Abuse Poem

Now i have established my piece will be around the abuse dogs suffer i created a poem with the knowledge i have researched, with this being the script for my FMP piece i would need it to have a powerful meaning which will shock and horrify but also enlighten the intended audience to the abuse animals suffer!

I also contacted a professional voiceover and explained what my poem was based around. With my surprise they gracefully offered to voice it free of charge since it is a subject they hold dear themselves!

I believe the poem i created delivers a shock factor and expresses the deep research in to this subject.

I like to place my love in people; My trust is easily earned But please, Don’t take it for granted As it’s a bond that’s easily burned. They say I am man’s best friend I’ll have to sadly disagree, What type of friend chains me up… And then abandons me. I’m pacing around, Scared and confused. Why chain me up, Feeling cold and abused? Just bring me inside, Let me lye by your feet. Even after all this wrong, It’s still you I want to greet. I like journeys in the car I don’t mind the back seat, As long as you don’t leave me To painfully overheat. I hear the door opening And hesitantly wait to see, If I’m greeted by my loving owner Or the monster who’s violent to me I like to play and prance around You’ve got to understand, But one paw out of line And I’m shown the back of your hand. You grabbed me by the tail While I struggled to break free. All I could think was: “Please don’t do this to me!” My bed is a cage Which consists of one thing, A muzzle for me, So I cannot complain. Lucky few have a decent home Many of us are left alone. The pet you see before you, a time ago stood tall Now I’m very lucky to even stand at all Now you know my situation See it from my view. I just can’t stand the pain again Neglected, battered and bruised What’s next for me? Animal experiments were suggested, More pain, ending in death Just for cosmetic testing As an abused animal I scare quite easily But there is one thing which undoubtedly petrifies me. With the eerie sound of chopping steel My heart begins to race and it all becomes real Decapitated and hung up on show This is how I die, Then eaten during a festival.

coyote video

I came across this video and it really struck a cord emotionally. Its a strong message with a horrifying video and supports my project to the upmost!

Animating to poems

This is the type of animation i am aiming to achieve as my final piece, Hand drawn animating to a poem. Although this poem is a little depressing as you watch and listen it gives me a good insight to how to approach it, the sound and the animation are in sync and it works well.

This animation i absolutely love! the cartoon animation is really thought out and intertwined with the poem it really draws you in and makes you watch it.

Camera angle from animal point of view

I found this image which shows the vision of dogs and how their eyes are positioned to look straight ahead.

This is called a field of view, what humans and dogs can see through their eyes and this is essential to my animation and how my camera view shows the story through the eyes of the animal.

It is also suggested when dogs commonly tilt their heads its to adjust their eyesight and also their hearing.

How Dogs see

In order to create my animation and give it the effect of seeing my story through the eyes of the animal i researched in to how Dogs see and i found quite a fascinating video.

This video shows how dogs see colours, many would believe dogs can only see black and white and no colour but they can in fact see a variety of colours just not the primary red colour. This greatly reduces the colour dogs can see.

Questionnaires

I constructed a Questionnaire to gain other opinions on my subject to see how many would agree with my views and how many would support Tigers being hunted for skin, fur and medicine.
From my findings i discovered all shared my beliefs and thats really interesting.. If so many agree how are these companies and market thriving.

Animal hunting animation

I cam across this animation created by a studio in China called Sophie Animation LTD. I looked deeper in to this piece and the Animation studio and i reached out and contacted the studio. Basically asked what their inspiration was and how the piece came to be

Contacting PETA

I have reached out to PETA a company dedicated to stopping the abuse to animals in America but specifically asked for information on how they handle investigations towards abuse on animals.

Dog abuse videos

i found this article on the PETA website and also in the Daily Mail, PETA prosecuted this Chinese man for abusing his dog by whipping it repeatedly for not pulling him along in a cart. The video is so shocking i could not stand to watch the full content!

yulin Dog meat festival

In China they celebrate a festival by killing dogs as inhumanely as possible and eat them. Locked in cages until they are killed in the street and served in a 'dog hot pot'.
Despite so many against this the tradition is still going ahead and being acted out and it's an absolute disgrace!




10,000 dogs are going to be slaughtered at the Yulin meat festival this yearChina’s annual Yulin festival, in which thousands of dogs and cats will be murdered and eaten, has begun despite widespread international condemnation. independent.co.uk

Some disturbing pictures taken at this festival where its clear these dogs are being treated beyond belief! Despite many celebrities petitioning the festival still goes ahead.

Cosmetic abuse on Dogs

In America the number of dogs which are being used for cosmetic experiments is alarming. Over 61,000 a year are being abused and killed in laboratories from experiments.

Various Universities in the US use and abuse dogs for experimentation. PETA investigations show they purchase homeless dogs and even cats for use in the labs and frequently they end up killing the animals. they are injected and slowly poisoned until they die.

Dogs are favoured in Toxicology research and are locked in cages and forced lethal doses of toxins, whether its pharmaceutical, industrial chemicals, pesticides or household products! They are injected and slowly poisoned until they die.

Dogs are also abused in Human-disease studies, including studies of heart and hormonal disorders. In Ohio State University labs dogs were manipulated to run on a treadmill until they collapsed from a heart attack. The dogs were killed, and the damage to their heart tissue was studied.

In an experiment at the University of Pennsylvania, puppies were bread to have a degenerate eye disease that leads to blindness. During the study, 3 week old beagles had their eyes cut out and were killed.

Performance piece

I came across a woman who was so against animal cosmetic testing she created a performance piece where she underwent 10 hours of testings which would be performed on animals to show the severity of animal testing. She did this to shock and educate everyone of the hidden horrors animals have to go through. This piece is fantastic! Definitely has the horror and shock which i was hoping to convey in my final piece.

Though this performance piece was created in 2012 the effect is still present.

Dog abuse within films

So many films contain dogs being abused in so many ways, The motives are all different but most i believe are included to provoke shock and empathy to the audience. Though so many dogs are abused  its only a small number of the population, many people are against animal cruelty especially towards dogs and they find it sickening how a dog can be treated bad.

cruelty to Dogs.

A dog is suppose to be our best friend, a pet to take care of but so many are abused and neglected.
whether that would be dogs abandoned on the street to die because their owner got fed up of them or dogs which were bred specifically to fight each other for sport and gambling reasons.

the 10 most common types of dog abuse are:

• Neglect.
• Hoarding.
• Shooting.
• Fighting.
• Beating.
• Mutilation.
• Throwing.
• Stabbing.

All of these cover such a broad range, for example neglecting your dog could be from depriving it of food for a length of time or even leaving it in your car on a hot day which could lead to brain damage!

Through the eyes of Tigers

1. Tigers have forward facing eyes rather than one on each side of their head. This provides binocular vision easy for their environment and hunting prey.
2. Tigers have amazing vision in darkness where colour vision would not be useful. They have a structure behind the retina which lets them see better at night, they allow the eyes to glow when a light is shone on them.
3. Tiger eyes have large lenses and pupils that increase the amount of light let into the eye. This characteristic helps the tiger with night vision and when there are low light levels available.
4. Cats in general are capable of seeing the colors green, blue and possibly red, just in less saturation or strength than we see them. 
5. The upper and lower eyelids that protect the eye, cats and other animals have a nictitating membrane on each eye that helps keep it moist and removes dust from the surface. 
6. In general cats require only about 1/6 the light humans do to see.

I am researching in to animals eyes and how they see and how their eyesight effects them. My projects enables me to see animal cruelty through the eyes of animals so i need to gain a better understanding of how they see and perceive the world.

Accurate studies show how cats eyes see the world, day and night and its interesting. it shows we have a clearer vision when more light is projected into our eyes but cats eyes have better vision when less light is projected into their eyes. Its fascinating and opens up a lot more possibilities and approaches of how i can tackle my final piece of my project.

Animal cruelty animations

I have been researching in to works from others who have done animation pieces on animal testing and animal cruelty and i cam across a couple of interesting ones. The animation is along the style i was thinking of creating mine, this just gives me an extensive idea of how to approach my final piece.

This piece is about animal testing, its interesting to get another opinion on my subject, even people from around the world.. The original piece of this animation was created in Germany.

Tiger wine

The most valuable parts of a Tiger are the bones, which are used to make wine that is said to cure rheumatism and arthritis, and prolong life.

I find it awful how many Chinese people believe this actually helps, Grinding a poor Tiger who has been shot dead into medicine to 'heal', I personally believe this is a placebo effect so many Tigers are being killed and mutilated for, in my eyes no purpose. 

Tigers used for medicine

I discovered not only are Tigers hunted for their fur or skin but also bones, eyes, whiskers and teeth have been used for thousands of years for Chinese medicine.

Tiger claws: used as a sedative for insomnia

Teeth: used to treat fever

Fat: used to treat leprosy and rheumatism

Nose leather: used to treat superficial wounds such as bites

Tiger bone: used as an anti-inflammatory drug to treat rheumatism and arthritis, general weakness, headaches, stiffness or paralysis in lower back and legs and dysentery

Eyeballs: used to treat epilepsy and malaria

Tail: used to treat skin diseases

Bile: used to treat convulsions in children associated with meningitis

Whiskers: used to treat toothaches

Brain: used to treat laziness and pimples

Penis: used in love potions such as tiger soup, as an aphrodisiac

Dung or feces: used to treat boils, hemorrhoids and cure alcoholism

Tigers hunted for their fur and skin

I have looked at many species of animals being hunted and used in the world of fashion but the one which stands out for me is the hunting of Tigers, Endangered and almost extinct the hunters do not see past their own greed and gain and see the magnificent animal is just going to be a memory!
The hunting of Tigers is big in Asia, Specifically in Tibet though it is illegal to sell Tigers skin and fur man shops openly promote them. Famously on Barker Street.


I have an example of how smugglers handle the skin of an Tiger, Bagged up and without a care, to the its just profit not an animal which has been hunted, killed and skinned.

FMP Brief

BA (Hons) Animation & Motion Graphics

THD1349 Major project

Name:

Ryan Tailby

Topic:

The Termination of Animal Cruelty

                                               

Brief:

Develop an emotive visual response to delete animal cruelty

Target Audience:

Fashion

Creative Requirements:

Create a narrative expressed through a poem. Experiment with various types of animation styles to bring the final piece to life and achieve maximum effect.

Objectives/ Deliverables:

Create a narrative using a poem as a script and animate to the poem. Shock and educate the audience about the horrors of animal cruelty.

Focus on one animal to represent an entire species and tell the story of the animal in a first person format. Aiming to give that animal a voice in the final piece, something an animal naturally can’t express.

Investigate in to the world of Fashion and how they exploit the weakness of animals, The hunting of animals for their fur and the cosmetic experiments.

Research Strategy/ Methodology:

Primary research into the subject matter, visit and document real life stories. Create surveys and questionnaires to gather necessary information regarding public views on the matter.

Research into animal protection agencies, for example NSPCA.

Collect secondary research from the internet, books, film and T.V documentaries.

Reading List:

Placing Animals: An Introduction to the Geography of Human-Animal Relations (Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications), Julie Urbanik, 2012. Edition. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.