Wasted Digbeth Final animation

Here it is, this is the final version of our project on wasted Digbeth.

The idea and connotations around this animation was to show an average person who finds himself in a strange land, as he roams around he becomes accustomed and settled in his new surroundings. However to his dismay he soon comes across areas which are empty and wasted spaces being, disheartened by this he wants to make a change, he wants to make the place better seeing the potential it has he looks for the cause of this to fix it.

The connotation behind making the man have no distinct facial figures was to make him relatable to the audience to a new person coming into Digbeth. The thought behind the wasted areas highlighted in red was to show how they stand out and are noticeable. The man is content and likes the place until he sees these areas wasted.  What I wanted to show was how these areas have a negative affect on how people view Digbeth. He was settled in the area before seeing the wasted. areas he realized the place could be so much more. Therefore we made the cracks start to affect the developed areas.

Finally, once he has fixed the problem, everything changes making him more happy with the area and giving Digbeth a brighter future.
 

Overall I found this to be more engaging, entertaining and visually attractive piece than how we previously wanted to address the subject and I hope you found it to be so as well.

The method of how we made this inspires me very much. I like how we had done the backgrounds in 3-D rendering just that. And then creating the animation in flash, I like using this technique and hope I can experiment with it again in future projects.