Sunday, 31 January 2010
Story board
I have finally decided on my story board and I think that I do have quite a good story. I have given my main character a hobby (painting) and by doing this I was able to come up with a story board.
Monday, 25 January 2010
Research and inspiration- Kiwi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs
This is another short animation that I really like, the concept of it being a wingless bird that would take his life just for the chance to fly that one time :( The animation begins showing us Kiwi nailing tree's to the side of a cliff, at first it seems a little odd but the humorous body language of Kiwi; pulling out a hammer and nails from his back and nailing the tree to the cliff using his feet to hammer the nails, makes us think that something positive will become of this, only to Kiwi is it positive as he eagily finishes nailing all of the tree's to the side of the cliff. Seeing a long shot of the tree's nailed on the side of the cliff, this is where we begin to realise that this is odd and begin to question it even more. The next step is Kiwi putting on his goggles and jumping off the cliff, the camera is facing up right so that the tree's are still on their side, but then the camera (whilst Kiwi is in mid air) rotates showing the tree's standing as though they are up right and Kiwi is flying through the air. At this point soft chiming music begins and a tear falls from Kiwi's eye. This is where we really feel for Kiwi as we realise that he went through all of that trouble for one chance to fly and risks his life for that chance.
The thing that I like about this short animation is the change of story and also change of mood, it switches from humorous to upsetting and from the start to finish our minds are puzzling what is going on "what is he trying to make?" "what is this for?" and then as he jumps "why?" until the camera rotates and then I think it is here that we realise why he has jumped. I feel that this is an emotional animation and although we know that this is a nonsence character and a made up story line; there are people that do feel this way in simular situations. I think that this animation really does reflect the way we feel, we want to achieve all that we can and sometimes to get that there are sacrifices; although in Kiwi's situation it is something that birds should be allowed to do, because of this he feels useless and he wants to know how it feels to fly like a bird.
This is another short animation that I really like, the concept of it being a wingless bird that would take his life just for the chance to fly that one time :( The animation begins showing us Kiwi nailing tree's to the side of a cliff, at first it seems a little odd but the humorous body language of Kiwi; pulling out a hammer and nails from his back and nailing the tree to the cliff using his feet to hammer the nails, makes us think that something positive will become of this, only to Kiwi is it positive as he eagily finishes nailing all of the tree's to the side of the cliff. Seeing a long shot of the tree's nailed on the side of the cliff, this is where we begin to realise that this is odd and begin to question it even more. The next step is Kiwi putting on his goggles and jumping off the cliff, the camera is facing up right so that the tree's are still on their side, but then the camera (whilst Kiwi is in mid air) rotates showing the tree's standing as though they are up right and Kiwi is flying through the air. At this point soft chiming music begins and a tear falls from Kiwi's eye. This is where we really feel for Kiwi as we realise that he went through all of that trouble for one chance to fly and risks his life for that chance.
The thing that I like about this short animation is the change of story and also change of mood, it switches from humorous to upsetting and from the start to finish our minds are puzzling what is going on "what is he trying to make?" "what is this for?" and then as he jumps "why?" until the camera rotates and then I think it is here that we realise why he has jumped. I feel that this is an emotional animation and although we know that this is a nonsence character and a made up story line; there are people that do feel this way in simular situations. I think that this animation really does reflect the way we feel, we want to achieve all that we can and sometimes to get that there are sacrifices; although in Kiwi's situation it is something that birds should be allowed to do, because of this he feels useless and he wants to know how it feels to fly like a bird.
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Research and inspration- Oktapodi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badHUNl2HXU
This is a funny short animation about the love of two octopus's and their devotion to stay together. Beginning with showing them in a cooks fish tank we see the males desperate attempts to save his girl friend as she is taken away for a delivery. Successfully getting her out of the delivery van they try and escape to towards the ocean; jumping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Unfortunaltly the delivery guy does not give up and attemps to get her back but just as he fails a bird comes and gets the male octopus. The animation then ends as we see the female prepare to fight for her man!
This is the complete opposite to "Replay" and "The Piano". It's funny but also quite true, the way that we would fight for our loved ones. I like the animating in this animation; the exaggeration. I also like the first scene where it shows the octopus's thoughts and the style of animation changes from CG to 2D flash animation. I will also experiment with use of different media in my animation, I think that it does work with the complete change but I will also try having some of the mixed media with the CG animation.
This is a funny short animation about the love of two octopus's and their devotion to stay together. Beginning with showing them in a cooks fish tank we see the males desperate attempts to save his girl friend as she is taken away for a delivery. Successfully getting her out of the delivery van they try and escape to towards the ocean; jumping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Unfortunaltly the delivery guy does not give up and attemps to get her back but just as he fails a bird comes and gets the male octopus. The animation then ends as we see the female prepare to fight for her man!
This is the complete opposite to "Replay" and "The Piano". It's funny but also quite true, the way that we would fight for our loved ones. I like the animating in this animation; the exaggeration. I also like the first scene where it shows the octopus's thoughts and the style of animation changes from CG to 2D flash animation. I will also experiment with use of different media in my animation, I think that it does work with the complete change but I will also try having some of the mixed media with the CG animation.
research and references- Replay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-cFHeoXAw8
As I want to experiment with sound a little more this time having the sound going along as though telling the story this is a good reference in the way that they have used it. The animation is about a young boy and his older sister who live in a deserted town. Unable to go outside without an air mask; the young boys older sister comes back into the home after looking for objects to sell on. Along with a torch his sister also finds a recorder and as they play the recorder we hear the sound of children playing and laughing; a voice saying "do you want to play?" this of course is questioned by the young boy as he listens to the children playing; what he should be doing at his age. You feel quite sad for the boy at this point as you realise that he is lonely.
After waking up in the morning the girl finds that her younger brother is not there and niether is the recorder, worried she rushes to go and find him. We see the boy walking the deserted streets, playing the recorder as he goes. The sounds playing on the recorder reflect the places that he walks but in the opostite manner to how they look i.e a whistling bird playing on the recorder but we only see the wire in which it would be sitting, a horn of a driving car but the car is broken down and abandoned. I like the way that the sound has been used and the way that it has affect on the animation; with out the sound the animnation wouldn't have as much meaning as it shows the difference between the two worlds.
We see the boy sit on a round about still playing the tape. As the camera pans across past a tree we see two children throwing a paper plane, the plane flies past the little boy and lands on the window of a derelict building. Realising what the boy is missing out on, he takes off his mask and the dull deserted place transforms into a brighter place and how it would have been but with out the people. The boys robotic leg transforms into a real leg and we then hear the voice again "do you want to play?" the boy then runs up to the children. The camera then cuts back to his sister as she hunts for her brother but she is still in the dark and dull world so at this point we realise that something isn't right. We then see her as she runs up to her brother as he lies dead on the floor, the camera ends on the recorder as it comes to the end of the tape.
I love the twist in this film and it is that twist that gives the reaction from the audience. This film is also emotional, the way that the young boy sacrifices his life to be free and like a child. This isn't something that we suffer with today but with how the climate change is going, in many years to come they say that our world will be a simular place. The animation gives you a lonely and quite an upsetting feeling, the colours of the animation also add to this effect; being dull and dark portrays the mood of the animation, as he becomes free the darkness becomes light and that then makes you feel happpier. So that is another thing that I need to consider for my animation; the colours that I will use will also have affect on the animation and sound.
As I want to experiment with sound a little more this time having the sound going along as though telling the story this is a good reference in the way that they have used it. The animation is about a young boy and his older sister who live in a deserted town. Unable to go outside without an air mask; the young boys older sister comes back into the home after looking for objects to sell on. Along with a torch his sister also finds a recorder and as they play the recorder we hear the sound of children playing and laughing; a voice saying "do you want to play?" this of course is questioned by the young boy as he listens to the children playing; what he should be doing at his age. You feel quite sad for the boy at this point as you realise that he is lonely.
After waking up in the morning the girl finds that her younger brother is not there and niether is the recorder, worried she rushes to go and find him. We see the boy walking the deserted streets, playing the recorder as he goes. The sounds playing on the recorder reflect the places that he walks but in the opostite manner to how they look i.e a whistling bird playing on the recorder but we only see the wire in which it would be sitting, a horn of a driving car but the car is broken down and abandoned. I like the way that the sound has been used and the way that it has affect on the animation; with out the sound the animnation wouldn't have as much meaning as it shows the difference between the two worlds.
We see the boy sit on a round about still playing the tape. As the camera pans across past a tree we see two children throwing a paper plane, the plane flies past the little boy and lands on the window of a derelict building. Realising what the boy is missing out on, he takes off his mask and the dull deserted place transforms into a brighter place and how it would have been but with out the people. The boys robotic leg transforms into a real leg and we then hear the voice again "do you want to play?" the boy then runs up to the children. The camera then cuts back to his sister as she hunts for her brother but she is still in the dark and dull world so at this point we realise that something isn't right. We then see her as she runs up to her brother as he lies dead on the floor, the camera ends on the recorder as it comes to the end of the tape.
I love the twist in this film and it is that twist that gives the reaction from the audience. This film is also emotional, the way that the young boy sacrifices his life to be free and like a child. This isn't something that we suffer with today but with how the climate change is going, in many years to come they say that our world will be a simular place. The animation gives you a lonely and quite an upsetting feeling, the colours of the animation also add to this effect; being dull and dark portrays the mood of the animation, as he becomes free the darkness becomes light and that then makes you feel happpier. So that is another thing that I need to consider for my animation; the colours that I will use will also have affect on the animation and sound.
Research and inspiration-The Piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZJDNSp1QJA
This is an animation that I have looked at, it has been used in schools to show the children expression within a short film. I like the whole concept and the way that the music tells the story; when something happens in the story the music changes. The animation begins with an old man playing on a piano and as he plays the tune (Comptine d'un autre été: l'après midi) his wifes ghost appears and plays it with him. The first reaction I got when I saw this was a feeling of sorrow and it appears that the audience also thought this as there are comments stating this "I cry everytime I see this !! xx Its amazing and so affective!!" "i got showed this 3 years ago in school , and i cant forget about it, i remeber it so well , ha" "1st time I cryed bud I still love this song!". At some point in our lives we all loose someone that we love and most of the time we take this for granted. Music brings back so many memories and that is what I love so much about this animation because it really does show that.
As the music changes the animation then changes and the shot of the old man begins to fade into himself as a younger man fighting in the war, we then see another close person that he has lost in his life as he dies in his arms, I too relate to this as I was there when my mother passed away. As the old man looks up we are then shown a positive side to his life showing him as a little boy opening a christmas present, this will bring back alot of memories for so many people; getting the present that they wanted. It may give them mixed emotions; a feeling of happiness that they can remember getting their much wanted gift and also a feeling of upset as it is in the past and so long ago, espically for the older audience who's parents have passed away.
As he runs around on his new toy we then see a transformation as he then becomes his young grandchild; again another positive point in his life. The thing that I liked about this scene was that even when it was the old man as a young boy running around on his toy, he was still in the room with the piano. The animation end as his grandchild sits down to finish the last key in the music. This animation will relate to and touch alot of people looking back on the lives of thier own grandfather.
From this animation I will take the concept of memories and I will look at the different emotions that we get from them. I will also use my music in a story telling way having it changing at certain points in the animation.
This is an animation that I have looked at, it has been used in schools to show the children expression within a short film. I like the whole concept and the way that the music tells the story; when something happens in the story the music changes. The animation begins with an old man playing on a piano and as he plays the tune (Comptine d'un autre été: l'après midi) his wifes ghost appears and plays it with him. The first reaction I got when I saw this was a feeling of sorrow and it appears that the audience also thought this as there are comments stating this "I cry everytime I see this !! xx Its amazing and so affective!!" "i got showed this 3 years ago in school , and i cant forget about it, i remeber it so well , ha" "1st time I cryed bud I still love this song!". At some point in our lives we all loose someone that we love and most of the time we take this for granted. Music brings back so many memories and that is what I love so much about this animation because it really does show that.
As the music changes the animation then changes and the shot of the old man begins to fade into himself as a younger man fighting in the war, we then see another close person that he has lost in his life as he dies in his arms, I too relate to this as I was there when my mother passed away. As the old man looks up we are then shown a positive side to his life showing him as a little boy opening a christmas present, this will bring back alot of memories for so many people; getting the present that they wanted. It may give them mixed emotions; a feeling of happiness that they can remember getting their much wanted gift and also a feeling of upset as it is in the past and so long ago, espically for the older audience who's parents have passed away.
As he runs around on his new toy we then see a transformation as he then becomes his young grandchild; again another positive point in his life. The thing that I liked about this scene was that even when it was the old man as a young boy running around on his toy, he was still in the room with the piano. The animation end as his grandchild sits down to finish the last key in the music. This animation will relate to and touch alot of people looking back on the lives of thier own grandfather.
From this animation I will take the concept of memories and I will look at the different emotions that we get from them. I will also use my music in a story telling way having it changing at certain points in the animation.
My Brief
Specialist Study 2 Animation
Level 6
60 credits
Media-
Using your specialist area of animation explore other media's and use these in your animation. Think about how you will use the mixed media's and the style.
Target audience-
This animation will be showcased at a student animation festival so it must be appealing to both students and an older audience i.e students families, mature animators etc
15+
Brief-
Capture the emotions of your target audience by creating a short film animation. Create atleast one character and think about how your can encourage the audience to emphasise with the main character. By exploring film language find out what it is that makes a good quality character animation. How will you use this in your animation? What is it that makes the audience emphasise with the main character? Is it through like or dislike, torment or sympathy? Think about your own life experiences and what it is that triggers certain emotions? The animation will be showcased at a student animation festival so how will you make your animation stand out to the crowd?
Level 6
60 credits
Media-
Using your specialist area of animation explore other media's and use these in your animation. Think about how you will use the mixed media's and the style.
Target audience-
This animation will be showcased at a student animation festival so it must be appealing to both students and an older audience i.e students families, mature animators etc
15+
Brief-
Capture the emotions of your target audience by creating a short film animation. Create atleast one character and think about how your can encourage the audience to emphasise with the main character. By exploring film language find out what it is that makes a good quality character animation. How will you use this in your animation? What is it that makes the audience emphasise with the main character? Is it through like or dislike, torment or sympathy? Think about your own life experiences and what it is that triggers certain emotions? The animation will be showcased at a student animation festival so how will you make your animation stand out to the crowd?
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Aim
My aim is to create a short film animation showing:
- clear understanding of visual communication
- use of atleast 2 media's
- good character development
- good quality animating
- sound reflecting aimation
- good use of lighting
Learning outcomes-
- having the audience emphasise with my character
- mixing CG with another media of animation
- Character design, modelling and texturing
- Animation
- Animating to sound
- Lighting
How will I achieve this?
- I will analyse refrences to get a good understanding of film language to ensure my animation is having some effect on the audience- I want a reaction no point if not
- I will explore other media's with CG; having a more unique style rather than all CG animation
- Creating a more simple character this time I will explore texture such as hair and clothes; having them move like actual fabric.
- I will have video references to follow for my animating, this will ensure I achieve the correct key poses and also smooth and fluent movement.
- This time I will animate to the sound rather than adding the sound to reflect the animation, this will also make it easier whilst animating.
- Rather than adding the lighting where I think it shud go I will look at stage lighting and other references.
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