Stop. Collaborate and listen.

Group project by Tim, Crystal, and Melanie


I really like this project done by Tim, Crystal, and Melanie. It is very colorful and fun. It is really interesting how you can see all three animations at once and then you can see all three characters together at the carnival. Each individual animation has its own story and then the final product where the characters meet there are many interesting things going on, such as the ferris wheel spinning and a roller coaster operating. I can see many different influences in their work. One that sticks out is Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries' 'Korea Web Art Festival' site. It relates to this piece in just the simple flashing of the animations. Their piece is also kind of like Mark Amerika's piece, Film Text. In Film Text there is this sense of smooth flowing from one area to another and you have that same smooth flow in Tim, Crystal, and Melanie's group project. The animated-ness of their project is very much like John Cabral's 'Ground Zero.' John Cabral has these fantastic characters that are animated and he zooms in on different parts of this one area and different times. Each minute somethings is changing. It's like you are on a 24hour watch of an environment, slowing watching it change. I really like the characters that each group member chose and how they chose to animate them. It definitely holds my attention and interest.

Sources of works that relate:
1.Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries//Event and Place//Korea Web Art Festival//2001
2. Mark Amerika//Film Text//2001
3.John Cabral//Ground Zero//2001