Writing on a Train – unfinished animation
I had the honour to choose a soundtrack from the Alasdair Gray documentary, I chose the soundtrack “Writing on a Train” as I enjoyed the melody and the beats, I felt moved by it and motivated from the music and was interested to research on how it was created and why it was used for the scenes that it were used for.
Unfortunately, due to some circumstances, I was not able to finish the 3 – minute and 20 – second animation. Hopefully in the future i will be able to.
I wanted to animate versions of his drawings coming to life, using his iconic chair as a focal point. I felt his drawings had so much life even though their still images and i wanted to bring it to life.
I recorded many videos refrencing my own self and a friend to help create the vision come to life, and using the rotoscoping technique but also changing it enough where it’s not just exactly copying. All was done digitally.
