Introduction
For this unit, the assignment was to make a documentary profile. The assignment spanned all three classes — English, Digital Media, and your elective (in my case, animation). I began by scheduling an interview. This was quite hard as several people cancelled on me. I finally found a subject, a girl my age name Miumi who started an art zine.
After interviewing her, I transcribed it and did some additional research. I then began to work on the English assignment, which was to write a three to five page profile. I than began work. on the digital media and animation part of the project, which was to create an animated documentary and a small trailer for the documentary. I decided to mix 2D digital animation and stop motion animation, which I then composited in AfterEffects. In addition, I used InDesign to create professional magazine version of my profile article. There were several options for this part and each corresponded to a certain grade, so I decided to make a full six-page magazine for the maximum grade possible.
This project was a lot of fun I enjoyed it. It gave me more freedom than past projects had and that was something I really appreciated. Mixing two kinds of animation was something I especially liked. I also loved learning InDesign, and I think it is probably my favorite of all of the apps we have learned this year!
This was the short trailer I created. Next, here is my actual animated documentary!
documentary video here
About
Miumi Shipon is a Japanese-American artist living in California. She attends Berkeley High School. In 2020, she started Antifragile Zine, a riot grrrl inspired zine full of submissions of visual and written art. She founded Antifragile alongside Macey Keung, another Asian-American artist.