Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Friday, 12 March 2010
Maya Animation ... Cling research ...
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.
Life Drawing
Type ... Eurotrip opening sequence ...
Typography ... David Carson
Lighting ... Advertising ... Posters ...
Lighting ... Advertising ...
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 ...
Storyboards ...
Lighting ... Photography ...
Lighting ... Animation ...
A Nightmare before Christmas - Tim Burton (1993)
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 ...
Lighting ... Painting ...
Lighting ...
I looked at lighting in paintings rather than just moving image ...
Lighting ...
Animation ... Lotte Reiniger ...
Jack and the Beanstalk (1995)
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)
Animation ... Andreas Hykade
Animation ... Frederic Back
Crac - Frederic Back (1981)
Animation ... Raimund Krumme ... Zuschauer
Animation ... Vincent (Tim Burton)
Typography ... Peek
Typography ... Peek
Typography ... Peek
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 ...
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!