Ashleigh Butterworth
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Friday 12 March 2010
Maya Animation ... Cling research ...
Just a quick illustration to help me with my animation ... it shows where the pivot points if you like are and where my word should 'cling' to the other element. Hands and feet ... 'c' and the 'g' will act as them!
Life Drawing...contour drawing
I found that i really enjoyed contour drawings ... this is where you use one contunous line to express what you see...and as we were not allowed to look at the paper you are more focused on what you are seeing! I think this is very important and will help my hopefully progress with my drawings and future work.
I found this contour drawing by a blind person!! I think this is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the way the pencil looks like it has never left the page ... if you had drawn this in a normal fashion you would not have created the outlines and patterns around the creases of your hands and detail around the nails! LOVE IT! I would love to create a short animation in this style which i will keep in mind when i get my future briefs.
Life Drawing
I loved our life drawing class last week and i wanted to look further into it and how it could be used to help with our course and preferably animation!This is an example of someone else's life drawing (no one famous possibly another student) but the reason
i wanted to include it in my blog is the fact that in a way it connotes movement even though each drawing is very different you can almost imagine the character moving around the page!
The one to the right shows a students work that it looking at the gesture and posture of a persons full body and limbs...we did a similar exercise where we had only a minute to draw what we saw and within that minute you have to capture the form and structure of the person! I think it helps to look at reality before you being to animate ... clearly your animation may be over exaggerated but it has been inspired by the real world therefore i think its very important to look carefully and closely at the movement and structure of your chosen character and environment before animating!!
Type ... Eurotrip opening sequence ...
I thought this was a very interesting theme to use as a opening sequence as it follows the safety booklets you would find on an aeroplane ... the type and animation connotes travel which is the theme than runs through out the film!! Type and image in a title sequence give you a short insight into what the film is going to be about! Also in this it takes the safety images and gives them a comical and crude edge to show that the film is upbeat and of the comedy genre! I didn't really realise how much you can read about a film within a title sequence!
Typography ... David Carson
David Carson breaks the rules of using type especially when kerning is concerned ... i love his use of jumbled text and simple colour schemes .... his work appears fairly simple but looks busy and full of life!
Lighting ... Advertising ... Posters ...
I looked at many horror film posters and i have noticed that many of them encompass lighting that is lit from below...this is used to make things appear more sinister and create an enigma leave you wondering what lies within the darkness.
Lighting ... Advertising ...
This Guinness advert involves very strong and high key lighting highlighting the dominant characters ... the man who managed to 'defeats' the waves (at the end of the advert) has a strong backlight connoting power and god like feeling as he is the only man strong enough ... the way the product will make you feel.
Storyboards ...
I found this video on youtube (Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese) which shows the scenes of the movie with the correct sections of the storyboard next to it ... even though this video is bad quality it has helped me a lot on how exactly the storyboard (initial idea) has turned out and how accurate it has to be.
Storyboards ...
Aardman Walace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers ... i love the quality of these drawings ... i have realised the better the quality the easier to understand and you have something to be proud of rather than something to hide! One think i have noticed which is different to some of the other storyboards i have looked at is the fact there are no arrows within this storyboard...movement is portrayed but lines e.g. the lines drawn to show the position in which the character/object has just moved from!
Storyboards ...
I found this website which contains illustration and various storyboards for animation ... i found it very helpful in the way that it tells me i need to:
create clear good quality drawings
use arrows in the correct way to portray movement of the camera and characters
Lighting ... Photography ...
Miles Aldridge Bang! Bang! - Numero - 2008 ... Miles Aldridge is most recognisably known for his fashion photography ... This photo Bang! Bang! was taken for French fashion magazine Numero. In many of his photos Miles' uses very, very high key lighting and saturated colours! The lighting is bold to connote fun and a slightly comedic take on fashion separating him from many other fashion photographers. A similar photographer is David Lachapelle.Lighting ... Animation ...
A Nightmare before Christmas - Tim Burton (1993)
The lighting represented in this stop motion animation is very dark and mysterious like many other of Tim Burtons Creations e.g. The Corpse Bride.
Lighting ... Film
Alice in Wonderland directed by Tim Burton (2010) ... The lighting in this film is used to create contrast. At the beginning of the film in the 'real world' the lighting is very high key portraying a normal summers day however when she falls down the rabbit hole it changes to low key lighting to create a mysterious and fantasy like world.
Lighting ... Painting ...
Gustav Klimt ... 'Judith' ... this painting like others of Klimt's uses golden and soft colours to portray a very seductive, sexy atmosphere ... (the colours used in her skin tone represent very rich lighting adding to the erotic feeling).
Lighting ... Painting ...
David Hockney ... A Bigger Splash (1967, Acrylic on Canvas). The lighting portrayed in this painting is very bright and bold ... when Hockney painted this picture he was living in California and the use of high key lighting and saturated colours is to connote the glamorous Hollywood life style!Lighting ...
I looked at lighting in paintings rather than just moving image ...
This photo is lighter in the middle than around the outside ... the outside creates a boarder around the centre making sure its the dominant, highlighted feature. The lighting is soft and gentle to add to the over all mise en scene.
Lighting ...
I looked at lighting in paintings rather than just moving image ...
This photo is lighter in the middle than around the outside ... the outside creates a boarder around the centre making sure its the dominant, highlighted feature. The lighting is soft and gentle to add to the over all mise en scene
Animation ... Lotte Reiniger ...
Jack and the Beanstalk (1995)
Lotte Reiniger technique of using silhouettes in the foreground of the animation ... the characters and up close objects that the characters interact with are silhouettes. I think this technique is very effective but i am not too keen on it ... for some reason it slightly creeps me out i think its the fact they look like realistic people (or puppets).
Animation ... Horst Von Mollendorff ...
Verwitterte Melodie, or Weather-beaten Melody, is a 1943 animated short, made in Nazi Germany. It was written mainly by cartoonist Hans Fischerkoesen, although the sole credits often went to Horst von Möllendorff. The general outline of the plot is of a bee that finds an abandoned phonograph in a meadow. The record, however, is jazz, and the interaction of different species of bugs makes this a subtle criticism of the Nazi ideals.
The technique which was used in this Cartoon with its mirrows and the sounds were, in a technical way, much more modern than the Walt Disney Cartoons from this time.
Animation ... Christoph Lauenstein
Balance is a German animated film, released in 1989. It was directed and produced by twin brothers Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein.
The film depicts five individuals living on a small platform floating in space. Whenever one of them moves, the others must do so as well to ensure that the platform does not tip over. The group works cooperatively to maintain a "balance" until one individual pulls a box onto the platform. Since all are curious as to what the box is, the individuals try to inspect the box and their actions disrupt the balance of the platform, and those on it. All but one of the individuals is pushed or falls off the edges of the platform. In the end, the lone individual must maintain a balance with the box, which is well out of reach.
Balance won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short of 1989.
Animation ... Andreas Hykade
The Runt (2006) (This does not have the correct sound ... need to find the correct video)
At first i thought because of the drawing style of this short animation it was directed at children .. however when i watched it through i realised that the content is very very adult. It is the story of a young child who stops a 'runt' rabbit from being killed ... however he is allowed to keep it for a year then kill it himself for food. I found this animation to be very upsetting as the image of the rabbit smashing its head against a wall while the young boy is unable to kill it genuinely upset me ... i think its because we become emotionally involved with animals and even though we do eat some animals we are not involved or shown how it makes it to our plate. We have a vague understanding but we have not experienced it in person.
Animation ... Andreas Hykade
Tom & the slice of bread with strawberryjam & honey 14-26" (2008, TV series for children) .
Animation ... Frederic Back
Crac - Frederic Back (1981)
Based on a book by Ghylaine Paquin-Back
Illustrations by Frederic Back
The story of a family's rocking chair, a fixture of Quebec homes for generations, becomes the story of a changing society. As the farmer who carved it gradually ages, the rocker moves from his workshop to the parlour, then to the bedroom and the kitchen of their home, always a part of the family's activities. We watch with him as time and urbanization transform the landscape and traditional life of rural Quebec. Written by Frédéric Back's wife, Ghylaine Paquin-Back, the book is based on the filmCrac!, which won a score of awards, including an Oscar® for best animated film in 1982.
Animation ... Raimund Krumme ... Zuschauer
We looked at Raimund Krumme in class but i wanted to look more at some of his other animations. This particular piece is called Zuschauer (Spectators) 1989 i liked this because of the use of colour ... i like the contrast between background and the drawings really makes the very simple, thin and fragile lines stand out! Through out this animation squash and stretch used and also alot of ease in and ease out ... i think this is to represent the movement and portray different angles of the space the characters are in and the characters themselves.
Animation ... Vincent (Tim Burton)
I found this short animation by Tim Burton ... i didn't realise before i found it that he created short animations and was very interesting to watch ... Tim Burtons animation style is very unique and quite dark and creepy!
Typography ... Peek
Also this is exactly what i want the 'e' to do around a 'p' ... this shows the meaning of peek very obviously!
Typography ... Peek
I wanted to add this because it shows again the type of movement i want to represent within my animation it will help me decide how i am going to move my type to make the message clear!
Typography ... Peek
I found this series of pictures of a young child playing peek a boo ... this is exactly what i want to portray within my animation ... young, innocent, shy and very cheeky! And this the the motion i want to show!!
Kinetic Type ...
I found this on YouTube ... there are various different short clips...they have taken a section from different films this one is from 'Superbad' and they have literally just animated text to the script of the film....but they have animated the type to portray the emotion of the characters (by using smaller and larger text to portray anger ect...)
Typography ...
I typed the word typography into google to see what i could find and i found images of people using type to create a picture...i thought they were really interesting and is a different way to use type!
I found this one on deviant art so i couldn't find the name of the person who created it ...
Lighting ... Three Point Lighting ...
Key Light
The key light is the primary light used to illuminate a subject. It is usually positioned 15 – 45 degrees from one side of the camera and angled down 15 – 45 degrees from above the subject. This light represents the primary source of light in a scene simulating the sun, a window, a light bulb or some other source of light.
Fill Light
After the key light is positioned you will notice a harsh shadow on one side of the subject opposite the key light. The fill light is meant to reduce the shadow but not eliminate it entirely (shadow gives a sense of depth). A fill light should be placed on the opposite side of the key light but needs to be about half as bright and not positioned quite as high. Do not place it at the exact same angle as the key light. It is meant to simulate other light sources or light that is being reflected off other objects.
Back Light (Rim Light)
The back light needs to be placed behind the subject opposite the camera but high above both so that none of the light goes directly into the camera. This light will create a slight glow on the back of the subject and thus separate it from the background. This prevents the subject from looking two dimensional on the film. It is sometimes referred to as the hallo effect.
Animation ... Rodger Rabbit 'Tummy Trouble' ...
In animation the majority of movement and reactions of the characters are extremely exaggerated in this animation by Chuck Jones stretch and squash is used alot to over exaggerate facial expressions and reactions! such as sticking out the tongue and also the stretching and squashing of the eyes to portray a shocked expression.
Short Film ... Mathieu Ratthe
I wanted to look at existing short films and came across Lovefield by Mathieu Ratthe the reason i like this is because when it begins you have no idea where it is taking you and you are lead down a path of misconception ... you think one thing because all the traits of a stereotypical horror genre are used such as a black crow ... being in the middle of no where ... blood ... discarded phone and the blood curdling scream of a terrified woman. But the whole story takes a massive turn and the real situation is revealed ... completely unexpected!
Editing ... Jump cuts ...
Jump cuts are constantly used throughout The Ring ... i think jump cuts are used more in horror/thriller genres to add enigma and also some sort of supernatural activity. In this example the jump cuts show Samara moving on the screen of the TV getting closer to the screen i think this is used for creating tension and an unnerving atmosphere since she is moving forward extremely quick!
Editing ... Jump Cuts ...
A Jump Cut is a cut in film editing in which two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly. This type of edit causes the subject of the shots to appear to "jump" position in a discontinuous way.
Tuesday 9 March 2010
Sequence and Pattern ... Marshalite Traffic Signal ...
This is a Marshalite traffic signal it determines how long a signal has left until it changes e.g... the length of time each colour is showing! I think this is extremely fasinating as it gives me a great insite into the timing and pattern of a traffic light and will help when it comes to the pase and flow of my film.
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