Tuesday, 17 June 2014

animation work


 
 

 


                          Intro to animation
In this assignment I will be investigating a number a of different animations methods and processes to support my own create development.
2d animation
Different types of animation 2d digital, cell animation
What is meant by the term 2d animation and what is the difference between cell animation and digital animation.
 
The creation of moving pictures in a two-dimensional environment, such as through "traditional" cel animation or in computerized animation software
 
Digital is anything that is drawn on the computer
 
Cell animation is an animation technique where each frame is drawn by hand. The technique was the dominant form of animation in cinema until the advent of computer animation.
 
What animation did Winsor McKay create what methods did he use?
He was an American cartoonist and animator, who usually worked under the pen name Silas.
He died in 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, before he died he worked on Little Nemo what was produced by Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. His film Gertie was the first film to introduce animation techniques.
 
Stuart Blackton
In 1900 he stared in a film called The Enchanted Drawing which was a silent film. Blackton is said to have developed the concept of animation. He used Stop motion techniques in his film The Enchanted Drawing. This film shows the first animated sequence recorded on film.
Emil Cohl
He was a French cartoonist and animator. His film Fantasmograph created in 1908 is considered to be the first animated film ever made. This film was created using 700 drawings and had a running time of two minutes.
Tony White
was born in 1964 and help with The Thief and the Cobbler he is a British novelist, editor and writer
mostly known for a novel called Foxy-T.

Richard Williams
was a Canadian–British animator that was born in March 1933 and he died aged 81 he directed a fantasy film called The Thief and the Cobbler which was finished in 1993.

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Claymation is one of the forms of stop motion
Claymation is made by playing back ten to twenty frames a second.
Clay animated films were made around the early 1908 in the United States.

 
Will Vinton
is a director and producer of films he was born in November 1947 he has also won several awards such as an Oscar several Emmy awards and Clio awards for the work of his studio
Art Clokely

  was an American pioneer born October 1921 and died January 8 2010(2010-01-08) aged 88 he was also
a Co-creator of Gumby when he was 11 or 12 he was adopted because his parents divorced the classic music composer who adopted him was called Joseph W. Clokey,

 
 
 gumby
 was created by art clokely, he was a green humanoid character he has been subjected to over 232 episodes as well as a feature-length film Gumby's sidekick is Pokey, a talking orange pony.

 

What is VFX SFX
SFX – Special Effects
VFX – Visual Effects
 VFX are done on the computer
 SFX  are physical and real



Rotoscoping


Rotoscoping is a animation technique where an animator traces over film using a rotoscope using masked layers.  It is used mostly for adding and taking away images and is often used in live action films.




Green screen blue screen black screen and red screen

they are all screens used to make the illusion that you are some where else its just so that a person is not wearing a certain colour that is the same as the screen if that were to happen their coving would become the back ground.






 
 
Check list Unit 10 Animation techniques

You should have completed the following
 
 
 
1 ) Introduction to animation
 
Research into what is 2d animation
 
Cel and digital
Winsor macay
Stuart blackton
Emile Cohl
Tony White Richard Williams
 
 
 
2) Research into stop motion (Stop frame )
Claymation
Will Vinton
Art Clokely
gumby
 
 
3) Research onto computer generated
Show examples
What is VFX SFX
Rotoscoping
 
Green screen blue screen black screen and red screen
 
4) Generated a visual time line
 
 
5) mind map of ideas Mission statement
 
6)what invented the flip book
Make a flip book
 
7) walk cycle activity pixel art.
 

Friday, 24 January 2014

trailer

Time 2+ minuets
name:

Items needed:
PSP with camera attached
phone cameras
heavy object
mask
gloves

Places being used:
Class room
hall way
stares
landing
(most likely the second floor)

Music being used if any in trailer(only having one song):

Thrown Away - Stealing Eden
Insane (In Da Brain)
The Phoenix - Fall Out Boy
Cry Baby Cry - Royal Republic
Don't Stop (Colour on the Walls)


                                                                                                Sick Of It - Skillet


Film Intro

My trailer will start with a black screen with white letters saying: Most people live their lives without a care in the world, and then there are people who pierce their nails in to the flesh of the world just to stay alive.



3 problems

1. Not really a horror trailer more like a bullying trailer.
2. I think I need to make my trailer longer.
3. I want to add a song in the back ground of the trailer but quieter I'm not sure how to do that, this maybe something I need to research further.

Storyboard




Evaluation:

1. what I think I did well.
I really enjoyed the experience of making my own Horror trailer. I am happy with the final product because I enjoyed working in a team and I hope to create more films in the future. I felt that the editing of the film was a success because I was able to use Final Cut Pro and master the different techniques. I was able to sequence the music in time with the trailer. Overall I feel that I created a good trailer. I also felt that I was able to film the trailer in a confident way. I was able to use the camera and experiment with different shots such as close ups : zoomed in a lot.

2. what I think I could have improved on.
If I had all the actors a few weeks earlier it would have been better and finished sooner. I had to wait quite a long time to actually film my trailer and found this quite frustrating. I also needed more props like fake blood. In the future I'd spend more time planning my trailer to avoid any hick ups.




·         What camera shots did you use in your film?
              I used medium and medium close up shots.

·         What shots looked good?
              I think the medium shots and medium close ups looked good.

·         What shots looked bad?
              I could of used a range of different shots including close ups, wide shots etc.

·         What went well with the project
             I think most of the footage we recorded was really good but there were some bits of footage that couldn't be used. This footage included close ups where the camera  zoomed in too far, making it difficult to see the images clearly.
·         What didn’t go well with the project?
Nothing I think every think went well except the camera zooming in too far
·         How did the group work together?
Very well
·         What was your role in the group? What did you do?
camera man



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsXXN_VSDX0



Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Psycho

Describe the colours and structure of the poster. What is the effect of the colour scheme?


The poster has strong colours that get the reader’s attention the text for psycho convinces it’s anything but normal.

 

Who is featured on the poster? How are they dressed?

Describe how they are situated in the poster.



Provocative picture of a woman in less than normal clothes (to get men’s attention)

Very old fashioned but the film is old and in that time period of skirts dresses and pearls (the time looks like 1962)

The look like they are wondering and waiting for something to happen.

 

What is the tagline on the poster? What effect does it

have?

 
Motel, money, shower, murder, kill, death.

 

Look at the title of the film. What has happened to the letters? Does this suggest anything about the film?

 

Strong colours and different text to get readers attention and to tell them the word psycho is significant.

 
 

What sort of sense do we get looking at the poster? Is it a sense of unease or comfort? Why?


Uneasiness because the person is in red to make people think he might be a killer or dangerous.

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

pitch

pitch
My idea for the trailer is about bullying. I have decided to do use this theme because some people can relate to it.

the trailer will be for ages for ages:15 up wards
it will be filmed in the class room, hall ways, stares and the landing
cast: James, Charlie, Jordan.


James gets bullied by Charlie & Jordan.He cant take it anymore and try's to get his revenge.
Charlie & Jordan bully James he gets mad.
waits for Jordan to separate from Charlie and then he goes for Charlie.





Wednesday, 8 January 2014

genre

poster
genre psychological horror music dark weapons nm

props: baseball bat, blood, darkness,









this will be edited a lot (internet problems)








Action: wanted,

Horror:the uninvited,shutter

Crime: in time

Drama:the kings speech

Thriller:

Romance: twilight , one day, 2 weeks notice

Comedy: the hangover,the inbetweeners,school of rock

Adventure rise of the planet of the apes

 

Sify

Action

Horror

Animation

Thriller

Comedy

Romance

Adventure

Drama

 

 

 

 

Film                                                                   genre                                                                          connections

 

Don’t be afraid of the dark                         horror            monsters,blood,teeth getting smashed out with a hammer and chisel .

Shoot em up                                            action                             guns,fights,people getting stabbed with sharp frozen carrots

Drive angry                                                  adventure,action                          devils,demonic weapons,explosions,blood 

 

 

Horror        blood, knifes, torture.

Western    deserts, old guns, horses .

Romance     people kissing , red love hearts.

 

Action     

Adventure              

Cars        

Comedy  

Dementia               

Demons  

Drama    

Ecchi

Fantasy  

Game     

Harem    

Hentai    

Historical Horror    

Josei       

Kids

Magic     

Martial Arts           

Mecha    

Military  

Music     

Mystery  

Parody    

Police

Psychological         

Romance

Samurai 

School    

Sci-Fi      

Seinen    

Shoujo    

Shoujo Ai

Shounen 

Shounen Ai             

Slice of Life            

Space     

Sports     

Super Power          

Supernatural          

Thriller

Vampire 

Yaoi        

Yuri

 

 

 

 

genre horror

 

poster

props: knifes, blood, darkness,

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 13 December 2013

character profile

main character.
name:(James)
age: unknown.
gender: male.
hair colour: black.
eye colour: brown.
nationality: unknown.

Favourite food/drink: unknown, orange juice.
Favourite film/TV/music: heavy metal.
What kind of house they live in: normal house.
What are their parents like: normal parents both work late.
Brothers or sisters: none.
Hobbies: sleeping, Facebook games, daydreaming.
Worst habit: daydreaming.
Birth date: unknown.
Blood Type: ab.
Pets: none.
Best friend: none
Worst enemy:2 bully's.
Anything else: he spends a lot of time on his own, likes to take walks alone and has violent tendency's.
Character's short-term goals in life: none that he expresses
Character's long-term goals in life: none that he expresses
How does Character see himself/herself? he see's him self as any other person
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others? as a loner
How self-confident is the character? very self confident
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or some combination of both? both