Project 01 Stop Motion Video
| Artist Statement
“Curiosity” By:
Vanessa Puello
My stop
motion video is titled “Curiosity”. 384 images were used in order to create my
animation. I knew I wanted to incorporate drawings when I was brainstorming
ideas, so this led me to experiment with pencil and charcoal drawings during
the beginning stages of my project. After multiple trial and error runs, I
finally stuck with this “puppet” idea. I decided to use a pencil and started
drawing the figures and shapes that I knew I wanted to use in my video on
multiple sheets of paper. I cut out each individual shape and made sure I
organized them well while I was working. I drew numerous body parts facing
multiple angles in order to create the woman and man figures. I also drew
multiple oval shapes that represented the “bubbles” these figures came out of.
I used my desk in my bedroom as a background, since it was a stable and plain
surface that would not distract from the shapes. I also used the natural
lighting in my bedroom and did not edit the images.
I chose
to use my drawings in this stop motion project because it amazes me how artists
can take a simple canvas, blank piece of paper, or any material and animate it
with their visions. With any work that I do, I automatically visualize how I
want to manipulate the medium that I use in my mind as I draw. Not only can
artists create beautiful images, but their work can also leave powerful
messages. Halfway through my process, I was inspired to send a message with my
video. As the woman figure leans in to see what is inside the cracked bubble, a
male figure appears before her. He leaps out of the bubble and with his fist;
he destroys the woman’s body. I find it disgusting that there is still violence
in the world, especially towards women and children. What makes me angry is
having to feel fear or anxiety whenever I am alone at night outside or if I’m
in a bad neighborhood. As a child, I was taught to always be cautious of
strangers, especially of men if I ever found myself alone. Just because I am a
girl, automatically I appear weaker than men. I wish we lived in a world where
you don’t have to be scared to take a walk outside alone at night, or have to
worry about being kidnapped.
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