Hull, United Kingdom

Micro-Macrocosm

This is the final render of the environmental animation with everything coming together to be one piece each texture blends together well none of them clash with each other and the colors chosen worked well to bring this animation together sound could not be created for this animation however it would bolster the piece to be that much better.

This Micro-Macrocosm might be a bit farfetched but its a great example of how things are not as they appear from first glance because it’s only when we zoom out from the position of the camera that we see the bigger picture laid bare before us rather than only one small part of it this is the opposite effect to Tufte’s example where you have to get closer to see the bigger picture and story because everything blurs together at a distance (Tufte,1990, P43) The animation blurs into one singular meaning when closeup it’s a Natural disaster but zoomed out it’s a Military testing site together it creates this Environmental damage animation that really shows you how the environment can be changed in a matter of seconds.

The animation was going to be a Timelapse day/night however it grew increasingly difficult so the materials come into the scene slowly being constructed bit by bit to give the look of growing.

Tufte, E., 1990. Envisioning information. Cheshire, Connecticut:Graphics.