Week 1

"Curiosity is a muscle, use it or lose it!

It’s something that we consciously have to nurture in ourselves, in our families, in classrooms, at work. Sometimes I hear that curiosity and creativity are killed by too many facts, but actually the opposite is true. The more you know, the more you want to know. Not only that but the more you know, the more connections you can make between the different bits of knowledge that you have in your head and therefore the more ideas you have, which is why curiosity is really the wellspring of creativity. Technology is replacing routine work and that’s what technology replaces first and has done throughout history. So intellectually curious people, people who are capable of learning throughout their career, of asking questions — good questions — of adapting and collaborating with others from different disciplines, people who are capable of really thriving in this world of non -routine work, in other words, are the people who are going to do better."

The transcript for the audio that I need to make an animation for. I've listened to the audio a few times and noted down some ideas that have come to mind.

  "in our families, in classrooms, at work"

-Image of a person and more people appearing. E.g. Silhouette of a person on their own, then with their family and then behind a desk.

 "are the people who are going to do better"

-Person or multiple people standing on top of a podium.

 "Curiosity is a muscle, use it or lose it!"

-A arm flexing with the words curiosity written or tattooed across it. The muscles then shrinks and turns the arm skinny.

 "Curiosity and creativity are killed by too many facts"

-The words 'curiosity' and 'creativity' get overlapped by multiple words 'facts'.

 "The more connections you can make between the different bits of knowledge"

-Inside of the brain, multiple wires connecting to different parts of the brain.

As for the style of the animation I am thinking of doing rotoscope and then do hand drawing for the rest of the animation. I want to have a podcast type of scenario going on where a person is talking to another, and the second person has a thought bubble filling the remainder of the screen which has the visuals of the audio.

As for the visuals I want to have the images and words morph into one another to keep the animation fluent.