In response to this week’s theme of Character, Environment and Events, I made a short animation that shows a human walking into a cave and transforming into one of the creatures that inhabit the space within, using traditional 2d animation techniques. By using the black and white backgrounds I was able to clearly differentiate the two environments, as well as how the inhabitants presented in each. The cave entrance acts as a barrier between the two worlds. Similar themes are present in The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa where Caroline Leaf rearranges sand to create a story, similarlyarly to how I rearranged the configuration of the person in my animation to create a different character.
Leaf C, 1977, The Metamorphis of Mr Samasa, viewed 30 April 2020 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHvy-J1BFu8>.