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

Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Final project

I created “The Expedition,” in order to tell a story from my own experimental viewpoint. In Humanities 203: The World in Motion, this was a key concept to our learning- constantly being open to new ways of looking at age old beliefs; and I hope I have succeeded in creating a new perspective of a series of events that maybe even brings new knowledge to the forefront. I created a story of a girl using a Photoshop animation observing her feet and their travels throughout one fateful day. She explores different qualities of movement and motivation, and also explores different ways of experiencing time, as writers like Scott Bukatman or Aristotle might encourage. The piece comes across as a little more abstract than I had originally planned, but this change was a valuable part of the experience, as experimenting with the creation of the work as new ideas developed was the hands on aspect of the new perspective I mentioned before. Perhaps its ambiguity will inspire readers to commit more “closure” than they already are asked to in my piece when they are only shown one part of the main character. My hope for “The Expedition” is that it conveys the notion that we have the ability to absolutely control our realities. Our imagination can stretch or shrink expanses of time, it can intensify basic desires we have to explore the world or to find love as the protagonist of my story longs to, and it can always find a new perspective if we are open to one.