Rotoscoping - Jeff Scher

Jef Scher - New York based animator and painter

‘as an underground filmmaker, Scher uses lights, abstractions and visual effects all paired with music to create experimental short films. His films have been described as animated still life as they are made from various drawings in which the images change to trigger responses within the human mind.'

'Scher’s abstract films are all approximately two and a half minutes long. He feels that this amount of time is more than enough to allow the viewer to become engaged' - This quote has made me feel more confident in my decision to cut the music into a shorter section. I strongly agree with this quote as I feel a short piece that has been executed beautifully is something so much better than a longer piece that appears ok and won't hold the attention of the audience throughout the entire piece.

I have noticed while looking at his work that when he is rotoscoping he is using different mediums such as ink, paint, collage ect to suit that particular piece of music. The use of a multitude of mediums conveys the excited, upbeat tempo of the music. Reflecting on this i am thinking that i could show the music change by adding to the chosen medium of ink by possibly adding colour as suggested earlier in the project. I could add colour slightly to the background sliding from top to bottom to visual describe the sliding effect of the dreary sounds?