Counting Leader

Here it is my finished Counting Leader "Alphabet Soup."
By me, Marnina Herrmann.



for Time Based Communication FA/YSDN3009M David Gelb
York Sheridan Design
Copyright 2008

Alphabet Soup, the epic meal! This soup is more than just a great tasting meal- it spells.
Using stop motion animation the alphabet noodles in the soup spell out numbers ten-two. The sound effects include the sound of stuff moving through liquid and some cool background music that emphasizes that pace at which the letters move. The music also adds this sense of epic mystery- because after all, your soup speaking to you isn't exactly an everyday occurrence.
The photography was done by placing real noodles over a photograph of soup and then by photoshopping those photographs into a photograph of a place setting. Because the noodles are so small, I decided to have the photographs cropped really closely. I also thought that it made it more visually interesting. The entire piece has a lot of layering it both the images and sound, which adds a subtle complexity to it. The fast quirky movements of the letters keep the piece from getting boring and the fact that the image zooms in at the end adds a different type of movement to the piece. I think this piece can be enjoyed by almost anyone as the sound and images are fairly sophisticated, yet the type of moment is something fun, fast and almost childlike. In addition, the content itself can appeal to a much wider audience as pretty much anyone out there whose has ever eaten alphabet soup always hopes for that one day where it will spell them some message.