A Goddess carries the essence of a Matriarchal civilisation, in which she reigns a time before her Ancient symbol of female power & wisdom, became forbidden... before Patriarchy re-wrote and made the concept God.
A Goddess, carries the essence of a Matriarchal civilisation within her stomach, all religious rites and beliefs are harboured inside of everything she represents; Cycle of Time, Cycle of Nature “Sovereign Female Wisdom” - I intend to represent through stop-motion the defilement and eradication of the Goddess by a Patriarchal being and ending with the concept God which was re-written within her place.
The overall visual look of the animation will be set within a desert shrine, the only light source from candle flame, which portrays a secluded environment for worship, leaving warm faint glows on various objects. Lighting is very important within my piece, to help convey the motions and feelings of what I am trying to express. At the beginning the lighting would be soft and warm as the scenes are tranquil and slowly paced, as the animation progresses and the scenes become more dynamic the lighting will change to compliment the atmosphere as more aggressive, harsh lighting. Also in various scenes where the mood turns quite dark, the lighting would help express that darkness with more shadows used.
The materials that I will be using will increase the visual outcome of my animated film – having a combination of real human bodies covered with wet clay as well as the constructed models of my characters having the wet clay serve for skin, giving it a unique approach, with animating. Some scenes the wet clay will help tribute certain moods – with the more striking scenes, the clay can have more energetic movements, expressing certain human emotions – the clay appearing to be a life-force all on its own.
I intend to express the narrative of my story with various camera angles and perspective shots. Within the beginning of my animation the female Goddess has control and power, so she will be portrayed as higher up from anything beneath her, the camera will help convey that message as it will also help show through visuals the male form, lower at the beginning, but as they battle the camera perspective will equalize, then resulting into the male figure gaining height as the God comes into power and control. With camera angles the assortment of close-ups and extreme close-ups will be in usage, in some scenes to mystify by revealing certain glimpses and later to invoke unease in the viewer placing them uncomfortably close to the character.
Music and sound effects will be important to the animation as much as the visuals. The pacing and level of the music will help suggest the certain aspects that the visuals will put across, such as the music being calm and delicate at the beginning while again when the more dynamic scenes come into screen the tempo gains volume and speed creating frantic and chaotic rhythm.
The harmonizing between the lighting, framing of shot, materials and the use of sound, are fundamental to the success of expressing my account based on historical evidence of this contentious period.
Sequence 02 Scene 01: I’ve been given many names:
Sequence 02 Scene 02: ...throughout Old Europe, North Africa and Egypt...
Sequence 02 Scene 03: ...within Libya I was known as Anatha [short pause] However...
Sequence 02 Scene 04: ...it was the Greeks who transformed and confined me...
Sequence 02 Scene 05: ...taking aspects of my original source and its symbolism as a...
Sequence 02 Scene 06: ...belief system throughout diverse cultures...
Sequence 02 Scene 07: ...then rewriting them for their own purposes...
Sequence 02 Scene 08: ...and beliefs…
Sequence 03 Scene 01: My name, meaning “sovereign female wisdom”...
Sequence 03 Scene 02: ...is now a name for a Gorgon…
Sequence 03 Scene 03: I represent the female mysteries, all the forces of the Great Goddess:
Sequence 03 Scene 04: ...the cycles of Time...
Sequence 03 Scene 05: ...I am past, present and future...
Sequence 03 Scene 06: ...the cycles of Nature...
Sequence 03 Scene 07: ...I am life, death and rebirth...
Sequence 04 Scene 01: ...The serpent is my totem which represents the cycle...
Sequence 04 Scene 02: ...its connection to the fertile earth, symbolising immortality as it sheds its skin, being reborn…
Sequence 04 Scene 03: ...I carry the essence of a matriarchal civilisation...
Sequence 04 Scene 04: ...in which I reign, before the time when my ancient symbol of female power...
Sequence 04 Scene 05: ...and wisdom became unacceptable…
Sequence 05 Scene 01: I am Medusa
Sequence 05 Scene 02: ...and this is my...
Sequence 06 Scene 01: [long pause] ....defilement.