I am working on my journey of getting to know who my Father was, and who I am as a person because of him. I've been bouncing ideas back and forth between my animation teacher and she has come up with a few creative ideas in which to help the transition from live footage to the animation portion. Her creative input has helped me with this project tremendously and we were both tossing around the idea of creating a full size cut out of the character that I have been drawing. He could be in scenes where there needs to be filling. Such as at the graveyard, there could be a static shot of the charachacher of my father standing next to a tree...and the symbolism would be that my father is on this journey with me, and it would almost give the viewer a better idea of what is being shown/created at the end of the film with the final amination...which is starting to feel as though I'm animating his life or all the important aspects of it, i.e guitar playing, fishing, basketball playing, meeting my mom, having me, passing, etc.
Let me know what people think of this...my teacher has stated there have been many films where animation can carry throughout the film. I did emphasize to her that I don't want it to take away the emotional journey that I'm going through, but when she described to me as putting it in the static shots it started to make sense to me.
Lemme know what people think, and I'll try to get a visual of some sorts up here soon!
Mike PG