Abstract
This poster showcases work in progress on an animated short film titled, My Heavy Head, which chronicles my personal journey after being diagnosed with migraine almost twenty years ago. Art for this experimental animation is created digitally through exploration and research in various software applications, desktop and mobile to create animations that will finalize in a 7-minute film. The main goal is to have a different aesthetic feel for different parts of the film that reflect what it feels like to live with a chronic illness that is constantly changing. Majority of work is created using an iPad Pro and various drawing and animation applications such as but not limited to Procreate, Callipeg and Flip-a-Clip. Inspired after watching my undergraduate students complete animated short films using Procreate, I wanted to challenge myself to create a film in a similar fashion with a mixture that will blend into a cohesive film – also exploring Blender’s Grease Pencil feature. Visually telling my story, allowing the audience to step into a space of living with chronic migraine and gain understanding of what people with this illness deal with daily. The film also has hopeful comedic notes, told in a narrative manner with interview segments with my neurologist who also suffers with migraine. It is my intention that this film will be entertaining, educational and obtain empathy from viewers without migraine and reach fellow suffers that are only discovering all the aspects that living with this illness brings.
Presenters
Sandee ChamberlainAssistant Professor of Animation and Illustration | Coordinator of Digital Animation, School of Art and Design, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, United States
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KEYWORDS
ANIMATION, MOVING, IMAGERY, APPLICATIONS, SOFTWARE, RESEARCH, CHRONIC, MIGRAINE, FILM, EDUCATION
