SynopsisWhile some people think they can read a face or tell what someone is thinking just by looking at them, it’s hardly scientific. trustworthy or even useful. In real life, there’s not much we can do about that. But in video, it’s a scandal that we’re still relying solely on inference and narration to communicate ideas about what is on someone’s mind. A whole new world of visual storytelling would be open to producers if they had a way to share ideas about thoughts, feelings and ideas that doesn’t depend on a lot of narrative exposition.
Bubbles and Tubes is a digital 3D animation scheme for a new style of video that answers that need. This is a proposal to take the idea of mind space and present it on screens with icons that represent the contents of mind. Whatever is in someone’s mind at any moment will be displayed as symbols, text or video clips contained in a bubble. Whatever is in the minds of a group will be displayed in multiple bubbles on screen. Well-defined trajectories of mind content will be represented by tubes.
At the risk of being too ambitious, the innovation in this project extends beyond a new video style. New models of organization are proposed for the virtual studio envisioned for production of 3D models, videos and distribution networks. Independent creators - artists, animators, writers, etc - will work together in a platform co-operative where elements and content can be shared and re-used. And the co-op will operate as part of a larger ecosystem of individuals and organizations motivated by a number of shared values besides mere financial reward.
Specifically, we're seeking 3D animators (with beginner to intermediate skills) who share our curiosity for psychology and systems design. We have some money to hire contractors initially - to help us develop a demo and processes - but our vision is for a platform studio cooperative with member artists operating as entrepreneurs.
Please don't waste our time if you're just looking for a job or fast, easy money.
We are creating a new style of video production and a new form of organization to do the work and share it. The objective is to assemble 3D digital artists, along with writers, producers, systems designers and others, into a new marketplace of psycho technologies. In light of the global crises and challenges facing humans now, we think it's critical that we collaborate and share resources to explore new ways of innovating techniques for changing minds and thus our common future.
There will be little to no modelling or character development - just flying cameras and objects. While we don't care much about your gun or car models we do prize artists with motion design choreography skills working with rhythm and music. We will teach you the basics and we'll share our very simple template and rig to get you started. Also bonus points for artists with nice-to-hgave Python and workflow process management experience.
You can see examples of our project at Bubbles & Tubes video tests and learn a little about me. Please take a look at the video tests I've been creating and let me know if you want to learn more.
Thanks,
Chris