For my assignment the animation will be slightly based off the song lyrics. The actual meaning behind the lyrics have nothing to do with the animation but it kind of relates if you twist the words a bit.
The animation is based off war, it shows the pains and suffering, the sad goodbyes and the happy reunions. The song is 'Alive' by Leona Lewis and it shows how soldiers try their best to survive to keep fighting, to see another day and to return home.
Oh and there will be someone drawing in the background throughout the whole thing.
First Scene
Lyrics :
I breathe, I hear
But I don't believe it
My heart, it beats
But inside I'm freezing
Animation:
For this first part, there will be picture of a heart in a black background and it will slowly freeze up and be covered in thick ice.
Second Scene
Lyrics:
My hands shake
They've lost all their feeling
Animation:
Here there will be a pair of soldiers hands in the soldiers point of view you see them shake. This can show fear, someone who has gone a bit mental or just simply that they are cold as it is hard to find warmth in the midst of war.
Third Scene
Lyrics:
Nowhere to take
You say that you're leaving
And there's no turning back this time
Gotta stay alive
Animation:
You see the back of a soldier or the departure of many soldiers on ships/trains and then slowly fades away. Then in a quick flash for the last line, 'Gotta stay alive' you'll see quick flashes of war (the actual fighting part).
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Fourth scene
Lyrics:
Chorus:
Where do I go when I'm so alone?
Where do I turn when you are so close?
We try not to crash but we still collide
Tears I've cried, I'll survive
I'm alive
Animation:
Soldiers sitting alone, heads down picture/photo turning gray. Then a lockets with family photos turning in midair (360 degrees). Afterwards there will be more flashes of overview war collisions, a man crying and finally, close ups of soldiers fighting in war.
Fifth Scene
Lyrics:
I'm stripped, I'm bare
I'm left here with nothing
I hold the wheel
And know where I'm going
Your face, I see, in every reflection
Animation:
Here you see a man laying who's tired, has no more strength and is injured very badly. It is a close up of his face on the ground and he looks like his about to die. Then there is a pocket watch in the corner and you see his loved one/ones. Afterwards, it zooms in on his face and he slowly closes his eyes.
Sixth scene
Lyrics:
No time, no space
I've lost all direction
And there's no turning back this time
Gotta stay alive
Animation:
The screen is all black for a some time and then it comes back to the man whose eyes are open and struggles to stand up and continue forward.
Chorus Repeated
Seventh scene
Lyrics:
I'm gonna get there someway
Through all the tears that you bring
And any road I can take
Just to get me some place
Where all the stars on my heart
And all the lies in the dark
Disappear in my head
Lights so bright, tonight
Gonna drive them away
Animation:
Here, using animation-ish there will be a person attached to the floor fully black and struggles across the black line (floor/ground)and continues to reach his hands up towards the light on the top left corner every so often. At the very end there is a flash and you see them fighting in war again and then slowly fades.
Eighth Scene
Lyrics:
Chorus & I'm Alive repeated at the end
Animation:
After the whole thing has faded from the previous scene, you see the homecoming of the soldiers from war on some sort of transport. The drawing that was playin in the background is slowly brought forward and you see the soldiers and then they are redrawn on animation-ish and what happens is you see the happy scenes of reunions in animation-ish and finally you see a whole family and then it slowly turns into a real phtoto.
