A Bicycle Ride from Gemma Aylward on Vimeo.
"From the top of we had a magnificent view of the surrounding country and a more magnificent ride down into Market Weighton. We just sat there on our bikes and coasted on and on into the plain in which York stands. A brief stay in the town gave us a chance to buy some teacakes and apples to help us on our way. A few showers had to be faced, but by the time we reached York, both of us were warm and dry." (ed. Smith, 2006 p.6)
​Smith, M. ed., (2006) A Bicycle Ride from Norwich to Sunderland in 1950 By Leslie Brown, aged 40, and David Brown, aged 11. Norwich: Stolen Press. This was the first time I had made an animation type piece of work. I thought animation would be most suitable as cycling is all about the movement. I was hoping to include sound however I ran out of time to include any alongside that I believed to be relevant. I did originally plan to go out and film sound similar to the Chris Paul Daniels workshop we had done previously. I also though due to the lack of time to maybe find some license-free sounds from the BBC FreeSFX's, however I still didn't allow myself time to search through and find the ones which I believed would give the appropriate atmosphere of what I was trying to depict. The slow pacing of the animation would had made the use of sound more significant because it allows the viewers to listen more carefully to the the sound in connection to that current image. I do wish I had planned my time more efficiently to allow sound because that was one aspect people commented on for improvement. Another improvement needed was the typeface which I agree upon. I think because of the way I was rushing this, I didn't look through for the most appropriate typeface and the one I had used was rather unfitting. I was trying to match the final shot typeface for York that I hand-drew, I think it would had been a better match if I hand-drew the typeface in the same manner. From the comments people left, they did notice that I had depicted the British countryside and the weather being a major factor of the story as well. I think this means that people did understand my narrative without reading the piece of text and I think that was a success itself. Comments are closed.
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