How Life Forms Will Be Used in FUNDING THE ARTS

In keeping with the idea of making FUNDING THE ARTS a "living cartoon," here a comic book bubble made with Motion is inserted into a Life Forms animation.  Once again, the dancer's "tutu" is actually a few other Life Forms dancers crumpled up into balls. 

This will be the backdrop for a scene in which a ballet class is taking place on the stage of a theater.  Dancers in the foreground are doing a combination, while those in the background are watching, or adjusting their shoes, or whispering to each other.  These Life Forms dancers are what we'll use when we need to supplement our live cast, making it look as if a huge company is on the stage. 

Not ruled by the laws of nature, or by the physical limitations of the human body, cartoons let us imagine and play. We can paint them any color, contort their bodies into inhuman shapes, have them pirouette endlessly, and throw them off buildings or blow them up in an explosion, only to have them come back alive in seconds. While nothing can take the place of human beings, cartoon/animated characters will certainly have their place in FUNDING THE ARTS -- supplementing our live, onstage, performers.

Here you'll see a snapshot of how the "dancers" of Life Forms will be combined with a painted background from Final Cut Studio's Motion in a parody of the "wilis" from Giselle.  In the second frame, the "tutus" open up and become other dancers.

 This is a snapshot of one of the animated Life Forms ballets within the work. We will also add Anime Pro to the mix. -- Felice Lesser