On day one I went to the Tricky Women/ Tricky Realities Showcase as I felt this would help me gather primary research for my essay. Two films in particular stood out to me: 'Sleepincord' and 'Egg'. The first featured a women with a unique, refreshing design, in which she had leg hair, hairy armpits and fat rolls. The second was a story about a woman with anorexia. All the films in this showcase were made by women.
On the second day of MAF I attended a screening of 'The Happiness Machine' with a Q&A at the end. Again, this featured films that were directed by women, with accompanying music that was composed by women. At the end, I asked the members on the panel whether or not during production, did the animators see what each team was working on or was it revealed to them after the project was over. They said that at the start they had a group chat where they became familiar with one another however they didn't see any other group's work until the film was made and premiered.
On the final day I went to a screening of 'Klaus' and a panel called 'In The Frame: Diversity in Animation'. I found 'Klaus' extremely useful as all the female characters in the film had different face shapes, body shapes, ages etc. which is unlike many films that the Sameface Syndrome blog dissected. I feel that I may be able to triangulate this.
During MAF, I continued to work in my sketchbook.
I think in the future I need to work on what colours I choose as some combinations don't look very good together. I could paint a colour wheel and see what compliments and contrasts with one another.
Then over the weekend I designed a character in four different styles based on the practical work I have been doing. Each character has elements from female characters over the last four decades.
I then changed the order and made a survey asking people to rank the designs from most to least appealing.
I then added colour to the designs and also made silhouettes to see if this effected the results.
I posted the survey and will wait until a decent amount of people have voted before I work out the results.
Link to Survey
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