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tchose ,a :sub,'i'ed! 1l0l'hich 1.I'"as ,a bitt <OlJl! '0" 1lTV' 11'!1pe for ,a ch ange'., M QiSlIv' "I have made m01,des. 1.I'0i'hich are hased on rn ock,erv' ,or scm e1!hing: fu nrr!l.,Th etone ,of t his.:sl!orv' 1.I'0I'asldu I ,and the :subJed! 1.I'0I',as "freedom", .. lHer,e;, 1lTV' char,ad!'ef Id eait.1.I'0Iitth ,a lott 0" negal!il'efeeling;s.Ii;;,e :9!r,ess" :s:I d ness;, loneliness.,ett 1.I'i\'hich isa Id H,erent pa1!h ,aI1!og:,e1!her .. , So 1lTV' research includ ed ,a lott ,of r,eading: u Pi

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subj'ec1!s., Aft,er ,all my' reseerch rrTiI' :SI!ory' chang:,ed ,a lott from th e bteginn ing .. .T1.I'oteaking: in the :sl!orv' 1.1'01',55, ,an o ng:ojng: pr,ocess.tillt he-en d ,of th efilm,las I kiep.1! i ncor por ,a! ing: 1.I'I'h a! I fef!! lli\aS be1!1!'ef fa r the film,,, In the beg:in ning: my' :SI!,ory' Id ea1l! 1.I'0Iitth Wi\'O i:I ees ,and they' 1.I'0I"ef,e dashing: asltrEd to

com pare caged arnm alto ,a p er50n in the prison- to talk ,about the fr,eedom 0" ,anim aIs., Th ere ,arised a quesnen on 'IlOl'he1!her I 91 ould talk about fr,eedo;m of ,an mat. ,Of about a person seeking: 1ir,eed om in ,a j'a~1.. Th e 1a1!1!,er seem ed mn reof an im,ereSl!ing: ,and ,a challEnging: 9J bj'ed! to me" Th efir:9! :sl!eplluas t'O' ,explore freedom to ,a Id eep er E!J"el. I read :9!'ories.:such as.The ber', by' Anton Chekh01I'" Jonathan Living;9!on :seaguU ,t !Richard Iri,ach~ ,r,e8ding: ,on esc;:pism ,an,d prisoners '~ptEr i=m:'~, As, 1.I'otell.as, m Q1J'i=s. such .as,"(lr m e ,an d pun iShm errtr"" "the c,elf'" "yar" "brokien 1.I'i\ing,S" ,,",dan-c'ef in the dark'',.'' dreams' .. , I u ndef:9!o 00 11.I' .. as, loolking: only ,at the phy:s~al entraprn em of a man ,hut Idid nott g:'O' deep into h i& mind in my':sc r~t1!" lrieing: in an enclct5ed space,o,oES,afiern th e freedom of one's. mind tOO' .. , iH<OlI'ild Ot I 91 OlI'itha! he 'OV"efc,om es that'? I h ad to b ring: in :sl!mng:er :S'lIm bois ,of rep r,esenta! ocm ,of em ottions, He had to g:,e1! to breek thmugh the 1.I'~alls, in his. mind to f,ee~ fr,ee"

rriir,ds in 1!he qJien :1;;,1I' isa :S:l!rO'ng: SlIm 001 ,of freedom., On e s=Jijs, "as fr,eeas a lfr,d"...I1!ried 1!,0 conned! caged bM:s1!'Qi,a man in 1!hej'aH., Whi3! if1!he man 1I'0'.asin ,a blf,d cag:,e;? Wha1! if he 1!houg:h1! ,of bi'ds,as.,a SlIm oo~ ,of freedom ,and r,ela1!,ed himself 1!0' th e b'i'd., Th it, 100 to creal: ing: dreems vOI'here he dreamsrn birds fI1ting: in 1!he open SK1l ,and then ,on e hi',d g:,etting: 1! r,apped in ,a Gage'., This recurrem dream ,dis!! urbs him, Aft:'er :91 O"M'~ing: 1!hrO'ug:h the bkds cab oun his :smua1!ion in 1!hejail " I shoi!.l'~' his"ag:,ony in th e p rEon., A.g)3in "he hasthe-san e dream, bU1! 1!he hirds.d on"1! com e this 1!ill e, i! is.j'us!! 1!he:1;;y which represents ,a uas!! O'pen space, He ieels"Cj ui1!e h app.1l ,and r,aises, his. hand 1!0' touch 1!he:1;;y hen he op ens his.'eves ,an,d sees the clouds rn ergjng: in1!O' the 11'11 a Ils., lHere h efindS1!he possiJ'iI~' oif the w,all becom ing: ,a canuas,fof him 1!0' :SI!ep' imO' h f; ,a space he lI'~',anfi:s., The clouds rep r,esen1!ing: fr'eedom merged imo th ell'~',alls" 1!h us.1!h ell'~',al1!urn ing: from ,an emr,ap,mem 1!0' an op en :sp."ace .. IH efinds ,a p~ece ,of l[,ool1!O' ,dr,atI'oI' on 1!he 1I'0I',all ,an d he:5l:r bbles. his. imag:in a1!i:m en 1!he lI'~',all .. , Tho'ug:h ,only' f,etI'lI' linesar,e ,dr,i31.I'm on the walt, helJ'isu a1i2:,es i1! as. ,a

1[010 rfu I op en :sp.1i3cewi1!h treesthe r,ainooiJ.i'i "the skies, 'eK: .. The bif,ds in hisd reems.ccme 1!0' him ,and he P~i3lIS, ,and he enJovs. the mom en1! lI',,'i1!h the free hi'ds., Sudd enty' ,a 1[00p'I[om es in 1!0 ltakie him ,and he geEs. '0' un ,of his, dreem .. ,IH e is, ,arr'e9j:C00 ,an d hung: 1!0 deeth .. It ,doesn"1! menter so much 1!0' him ,as, he had found his. :5p."ace ,and fr,eedo'm in his. m ind .. , He has, become fr,eefm,ever ,and 1!0' :S'lIm ooliz:e1!h if; he is. f~ting: ,'EiIl~i3lI' lI'~'i1!h the birds., The b~rds.lI'~·Of kied asthe I[on ned!ing: link in th e :s!!Oll1' .. ,

I had to' spend ,a til!! of time in thiserea. I had dr,OI.I'oIn ,abo!J1! ill9:,oJ'yooards.as :9JIme ,of them ,d OCI nOl!! l.I'~'ofk o!J1! for me in t,erms,of 91 ots. ,OJ ,at times. beca use oOf the changes. made in the 9:00 ry' ,.,1 had to PI~1' ,a1!1!en1!iCi'n to m'rfIJ"eving: ,emO'l!ion:sclear~' in th efilm. I had to find ways-of shoill",ing: ,discoOmto\r1! .ssdness .boredom, lonelin ess thr'Ci'ugh lI'BJ ats. ,., So I though'!! of how' one cou Id feel inside ,aj'ail., Theseere some nh ings. Ithoug:h1! ,a ba!J1!'-IFeeing: cold,shiver ingsicknes:&,,migh'!!

'exp Er ence b 00y' p1ai'l b ecarse on e:sms,all,d 'ai' on the floo r" :sm corner,ed in ,a ro om "hitt l.I'~alls,'Cif pU91wa 5;" :staring: ITW ~ac,e;, lean ing: ag.ainSl! a 'l.l'j!al~!Crying'"try'ing: toO sleep or ~eep~ng: "thinking',:seif-' pi1t!t ,and so en ..

This ist he in i!ial p1ar1! of my' film .. N 00 Game the dream plaFt .. Ov"er here I had to tocuson cOn1!inuitry' snce i! inciudes.1tr,ansittiJ<n 1iroOm r,eaitry'to ,a dreem .. Alsq, I had toO l.I'otork on b ringjng: in the bir,d:s, in thisl[om,oo in 9xh a 'I.I'~','EJj' that th e m an i'lt,eranswi!h itt .. ,It l.I'j!as n O'I! enough to shoillj!' the bir,ds rn er,e~' fiying: aroun d ... Here there l.I'.I'.as,a shift: in his, emct bnal beh alib r froOm sacnessto Jov' .. , IH e had to b ok likie he is,enJo'ying: ,and feeling: free ..

Then therel.l'jI'asa c,onflid: on l.I'oIhe1!h er I should 91 ailjl' m ore ,of the c,op5l.1'j!h 0 com e in ,or n,O'I! ,and fin aD11' cam eto the i[oncliJ:sion that th elj' ,are n O'I! :9J' im partant in the sttoOf"l'" so Ii needn"t shoillj!' the face of the I[Op' .. , So I have reduced t hesh ens in that ,area t'iJij'ustt the I~s,an d the hand

hot! ing: th e h and cuff:s" Also~, I had to f,ocus on the chang:e in th e main charaC1!'er l.I'~hen h ecomes back to th e real :~a[e .. What l.I'"as h ef,eeling':,? ls he :Sl!il in the ,other spsoeo r has he t,ot,ally corn e back, to r,ealitry: .. There l.I'otere,q ue:sttbns, I had to ponder ,OlVer .. , Then if I had him in the fr,ee ~a[e ,aft,er th ecops,cam e in "th en he 9lould be ,a rn ental~' ill persQn .. So I,d ~ not l.I'lIan1! toO m akie i! th i3! l.I'i",'EJj'" so I decided to b ring: in ,a bi! ,of 'eNPF,ession chang:e l.I'~h en he comes back to r,eali1ty: .. M avbe if I :sh oo",',ed that he is, mentally' challenged th en the beault!t if h i5 ne'l.l'j!' ,Dun d perc,ept bn ,of th el.l'",',al islostt ..

Once I felt the storyboard works, I went into ani mattes where I put in every shot together with the basi c movements and sound. Here I found that there was a necessity for more shots to be added and some changes to be made. I had to work on the timi ng as well. I had to sl ew dewn the pace as it had many sad emotions. So then, I worked on the storyboard agai n, inserted many shots where

he is upset in the jail, more shots to bring in the bi rds in the beginni ng to give a peaceful feel, and al so i ncreasi ng shots in the dream to shew he is enjoyi ng and feel i ng the new space. AI so whi I e he is drawi ng_, I had not shown the bars of the jai I whi ch got peopl e confused on where the guy is drawi ng. Once the ani mattes was final i zed it hel ped me immensely in doi ng the ani mation as I al ready ad an idea about how the films goi ng to look like.

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For the character ,desi;]:n I had to think, ,;:t!-outt the person aliny.' oOf the charaa:,er" luh;3! he lJ'~'Duld be f,ee ng: in thejail ,and :9]0 en, ls he f,eeing: :sad or lr,el'eng:,efu~, ,did h ecomrn itt m urd er '01r luas h e innocent butt g:Dt into thejail,due to sheer m i5foF1!un e. I had to halle,a char,aa:oBr lJ'OIh 0< b oked IF,ail ,and to 1.I'0i'hom .one 1.I'0iouid f,ee~ :S'!Im pathV' ,and not!! ,anger,., IH ed i:I r(t have to b ok likie he is.coOti 00 r 1.I'~"ould kill someon e inten1!i:!'nal~l ,.,[if'!l som e rn i~'or1!U ne he got!! intoj'ail., IH e had t,p; b ck fr,ail ,and thin as h ew,as.g:Ding: throOugh ,a bad tim e ,a5.1.I'0Iell., 1His. f,acesho,uld be ,dull mOSl! ,of the ti'n e. Keeping: these things, in mind I :s:ltaF1!,ed 1.1'010 rking: .on the man. I dr,etI'OI' big: ha~F'!l rn en" ones those looked like the ,angnt kinds ,an,d some ll~'hich 1.I'ilere thin ,and sad p eople ,an d decide to cho ose froOm the bt!!.,

I fiHied on .one which had a skinnY-' iac,e 1.I'~'hich 1.I'ilasang:ular" big: sad ,eyes-and a thin bo dv:., Then I made minor ch anges. in th eshspe ,of the fac,e~, chang:es in the hairSl1'!lle ,an d bod v' ltyp e. I had prDb!ems. in ,deciding: ,d eci:l ing: in the shape .of th efac,e~, making: i! tDD ,ang,u t:lr lJ'I'ould be har,der t,o' arum ;3!,e;, 1.I'0Ih en I made itt IroOund" he 10 okied tDD chuhby;, then I made itt ,a b ox Slape ,an d ,animat,ed about '7 shoil!:s1.l'o!h en I r,eaiz:,ed he b ok,ej likie ,a you ng: b Cflj' whO'1.I'0Ien1! to 1I.2t h gJr,ade~ Then I made h in back, to the ,old ,ang:ular fac,e:50 that the person aJiny.' .of the charaa:,er 1.I'~·Qlr(t be lastt ii1trving: to makie the 1.1'010 rkfIOll~' ,easELI also made ,a clay' mo del of the shape for ,dr,i31.I'~'ing: r'eV'erence .as1.l'~"el ..

InittialW' I used ICF'O''ss haoching: f,or th e b,ackg,r'Ound" bU!! then lat,er I f,efl! I n eed n 01! usesom e'I!hing: so he8V1{ .. Sam e'I!hing: a bm 1i;E::h1! 'MiI'Ould l.I'mrk bett,er f,or sadness, SO' I r,eier r,ed toO a 101! 'Of Chinese paintings"and tr Ed toO m af;ie the t,ex1!ures. .of th ell,l',als taking: insp~r,ation from them, I C'OU ItI m af;ie the san e int.o the soen a F'il 'MOIh kh I 'MOI'as.g:,oing: to [dr,aJ.I'~:., So I made ,a t'Op '!l'ietrOl' ,as.1.I'0Iell., Itt has. ,a 'MOI',;3!'er cobur feet. E[U!! once I :$aF1!,ed ,anim;3!ing: I r'iEl:diz:,ed the thick lin esdo n 01! gP' 'MOI"eU 'MOI'itth the backg,round:s.1 creal!,ed .. It,o nk sam e tim e toOO to [decide ,on th e lines Il.I'jI'.aS.g:'Oing: to use .. I didn"t lljl',;:nt to use thin lines.as my ch araC1!,er laof;ied bett,er 1l0l'itth thick, lin esas itt [deiin ed the fea1!ures. ll~',e .. If I made the lin esjitt1!,ent I f,ell! the ,animation 'MOI'oOuld hav',e m are live .. So I used thick lines ,and erased i! in be1tl.l',l'een to make-a j'i!1!,ef'!lline .. I paint,ed the b8c~IF<O'und:s,[dig:itallv~,but 'MOI'hich looked Ii;;,e i! l.I'jI',as. usi1g: thick paint .. ,

I wOlr1k!e-d Iilt'IV Wafl{ ~hroUg~ paf~M'Ig ,a'l!itf!'titi:oli'il '1)0 itililt'liing of actiio n and nlIOve-lilt'IelFiitt., At iI:1li1f1>f!~, II had] '001 ,s!h;{llQit rnf!jse-i\~ 'On a es nlIe!fa a nd race rti] aettons to ge-'t l'Ie;feli"e,noe-_

Ai]i t~e ba dgru uads .a tie- add e-d bV cJl}nlIpos:ltilng_ Ai:so,; have, usad d Ifte,tle-l1!It, t~alli'il~rrli1ons: be-tw'eeIFiI shots wfuie!n I ,e-dil!e-d_ II have !JsOOl aim!:! lent Sm..illFi..di~ and] nlIl!.JIsle cillp:s, 'to rnhr sou nd,

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