Thought I had a good inspiration source for my DC3 module project. The old runes of the norse people, the Futhark. Each rune got some sort of meaning or symbolism. Also it's an alphabet, which is what the whole assignemt is supposed to be about (or vaugely connected to, from what I hear from the teachers).

Rune	UCS	Transliteration	IPA	Proto-Germanic name	Meaning
	ᚠ	f	/f/	*fehu	"wealth, cattle"
	ᚢ	u	/u(ː)/	?*ūruz	"aurochs" (or *ûram "water/slag"?)
	ᚦ	þ	/θ/, /ð/	?*þurisaz	"the god Thor, giant"
	ᚨ	a	/a(ː)/	*ansuz	"one of the Æsir (gods)"
	ᚱ	r	/r/	*raidō	"ride, journey"
	ᚲ	k	/k/	?*kaunan	"ulcer"? (or *kenaz "torch"?)
	ᚷ	g	/g/	*gebō	"gift"
	ᚹ	w	/w/	*wunjō	"joy"
	ᚺ ᚻ	h	/h/	*hagalaz	"hail" (the precipitation)
	ᚾ	n	/n/	*naudiz	"need"
	ᛁ	i	/i(ː)/	*īsaz	"ice"
	ᛃ	j	/j/	*jēra-	"year, good year, harvest"
	ᛇ	ï (or æ)	/æː/(?)	*ī(h)waz/*ei(h)waz	"yew-tree"
	ᛈ	p	/p/	?*perþ-	meaning unclear, perhaps "pear-tree".
	ᛉ	z	/z/	?*algiz	unclear, possibly "elk".
	ᛊ	s	/s/	*sōwilō	"Sun"
	ᛏ	t	/t/	*tīwaz/*teiwaz	"the god Tiwaz"
	ᛒ	b	/b/	*berkanan	"birch"
	ᛖ	e	/e(ː)/	*ehwaz	"horse"
	ᛗ	m	/m/	*mannaz	"Man"
	ᛚ	l	/l/	*laguz	"water, lake" (or possibly *laukaz "leek")
	ᛜ ᛝ	ŋ	/ŋ/	*ingwaz	"the god Ingwaz"
	ᛟ	o	/o(ː)/	*ōþila-/*ōþala-	"heritage, estate, possession"
	ᛞ	d	/d/	*dagaz	"day"

(Copypasted of Wikipedia, so the images gets the boot. I'm mostly putting it here so I can find it whenever.)


But given a second look, it's actually quite hard to put some visual ideas down to each. And so many damn trees! o_o

Also, there needs to be some secondary research here. I mean... Ulcer? Realy? But hey, I don't need to be compleatly accurate. And I'm shure as hell won't call Yngvi Ingwaz, or Tyr Tiwas.

Anywhooo... I'm falling a bit behind on this one as well. Work work.

RESEARCH!
I've been a bit sick and fallen behind on pretty much everything, but now I think that I've at least found out what the hell I want to research in my Studiopractice and Business course.

I think I really want to research what oppertunities there are for animators in Norway, and alternativly, Canada. I don't really know too well the companies and groups that do/need animation in Norway. The major game developer is of course FunCom, but they're not the only ones methinks. There are of course quite a few companies that do mostly comercials and other stuff, like Toxic etc. But I don't have a good overview of these companies, who they are, what they do and what they need.

Alternativly, there's Canada. I don't really know why. My family have had some connections to that country, for various reasons. But I have noticed that several animation companies and even designers I come across are in Canada (Corus Entertainment Inc, the makers of Ruby Gloom. Nitrogen Studios, who did the cinematics for God of War). It's also not to far away from the US, where we've got Disney and Pixar :). I just don't think I want to be living there. I find a nation so obsessed with guns and war a bit unnerving. Still, it's close enough to take a flight to ComiCon etc., stuff I always have wanted to visit.

I don't really see myself staying in England. The people are nice, but dunno...

I think I'll forgo the research towards directing and stuff. I'll probably do more of that in private, for my own little shorts and stuff. It's more of a hobby methinks.


..gotta run to CCA.