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Showing posts with label L01 understanding animation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label L01 understanding animation. Show all posts
Friday, 9 July 2010
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Computer animation For the Birds by Pixar
The birds is a small animation created by Pixar. The type of animation it is would be classed as Computer animation.
How it works at Pixar is one person pitches a story idea to the rest of development team and if they see it taking off they work on.
A written treatment is then created to summaries the storyline and to see what is realistic and what is not.
Storyboards are then created. Each storyboard artist at Pixar is given a script and/or a beat outline. A beat outlines is a map of the emotional changes the character goes through scene to scene.
Next comes the voices. To start with they just use normally voices until later on when they get actors to do it. Unless the voice is good anyway then they sometimes keep it.
Next comes the start of the reel making. This shows if the animation can stand by it self with no one pitching and the beginning of editorial decisions start being made.
After this the Art Department start to create a look and feel for the characters using things such as the storyboards they create art illustrating the creatures and the world they live on.
The step after this is that the characters, sets and props are either sculptured by hand then scanned in three dimensional or are just directly modeled into the computer in 3d.
The next step is that the sets are dressed. After the sets are created in 3d prop models have to be put in. Things such as table, chairs, toys. This makes the world more believable.
After this is done Pixar start laying out the shots. This puts the characters in the scenes in 3d on the computer due to the storyboards so the editing team can see what is happening and how it will carry on.
Next is when the piece starts getting animated. Using animating technology the animator starts putting movement to the face and other parts of the body using key poses and changing in between ones if necessary.
After this comes the shading this allows them to determine how much light goes onto the characters in the animation.
Then the digital light is brought in and lits up the animation much like stage lighting lits up the stage.
Then comes the rendering where all the scenes are rendered. This is the act of putting everything into such as sets, colours, character movement etc into a single frame of film.
After this the final stage comes and the final touches are added then the animation is good to go.
The effects from For The Birds depends on the individual, it made me personally review society, in the manner how the tall bird is rejected by the others for who he is. It reminds me of how some people get rejected due to learning disabilities.
It is different compared to the other animations I have seen because it is very bright and is quite short compared to others. Also it does back some for the story line, but it is very slick and well polished.
It is similar to other animations due to the well polished of it and how it flows. It gives the illusion of movement very well.
For this blog entry I used www.youtube.com and www.pixiar. com and http://news.cnet.com/i/ne/sr06/pixar/bird_466x313.jpg
Friday, 7 May 2010
A Short Love Story in Stop Motion.
A short love story in stop motion uses different types of animation.
The types it uses are: Live action, Claymation, 2D stop motion.
The use of sets are used well and Carlos Lascano who is the animator uses models such as the school you see in the animation but he digitally put in the background.
There is no script in this animation because there are no words or sounds made from the characters. There is a sound track, which I thought gave the animation more depth. The soundtrack is a pinao and it has a smoothing and up lifting effect on the audience.
In the little girls mind, the characters age and also create new characters in the form of their son and his girlfriend, because the storyline is her day dreaming about being with this boy she likes in her class forever and having a son with him and watching their son growing up.
Link to video.
The style of the animation I would describe as more cinematic as it is very unusual in a animation to have someone day dreaming and having sort of flashbacks where as in film it is not and I think Carlos mixes animation techniques to make his animation more unique and to give it more depth.
It has an aesthetically pleasing effect on the audience and makes the audience happy.
I think the storyline was the most important bit bout the animation because without a storyline there would be no story.
I do not think I have seen an animation similar to this; this one contains more of a mixture animation techniques and takes you deep into the characters thoughts and emotions where as most animations do not.
I think this could help me in my own production to get across some of the things about love and how to show love through imagery.
The types it uses are: Live action, Claymation, 2D stop motion.
The use of sets are used well and Carlos Lascano who is the animator uses models such as the school you see in the animation but he digitally put in the background.
There is no script in this animation because there are no words or sounds made from the characters. There is a sound track, which I thought gave the animation more depth. The soundtrack is a pinao and it has a smoothing and up lifting effect on the audience.
In the little girls mind, the characters age and also create new characters in the form of their son and his girlfriend, because the storyline is her day dreaming about being with this boy she likes in her class forever and having a son with him and watching their son growing up.
Link to video.
The style of the animation I would describe as more cinematic as it is very unusual in a animation to have someone day dreaming and having sort of flashbacks where as in film it is not and I think Carlos mixes animation techniques to make his animation more unique and to give it more depth.
It has an aesthetically pleasing effect on the audience and makes the audience happy.
I think the storyline was the most important bit bout the animation because without a storyline there would be no story.
I do not think I have seen an animation similar to this; this one contains more of a mixture animation techniques and takes you deep into the characters thoughts and emotions where as most animations do not.
I think this could help me in my own production to get across some of the things about love and how to show love through imagery.
Websites used: www.wikipedia.org and www.youtube.com
Friday, 19 March 2010
Vincent By Tim Burton
Tim Burton is an American film producer, writer, artist as well as a film director. His first feature was made 1985 and was entitled Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. Since Pee-wee’s Big Adventure some of the other films he has made have gone on to win Academy awards. He is known for his dark and off the wall themed films such as Edward Scissorhands, Beetle Juice and Nightmare before Christmas. He is also known for his blockbusters such as Batman and Planet of the apes. He works closely with John Deep and Musician Danny Elfman as well as others. His next film Alice in Wonderland is due for release on March the 5th 2010.
In 1982 Tim Created his first short called Vince. Vince was a stop motion animation that was in black and white only and lasted six minutes. The animation was voice by Vince price one of the reasons Tim wanted to go into the filming industry. The film was made by someone Burton had befriended whilst working for Disney in the concept art department. This someone was called Rick Heinrichs. Vince was shown at a film was showed and released at Chicago Film festival this was showed alongside a teen drama called Tex. After Vince Burton done his first live-action production which was Hansel and Gretel. This live action was Japanese themed and ends in a kung fu fight between Gretel and Hansel and the witch. Having aired only once On Halloween in 1938 at 10.30pm and only a limit supply of the film, a copy is extremely had to find. This adds to the rumour it doesn’t existence. It 2009 the short was shown in the Museum of Modern Art. Next was also a piece by Tim Burton and also a live action called Frankenweenie. Frankenweenie stars Barret Oliver, Daniel Stern and Shelley Duvall. Shelley Duvall was an early support of Burton’s work. Tim Burtons pieces Vincent and Frankenweenie are both on the 2-disc deluxe edition of the DVD the Nightmare before Christmas.
Even through Tim Burton’s work had made it really big yet he still started to attract attention from the film industry. He was approached by Griffin Dunne to direct a film called After Hours (made in 1985) the film was a comedy about a bored word processor who survives a crazy night in Soho. The film had been pasted over by Martin Scorsese. However when financing fell through, Burton pulled out of it out of respect for Scorsese.
Tim Burton’s themes normally consist of themes such as solitude and loneliness as well as things such as insanity and madness. Tim Burtons work is also usual done in a gothic, black humour, surreal style. The genre is also normally gothic or black comedy.
Alice in Wonderland trailer.
The Becoming of Vincent
In 1982 Tim Burton made his first short animation which was 6 minutes long called Vince. He began working to Disney but didn’t work well with what Disney wanted because Disney wanted happy animations where as Tim wanted weird and off the wall. Disney gave him a small amount of money to do his own little animation but the only reason they gave him this money is because a famous actor at the time called Vince Price said he would voice the animation. After Tim Burton had made the animation Disney soon fired him.
Topic of Vincent (what happens)
The topic of Vincent is that a little boy wishes he could be like his hero Vince Price, where as him mum wish he was more like a normal boy and would just go out and play with friends and do normally things.
Themes of Vincent (Ideas and things behind it)
It has themes of madness and insanity this showed by the part where near the end of the animation the young boy sees the room “start to sway, shiver and creak, his horrid insanity had reached his peak he saw his Amcrumby his zombie slave and heard his wife call from beyond the grave” It also has the theme of loneliness therefore why the boy imagines having a wife. Another theme it has is that of isolation, because the boy wants to be someone he is not he makes himself isolated from everything and in return gets isolated from them. It also has themes such as Identity (not fitting in) (being who you want to be) This is showed by the fact the young boy wants to live with bats not cats therefore making him not fit in to what would be classed as normal and the being who you want to be comes from the fact he wants to be like Vince Price and his mum doesn’t want him to.
Childhood is also a key theme in Vincent as shows how the child can over imaginative, innocence, ambition and naivety.
Style of Vincent
Sound
It sounds dark, gothic, the voice over is deep in tone, the words are poetic though the animation making it child like somehow still though. Tim Burton seems to do dark and gothic stuff but somehow keeps it childish therefore making the piece even creepier.
It looks also look gothic, dark and surreal but also some parts are funny.
Such as the screenshot below. This depicts the boy’s sister as the object of laughter. Vincent also is comic like/ cartoonified in its animated characters. Therefore also making it child like and adding a creep effect.
Animation Technique
This was made using Claymation and was done with 2D/drawn graphics. Some of the characters features and exaggerated to create humour and all the animations are ever really big, small or really fat, thing.
My opinion
I think the animation is weird, dark and disturbing. But also interesting and in some parts amusing. The voice over is low but the way the words rhyme make it child like. I like how surreal this film is through and think it is very good. I think this animation might have actually been some what of an autobiography of Tim Burton. An autobiography of his childhood and inner hopes and dreams.
Response from audiences and critics (what did others think of it)
These responses come from http://www.imdb.com/
Beautiful, creepy, haunting, sad. A masterpiece., 5 February 2002Author: Francisco Huerta (fjhuerta@hotmail.com) from Mexico City
35 out of 37 people found the following review useful:
Expressionistic epic..., 26 May 2002Author: poe426 from USA
Ghoulishly good fun!, 14 September 1999Author: Chris Campbell from Coventry, England
Back to me
Most the critics and audiences loved it I think Disney where very dumb not to bring this out and to let go of one of the best animates ever.
Video of Vincent
In 1982 Tim Created his first short called Vince. Vince was a stop motion animation that was in black and white only and lasted six minutes. The animation was voice by Vince price one of the reasons Tim wanted to go into the filming industry. The film was made by someone Burton had befriended whilst working for Disney in the concept art department. This someone was called Rick Heinrichs. Vince was shown at a film was showed and released at Chicago Film festival this was showed alongside a teen drama called Tex. After Vince Burton done his first live-action production which was Hansel and Gretel. This live action was Japanese themed and ends in a kung fu fight between Gretel and Hansel and the witch. Having aired only once On Halloween in 1938 at 10.30pm and only a limit supply of the film, a copy is extremely had to find. This adds to the rumour it doesn’t existence. It 2009 the short was shown in the Museum of Modern Art. Next was also a piece by Tim Burton and also a live action called Frankenweenie. Frankenweenie stars Barret Oliver, Daniel Stern and Shelley Duvall. Shelley Duvall was an early support of Burton’s work. Tim Burtons pieces Vincent and Frankenweenie are both on the 2-disc deluxe edition of the DVD the Nightmare before Christmas.
Even through Tim Burton’s work had made it really big yet he still started to attract attention from the film industry. He was approached by Griffin Dunne to direct a film called After Hours (made in 1985) the film was a comedy about a bored word processor who survives a crazy night in Soho. The film had been pasted over by Martin Scorsese. However when financing fell through, Burton pulled out of it out of respect for Scorsese.
Tim Burton’s themes normally consist of themes such as solitude and loneliness as well as things such as insanity and madness. Tim Burtons work is also usual done in a gothic, black humour, surreal style. The genre is also normally gothic or black comedy.
Alice in Wonderland trailer.
The Becoming of Vincent
In 1982 Tim Burton made his first short animation which was 6 minutes long called Vince. He began working to Disney but didn’t work well with what Disney wanted because Disney wanted happy animations where as Tim wanted weird and off the wall. Disney gave him a small amount of money to do his own little animation but the only reason they gave him this money is because a famous actor at the time called Vince Price said he would voice the animation. After Tim Burton had made the animation Disney soon fired him.
Topic of Vincent (what happens)
The topic of Vincent is that a little boy wishes he could be like his hero Vince Price, where as him mum wish he was more like a normal boy and would just go out and play with friends and do normally things.
Themes of Vincent (Ideas and things behind it)
It has themes of madness and insanity this showed by the part where near the end of the animation the young boy sees the room “start to sway, shiver and creak, his horrid insanity had reached his peak he saw his Amcrumby his zombie slave and heard his wife call from beyond the grave” It also has the theme of loneliness therefore why the boy imagines having a wife. Another theme it has is that of isolation, because the boy wants to be someone he is not he makes himself isolated from everything and in return gets isolated from them. It also has themes such as Identity (not fitting in) (being who you want to be) This is showed by the fact the young boy wants to live with bats not cats therefore making him not fit in to what would be classed as normal and the being who you want to be comes from the fact he wants to be like Vince Price and his mum doesn’t want him to.
Childhood is also a key theme in Vincent as shows how the child can over imaginative, innocence, ambition and naivety.
Style of Vincent
Sound
It sounds dark, gothic, the voice over is deep in tone, the words are poetic though the animation making it child like somehow still though. Tim Burton seems to do dark and gothic stuff but somehow keeps it childish therefore making the piece even creepier.
It looks also look gothic, dark and surreal but also some parts are funny.
Such as the screenshot below. This depicts the boy’s sister as the object of laughter. Vincent also is comic like/ cartoonified in its animated characters. Therefore also making it child like and adding a creep effect.
Animation Technique
This was made using Claymation and was done with 2D/drawn graphics. Some of the characters features and exaggerated to create humour and all the animations are ever really big, small or really fat, thing.
My opinion
I think the animation is weird, dark and disturbing. But also interesting and in some parts amusing. The voice over is low but the way the words rhyme make it child like. I like how surreal this film is through and think it is very good. I think this animation might have actually been some what of an autobiography of Tim Burton. An autobiography of his childhood and inner hopes and dreams.
Response from audiences and critics (what did others think of it)
These responses come from http://www.imdb.com/
Beautiful, creepy, haunting, sad. A masterpiece., 5 February 2002Author: Francisco Huerta (fjhuerta@hotmail.com) from Mexico City
35 out of 37 people found the following review useful:
Expressionistic epic..., 26 May 2002Author: poe426 from USA
Ghoulishly good fun!, 14 September 1999Author: Chris Campbell from Coventry, England
Back to me
Most the critics and audiences loved it I think Disney where very dumb not to bring this out and to let go of one of the best animates ever.
Video of Vincent
Harvie Krumpet
Harvie Krumpet is a claymation. All the sets that are used are wooden ones. The house, the fire, the school and the boat are all wooden sets. The narrator is the one that reads the script and it fills in the gaps. They have used Geoffery Rush, they have used him because he has a good voice and is australia and everyone involved in it was australia. The characters in Harvie Krumpet all have problems and are all different because not only does it make it more interesting but it also makes it more like real life. The characters are also the height of a wine bottle because the animator Adam Elliot has a tick.
The style of Harvie Krumpet is that of a gothic and also comedy. This is to make it like the real world and show that everyone has good times and bad.
Harvie Krumpet provokes emotion in the audience and makes them feel like they are there. This is done by the way the characters stare out at the audience, the use of the sets and the colour of them, the way it is nattared and includes information such as the way the characters spell.
Harvie Krumpet also won a Oscar for best Animated Short in 2003, I believe it won this award because it deals with problems such as tourettes and it also shows theproblem of the war. Also it is original
The animator which we have seen which is similar is Vincent, both these animations are claymation both also both involve people who are lonely, outcast and alone. The difference is that Vincent is more disturbing because it doesn't have as much of a humor edge to it. Other claymations I have seen have been Wallace and Gromit and Pingu but these show just the good side to things and are very happy and dont deal with problems.
The websites I have used for this have been http://www.wikipedia.org/ and http://www.melodramapictures.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/
The style of Harvie Krumpet is that of a gothic and also comedy. This is to make it like the real world and show that everyone has good times and bad.
Harvie Krumpet provokes emotion in the audience and makes them feel like they are there. This is done by the way the characters stare out at the audience, the use of the sets and the colour of them, the way it is nattared and includes information such as the way the characters spell.
Harvie Krumpet also won a Oscar for best Animated Short in 2003, I believe it won this award because it deals with problems such as tourettes and it also shows theproblem of the war. Also it is original
The animator which we have seen which is similar is Vincent, both these animations are claymation both also both involve people who are lonely, outcast and alone. The difference is that Vincent is more disturbing because it doesn't have as much of a humor edge to it. Other claymations I have seen have been Wallace and Gromit and Pingu but these show just the good side to things and are very happy and dont deal with problems.
The websites I have used for this have been http://www.wikipedia.org/ and http://www.melodramapictures.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/
Friday, 5 March 2010
White board animation
The white board animation we watched was created by Kristofer storm, the name was of the animation was Minilogue and was made with still images that were created on the whiteboard and live action that also took place on the white board it also had metamorphosis in it. The still images were drawn 2d graphics on the whiteboard so therefore the animation techique was 2d graphics animation.
The media which was used was the whiteboard. The fact the whiteboard was used gave the animation a surreal and dream like effect.
The style of the animation was that of a postive tone and it was very upbeat and happy, it also flowed very well. The look of the animation was also very postive, happy and upbeat and the pictures flowed well. The music that was also introduced to the animation was that of a positive and upbeat tone.
The effect the animation was trying to achieve was surrealism and to make it dream like and they done that very well. My own interpretation of the animation was it was also trying to get the point across of how we should love one another and how sometimes all we need to feel is love, as well as that I also believe it tried to show that we should be kind to one another and be hapy.
I very much liked this animation because of the happy, postive and upbeat tone it was giving out and I also liked how creative and imagiative it was.
It was similar to the other animations in the way it was surreal and stood out but as the other animations which were surreal done it in negative ways and tried to show the bad side to people, this one does has a postive tone and tries to show postive emotions such as love. It was also different in the way used live action and must other whiteboard animations are not as long.
You can't see the picture that well but it is a advert for The carphone warehouse, it was shown when x factor was on advertising new phones through animations.
The media which was used was the whiteboard. The fact the whiteboard was used gave the animation a surreal and dream like effect.
The style of the animation was that of a postive tone and it was very upbeat and happy, it also flowed very well. The look of the animation was also very postive, happy and upbeat and the pictures flowed well. The music that was also introduced to the animation was that of a positive and upbeat tone.
The effect the animation was trying to achieve was surrealism and to make it dream like and they done that very well. My own interpretation of the animation was it was also trying to get the point across of how we should love one another and how sometimes all we need to feel is love, as well as that I also believe it tried to show that we should be kind to one another and be hapy.
I very much liked this animation because of the happy, postive and upbeat tone it was giving out and I also liked how creative and imagiative it was.
It was similar to the other animations in the way it was surreal and stood out but as the other animations which were surreal done it in negative ways and tried to show the bad side to people, this one does has a postive tone and tries to show postive emotions such as love. It was also different in the way used live action and must other whiteboard animations are not as long.
Strom also has done animations for adverts, such as this picture
You can't see the picture that well but it is a advert for The carphone warehouse, it was shown when x factor was on advertising new phones through animations.
The websites I used for this information were www.wikipedia.org and www.youtube.com
and this is where the photo comes from http://www.pixel-lee.tv/images_09/xfactor08_sc1.jpg
Friday, 5 February 2010
Pixilation
Pixilation is the term used to describe the technique of animation which involves taking pictures of living things and showing the pictures quickly to give the illusion of movement. This makes the living thing look unnatural and move in an unnatural.
Wikipedia says “Pixilation (from pixilated) is a stop motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. The actor becomes a kind of living stop motion puppet.”
The first animation we looked at was Food by Jan Svankmajer. It uses pixilation, clay motion and live action to make it almost real, but not quite. The types of camera shots they use are close ups, long shots and medium shots to very good effect in my opinion.
It uses the humans as vending machines to convey the truly meaning I think It has , I believe it is about Eternal damnation and the people who are queuing up outside the room to become vending machines are symbolic of those whose souls are heading to hell.
Another animation we looked at was Neighbours by Norman Mclaren. It uses pixilation only. The types of camera shots it uses are close ups, long shots, medium shots and it also has a establish scene in Neighbours.
It uses to Neighbours arguing to convey the message of how human greed and corruption can lead to violence. Were as if the humans shared violence wouldn’t happen and neither would war. It also shows war can lead to death and nothing really comes from war.
Both of the animations used pixilation and both tried to be odd and stand out, They both show the bad sides to the human race. They also both use close up, long shots and medium shots.
Food was different as it involved food and didn’t show you the message clearly, also it was really disturbing. Whereas Neighbours showed the message quite clearly and wasn’t as disturbing. Neighbours also used music and more comedy as well as that is had an establishing scene.
I think both of these animations are really good and use pixilation and their camera shots to great effect.
The website(s) I used where Wikipedia and videos are from youtube.
Wikipedia says “Pixilation (from pixilated) is a stop motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. The actor becomes a kind of living stop motion puppet.”
The first animation we looked at was Food by Jan Svankmajer. It uses pixilation, clay motion and live action to make it almost real, but not quite. The types of camera shots they use are close ups, long shots and medium shots to very good effect in my opinion.
It uses the humans as vending machines to convey the truly meaning I think It has , I believe it is about Eternal damnation and the people who are queuing up outside the room to become vending machines are symbolic of those whose souls are heading to hell.
Another animation we looked at was Neighbours by Norman Mclaren. It uses pixilation only. The types of camera shots it uses are close ups, long shots, medium shots and it also has a establish scene in Neighbours.
It uses to Neighbours arguing to convey the message of how human greed and corruption can lead to violence. Were as if the humans shared violence wouldn’t happen and neither would war. It also shows war can lead to death and nothing really comes from war.
Both of the animations used pixilation and both tried to be odd and stand out, They both show the bad sides to the human race. They also both use close up, long shots and medium shots.
Food was different as it involved food and didn’t show you the message clearly, also it was really disturbing. Whereas Neighbours showed the message quite clearly and wasn’t as disturbing. Neighbours also used music and more comedy as well as that is had an establishing scene.
I think both of these animations are really good and use pixilation and their camera shots to great effect.
The website(s) I used where Wikipedia and videos are from youtube.
Monty Python
The techiques the Monty Python used were many. One was getting a picture and cutting out the mouth and chin. Another was the legs moving out of time with body and they used the techique of using odd shaped pictures of people as well as, Enlarging images, Use limbs with pictures they don't go with, Deformities, Unco-ordinated, eyes moving but pictures of face is still.
These techniques are used to create humoe which is the style Monty Python use. The Monty Python animations also tries to stand out and be surreal. The animations used fadec colours and victorian backgrounds. Monty Python also seems really british. A lot of the music sounds like old british music.
Wikipedia says "Gilliam's surreal animations have a distinctive, memorable style, mixing his own art, characterized by soft gradients and odd, bulbous shapes, with backgrounds and moving cutouts from antique photographs, mostly from the Victorian era.
The animation method is still images/stop motion which is a bit like pixlation but with im ages instead of people.
The Monty Python Animations where made by a man called Terry Gilliam. He was born in Amercia but then lived in England and became a a english citzen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB-1d9fM3OU
I used two websites for this information. Youtube and Wikipedia
These techniques are used to create humoe which is the style Monty Python use. The Monty Python animations also tries to stand out and be surreal. The animations used fadec colours and victorian backgrounds. Monty Python also seems really british. A lot of the music sounds like old british music.
Wikipedia says "Gilliam's surreal animations have a distinctive, memorable style, mixing his own art, characterized by soft gradients and odd, bulbous shapes, with backgrounds and moving cutouts from antique photographs, mostly from the Victorian era.
The animation method is still images/stop motion which is a bit like pixlation but with im ages instead of people.
The Monty Python Animations where made by a man called Terry Gilliam. He was born in Amercia but then lived in England and became a a english citzen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB-1d9fM3OU
I used two websites for this information. Youtube and Wikipedia
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