35. The final cuts.

 For the into to the final cut , im not 100% happy and it needs some work before the showcase, but i wanted  something more than just static images of sentences and i thought it went well with the rotating globe, It has some context setting and thought provoking sentences, trying to set the tone and create some intrigue. I think with a bit more work it will be just what the animation needs. It also highlights that much like poetry the animation is more interpretive allowing the viewer to make new mental connections between to objects that have commonalties, reflecting a more complex topic.

I want to create a seamless background before the showcase and it is very clear at least on my computer and i feel it breaks the visage a bit. 

I am the most happy with this scene, its cinematic and sets the bar for the rest introducing the globe to the view, but in a new context setting the notion that its about the planet. But initially it starts with something familiar just the globe texture, something the viewer may of see in a classroom - it then changes into something more planetary until there is a shot with the earth to the left and looking at the sun and distant planets. This sets the tone that it is also related to the actual earth, evoking an iconic apace image to the viewer.
Things to work on is the lava, possible replacing it with a more fluid viscous one as it would connect better with the metaphor in the next scene . Also there are issues with the lighting coming up with random square in the background that is very distracting. this problem is that this scene takes 25 hours to render out, but i hope to fix it for the showcase 

Moving to the next scene we are then swung round  the glob into a new setting where it has taken its classroom globe form, relating back to familiar touchable object that they may of interacted with. We then see the lava lamp and pass through it holding on a shot of both objects in frame. At this point the viewer is wondering what the connection is maybe thinking about he words at the beginning.
The camera then passes though the glass taking us though the lava into space again, where the dots are connected and you see the metaphor dynamics shifting and changing shape like continents. it then pans out for the same shot as in the fist one, relating both objects to be the same in some way .

And here is the final animation. I think that it works as a provocative piece and is far more abstract that I could of ever imagined, however i think that it reflects the core of my idea in that these two seemly unrelated objects have similar attributes that if viewed in a certain way can help to visualise the continents moving over millions of years shaping, shifting, changing. This is the more expressive of the two projects and possible improvements are that the final cutting of the scene could of been done better to ensure the viewer is seeing the images in the right sequence for the best affect in evoking mental pictures and connecting the dots. I think that within a classroom this has a place as a more expressive and creative way of thinking about the continents, especially to those just embarking in geography with little grasp of the topic.

Here is the first version of the bookcase animatic, with more time i would of wanted it to be the full animation, however i think that it does carve out the broader strokes of the idea. Its a strong concept and is the more structure and model based of the two metaphors, aim less at giving a mental model within the viewers head to better grasp the complex topic of genetics.
I think the tranistion is a strong starting point and its clear that its a cell changing into a bookcase, i think it would benefit from a voice over or accompanied text - which im going to do for the showcase and presentation. The weakest part and the lest effective bit is where the fathers book is introduced. At the point where the mothers books changes to blue eyes we have already surpassed the introduction to standard grade biology. I think this speaks volumes to its use in education as it gives them something to imagine in a very complex topic where nothing is viable in front of you and the scale is even harder to picture.

this is a second version with the ambient occlusion taken off the first few renders as it softens the bookcase giving it more of a foetus like feel.
all the pieces are there, it just needed more time and accompanying voice over or text to perhaps one version speaking purely in biological terms and the visuals provide a substitute image.
I would like to keep working on this project as i think it has great value to it and there is a lack of materials for the visual learner, it is a natural way of learning and something we do on a daily basis without knowing it.