Amie McClean

The scroll is set to show kinetic movement of the characters on the scroll. Although the scroll nor the characters on the scroll actually move, we get the sense of movement as we glide our eyes along it.

The drama unfolds as you look across the scroll with gaps in between each section which allows you to create your own idea of what’s going on between each “scene”.

If you glide your eye from left to right it creates a totally different idea of a story to it you glide your eye right to left. It gives the audience the idea that the story they see might not actually be the story that is unfolding in front of them.

The image itself is very symbolic of kinetic movement, even though nothing within the still image itself if actually moving. It’s a 2D image but is made to seem as though it’s 3D by showing movement of the characters without them actually moving.

The image appears to be moving by showing the 2D characters at different points within the story. The same characters can be seen more than once within the same image to show the kinetic movement of the characters within the story. This allows the audience to see the movement, which in turn will tell its own story.

Two movements within the scene that are very obvious to the audience is the flapping motion of Joesph and Mary to the cradle and the dancing of the angels in the sky.

Within Len Lye’s “Rainbow Dance” the short film seems as though it was made in after effects, due to the over exposed images and the way they are placed like 2D figures onto the screen.

The film shows the movement of figures within the frame by still images being placed at different points on the screen. It makes it look as though the images are moving by placing over exposed 2D images of for example people jumping.

It is very symbolic of still images staying on the screen as though it is a collection of photographs in a montage to create the film.

It is a very creative way of making a Post Office advert without the dictation of what exactly it is promoting. It is a way of advertising without actually pushing the main idea of the product they are promoting.