Chapter 7 Response

There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to the principles of design. And an emphasis on spatial depth that activates a space that is 2 dimensional and making it appear 3 dimensional.
Changing the way something looks simply by changing the angle of the camera and how it relates to the edge of the frame to give it a dynamic quality.
I usually go for the straight forward narrative when animating rather than doing vignettes or having pieces that don't connect, versus when I write a story I don't generally start at the very beginning.
When I think of presenting things I think linearly how things begin and when they come to an end. I don't always go into what kind of camera angles I'm going to use but more so the general direction that the camera will move along in the space that I've provided for it. When text is involved it becomes less graphic and more of a symbol/character that means whatever the word entails and nothing more. I don't like dressing it up.

Chapter 6 Response

I will admit that there are times when it's hard to think of a letter as anything but a letter, it's been drilled into our heads that is what they are. To put the spin on them that they are actually just shapes that create the forms that we recognize as letters is  challenge but once they are turned into moving characters it becomes easier to understand. Through this movement they evolve into a new state of being that through choice of typeface, energy of movement and camera approaches they can become dynamic structures.

I briefly went over typography in my graphic design class back in high school and was reminded of it in web design so the terms covered on page 194 I've seen before (it just tends to slip my mind).

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