REFERENCES - Fantasy

Sin City is the greatest example of the type of compositing and effects wanted for the video reel to display a fantasy/comic aesthetic without it losing any of the conceptuality.

REFERENCES -Greek Mythos

The Greeks' mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their own culture, of which mythology both overtly and in its unspoken assumptions, is an index. In the surviving literary forms in which we have them, they are inherently political.

Creation myths provide an explanation of the origin of the universe in all its complexity. They are an important part of most mythological systems. Creation myths often invoke primal gods and animals, titanic struggles between opposing forces or the death and/or dismemberment of these gods or animals as the means whereby the universe and its components were created.

Apart from an explanation of the creation of the universe, mythologies also seek to explain everyday natural phenomena. The Egyptian scarab god Khepri, who rolled the ball of the sun across the sky each day thus provided an explanation of the rising of the sun each day, its progress across the sky and its setting in the evening. Similarly, the Maori of New Zealand attributed the morning dew to the tears of the god Rangi (Heaven) for the goddess Papa (Earth) from whom he was separated. This class of myth is sometimes called a nature myth.

Myths are also often used to explain human institutions and practices as well. For example, the Greek hero Pelops was reputed to have started the Olympic Games after Poseidon helped him win the hand of Hippodameia in a chariot race. This type of myth is thus etiological. It seeks to account for some human institution through a myth.

Another class of myth is the Theogenic myth. This sets out to delineate the relationships between various gods and other mythical personages and beings who are mentioned in previously existing myths. Theogenic Myths are thus secondary in their purpose. They set out to provide a reinforcement or framework for an existing system of myths. The best known example of this is the Theogeny of Hesiod.

It should not be thought that the functions of myths as delineated above are mutually exclusive. For example creation myths by their very nature are usually Theogenic as well. Myths can, and have, served many purposes. Myths and systems of myths have been created by human beings for many reasons over thousands of years. They are a superb product of humanity collectively and a rich resource for the enjoyment of all mankind. Their fantastic and unreal nature to our modern eyes should not prevent us from enjoying them.

REFERENCES - Pans Labyrinth

REFERENCES - CANCER iNFO

• National Breast Cancer Foundation http://www.nbcf.org.au/
  

• Pink Ribbon Organisation http://www.pinkribbon.org.au/
  

• Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation http://www.hbcf.org.au/
  

• The McGrath Foundation http://www.mcgrathfoundation.com.au/

• Me
  

HIGH CONCEPT

The realisation of the effects and sub effects of sickness is a dramatic and sometimes traumatic experience for anyone. And in many ways, the society in which we now live in is desensored to the obvious pain, suffering and sometime lethality of diseases.

"I'm thrown into oblivion slowly expecting darkness to fill me up, but hoping to find light in even in its smallest of chance to bring back to life"

An in my experiences of life I have made a general conclusion that even now when sickness effects 1 in 2 people in the world we still don't observe and understand the inevitable degrees of pain in which all parts of a life are threatened when you are linked in some way or another to such diseases.And in many ways this is my tribute to the REALITY of fighting for survival when its truly out of your control.

It is this the true fight of life where my story begins.... I'm a 21 year old Breast Cancer victim but I prefer to call myself a fighter.

OPEN PROJECT - FINAL

As my final project I will be creating a 3 minute video tribute reel to the Breast Cancer Foundation. This will comprise of shocasing video and photographic imagery with overlapping animated motion graphic for a comic/fantasy themed solution.

The specialty group of interest will be the video group which will guide and help me through the process of articulating my piece into a successful and entertaining video piece

- good luck to me!!