Making a science animation: Forests of the Sea
The stop-motion animation Forests of the Sea was a collaboration between artist Malou Zuidema and scientists Jorge Ramos and Felipe Briceño Jacques, from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania. The aim? Translate a marine science story into an animation. The project was sponsored by a Lynchpin Scholarship. They talk about the creative meets scientific process in this video.
Forests of the Sea: the animation is a Lynchpin Scholarship collaboration between Marine Science PhD Candidates Jorge Ramos (Mexico) and Felipe Briceño Jacques (Chile) from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania, and artist, Malou Zuidema. In applying for the scholarship the group had the idea to use cartooning or stop-motion animation to make an all-ages, visual narrative that gave an overview of a local science story, using simple and short word cues to aide the visual story-line. In this video, the scientists outline their research and Malou describes the process of collaboration and the intricate and detailed work of animation that comes together to create something that looks so simple! To watch the animation itself go to: http://www.lynchpin.org.au/scholarshi...
