Flash Animation Topic Research

Causes of Homelessness in Australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Australia#Causes

The leading cause of homelessness in Australia is "domestic and family violence", which is in contradiction to the common belief that it is simply difficulties financially that cause somebody to be homeless.

An extract from "http://www.streetsmartaustralia.org/homelessness"

A common stereotype of homeless people is that they are all old men, however "Close to half the homeless are female — many with young children — and nearly half of all homeless are under the age of 25."

CODEHUNTERS ANALYSIS

#1: Camera Angles

Extreme Close-up:

Extreme Long Shot

Long Shot

Mid Shot

Close Up

P.O.V (Point of View)

#2: Connotations

Crow: Adds a dark, mysterious atmosphere to the film, is a symbol of bleakness

Bubblegum: Because something as basic as a person chewing gum can make them seam tough and disregarding of the law, and helps in telling the audience the type of character he is without even having him speak

Guarded Metal Box: The element of mystery as to whats inside it, makes the audience feel that something is happening behind the main plot that they are unaware of

#3: Symbolic Colour

The washed out and subdued colour gives the film in various scenes a dark feel to it, and in some places where the sand is brown and most colours are a faded brown gives it a very Western and Outback feeling.

#4: Camera Techniques

A very obvious yet effective use of zooming in the film is at the beginning with the man sitting at the back of the bus, and the camera zooms into him from afar. This highlights the fact that he has some sort of rebellious nature to him in that he's sitting on the bus and no other seats are taken. He also in that scene has his hat tilted down so he comes across as mysterious and not a very forthcoming character.

This films use of panning is when the woman is walking out of the bar and a man sticks a bat out to stop her. The camera pans from the woman, across the bat, until it shows the man who is sitting at a table.

#5: Symbolism

One of the most obvious uses of symbolism in the film is the setting: a torn apart city that covered in rubble and is basically destroyed. This could be interpreted as a symbol of a post-apocalyptic world, and as aliens are present in the fight scene at 4:50, an alien invasion is perhaps the reason for the apocalypse. 

#6: Ben Hibon's P.O.V

His version of reality that is expressed in the film is a very bleak world, one that is completely destroyed, corrupted, invaded and in a war. Violence is a prominent theme in the film and is perhaps symbolic of the type of society that we live in today, but set in the future.

Character Designs - Flash

Character Design - Main Character and Mother Face

The kid is the main character in the animation