Ok, after looking at many different art forms and unique ways to animate, and in wanting the very basis of the animation to mean something in regards to the subject matter, I've got an idea.
I want to draw out my animation, by hand, frame by frame, on the side of a train.
Sounds crazy I know, but I feel it's something absolutely relevant and suitable to the issue, and a very unique and creative way of expressing my idea.
When set in motion, the train would start to animate the images all by itself, as I filmed one part of the train and captured all the frames as they whizzed past.
It's a lot of work that would potentially take a lot of time, but it provides me exactly what I originally wanted, that being an innovative way to animate a story and address an issue.
With that in mind, it presents a lot of problems.
Where can I find a suitable train that would suit the theme I had in mind? for instance, I can't really draw on the side of a national express vehicle now can I?
Also, even if I could find a train, would I even be allowed to draw on it? Even though it need only be drawn in impermanent materials, ie: chalk or charcoal, I might not be allowed to deface a train, if only for a temporary fix.
Also, how would it look in motion? If the train moves, would the speed of the train act like a frame-rate, and if so, would it even look effective enough to work?
What kind of equipment would I need to capture the imagery? Would I need a high speed camera with a frame rate I could manipulate accordingly?
And if thsi method doesn't work, are there other ways to animate the images? Maybe instead I could take a photo of each image and splice them all together as a photographic animation as seen in my researched ideas before?
These questions and more will undoubtedly need answering as I continue my work in this project, which although I'm excited about, it does still feel a tad unrealistic at this point.
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