27/02/20
- The Priam's treasure was discovered in 1873 when Heinrich Schliemann first discovered Troy. His dig started in 1871. The Priam's treasure contained golds, silver, weapons and jugs.
- Robert Godfrey gave a talk about History vs Myth in relation to Christianity and how religion see this. Though it may not help too much in terms of my narrative and facts - it is a new point of view which I am yet to find without contacting people. This is quite a negative outlook on Myth as Christianity claim it false, with quotes from the bible saying that myth is misleading and the bible is true. Jerusalem and where the cross was stood are real places but Mount Olympus can be seen in real life and has no realm above the clouds at its peak. I understand where this is coming from, but it is selective and he chose stories that can be proven from the bible and ones that can't from Greek Myths. I see Greek Myth similar to the bible, as it answers questions people didn't know the answer to, in a time where there wasn't one religion. But Godfrey/Christianity see it as stories that lie and mislead. As someone who has a mild understanding of both the bible and the Quran, I know there are similarities in that the gods and prophets are similar or the same under different names, and the stories are similar - but the teachings are different. I can see how made up gods with no backbone against religion can seem offending, but they teach strength and perseverance and respect all the same.
1 Timothy 1:4 'Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.'
- Professionals - I found a contact called Stephen Scully who had his contact details up on a website for historical professionals to contact. So I think he is a best bet for a response. He is a professional about Homer's poetry, which is who first wrote about the Trojan War. He is also a professor at Boston University so I think he would be willing to help out a student.
My second pro is Dr Armand D'Angour who wrote an essay for Oxford University about whether the Trojan Horse actually existed. Though he is a classic literature professor with a love for music, I think his knowledge about historical texts could help me understand the story of the Trojan War better - even if he may not know about the validity of it. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/arts-blog/did-trojan-horse-exist-classicist-tests-greek-myths
- Yasmin who is currently a first year in Manchester Met doing animation was my inspiration for thinking of cut out animation. She was doing her own uni project at the time and I gave her a bit of advice about it layout whilst she was animating. She had a cool cut out section which inspired the idea for an experimental medium like Michaela suggested that is easy to do from home like Yas. https://youtu.be/CrSqyo_p_0c
3/3/21
- Anna's contacted me after the presentation with this link because my pitch sounded similar. I think this style is exactly what I was thinking character wise. Maybe more focused on items than settings and location. But I think that this can definitely help me to try and figure out a narrative arc and tricks I could do in a paper cut out style. I also wasn't sure whether to do lots of drawings or draw a body with limbs and pin it together - so this helps me see how the pin method would work in contrast to Yasmin's redrawing frames. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4pKMV6e5kEo
- People seemed to like my idea, which makes me feel like this is going to work well with a young adult target audience. People I know like history, we grew up on lots of history and science based tv shows such as horrible histories. But people also like discussing religion at our age, figuring it out, deviating from your family or finding your own level of devotion. And if they're not religious, people tend to draw more towards things like myth. So this topic is a good middle ground for all, I think.
- Scanning in cut outs on paper - if I can't do cut out animation with a camera. Mat can give advice on adobe after effects.
- Try contacting writers of the books I've been searching if all goes wrong.
- Iliad should be free somewhere because copyright is over
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