Thursday, 24 March 2016
Monday, 21 March 2016
After Effects tutorial
I have been watch tutorials on how to create special effects in After Effects because I believe that I have a basic understanding of After Effects and I want to develop a broader knowledge of the package mainly because I might consider adding special effects to our current applied project and want to be able to do more than just move layers.
So far from watch both of these guides I have learnt how to create an optical flare and moving particles, if these experiments turn out well I will consider using them in our documentary in the background, because I think they will add more character to the animation and will liven up the atmosphere for the characters because there is more going in each scene.
Scene and animation Experimentation
To day I have been experimenting with my animation for the background and scenery with in our group animation for our documentary. The reason for this is because our previous crit highlighted many flaws relating to the background work and its movements which were considered as static with in each scene in relation to the foreground animation. This was brought to my attention during the crit session the background animation was said to be very slow and the characters were not in sync with each scene, my role with in this whole project is to make sure the background animation helps tell a story just as much as the characters in the foreground, through the use of colours for emotions and good time framed movement to make sure that the animation does not exceed its time frame.
These experimentations will help this project move forward because this will allow me to develop an understanding of different ways I can approach each scene and to make them even better through the practice of different techniques. This will not just develop my techniques when making these animations but I will also be able to receive critical feedback and reviews from my peers on how I could make my animations better or they could decide on which animations from my tests they possibly like or would like to see me develop further.
So far the experimentation has been going well because the movements are flowing a lot better that my previous animations and there is more going on because I have added additional effects to give the animation more emotion and excitement to avoid the fullness my other test presented. The previous tests were dull because they only had one vain of movement which happened to be very slow, this was highlighted on in the interm crit.
These experimentations will help this project move forward because this will allow me to develop an understanding of different ways I can approach each scene and to make them even better through the practice of different techniques. This will not just develop my techniques when making these animations but I will also be able to receive critical feedback and reviews from my peers on how I could make my animations better or they could decide on which animations from my tests they possibly like or would like to see me develop further.
So far the experimentation has been going well because the movements are flowing a lot better that my previous animations and there is more going on because I have added additional effects to give the animation more emotion and excitement to avoid the fullness my other test presented. The previous tests were dull because they only had one vain of movement which happened to be very slow, this was highlighted on in the interm crit.
Friday, 18 March 2016
Development and behind the scenes
For my bit of the dazed and confused I decided to develop a traditional animation which illustrated the the stages of change relating to one female character, her appearance was altered along with some off her features to demonstrate her sense of individuality.
I decided to use traditional animation to animate my character because I felt comfortable with this medium and I have realised that this is an animation technique I enjoy using the most because I prefer to draw and develop my animated scenery and characters by hand, I find that I am stronger using traditional animation because I find it easier to work work with.
My contribution to this project has all been about me using my traditional animating skills, which I believe has allowed this project to move forward because it has provide a different style and approach to our group animation along with the other animations created by my group peers. The reason for this is because our aim was to communicate individuality for Dazed and Confused through the use our own individual styles and separate characters and to demonstrate the differences between everyone's personality and appearance. We all contributed using different styles and types of animation so they were identifiable based on their style and appearance of the animations which has been our aim through out the development of this project.
I used Shepard Fairy as inspiration based on his style of work because I really like his work mainly because its the style I like to work to and looks similar to my work, I like his use of colour and how each piece is graphically presented neatly and used a few main selective colours through out pieces of his, which it where I developed the idea for making my artwork two both selective and distinct colours (monochromatic). This was also used to help me progress because it was used as a guideline and I reflected on some of his pieces to help with the design when drawing out my animated frames.
I decided to use traditional animation to animate my character because I felt comfortable with this medium and I have realised that this is an animation technique I enjoy using the most because I prefer to draw and develop my animated scenery and characters by hand, I find that I am stronger using traditional animation because I find it easier to work work with.
My contribution to this project has all been about me using my traditional animating skills, which I believe has allowed this project to move forward because it has provide a different style and approach to our group animation along with the other animations created by my group peers. The reason for this is because our aim was to communicate individuality for Dazed and Confused through the use our own individual styles and separate characters and to demonstrate the differences between everyone's personality and appearance. We all contributed using different styles and types of animation so they were identifiable based on their style and appearance of the animations which has been our aim through out the development of this project.
I used Shepard Fairy as inspiration based on his style of work because I really like his work mainly because its the style I like to work to and looks similar to my work, I like his use of colour and how each piece is graphically presented neatly and used a few main selective colours through out pieces of his, which it where I developed the idea for making my artwork two both selective and distinct colours (monochromatic). This was also used to help me progress because it was used as a guideline and I reflected on some of his pieces to help with the design when drawing out my animated frames.
Monday, 14 March 2016
Interm crit feedback
Today we had and interm crit, over all the feedback was positive and we look like we are making progress. We have sorted out our animatic for guide and referencing and developed some tests for our animation which means we now have a style to follow for the rest of the animation.
The feedback has been mainly about the animating stages of my animation not flowing and thinking about how my scenes appear and disappear. Elements of my practice animation needs to flow a lot better because they are too static and are slow in their transition when appearing on screen.
My aim now it to work with a couple of test relating to both these animations, when doing so I will need to consider the movement of the elements with in both scenes and also will need to look at the transition between scene and work on making these main points smoother.
The feedback has been mainly about the animating stages of my animation not flowing and thinking about how my scenes appear and disappear. Elements of my practice animation needs to flow a lot better because they are too static and are slow in their transition when appearing on screen.
My aim now it to work with a couple of test relating to both these animations, when doing so I will need to consider the movement of the elements with in both scenes and also will need to look at the transition between scene and work on making these main points smoother.
Monday, 7 March 2016
Animated background inspiration
Here are some examples I have use for inspiration to help me with my animated backgrounds:
These are animation pieces developed by Golden Wolf the animation company. I think the background animation work is superb and works very well in relation to the foreground animation in all the animations presented above, because they all work well with both style and colour. they also appeal to both the style of the animation and the colours work to help to communicate the feeling of the animation it self based on the colours e.g. the my summer animation is supposed to be "exciting, happy and loving, so they have used both multicoloured background and colours to help communicate this feeling.
Why have I used this for inspiration ?
I have chosen to use these animation for inspiration because they use the colours in the background are effectively to communicate the feeling of the animations presented. I like them mainly because they use a similar colour pallet I intend to use for my background, I am looking at this aspect of all three animations because they are used very well to communicate feeling and emotion all the animations which is what I plan to work with when producing my own.
These are animation pieces developed by Golden Wolf the animation company. I think the background animation work is superb and works very well in relation to the foreground animation in all the animations presented above, because they all work well with both style and colour. they also appeal to both the style of the animation and the colours work to help to communicate the feeling of the animation it self based on the colours e.g. the my summer animation is supposed to be "exciting, happy and loving, so they have used both multicoloured background and colours to help communicate this feeling.
Why have I used this for inspiration ?
I have chosen to use these animation for inspiration because they use the colours in the background are effectively to communicate the feeling of the animations presented. I like them mainly because they use a similar colour pallet I intend to use for my background, I am looking at this aspect of all three animations because they are used very well to communicate feeling and emotion all the animations which is what I plan to work with when producing my own.
Developing background and scenery
To day I have been working on background and scenery for James story with in the animation, I am making sure that I am sticking to the theme of a tea stained background for his side of the animation. I have been working with textures and Colours whilst experimenting with a tree I designed and have attempted to animate it along with the scenery created.
I have not been to sure on my approach when coming to animate the backgrounds, based on style and way of animating e.g. using Photoshop, After Effects or hand drawn skills to animate the scenes. But experimenting has allowed me to develop my decision of how to approach this animation and what methods to use, when doing so. Experimenting has helped because me to investigate various methods of how to execute my animation in both appearance using both After Effects and Photoshop which I now plan to use for my final animation.
I am very happy with the out come of my practice animation because it moves clean and fluent in its motion but also fit with my animated theme in the way its presented on screen. I plan to make each scene like a motion comic slide because I have previously working in this style for previous briefs and it works very well for me, I am not just wanting work in this style because it works for me but because its a type of animation I feel comfortable with when using After Effects. This is mainly because After Effects works well with camera angles and shapes.
To make sure everything is going right I makes sure I consult James and Molly on a regular basis to check that each animated scene fits with their stories and that they work well because one I think I have to focus on is making sure that my scenes run in time with the narrating in the back ground, I still have text to animate and will also have to a make sure the scenes and the text work together and make an introduction at the sometime.
I have not been to sure on my approach when coming to animate the backgrounds, based on style and way of animating e.g. using Photoshop, After Effects or hand drawn skills to animate the scenes. But experimenting has allowed me to develop my decision of how to approach this animation and what methods to use, when doing so. Experimenting has helped because me to investigate various methods of how to execute my animation in both appearance using both After Effects and Photoshop which I now plan to use for my final animation.
I am very happy with the out come of my practice animation because it moves clean and fluent in its motion but also fit with my animated theme in the way its presented on screen. I plan to make each scene like a motion comic slide because I have previously working in this style for previous briefs and it works very well for me, I am not just wanting work in this style because it works for me but because its a type of animation I feel comfortable with when using After Effects. This is mainly because After Effects works well with camera angles and shapes.
To make sure everything is going right I makes sure I consult James and Molly on a regular basis to check that each animated scene fits with their stories and that they work well because one I think I have to focus on is making sure that my scenes run in time with the narrating in the back ground, I still have text to animate and will also have to a make sure the scenes and the text work together and make an introduction at the sometime.
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Progress, Ideas and organisation
Our progression has been solid, we have talked through plenty of ideas and have kept in contact through college and social media. We have brain stormed out our ideas and came to the decision of making our animation something that demonstrates an individual evolving through time based on the theme being "Individuality". we have decided to show a character that slowly changes appearances almost like they are apart of different subcultures. Each of use have our own very individual and distinctive styles so we have decided to combine these to make the make four separate animations that communicate individuality through their styles and characters.
I took my inspiration form this David Bowie animation which walked through his many different appearances through time, the reason for this idea is because I think it best expresses a persons individuality through change and style and appearance of the characters.
This example has helped me progress drastically because it has both given me and idea helped me to develop concept which the whole group could share to build our project animation for Dazed and Confused.
I took my inspiration form this David Bowie animation which walked through his many different appearances through time, the reason for this idea is because I think it best expresses a persons individuality through change and style and appearance of the characters.
This example has helped me progress drastically because it has both given me and idea helped me to develop concept which the whole group could share to build our project animation for Dazed and Confused.
Who are dazed and confused ?
Dazed and confused is a fashion magazine which looks at youth culture and fashion of to day they explore the latest trends and have a vast link with celebrties who themselves take part in photograph shoots and feature on many of the front covers for the dazed magazines.
I chose this because it involved various opportunities to approach my animations because it requires me and my group to make four animations, we have plenty of ideas shared between us and we can combine our styles to make each individual animations interesting. The main reason for doing this brief was because it is both challenging and allowing me to animate and get used to creating a clean and cut animation for a popular and worldly recognising competition, but also because this dazed also appeals to me as a young individual and because of its orientation around young people I personally think that we would have a better understanding for the target market when producing our animations for this project.
I chose this because it involved various opportunities to approach my animations because it requires me and my group to make four animations, we have plenty of ideas shared between us and we can combine our styles to make each individual animations interesting. The main reason for doing this brief was because it is both challenging and allowing me to animate and get used to creating a clean and cut animation for a popular and worldly recognising competition, but also because this dazed also appeals to me as a young individual and because of its orientation around young people I personally think that we would have a better understanding for the target market when producing our animations for this project.
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