Troublesome week

[sky_hye]

After feeling pretty darned pleased about my progress last week, I'm disappointed with the results I'm getting this week.

I've been working on an important section about the artist's body. Measuring requires position awareness. One of the toughest things to convey to students is that there is an imaginary projection plane from which measurements are taken. The section I'm working on now is where I convince the viewer that movement by the point of view, the projection plane, or the subject leads to trouble. Depending on what moves, and in which direction, a) scaling discrepancies, b) surface visibility alterations, or c) a combination of the two develop. It's all tedious material, and while memorization is not required, the listener must not zone out. To be effective, the explanation must be short but complete. Deciding what to show and what to say is harrowing. You see, I feel under pressure to make progress right now, and since this particular section is key to the premise, the pressure is heightened. This has got to be nice. The right music will definitely help, and there will be text overlays, which will certainly re-enforce any important points. I can't work on music or text overlays until the script is finalized. :-P

This clip is a demonstration of just how unformed the section is right now. The timing is too fast. The voice over is not properly placed -- mainly because it's still in flux. When I figure out the best arrangement, the solution will seem obvious. No one will guess that this part was troublesome. The window structure in this clip is the projection plane, materialized for demonstration purposes. Normally, the projection plane is imaginary. Placement of the imaginary projection plane varies according to the measuring technique.

Comments

[submarine-bells.livejournal.com]

When I'm writing thesis chapters, I sometimes get to parts that really stymie me, where I know what I want to say but the "how to say it clearly" thing flies out of the window. One thing I have noticed is that if it's not coming to me and I'm getting stressed and anxious about it, it's a pretty good bet that I'm not going to get it right now. So what I do is put in some obviously-imperfect notes that indicate what I want that passage to eventually do, then go do work on some other part of the writing for a while. Usually, when I come back to it a week or more later, the pieces fall into place and writing that section suddenly seems a lot easier.

Is that an approach that works for you? What if you left this bit for a couple of weeks and worked on something you find simpler or less troublesome? Would coming back to this bit with a fresh eye later on make it easier to deal with?

[sky-hye.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I could do that. :-P
[Sky puts a crowbar to her butt at the computer chair... AARRRGGG, she's stuck hard!]
Previously, with other segments in this section, everything fell into place within a couple days, even if there was some struggle involved. This one is more elusive. Last night I made notes just like you describe in the script. Perhaps it's time to make shampoo or work on the house remodeling project. I sure appreciate hearing from you at times like this. This sort of work is isolating -- LJ contact is nice. :)

[sky-hye.livejournal.com]

Yay! I found the right words! I could feel it when I woke up this morning. I knew it was going to come together today! With new voice over in place, I can render new animations to fit, after which, this phase will be complete. Too soon for celebration, but I can tell things will move fairly smoothly over the next few days. :)