Animation completed *Scary graveyard*

Untitled from stephie allen on Vimeo.

How do we cope without technology like laptops

Animation *slowly getting there*

These are the stills which show the progress of my animation, from the main outline to creating little props such as fences and coffins.

Main part of visual essay

Main part of Visual Essay

In our current society I feel we have come to depend on technology to help us function when it comes to our day to day lives. Without realising we have become somewhat co-dependent on such things as television, the internet and mobile with their ever evolving models.

However it wasn’t so long ago that we were managing fairly well without feeling the need to constantly upgrade our mobile phones or set top boxes. In a recent study it has been stated that our attention span has decreased significantly from what it was a few years ago, this leads me to believe that potentially our constant need for the use of technology may result in a dangerous pitfall.

Upon visiting the Royal Victoria and Albert museum as well as the Science Museum I took notes on exhibits that caught my interest, with all the information I obtained on our day visit my aim was to incorporate some of it into my visual essay.

With regards to focusing on technology I have managed to relate it one of the exhibits I saw that day and a practitioner.  When visiting the science museum I came across an exhibition which focused on mixed media, technology and health (as illustrated below).

This is a great example of how technology can have a negative effect on our lives without us realising.

places of technology

Here are some images of possible places I am considering conducting my interviews for my visual essay