Research Assignment

As the research behind this assignment will need to be in-depth and thorough, we have split up the various aspects of it between the group members.

In order to achieve an authentic feel to our animation, I have been tasked with looking into the code-breaking that was employed by the Americans to intercept and translate the Japanese radio traffic. Incorporated within this topic will be the locations, office layout, documentation structure and the equipment that was used in the decryption operations in that time period.

The Brief

We have been asked to research and create and animation describing the events of the attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese on the 7th December 1941.

Surrounding these events are numerous conspiracy theories blaming FDR directly for the attack, claiming that he had foreknowledge and allowed the destruction of the base and the death of 2400 Americans simply to rally the American people and shake them from their overwhelming isolationist mind-set.

The task is definitely an engaging one, allowing us to decipher fact from fiction and then present our conclusions in the form of an animation.

Having enjoyed my previous work with 3D modelling, I think that the scope of this assignment and the need to look into the events and draw our own conclusions will only add to the enjoyment.

I’m very much looking forward to getting stuck in to this assignment.