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Timeline of Events for Animation

4th SHOW 7-11 December 2015
setup 6 December 2015 takedown 12 December 2015
(finish by 30 Nov.)


Below is a brief timeline of events that will be highlighted in the animation:

The Neanderthal Man: (Europe and West Asia) 24-130k years ago.

            -large skulls, short and robust structure and a large nose, short.

            -Stone Age

-Arranged Alliances (Anglo-Saxons)

-Family Ties- Marrying deceased spirits; to appease spirits; (China)

-Polygamy (Male and Female)  (Women = Himalayas)

-Offspring

-Monogamy established (6^th and 9^th Centuries)  Western; catholic church

State or Church- contracts between the families; Church stayed out of it, until 1215 then you had to post notice of pending marriage; until 1500’s church accepted the couples word that vows were exchanged, no evidence needed.

-17^th Century – You got married in a church whether or not you were a member.  In order for it to valid you had to get married in a church.  1836 changed that and allowed civil marriages to be in register offices.

-1639 Massachusetts required marriage licenses, became common in 19^th century

-Victorian Era- bards sang of love during Medieval times ; based on love and companionship not gain.

-Love- 250 years ago marriages were more based on love and desire.

-Economics – inheritance of land; less important because of love;

-Marriage Equality- 50 years ago; mutual attraction; companionship; shared responsibilities.

12 June 1967- US Interracial Marriage became legal

-Gay Marriage- Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, took place in December 2005.

Sketched Images

Sketched images for use in animation.

Proposal 3

3)  Adventures of a Missionary (Based on friend Laura Borjas’ tales)

Materials Needed

• Monitor
• Mount
• Extension cable(?)

Technical Specs and Needs

• Flash Animation

Reference Artists

• Laura Borjas (not an artist)
• based off mission to Twin Falls, Idaho

Aesthetic Choices

• Attire
• Learning new things
• riding a bike
• how to talk to people
• Maintaining a strict schedule
• Close-Knit Mormon Community
• Peoples reaction to Missionaries

Proposal 2

2) Side-by-Side Wedding, Engagement to Ceremony & Traditions Western vs. Chinese

Materials Needed

• Minimum two Monitors

Technical Specs and Needs

• Adobe Flash
• How to run dual monitors
• run two animations independently

Reference Artists

Aesthetic Choices

• Chinese Wedding- more colorful
• Highlight importance of Red
• Western Wedding- focus on white
• No seeing the Bride before the wedding
• Having themes for weddings (because we are a melting pot)

Proposal 1

**Revised**

1) Concept
Create an interactive map that explores by immersion and visualization of various Wedding Traditions from around the world.  How any Why they came to be; the Political and Social Structures involving weddings and how they have evolved from a period of time to now.

I want you to see Wedding Traditions from different cultures in different periods of time from then and now.
The now, will be an immersive roll where you will be the one experiencing the wedding through anothers' point of view.

2)



1) Interactive Map (Globe) Wedding Traditions around the World

Materials Needed

• Monitor (tv),Mount, ext. cords
• Kinect (?) Eye Toy (?) Remote(?) Controller(?)

Technical Specs and Needs

• Adobe Flash
• Programming (CSS, Java)

Reference Artists

• Amrit (Disney Princesses Ethnic Wedding Fantasy)
• Pavan Ahluwalia (Henna Art and Design)
• Hyakumonogatori.com

Aesthetic Choices

• Capture/ Animate (Ethnic Wedding Traditions)
• India- Shoe Stealing, Henna
• Western- White Seeds or Confetti (no rice), Can’t see the bride before the ceremony
• Chinese- Bridal Sedans and Red Umbrella, Courting
• Japanese- Sake Sharing, Kitsune no Yomeiri
• Germany- Log cutting
• Romania- Ransoming the Bride
• Scotland- Blackening 
• Kenya- Father spiting on the Bride