So I've got four days until the presentation, two of which I'm at work and one of which I'm at college, meaning really I only have today. And it's already late afternoon. And I'm cooking tonight.
So it's a real good job that I've now actually got some solid leads on research to start mining!
First up:
APOLOGIES TO THE INTERNET
Dear Internet, last time I blogged I kind of used Wikipedia's disappointing performance as an excuse to say you were a bit rubbish in general. But today I sit, humbly begging your forgiveness, as you have given me the truest of treasures. Well, you've at least given me a half-decent page.
See? Look at that! There's actual words about my thing on there! I mean it could still be better, for starters I'm not all about the life of autoplaying ads halfway through a text wall, but hey I'm an understanding guy and, at the end of the day, we all gotta be making that #CashMoneyDolla somehow. You're alright, AboutTech. Here's that first print screen again, only cropped to just the text, and another two additional print screens of new material afterwards, because filler.
Disclaimer: ALL OF THIS COMES FROM http://animation.about.com/od/faqs/f/What-Is-Cutout-Animation.htm
Please don't sue, my payday never lasts beyond the first weekend so I'm without value anyway!
As I'm going to be using this as one of my biggest sources, and this blog is apparently going to substitute as our research file/bibliography, Harvard Reference:
Sanders, Adrien-Luc. (Unknown). What is Cutout Animation?. Available: http://animation.about.com/od/faqs/f/What-Is-Cutout-Animation.htm. Last accessed 16th October 2015.
Second up:
APOLOGIES TO THE LIBRARY (BUT NOT THE COLLEGE ONE)
I was so eager in my research adventures last time that I even bothered to check the college library. Today, I am proud but not pleased to announce that I took this eagerness a step further by checking the actual city library. I even registered myself up for a new library card to get it. I genuinely don't think I've done anything this depressingly swotty since Year 4, back when I was filling the hole left by my childhood emotional issues with teachers as surrogate parents. ANYWAY.
I searched the library's online catalogue for 'cutout', and most of the two pages of results was DIY nonense, but one thing stood out to me as worth the effort.
Over 50 years old, written by someone who is (I'm presuming) French, and so niche it doesn't even have a cover online? If that doesn't get a guy's research a Distinction, then hell, I really don't know what will. Then I went to pick it up...
It actually has no cover. Distinction confirmed.
And there's my hand looking like some kind of alien talon while holding the title to the camera. Still, French!
Now here's a little peek at what it looks like inside.
Admittedly, I'm now a little concerned this might be more to do with cutout art rather than animation, but I'm sure there's some adaptable stuff going on here. After all, just look at this Indifferent Jesus I found on the top left of one of the pages.
Now that's art.
And as I'm sure I'll still also be using material from this in some capacity, Harvard Reference:
Laliberté, Norman (1968). Silhouettes, Shadows And Cutouts : History And Modern Use . United States: Reinhold. p7-p110.
Anyway, that's enough for this one. I'm going to go make some dinner, and then have a crack at turning these two half-decent sources into a half-decent presentation. One day, maybe, this coursework on a TV & Film course might even allow me the free time to watch a film! But maybe that's just me being a bit too novel with my ideas.
The short-lived surge of focus that squeezed out this blog post was brought to you by a nutrional lunch of leftover curry and Summer Camp's soundtrack to Beyond Clueless.
You should try them, they're both pretty good.
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