Responsive - Do It In 20 - Utopia

For this project I have been given 2 months to produce an animation following or subverting the theme 'utopia'. The idea for this animation stemmed from one the context of practice lectures focusing on culture and subcultures - mentioning the Brixton riots of the early eighties and the musical movements that were around at the time calling for racial equality.

I have chosen to rotoscope and manipulate frames from archive footage of the Brixton riots, the reason behind this and how this relates to the theme of utopia is from researching the tensions between the black community in Brixton and the police's racially motivated brutality against the community.

I aim to experiment with different mediums for rotoscoping each frame to bring together a variety of textures to the animation.

Here is the first example of rotoscoping that will feature in my 20 second animation, using just fine liner to outline key features in each frame and to add ashading in some areas. I have opted for a very loose style that has allowed me to capture roughly what is happening in the footage but also to help me progress quicker to the post production phase of this project.