HUM 203: The World in Motion, Animation in Theory and Practice

Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Final project

Naughty Can Be Nice is the story of struggle between good and evil, and the secret pleasure people get from being a little bad. The title of my piece came to me when eating dark chocolate. I opened the wrapper and it read “Naughty can be nice.” The mix of real world mediums in my piece gives it a distinction that sets it apart. By using construction paper, photography and my own flesh, I’ve attempted to work the dreams of the forbidden and imaginary into the piece while still giving it a life-like feel.

Unfortunately, the photography didn’t turn out very well. It looks like a poorly done early movie. I suppose the shakiness can symbolize the fragile balance of right and wrong; good and evil, which we all live in.

The inspiration for Naughty can Be Nice can be attributed to William Blake’s words “For every thing living is holy.” When reading that line, I thought that maybe, because animation is not alive, it could be a medium for humans to be a little unholy; a little, bad. Being evil is a powerful thing. It entices people to feel the rush of exotic pleasure that cannot be sustained with the mundane and the ordinary. The animation explores one artist’s choice between good and evil that surmounts to both satisfaction and fear. The piece attempts to explore the slow burning of desire and need to be a little naughty every once in a while. Without the bad, there couldn’t be good. Sometimes, people should indulge.