OUIL505 Proposal

Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION	Level	05
OUIL505 ILLUSTRATION 2: Applied Illustration	Credits	30
Module Brief  Title: Product, Range & Distribution

STUDIO BRIEF 1: Project Proposal

Project Rationale

What do you intend to do and why?

I want to create a set of illustrations that form a narrative set to the song Resonance by Home, which has the potential to become and animated music video. I’m going to do this because I have a passion for music, and the format of an animated music video incorporates that passion into my practice. I chose this song specifically because I find it emotive, and it is instrumental which presents more of a challenge to create imagery, as there are no lyrics to inspire me, only sound. I want to create the illustrations digitally, as I haven’t experimented enough with digital media although I like it, and considering these illustrations would be potentially distributed digitally in a video format. I will apply my illustrations to a range of band and music merchandise.

THEMES / SUBJECTS

GENERAL THEMES: Music Individualism Conformity SPECIFIC SUBJECTS: Character & Narrative

PRACTICAL & CONCEPTUAL APPLICATION

SPECIFIC DISCIPLINARY AREA: Animation Music videos Character & Narrative AUDIENCE/CONTEXTS: Music lovers PRODUCTION/Distribution Methods: YouTube, Vimeo, merchandising sites like MerchNOW

CONTEXTUAL REFERENCES

ILLUSTRATORS / DESIGNERS / STUDIOS: Eat the Danger animation studio Boneface – illustrator/animator Distributors of band merchandise like MerchNOW

CREATIVE SKILLS

I want to develop my digital skills using my graphics tablet and Photoshop. I have been starting to use these methods more during level 2 but I want to develop them further. I will also develop my storyboarding skills, and apply my skills with visual narratives.

KEY TEXTS

Home - Resonance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GW6sLrK40k Queens of the Stone Age – I Appear Missing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9OfBcjyxKY Music video animated by Boneface Stuck in the Sound – Let’s Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Gg9CqhbP8 Music video directed by Alexis Beaumont and Remi Godin Courtney Barnett – Dead Fox https://vimeo.com/172404474 Animated by Rory Kerr and Paul Ruttledge http://merchnow.com/