Start of a new

I sure has been a while, so I'll get right to the point.

Sinse the dissertation hand in, work has been all over the place. The first week and a bit I had a break from work. All that writting and reading had me mentally worn out. Then for some unknown reason my harddrive decided to die... litterally. I am so glad I had everything backed up, and that the thing didn't break two weeks prior. That would have been hectic.

So sinse then, I've bought two more harddrives to be doubly safe and have tried to progress into this new terms work.

I've been focusing a lot on narrative over the past few weeks. As I'm doing an animation for my end of year show it's going to be important that I get the right scene made for the viewing audience. I went to see Nigel (One of the course tutors) for a hand in where to look and what to focus on. His advice was sound (as always), he advised me on a book called 'On Horror Writing' which I've just bought off amazon.

He also told me to relate my narrative work to videos, films and animes that I find most emotionally moving. One in particular that I've chosen is the anime One Piece. I'll be studying one scene for narrative inspiration. Said scene involves Pirate Luffy (The main character) fighting against a government agent Rob Luchi in a vein attempt to save one of his crewmen. It has always moved me to tears. I'm also choosing two more favourite videos, films, anime scenes to study for emotional response. I'll update on which ones later.

I have started story boarding one of the narratives that I have created. I'm expecting to change it as the weeks go by. I'm still watching Derek Thompsons DVD for constant reminders in contrast and how to best lay a scene in story boarding.