Last weekend, I participated in Space Apps Ottawa, which is a hackathon-type of event where participants complete a challenge from NASA or CSA in 48 hours. I was in Team Mooncake with one other person and we decided to do NASA's Art Side of the Moon challenge.
The challenge was:
In response to this prompt, my partner and I created a short animation, Bunnies on the Moon, about a child who is told a bedtime story about the moon and its residents. We wanted to incorporate recent events into our project such as the first all-female spacewalk on Friday (October 18) and the plan for the first woman on the moon by 2024. Our target audience is children, because they are the next generation, and we also wanted to spark imagination by referring to the many myths and legends about the moon.
We incorporated NASA assets such as sound clips and images into our project using Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Audition. I contributed to writing the story, compositing and editing the audio, and helping with the animation artwork.
When writing the story, I was inspired by the many legends that exist about the moon across diverse cultures (i.e. Chang'o, moon deities, etc.). I wanted to relate these fictional stories with real facts to interest viewers in learning more about the moon. In Bunnies on the Moon, we relate the idea of animals such as bunnies existing on the moon, with the reality that there might be some water bears that survived the lunar crash. For the audio, I mixed sound clips from the original Apollo 11 mission and other interesting space sounds with our character voices to make it more immersive. The audio is layered and timed with the visuals for impact.
Our project page can be accessed here:
https://2019.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/our-moon/art-side-moon/teams/mooncake/project
The final animation we completed can be viewed here:
https://youtu.be/p01oT5tZPX4
Scene from Bunnies on the Moon.
The challenge was:
"Fifty years ago, generations were inspired when humans made a giant leap and walked on the moon. Today, NASA is committed to returning to the moon and beyond! Your challenge is to create an artistic work to communicate, inform, or inspire others about humanity’s return to the moon."
In response to this prompt, my partner and I created a short animation, Bunnies on the Moon, about a child who is told a bedtime story about the moon and its residents. We wanted to incorporate recent events into our project such as the first all-female spacewalk on Friday (October 18) and the plan for the first woman on the moon by 2024. Our target audience is children, because they are the next generation, and we also wanted to spark imagination by referring to the many myths and legends about the moon.
We incorporated NASA assets such as sound clips and images into our project using Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Audition. I contributed to writing the story, compositing and editing the audio, and helping with the animation artwork.
Behind the scenes of editing the animation.
When writing the story, I was inspired by the many legends that exist about the moon across diverse cultures (i.e. Chang'o, moon deities, etc.). I wanted to relate these fictional stories with real facts to interest viewers in learning more about the moon. In Bunnies on the Moon, we relate the idea of animals such as bunnies existing on the moon, with the reality that there might be some water bears that survived the lunar crash. For the audio, I mixed sound clips from the original Apollo 11 mission and other interesting space sounds with our character voices to make it more immersive. The audio is layered and timed with the visuals for impact.
Behind the scenes of editing audio files.
Our project page can be accessed here:
https://2019.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/our-moon/art-side-moon/teams/mooncake/project
The final animation we completed can be viewed here:
https://youtu.be/p01oT5tZPX4
Scene from Bunnies on the Moon.
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