LAUAN504 Task 2 - Competition - Environment Development

Environmental final scene 1 background

Developing the night time colour scheme with overlaying yellow lighting for the buildings in the background.

Lighting effects in the night background, overlapping the foreground and character assets in this example. But also featuring new ideas to create atmosphere such as the cat standing out through the yellow light.

This background uses abstract and simple coloured shapes with no lining as to stand out the main characters, because the characters use lines and a similar colour scheme. The lining is important for the defining of all the characters, stopping them from blending in with the dark blues and shadowy colours.

This background style is simplistic and effective for keeping the characters the centre of attention during this short cartoon. It was designed through a blend of styles from group participation in designing a background and similar standard for a colouring pallet based from referenced material.

Having designed this environmental scene background with different layers, a back layer for the sky and a front layer with the buildings, I am able to change the 'levels' and edit the colour tone. The group decided that a darker night sky looked better because it didn't blend in as much with the foreground buildings, also the stars and clouds stand out more.

LAUAN504 Task 2 - Competition - Character Experimentation

Character Experimentation




Researching character design, reading Creative Character Design Bryan Tillman
Characters using archetypes and design elements such as shadows and line with the tips and techniques, Bryan Tillman explains technique of drawing characters and the theory of good character design by using case studies.



Functionality of the character, "form follows function" -'no matter how cool a design looks, it should always look like it would work'

Trial and error, sketching and drawing is an important element, one that I need to improve on, 'sometimes you need to know when to walk away form the design'

(group related imagery)

Hannah Sessler's character experimentation artwork

Creating 'doll' like character designs, that appeal to a younger audience, these blocked out and rounded characters are easier to squash and stretch, mostly with motion lines. These are features of more contemporary character design.

Designing the character silhouette first and basing the design from basic rounded shapes and clumpy features.

Hannah Sessler's character experimentation artwork

Adding detail, outlines, developing the outfit along with the character.

Hannah Sessler's character experimentation artwork

Bach Do's character silhouette 

(we are looking at AGE RANGE of Ages 0-4 to Ages 5-8 character design)

Silhouettes are important once the general shape has been created.
Recognisability is the fuel for iconic characters, arranging the overall silhouette that can describe my character design, with no other detail. Not breaking the "form follows function" rule.
This approach can also make multiple designs in a short amount of time, not focusing on detail, which I believe is my problem with character design.
I over complicate the design instead of looking into the overall look and outline, which is the most important element as I have realised.

LAUAN504 Task 2 - Competition - Environmental Experimentation

Experimentation - Environmental

The short animation wound be an introduction into the action hero series for the BEANO characters, as a group we decided that the background would be at night and clear, the best setting for crime.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, background referencing/referring

After storyboarding the animators would then prepare the key character poses, layout, background art, and other main elements, using Flash programs to optimise the placement and posing of the characters and other elements in the environment that are static, simplifying on the amount of work.

The backgrounds involve simple animated features but mostly are not detailed, the depth is conveyed by the bold shades of colour and vivid colouring scheme.  

My concept art design for night time town roofs scene

Researched referencing artwork from. 'All the Buildings in London: That I've Drawn So Far'

Referenced book:

James Gulliver Hancock is a well travelled illustrator known for his playful illustration style.

James Gulliver Hancock's unique and charming drawings of the city's diverse architectural styles and streetscapes. The offbeat drawing style gives a sense of whimsical and delightful fun to his illustrations, while perfectly capturing each building's architectural details.

This unusual combination of the artistic and the technical presents London's cityscape like never before. The book includes such beloved iconic buildings as St.

This art is mostly formal elements such as line, colour and shape, in detail for the architecture.
The line art is the majority of the illustrations, with the most detail and the colouring being simplistic and only features small amounts of shade with darker tonal areas, but mostly negative space.














My concept designs don't feature any outlining, only the colours at the moment, as a group we are searching for what work well for the colour scheme, and leave the outlining for later.

The night scenes will have a variety of different blues and purple, building window lights and street lights with warm yellows and/or clear blue tinted white.

My concept art design for night time, dark car park scene

These are scenes from the storyboard backgrounds.

My concept art design for night time town, dark alleyway scene

This is an opening scene concept illustration for the town, mostly using the 'My Little Pony: Friendship is magic' colouring.

My concept art design for night time town street scene

LAUAN504 Task 2 - Competition - BEANO character research

BEANO character research

Based form imagery from the original comics from 'Billy the Cat', using the imagery and relating it to other modern and mainstream cartoons for a redesign.

Using the brief as a strong project guide, we are coming up with 'new and exciting' for kids entertainment, looking at new design techniques, abstract and exaggeration. 'Not being constrained by the norm'.

Lazoo, children's cartoon

Lazoo 'encourage growth (at any age) is to challenge kids' minds and foster creativity.'

Brazilian, cartoon with simplistic cartoon design, solid character design without exaggeration or breaking character outlines.

Oswaldo, cartoon series.
Oswaldo is a Birdo Studio original animated cartoon. The series was created by Pedro Eboli, which first premiered on Cartoon Network in Brazil.

Cool collective Cartoon Network character design with plenty of room for exaggeration, a common feature in contemporary cartoon character design.

Referencing material for cartoon character design, original comic book page from BEANO's, 'Billy the Cat. More importantly, a comparison for the change from traditional to contemporary character design, from realistic to a more cartoon based design.

Billy the Cats, realistic hero design from the BEANO comics.

Conceptual art work for Billy in Billy the Cat character concept design.

The Beano comic strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie. Both were acrobatic crime fighters who helped the police to solve crime and catch "crooks" in the town of Burnham, and they wore "cat-suits" to conceal their true identities.

LAUAN504 Task 2 - Competition - Researching the brief

Study Task 2 - Competition

Beginning - Choosing the TASK

The TASK is for a D&DAD or YCN competition involving group production on a particular chosen brief.

(brief info)
'There are two main practical elements within this brief that will be delivered seperately:
Competition; 09 February 2018 - You will be expected to engage with a competition brief set through D&AD or YCN, both of which are internationally recognised and respected foundations. You must work in teams of up to 3 people to identify a brief and propose your solution which must then be produced...

Documentary; 16 March 2018 - You will be expected to produce a documentary based animation in teams of up to 3 people or through negotiation as an individual, this must not be about yourself or any team member and should follow one of the following themes:

Sustainability, Science, History, Politics...'

I need to read through each brief and choose which one best suites me or that I will be most productive in.

I have decided to make notes based from the two briefs that interest me the most and what they would involve in terms of animating work and design.

Art Fund_

This is about advertising historical art with an animation, explaining how computers and technology  dominates our lives and reducing the creative mind. By breaking away from technology and finding a new source for inspiration in art museums, and discovering creativity we can find our roots and explore new creative spaces. (wound be done in traditional media to emphasise the aspect of using something other than digital technology, to make a point but would be very challenging)

An opportunity to try and interest a teenage aged audience and/or younger about museums and art galleries related with the offer in this advertisement brief.

BEANO

To recreate a female BEANO character(s) for a new generation of children and contemporary cartoon theme, designing the character for modern emphasis in todays cartoon industry, resigning the original old BEANO character design from one of the comic series cartoons.

Most of the other groups seemed to have formed while I was still reading the brief options, then I found that everyone had pretty much decided with a few personally uninteresting briefs.
I almost successfully persuaded a few to partake in the Art Fund_ but not enough for a promising group. So I joined up with a BEANO group brief.

The Challenge - BEANO - D&AD brief
'Reimagine and evolve an existing female Beano character for a new generation.'

Female Characters:
Angel Face
Beryl the Peril
Billy the Cat (reimagined as a girl)
Secret Agent Sally
The Belles of St Lemons
Valda

'Then bring your updated designs to life through a short, narrative animation, bringing new stories and exciting new perspectives to an established and well-loved character. All illustration and animation styles are welcomed. Be innovative, and don’t be constrained by what’s seen as ‘the norm’ for kids’ entertainment.'

'The Character Breakdown in your brief pack will help you get to know your character'... When I joined my group the team was already working on character design. So I was dedicated to background and environmental design.

LAUAN501 - Study task 7 - Visual Journal - Context

Studio Brief 2 - Theory into Practice Context
Contextualise, reference, analyse my work in relation to the following practitioners/disciplines:

LAUAN501 - Study task 7 - Visual Journal - Media and Process

Studio Brief 2 - Theory into Practice Media and Process
Visually and practically explore my subject using the following media and processes:


(scan practical work for imagery)

LAUAN501 - Study task 7 - Visual Journal - Secondary research

Studio Brief 2 - Theory into Practice Secondary research
Draw, photograph, record and develop my own visual material through the following activities:

Imagery for researching further into the drawings and application of media for conveying the message and the production of animation for the chosen proto question. 'How British politics are represented through animation and cartoons?'

Media options and graphic design, referencing concept art from Pink Floyd and Animal Farm.


Animal farm animation

Cartoons that are portraying political leaders or political motives through anthropomorphic characters and animals to represent the themes and messages about the impact on a society.

Colour and media express more emotion and meaning, especially with the application of traditional media in the practical journal, this image has a strong concept behind it, the red could represent suffering and blood, the white pig standing on two legs represents an evil corruption through unnatural sentience, applying a conscience to a pig. How would a pig think? Why does it represent corruption and greed? These are all good examples as to why the pig symbolises an illness in wealth and a sickness in mortality in my opinion.

The Black Eagle, Goodbye Blue Sky, Pink Floyd the Wall.

A Black Nazi eagle (Reichsadler) tearing up the lands and leaving trails of blood and gore.

LAUAN501 - Study task 7 - Visual Journal - Primary research

Studio Brief 2 - Theory into Practice Primary research
Identify, collect, record and evaluate visual material from the following sources:


Practical responses to your subject
A visual investigation of your developed question exploring the themes, theories, insights and methods through image-making. This visual investigation will take the form of a Visual Journal (format of your choosing) and will lead towards the development of a more resolved outcome.

This could involve making a start on your sketchbook using material from your project 'overview'.

Words of relation to project, expressed through Practical journal:



Do:

1.Identify what you have learnt so far.

Essay reference, readings, concepts.

Pink Floyd The Wall, descriptive words, depression, loneliness, trapt, seclusion, stuck, sacrifice, suffering.
Pressurize (someone) into adopting radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible means.

2.Discuss how the research might be explored practically.

Character design, sequential image, layout, backgrounds, artefacts, moving image or any other appropriate means. You will justify your choices and activities through a formal proposal using theory, concept and context.

3.What are you going to need to do.

4.Primary and Secondary research?

5.Defining terms - important quotes, theories , statistics etc.

Disdainful teacher, the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect.
6.Suitable Media.

Inks, Acrylic, colouring pencils (water soluble), soft pastels, pencil, and fine-liner
7.Testing about the effectiveness of experiments.

8.How can this be contextualised within your research theme and your specialism in animation?



First section - Referencing images from concept imagery form books and themes such as 'Pink Floyd The Wall'.

LAUAN501 - Harvard Reference List Overview

Harvard Reference List Overview



citations are extracts of text, a small quote..



Reference lists are created to allow readers to locate original sources themselves. Each citation in a reference list includes various pieces of information including the:





Name of the author(s)

Year published

Title

City published

Publisher

Pages used




Generally, Harvard Reference List citations follow this format:

Last name, First Initial. (Year published). Title. City: Publisher, Page(s).




Citations are listed in alphabetical order by the author’s last name.




If there are multiple sources by the same author, then citations are listed in order by the date of publication.

LAUAN501 - Study Task 5 - Proposal (Practical approach)

Proposal

How the research / reading can be used is to be used as a starting point (theorists / writers / phenomena / case studies / quotes).

Researching and reading about



What you intend to investigate and why?

What activities do you  intend on undertaking?

Questionnaires / focus groups / experiments / visits / use of materials and media. (is it highly experimental or more formal sketchbook activities?)

What do you envisage the end product being?

A short animation, GIF, Rushes, A sketchbook? An artefact? A record of activities or event?

Start doing the work!

LAUAN501 - Study Task 4 - Introduction

Study Task 4 Introduction

Proto question:

How are British politics represented through animation and cartoons?

My introduction about how are British politics represented in animation, so this is partly through symbolism of consumption and it's influence on a society. Also symbolism and motto's shown such as the Hammerskins, two claw hammers crossed, which based on a fictitious neo-nazi organization depicted in the 1982 film Pink Floyd - The Wall and animated in the music video.

What have I found so far?

Concepts/ideas

My idea/proto question is about how are British politics represented in animation, so this is partly through symbolism of consumption and it's influence on a society. Also symbolism and motto's shown such as the Hammerskins, two claw hammers crossed, which based on a fictitious neo-nazi organization depicted in the 1982 film Pink Floyd - The Wall and animated in the music video.

In relation to 'Animal Farm' from 1954, I have researched about the political imagery, characters and what morals they expressed for the audience, especially how their roles are played out in the story, such as seen throughout history, more recently at the time of the animation production. For example, Snowball the pig as the main protagonist imitating, Napoleon dictatorship but most notably Hitlers nazi Germany and when the regime invaded Europe, the Government controlling, manipulating and executing the population for control.

The second quote fits well with the first because (in triangulated quotes below), we as a society see fit to fall into a system of constant manipulation and influence from the higher ruling powers in politics and business, we are subject to our social patterns and processes of the masses, because we are only looking to the future goal and now where we currently reside as a population or society.

Triangulated core texts:

(quote, pages 38-39, 'Fundamental currents in Society, Chapter 1 - 'The Characteristics of Propaganda, Internal Characteristics. PROPAGANDA - The formations of men's attitudes, (author) Jacques Ellul - Author of the technological society).

1) “We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organised.”    

― Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society

(quotes, page 59, 'the ideological genesis of needs', 'From Symbolic Exchange To Sign Value. 'The Consumer Society' - READER, Edited by Juliet B. Schor and Douglas B. Holt.)

2) "It is from the (theoretically isolatable) moment when the exchange is no longer purely transitive, when the object (the material of exchange) is immediately presented as such, that it is reified into a sign."

"The sign object is neither given nor exchanged: it is appropriated, withheld and manipulated by individual subjects as a sign, that is, as coded difference."
― Juliet B. Schor, The Consumer Society Reader

(Page 37-38, Chapter 1 - Organising Chaos, Propaganda, author - Edward L. Bernays)

3)“Consumption is a social relationship, the dominant relationship in our society—one that makes it harder and harder for people to hold together, to create community.”    

― Edward L. Bernays, Propaganda.

Case studies - images, examples, phenomena have you found relating to your project - how do they link together? Triangulate? (Use at least 4 examples - images, stills, links to animations)

LAUAN501 - Study Task 3 - Images and Theory (Overview)

Study Task 3 - Images and Theory
Overview of research.

(pointers) Ideas for my theme and question:

(TASK)

1. Select and define important terms / concepts you have discovered through your reading (if you do not have any you may choose from the list below)
2. Collect and analyse examples / images / phenomena that could be interpreted as following these concepts.
3. How could they be used to interpret your theme / question? Triangulate with theorists and critics.

You may apply the analysis technique below to examples - to help deconstruct your choices.

• Context / when it was made / where it appears (including when)
• Subject / content / compostiton
• Audience / who is it aimed at 
• Purpose / why was it made / why was it used 
• Method of production

The Woman with the Matches by Francis Picabia.
Picabia was at the center of Dada's more celebrated activities between 1917, the year he brought out the first issue of his irreverent journal 391, and October 1924, when he published the final issue of 391 (no. 19) attacking the new movement of Surrealism. 

While Marcel Duchamp, beginning in 1912, was the first to explore the symbolicand anti-aesthetic possibilities of the machine and mechanical imagery, it was Picabia who, perhaps more than any other artist, later pursued the theme with magnificent inventiveness. In many ways Picabia represented the public face of Dada, regularly exhibiting at the official salons in Paris, which he taunted through his use of highly unconventional materials, a characteristic exemplified by the Bergman work.

The tipped matchsticks, of which there are three different styles in the Bergman collage, convey with precision the prinked and permed appearance of a fashionable woman of the time. Dada's relationship with fashion is intriguing and unexpectantly multifaceted. 

The other version of this work, Match-Woman II, formerly in Breton's collection and dated 1924/25 can easily be distinguished from the Bergman version by the pendant on the woman's necklace, signaled by a larger coin. In this second version, the arrangement of matches and white highlights gives the impression of lonfer, more disorderly hair; the figure's head is also shorter and slightly wider. Most significantly, the face and neck are outlined with thick lines of light blue paint.

What aesthetics are used in animation for political themes and propaganda?

How do aesthetics and style reflect the content, function and audience of animation using imagery and themes?

Political views and contexts represented in animation through imagery and themes.

How could the images be used to interpret your theme/question?
Triangulate with theorists and critics?

(major imagery input is scanning in the book, The making of, Pink Floyd, The Wall)

Case studies - images, examples, phenomena have you found relating to your project - how do they link together? Triangulate? (Use at least 4 examples - images, stills, links to animations)

LAUAN501 - Study Task 2 - Reading and understanding texts.

Study Task 2 - Reading and understanding texts. (Task)

Proto question basis
Themes, concepts, and ideals communicated in British politics through animation and cartoons in relation to economics, propaganda, and socialism.

(Juliet B. Schor, 2000, The Consumer Society Reader, New York, New Press, Pages 190-191.)

(quotes, page 59, 'the ideological genesis of needs', 'From Symbolic Exchange To Sign Value. 'The Consumer Society' - READER, Edited by Juliet B. Schor and Douglas B. Holt.)

"It is from the (theoretically isolatable) moment when the exchange is no longer purely transitive, when the object (the material of exchange) is immediately presented as such, that it is reified into a sign."

"The sign object is neither given nor exchanged: it is appropriated, withheld and manipulated by individual subjects as a sign, that is, as coded difference."

“Our civilization is first and foremost a civilization of means; in the reality of modern life, the means, it would seem, are more important than the ends. Any other assessment of the situation is mere idealism.”

Concepts/Research:
What I have gathered from this text is that products or, material, is signified as a currency for the globalist government regime and this is a currency formed form capitalism for mass production for a consumer driven society.
This quote applies to the British government, the 'material' product can be applied to all forms of capitalism, not just produce but education (relating to Pink Floyd, The Wall), jobs, and future political investment.

Politics in consumerism, as a means of control over a society
A social and economic order and ideology that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in mass production, planned obsolescence and advertising to increase consumer spending.
Consumerism is a luxury but it influences the minds of the poor and subjective population to follow society in a controllable trend, in some cases benefiting the government in economic long term spending trends, advertisement and, more recently, selling our private data.
Advertisement is a large contribution to influencing the poor and subjective, especially the middle class, spending more and consuming products or 'objects' that they would otherwise not need, without realising it, they are 'exchanging' with a system for socialism.

This is a good point for the focus of my imagery in the 'visual journal', based around symbolism and of the depicted legal 'Hammerskins' organisation (as seen in Pink Floyd, The Wall) and a consumer government.




Jacques Ellul - Author of the technological society, 1965, PROPAGANDA - The formations of men's attitudes, East Lansing Michigan, Knopf, pages 38-39.
"Propaganda must not only attach itself to what already exists in the individual, but also express the fundamental currents of the society it seeks to influence. Propaganda must be familiar with collective sociological presuppositions, spontaneous myths and broad ideologies"

“We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organised”

"Only if it rests on the proper collective beliefs will it be understood and accepted. It is part of a complex of civilisation, consisting of material elements, beliefs, ideas, and institutions, it cannot be separated from them"

Concepts:

Edward L. Bernays, 1928, Propaganda, California, H. Liveright, Page 37-38
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country."

...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses.” 

Concepts:
The Consumer Society Reader, isn't exactly what I am looking for and doesn't quite fit, but I'm using it because there are some relevancy in the concepts in which the Reader describes, as examples of political or business capitalism over people, classes, and/or positions in society.

"(Notes still apply from research. What EXAMPLES, CONCEPTS are communicated by the author?
Can you find real world EXAMPLES that you feel follow this model of thought?
How can this theory be related to animation or your theme?
Use your understanding to write a summary, or create a research poster, visualisation relating to the main themes of your chosen text)."

LAUAN501 - Study Task 1 - Initial ideas - Critical Analysis

LAUAN501 - Studio Brief 1 2017

Studio Brief 1 - Critical Analysis

This brief is separated into two parts but will be assessed as a whole. As such, you will be assessed on your ability to organise and execute theoretical and practical research in relation to a single research question and a theme (note).

A completed diagram of research with you at the centre of your research. 

Present it how you wish – format – size – content – images and words.

Considerations(notes):

•What are your interests?

•What have you found out?

•How have you collected information?

•How can you extend your research?

•What planning might you need to do?  (Research diagram only)

(MYTHICAL CHARACTERS, PRACTICAL, and ENVIRONMENTAL are things which excite me as a concept artist and animator).
What I find interesting and most experienced in:
Digital media, cartoons, 2d, fantasy, graphic novels, graphic image making, comic books, narrative, character, 80s, 70s synth wave lyrical music. General anime themes also because they capture that graphic imagery and combine it with vintage aesthetics and drama (because of great background and character).

(Insert research diagram here, add nots and context based from diagram writing)




POLITICAL THEME CHOICE
A theme like politics interests me because it offers a stronger background for 2D cartoon animation, using symbolic characters, concepts and imagery. These are very broad ideas but they offer lots of opportunity for experimentation and development, which is what I am going for.

I can introduce through this political background a funny or serious plot narrative, unique narrative, and spin-off ideas, or serious outlook with a more meaningful message, while appealing to a wider audience.

Research and assumption
Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck) The Commando is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series released on November 20, 1943, and directed by Friz Freleng. It features the character Daffy Duck.

War against Germany, cultural significance, racially depicting the enemy in a comical humour, and allied cultural traits coming together as a combined force.

To do broaden scope (notes: blog for 2weeks): What interests from level 4 do I have, and identify 5 different animations (sources), and find 1 significant fact. 

1. Caravan Palace - Lone Digger - Animated music video.
This digital 2D animation features no outlines of any characters or background, something which I would like to improve on using colour. Also what I like about this video is how the various character groups are represented by anthropomorphic characters for different social groups but mostly because animal features inspires me more for style.

This is because my favourite type of design is largely influenced or featured with animal or creature characteristics, for added expressionism, also its very edgy.
Something I especially like about animal heads that could be related to politics is how you can't recognise the intention or emotional feelings the characters poses. Instead they seem very primal and instinctual but that depends on the style and media used, different creatures heads could be used for various political statements and have a deeper meaning.

2. Animal Farm, 1954 British-American adult animated comedy-drama film.

Studied in level 4 for essay triangulation  The message that this animated film conveys is that, "Stalin's regime is not only as bad as Jones's, but worse and more cynical," and Napoleon, "not only as bad as JONES but vastly worse".

Politically, the process of which the antagonist oppresses the protagonist and how they are manipulated and used against their will as a society under a controversial government, as seen in Animal Farm, the suffering and injustice, based on from a historical point of view.

Snowball (the main tyrannical figure) was presented as intelligent, dynamic, courageous, but most of all manipulative and through using these traits to further himself and his cause. Snowball is a, "fanatic intellectual whose plans if carried through would have led to disaster no less complete than under Napoleon".

These characteristics as seen under Napoleon dictatorship but most notably Hitlers nazi Germany and when the regime invaded Europe, the Government controlling, manipulating and executing the population for control.

(The Clash used an image from the film 'Animal Farm' on their 45-RPM single "English Civil War")

3. Then research one cultural event, what was happening at the time, and what's happening now (Research and assumption).

Political, cultural themes in animation 

Persepolis is a 2007 French-Iranian adult animated biographical film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. This adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel about her experience of growing up in Iran before, during and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, it’s almost hard to imagine animation not being used in such a gravely relevant way. The film recreates the deliberately flat, monochromatic elegance of Satrapi’s visual style. But more than just aesthetics, but a technique that shows more of the emotional response for the audience about the plots antagonistic oppressors based on cultural events on the protagonist.

A culturally significant animation, this film is based on the principles of culture and the acceptable norm against any indifference in society, from a political aspect, this film shows how socially, communities can be oppressed from cultural regulations and/or a corrupt regime.

4. Burn the Witch" music video based on a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 3 May 2016 as the lead single from their ninth studio album A Moon Shaped Pool (2016).

Burn the Witch, expressing a deep sense of dread and skepticism portraying a deliberately lighter tone than the song, with the colour pallet and stop-motion media but conveying darker themes using the light tone to mask the true intentions of the song and the message. 

An inspector is greeted by a town mayor and invited to see a series of unsettling sights, culminating in the unveiling of a wicker man. The mayor urges the inspector to climb into the wicker man, whereupon he is locked inside as a human sacrifice and the wicker man is set on fire. 

The political themes this animation conveys are more about society and community reacting against the political state of mind and creating a demonstration of each of the most controversial aspects of politics such as capital punishment, bias, unfair law and order, and corrupt government trails for justice. 

5. Watership Down is a 1978 British animated adventure-drama film written, produced and directed by Martin Rosen and based on the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. 

The political themes are based of exile, survival, heroism, leadership, political responsibility, and the 'making of a hero and a community' under oppression from a regime amongst a community.

In Watership Down, power comes in many forms, but it generally has one result: making others do what you want. The simplest form of power is just brute strength, even good rabbits aren't afraid to use force to get things done. 

6. Miami heat, Retro Wave - Animated music video - scenes from, Golgo 13 The Professional, 1983 anime.

Studied for environmental, setting and character research and experimentation
The most favoured scenes form this animated film/featured music video, are set in pristine retro settings and background, because most of my inspirations come from watching old school anime settings with vast open spaces and hot climates like Dragon Ball z; that share a general retro theme.

Cityscapes to desert, dry washed-out backgrounds usually for the fight scenes of the over powered characters, but this open space in the environment is inspirational for my creativity and also I imagine fast paced motion or exercise like training montage scenes, Cowboy bebop is also a huge inspiration of mine for a particular retro setting example.

Merely noted for the art and setting, these are important to me for the design and experimentation of ideas for medium, theme and character design.

The Miami scene is my most favoured with the retro style of appeal, or based in the 70s Florida itself, Vice City of the Grand Theft Auto was I big inspiration to me personally, also most 70's films like for example Beverly Hills Cop for the characters being more expressive to the retro style cars and funky attitude, music like hip-hop and synthesisers. Deadpan, aviators, 70's pinks and pastel retro suites.