Thursday 9 March 2017
Stop Motion Animation Evaluation
In this evaluation I am going to
talk about my stop motion animation project and how I have worked with it.
Before starting the project
together with my classmates, we did an experiment of what we could do, our idea
was to pretend to make the game of Tetris on the whiteboard and take photo by
photo as the pieces move down, as the real game. We find it difficult, and very
simple, so we decided to look for another idea for the main project.
My classmates shared the ideas with
other people, so I decided to work alone.
Since I start with this project, I
have analysed the different types that stop motion animation has, by reading
and watching videos, which this inspired me to create a story in 2D drawing
with 3D places. My first idea for the main project was similar to the real
idea, but the story was very complicate since it was very long, so I discussed
this with the teacher and she help me to take a better idea about the story,
but at the same time I was not sure about the final of the story.
The story was about an adventurous
boy, who wants to travel around world to different countries. I chose to focus
on the most visited countries in the world as it could capture the attention
of the audience. After this the first thing that I search the landmarks of the
countries, also the typical things and the culture of the each countries to
make the background. Such I am not good in drawings I start to look how I could
draw the character. My purpose was to show a happy and simple guy, because I
wanted to prove that the character was an adventurous guy. Finally for my
planning I had to decide which music I could use to give more meaning to the
project. So I decided to use music that represent each country.
When I had everything prepared, I
looked for a properly location and started to make the scenario, where I used a
small table, a black paper to cover the table and a black curtain as
background. And then as I move the character I put the different landmarks of
each country.
In the process of taking pictures I
realized that the character and the camera had to be in the same line, so I
decided to draw a line in the black paper for the character and on the floor I
put a tape to move the tripod and the camera on the same line so this would be
useful as a guide. By using the stop motion animation technique this gave a
smooth movement to the objects and I used the zoom at the start of the video so
this gave a smooth introduction to the video.
I chose to use the redhead light
for this project but for safety reasons as these lights could burn the work
material I had to change it for photograph lights and this gave a white tone to
the image. Sometimes I had issue with the tripod as it didn´t have the plate
and this was an obstacle for me so I couldn’t take pictures. Another obstacle
that I had was that I had to share the equipment with my classmates so this
took me away of working. The camera was working properly so this was an
advantage however I had to deal sometimes with the focus as it didn’t respond
properly.
During the process of taking
pictures as I said before I didn’t have a clear ending for the story so at the
same time I had to work with the story and taking the picture as well. And
suddenly while I worked I saw the flag of France and quickly I thought in Paris,
Paris is the city of love, well that’s what everyone say, and I said to myself
I should make an end in which the boy meets a girl, and he fall in love at
first sight, thanks to that he stops to travel and ends with her walking
together.
For the post-production stage I
used the software iMovie. I did research for the music so I decided to use the
hymns of each country that could help to identify and represent each country and
their culture. For the introduction I put a song that will adapt to the role of
the character, since he is adventurous. And at the end when he meets the girl,
a romantic song. One of the disadvantages in this stage was the sync of the
music with the pace of the story.
In my opinion it was a challenge to
work in it, as it was a new and difficult experience as I had to learn and
apply the technique properly and at the same time I didn’t have a partner to
work with. I learned how time consuming this can be and to move it frame per
frame so this can give a better movement. Overall I believe that if I could
change or add something will be to add more about the culture and typical
things of each country and make the story longer.
My personal strength was that I was
organised with the equipment, by following the rules of safety, beside that I
gave back the equipment in order and put everything in it respective position.
Monday 17 October 2016
Monday 10 October 2016
Tuesday 4 October 2016
First Stop Motion Animation Evaluation.
- It can be understood that the video is about Tetris videogame. Although we forgot to remove the complete lines below.
- It takes a long time to create.
- It looks a little fuzzy.
- It is too short.
- It need sound but because the video is short, there is no sound.
- I would like to improve the quality of the pictures, take more time to create it better, use more colors, and add sound.
Tuesday 20 September 2016
What is animation?
In the multimedia world (audio and video) when we speak of "animation", we refer to what is known popularly as "cartoon".
- Animation is the process that manages to give movement to drawings or inanimate objects usually.
- This is possible thanks to a sequence of drawings or photographs that being together manage to generate a credible movement to our eyes.
- For example if we want to create the feeling of a walk in a character, we should draw each of the steps performed in separate sheets (each sheet drawn with a different pose) so at the time to pass them consecutively, we perceive the sensation of movement.
- This requires patience, effort and dedication.
Types of animation
1. Traditional animation
It consists of drawing frame by frame.
In the beginning it was done through the drawn and painted every frame, only to be shot in a filmstrip.
In the 1910s , the process is streamlined to appear animation cells, invented by Bray and Hurd, which was to use transparent sheets, in which the characters were animated without having to paint the background in each frame.
At present are used various digital media.
2. Stop Motion.
Animation technique that does not fall in the category of cartoon.
It consists of movements appear static objects, capturing pictures frame by frame or movement by movement.
It's divided in:
- Animation of Clay motion.
- Animation of rigid objects.
3. Rotoscoping.
This type of animation is to draw directly on the reference, for example on the pictures of filming of a real person.
Snow White, the protagonist of the first Disney animated feature was encourage in this way.
It is considered a precursors of motion capture, the name by which is know to the motion capture computer used to recreate digital characters in movies, such as "Gollum" of the trilogy "Lord of the Rings".
There is some degree of controversy whether the rotoscoping is a real animation and its artistic value.
4. Cut out Animation.
- Technique using cut-out figures, either paper o photographs.
- The members of the body of the characters are constructed based cuts.
- The animation is achieved by moving and replacing the cut parts of the body.
5. 3D Animation.
In the three-dimensional animation there is some editor programs allows simulation of animation, textures, lighting, camera movement and special effects.
It is a complete and wonderful tool when the animator who handles provide soul knows its elements.
Examples
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award - winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation and creators of some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time.
It's based in Emeryville, California. Founded on February 3, 1986; 30 years ago as Graphics Group by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith. Pixar produced seventeen films.
Cars (1,2)
Wall-E
Finding Nemo (Finding Dory)
Toy Story (1,2,3)
Brave
Monters Inc. (Monster University)
Up
Ratatouille
Inside Out
The Incredibles
A Bug's Life
The Good Dinosaur
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. is an American animation studio based in Glendale, California that creates animated feature films, television programs and online virtual worlds. The studio has released a total of 32 feature films, including franchises.
Antz
The Prince of Egypt
The Road to El Dorado
Chicken Run
Shrek (1,2,3,4)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Simbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Shark Tale
Madagascar (1,2,3)
Over the Hedge
Flushed Away
Bee Movie
Kung Fu Panda (1,2,3)
Monsters vs. Aliens
How to Train Your Dragon (1,2)
Megamind
Puss in Boots
Rise of Guardians
The Croods
Turbo
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Peguins of Madagascar
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
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Thursday 15 September 2016
Semiotics
Virtually our entire existence is to perceive and process information that comes from the signs.
Semiotics is the science that studies the different systems of signs.
There is three types of Semiotics:
Semantics- Relation between the signs and the meaning.
Syntax- Formal relations of signs in chain.
Pragmatics- Study of signs in relation to users.
It is important to know the function of the sign.
The function of the sign consist to make reference to something that is not present.
The sign must have a signifier, a signified, a denotation and a cultural entity.
Signifier also called material form refers to what is perceives through the sense, either by a smell, color, or sound, etc.
Signified is the idea, the concept or message that we associate to perceive the signifier.
Denotation is the aforementioned reality, the sign is representing that reality.
Cultural Entity refers to someone who instituted the sign which is given to a society.
Types of Signs
- Nonlinguistic
- Linguistics
- They are older
- Denotation and connotation
- Make systems
Linguistic signs are essential for communication. They serve to express abstract ideas, descriptions and moods.
Minimalist Film
This boot with a plan represents the film of Wall-E, as in the film, the boot is used to keep the plant alive, and it is used to get to know that in the world there is still life, so those who have seen the film can instantly recognize this minimalist, as it is one of the most important parts of the movie, a part of the struggle that makes the robot (Wall-E) for the other robot (Eva).
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