PP1

For this PP1 project, I created a world inspired by the short story Where the Wild Things Are.  Personally, I loved the story and wanted to explore what it would be like it influenced and told from the point of view other than the European slant it always had.  In conjunction with this, I had visited Thailand a few years ago.  The Island reminded me of the magical land portrayed in the story.

I decided to follow the storyline of WTWTA loosely using sound as the main driving force. I found that I did not have enough resources in sounds alone to convey the story as I wanted to tell it.  Having a bunch of photos of this amazing place, I decided to use the photos as a background for the video.  I used cutout animation for the foreground and used Premier 2018 to edit multiple layers of the film to give the illusion of depth and movement.

My feedback was very interesting.  If I had to do it over again, I would have removed the iconic image of the monster so well known from the story.  I thought that the audience would miss the reference, but instead, I felt I had provided something that was a bit too much on the nose.  Anyway, I was extremely happy with the way it turned out and would only make that minor change if I edited it.

Joe Chambers