackie Chan and Jet Li? """"""""""""""""based""""""""""""""""""" on the story of the monkey king, thought it would help get to understand the story better, and I feel less like a human being now. The movie took a little part of my soul that I am not sure I will get back.