Task 03: Documenting Movement

Process:

1. Identification:

• Select a video from the internet featuring choreography or exaggerated movement.
• Avoid videos with more than two subjects and minimal movements.
• Choose videos with a static camera.

2. Storyboarding:

• Take screen-shots from the video and organize them on an A3 format to create a storyboard.
• Ensure screen-shots are evenly spaced to accurately depict the subject’s motion.
• Print the storyboard on an A3-sized sheet.

3. Abstraction:

• Lay tracing paper over the storyboard and create gesture drawings, smudges, lines, and/or shapes to abstract the movement.
• Develop a consistent language of abstraction and apply it to all snapshots.
• Submit a minimum of three different abstractions for your storyboard.

4. Flipbook:

• Select the most satisfying abstraction and photocopy the A3-sized sheet onto tracing paper.
• Cut up the grids of your storyboard and organize the abstractions sequentially to create a flipbook.
• Focus on how the transparent layers converge to represent the choreography.

5. Live Documentation:

• Participate in in-class tasks to document movement instantly as it unfolds.
• Continue to abstract subjects with greater movement at a faster pace.

Key Learnings:

1. Abstraction:

   • Simplify and capture the essence of movement without focusing on detailed pictorial representation.

2. Storyboarding:

   • Use storyboarding as a tool to analyze and sequence movements effectively.

3. Critical Observation:

   • Develop critical observation skills to notice subtle details and movements.

4. Gesture Drawing:

   • Use gesture drawing and other techniques to abstract and document movement.

5. Flipbook Creation:

   • Compile abstractions into a flipbook to visualize the continuity and flow of movement.

6. Live Documentation:

   • Train to document movement in real-time, enhancing the ability to abstract and capture dynamic actions.