Another Experiment...

this is another experiment that I did and again I prefer using Movie Maker software..I am definately going to use this technique to make my final outcome..

Music and Dance...

Music and Dance...

Maasai music traditionally consists of rhythms provided by a chorus of vocalists singing harmonies while a song leader, or olaranyani, sings the melody. The olaranyani is usually the singer who can best sing that song, although several individuals may lead a song. The olaranyani begins by singing a line or title (namba) of a song. The group will respond with one unanimous call in acknowledgment, and the olaranyani will sing a verse over the group's rhythmic throat singing. Each song has its specific namba structure based on call and response. Common rhythms are variations of 5/4, 6/4 and 3/4 time signatures. Lyrics follow a typical theme and are often repeated verbatim over time. Neck movements accompany singing. When breathing out the head is leaned forward. The head is tilted back for an inward breath. Overall the effect is one of polyphonic syncopation

Eunoto, the coming of age ceremony of the warrior, can involve ten or more days of singing, dancing and ritual. The warriors of the Il-Oodokilani perform a kind of march-past as well as the adumu, or aigus, sometimes referred as “the jumping dance” by non-Maasai. (both adumu and aigus are Maa verbs meaning "to jump" with adumu meaning "To jump up and down in a dance" Warriors are well known for, and often photographed during, this competitive jumping. A circle is formed by the warriors, and one or two at a time will enter the center to begin jumping while maintaining a narrow posture, never letting their heels touch the ground. Members of the group may raise the pitch of their voices based on the height of the jump.

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Masai people dancing..

 

Here I have found some beautiful pictures of Masai people dancing..

here is the actual video of masai people doing their traditional dance....

Story Board...

Story

the story begins with lady Masai who's in the slum ( house )...she is pregnant and giving birth to a baby..ther is another lady whos looking after her and her husband is waiting outside the slum...there are some more mens who are sitting on the grass and waiting outside...they are all worried and thinking what is going to happen..after sometime they here a voice of baby crying and they get up...husband gets really exicted and he is very curious about what is going on inside...and then the lady comes out  holding a baby in her hand...she pause for a bit and say's "it's a boy"....husband gets so happy and he hold his child in his hand and all the other mens starts dancing...they do their traditional dance there...they make a straight line and start jumping in the air one by one randomly...they sing at the same time they dance..


they do this traditional dance in many ceremonies and this is one of them...they show their happiness, their emotion in this way...


its basically another way to express their feelings....

THE END

Cell Animation..

WORKSHOP






in this workshop we had to create a page of different character...here are the characters that I created..

The next step was to pick one character.

I was then put into a group of 3, in which we had to all combine our characters we had choosen and put them into a story board for an animation. 




link for the animation
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=

Little animation...

here I have made a little animation and I have used movie maker software..I cut out the shape of men and then put them in right order one by one and start taking pictures and then uploaded them together....I then changed the time duration for each individual images...I changed that to 1second because when you hear the track carefully you will notice that the beat changes in every seconds...I really like that software because its very simple to use compare to after effects...I think it worked out really well but I am sure I can improve it because at the end it missed the beat..there was an option in this software where I could give different effects to it so I used that which worked really well..

Rayograms...

Mood Board..

RED

GREEN

YELLOW

BLACK

WHITE

these are the colours came into my mind when I hear the music...

Tribal dance animation...

Tribal dance animation...

I posted this video becuse it has the same tribal track that I am going to use for my final outcome..I really like the way it has been done...I like it when fire flame changes the shape everytime the beat changes...

Here I have found another beautiful animation of tribal people..I really like the drawings..its very simple yet interesting and effective...body movings actually blends with the music..I think it is awesome..

another animation which gives me tribal feelings..

After Effects Workshop...

This is what I did in my after effects workshop..I have learnt how to rotate the still image..it was really interesting to learn this techniques but also too many information and that is the reason why I got bit confused..here I have done some screen shots so you can see how i did this animation...

image of paper flower



cut the background by using selection tool



select middle part of the flower

use actual software to give more effects

 here is another small selection of flower which would go on top of the big one....

making sure that the both flowers are in the middle



settings that I used to rotate the both flowers....

Very first thing...

when i listen to the track for the very first time, this is what I thought about...

when I was young I used to love this cartoon...I still love it..I have grown up by watcing this cartoon thats why it is very close to my heart...I have also watch Hindi version of this cartoon and I really enjoyed it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8i_YPfenqc

here is the link wher you can watch Hindi version of it..

Mowgli...

Mowgli and baloo....

 Mowgli and Radha...

Mowgli is a fictional character from India who originally appeared in Rudyard Kipling's short story "In the Rukh" (collected in many inventions, 1893) and then went on to become the most prominent and memorable character in his fantasies," The Jungle book" and " The Second jungle Book" which also featured stories about other characters.

Thinking of THREE WORDS...

"ETHNIC UP & DOWN"

These are the three words that I have decided to use in my animation...The reason why I choose these three words is because I wanted to relate those three words with my research...as I have said in my research that the masai people dances up and down when they do their traditional dance...

Ethnic:

relating to, or characteristic of a sizable group of people sharing a common and distinctive racial, national,       religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage....

Being a member of a particular ethnic group, especially belonging to a national group by heritage or culture but residing outside its national boundaries.....

member of a particular ethnic group, especially one who maintains the language or customs of the group.....

Up:

A lot, on high, in a direction contrary to that of gravity, toward or in a higher place or position, above the opposite of down.....

&:

The character or sign (&) representing the word and...

Down:

From a higher to a lower place or position....

Ideas for the Story...

Story

the story begins with Queen of masai who's in the slum ( house )...she is pregnant and giving birth to a baby..ther is another lady whos looking after her and her husband, whos King is waiting outside the slum...ther are some more mens who are sitting on the grass and waiting outside...they are all worried and thinking what is going to happen..after sometime they here a voice of baby crying and they get up...King gets really exicted and he is very curious about what is going on inside...and then the lady comes out and she's holding a baby in her hand...she pause for a bit and say's "it's a boy"....king gets so happy and he hold his child in his hand and all the other mens starts dancing...they do their traditional dance ther...they make a straight line and start jumping in the air one by one randomly...

Research...

Masai...

The Maasai (also Masai) are a Nilotic ethic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. They are among the most well known of African ethnic groups, due to their distinctive customs and dress and residence near the many game parks of East Africa. They speak Maa, a member of the NiloSaharan language family that is related to Dinka and Nuer, and are also educated in the official languages of Kenya and Tanzania:Swahili and English. The Maasai population has been variously estimated as 377,089 from the 1989 Census or as 453,000 language speakers in Kenya in 1994 and 430,000 in Tanzania in 1993 with a total estimated as "approaching 900,000" Estimates of the respective Maasai populations in both countries are complicated by the remote locations of many villages, and their semi-nomadic nature.

beautiful pictures of Masai People

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sketches of Masai

I made some sketches of masai...they might help me later on for the animation....