Need Help, Oh Artsy Ones!

Disneyphile · 02-04-2010, 01:25 PM

My first AfterEffects project has to be surrealist. I have to bring in at least five surrealist assets (photos, video shots, sounds, etc.) and compose them into a video piece.

I love art, really I do, but I just don't "get" surrealism. I find it strange and somewhat disturbing at times.

So, I know a lot of you here are very artsy types, and I'm hoping that some of you would mind explaining surrealism in idiot language so I can hopefully understand it.

What is it? Symbolism? What? My brain gets mushy even trying to think of it. (Actually, maybe that could be my first project - showing an open skull with mashed potatoes oozing through the eye sockets or something. Did I just "get it" with that idea?)

So, um.... help please!

02-04-2010, 01:25 PM	#1
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Need Help, Oh Artsy Ones! My first AfterEffects project has to be surrealist. I have to bring in at least five surrealist assets (photos, video shots, sounds, etc.) and compose them into a video piece. I love art, really I do, but I just don't "get" surrealism. I find it strange and somewhat disturbing at times. So, I know a lot of you here are very artsy types, and I'm hoping that some of you would mind explaining surrealism in idiot language so I can hopefully understand it. What is it? Symbolism? What? My brain gets mushy even trying to think of it. (Actually, maybe that could be my first project - showing an open skull with mashed potatoes oozing through the eye sockets or something. Did I just "get it" with that idea?) So, um.... help please!
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