The Trifecta

Two heads are better than one; three is a party. I am extremely excited to dive into this project after my group met to set up our materials. We have decided to try all of the art forms of this assignment and layer them. We discussed how to effectively create our own manual video transitions as well. I believe each of us will be playing to our strengths so that this animation-- although it is a pseudo-literary adaptation-- will be representative of us as a team and how we function as a unit, as well as how our individual personalities and skills. When Paul, Viet, and I sat on Viet's couch, The Mind of a Chef playing in the background, we became completely immersed in the creation. The excitement was palpable. I almost began feeling frustrated because we weren't working on it already. Usually, when someone is trying to talk to me and a TV is on in the background, the light emitted by the moving images dances in my peripheral vision, and my mind will wander away from the repetitive, self-indulgent words of the person directly in front of me-- like a moth drawn to a flame in order to escape the mundane bleakness of its own dark life. Rather, I was fully engrossed and I felt that was the general consensus among my fellow group members. While we are all excited to see how our animation will come to life, I will try to keep us from getting too attached to the end result-- too preoccupied with how perfect the image is and how well it illustrates the writings of Kafka (mostly because this isn't intended to be a direct interpretation of The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa, just what I remember imagining as I read it several years ago). We can not stray from the mystery and growth that is found in the process of creating an animation-- creating anything, really. I also must be wary of letting this excitement overwhelm us and persuade us to bite off way more than we can chew, as that can be incredibly stressful the closer we move toward the project deadline. I have decided to assume the position of moderator so that we will not become disheartened by all of the possibilities of animation, in order to work more cohesively and efficiently while still creating something to be proud of.