The Tortoise and Hare
Posted: September 26, 2019 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »
Requirements:
- Using sound/music tell a 1-minute story that has culture meaning
- we have 5 hours for this assignment
Ideation:
Before I started this project, I was thinking about what story has cultural meaning? After a while, I figured out that maybe the bedside story. Not only for myself but all the children, the bedside story accompanied us to grow up. Then, I asked my mother, “what story did you tell me when I was a kid”? She said 龟兔赛跑, which is The Tortoise and Hare.
Process:
I started to search for an English 1-minute audio source of this story. I found a video (link below) was excellent. It also inspired me to make some animation things by Isadora for this story. So, I recorded its sound and searched some pictures of tortoise and hare (Pictures are from Shutterstock, https://www.shutterstock.com/ , and Google image). I used the Photoshop image tool to cut out all the animals, tortoise and hare and then changed their white background to transparent. Then, put them to Isadora with 3D project. I made the raceway by using shape actors connecting to the 3D projector. I also wrote some lines that come from the story and some from myself.
Inspired by (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HSdqyHDDHc
Reflection:
This project makes me think more about how powerful the audio and video could have. The sound and animation can exist independently and work well. But when they combine, the audience will have both visual and auditory senses. So, there are multiple perspectives for the audience. By bringing this bedside story into the adult audience (my classmates), I saw the reaction of them. Some of them laughed a lot while watching this story, and some of them felt thoughtful. I thought that the truth reflected in this simple bedside story is the most worth remembering in our lifetime.