Analysing Animations
This is my essay analysing how animation has changed and improved over the years. i have analysed a range of different animation techniques from pixillation, cut out and claymation.
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History of Stop Motion animation
Test Animations
Flash Animation
Flash and cut out animation comparison
when making an animation on flash it is more complicated then doing a cut out animation but you can make it more detailed and more realistic and it doesn't take as long to make. but the good thing about cut out is its easy to make and the animation can be kept simple. i like the fact that my flash animation was longer then my cut out animation because i could experiment with more features and show people what i learnt by what my character in flash was doing. even though my cut out was very short i thought it was a good attempt because i had never done it before and it was hard for me to use the ipod touch. my cut out would of been better it i took more pictures but the more pictures you take the longer and more frustrating the process becomes. i like the fact that with cut out you can make simple but effective movements. with flash animation on the computer it works well because i can make my character move in a way i couldn't using cut out. i like how i made my vampire thing turn into a vamp bat. i was trying to get the bat to fly into a coffin but i run out of time, so if i was to do it again i would plan better and allow myself more time to make the animation.
when making an animation on flash it is more complicated then doing a cut out animation but you can make it more detailed and more realistic and it doesn't take as long to make. but the good thing about cut out is its easy to make and the animation can be kept simple. i like the fact that my flash animation was longer then my cut out animation because i could experiment with more features and show people what i learnt by what my character in flash was doing. even though my cut out was very short i thought it was a good attempt because i had never done it before and it was hard for me to use the ipod touch. my cut out would of been better it i took more pictures but the more pictures you take the longer and more frustrating the process becomes. i like the fact that with cut out you can make simple but effective movements. with flash animation on the computer it works well because i can make my character move in a way i couldn't using cut out. i like how i made my vampire thing turn into a vamp bat. i was trying to get the bat to fly into a coffin but i run out of time, so if i was to do it again i would plan better and allow myself more time to make the animation.
Cut out animation
animation evaluation
I think the composition of my animation is quite good because the head is centred in the middle of the screen. The composition could be a bit better because the head is near the centre but its slightly more to the right. The lighting on my animation could be a bit better because it is to dark. I could improve it by trying to get more light on the table. I think the facial expressions quite good because the eyes move and the mouth moves so it suggests change of mood. I could have had a few more facial expressions which would make the animation better. My cutting out and drawing skills could have been better because the eyes and the nose are a wide shape and they have a lot of rough edges. But I like the mouth because its different, it reminds me of the Frankenstein mouth from vanhelsing. My fps is really bad because my animation moves really fast and it only lasts for 2 seconds. I should of increased the amount of pictures I took with the iPod touch. The features like the eyes and the mouth on my animation moves to fast and jumps around to much so it doesn’t look professional at all because it does not run smoothly. The iPod was nice and still when I made the animation which is good because the face didn’t move so it looked professional. The technique I used to create this type of animation is called cut out animation it is quite simple because all you have to do is cut out some objects and move them slightly then take pictures of them. This animation is also easy to make because you only need an ipod touch or a camera and you don’t need a computer to make something as simple as this where if you were making say south park then you would need a computer.
I think the composition of my animation is quite good because the head is centred in the middle of the screen. The composition could be a bit better because the head is near the centre but its slightly more to the right. The lighting on my animation could be a bit better because it is to dark. I could improve it by trying to get more light on the table. I think the facial expressions quite good because the eyes move and the mouth moves so it suggests change of mood. I could have had a few more facial expressions which would make the animation better. My cutting out and drawing skills could have been better because the eyes and the nose are a wide shape and they have a lot of rough edges. But I like the mouth because its different, it reminds me of the Frankenstein mouth from vanhelsing. My fps is really bad because my animation moves really fast and it only lasts for 2 seconds. I should of increased the amount of pictures I took with the iPod touch. The features like the eyes and the mouth on my animation moves to fast and jumps around to much so it doesn’t look professional at all because it does not run smoothly. The iPod was nice and still when I made the animation which is good because the face didn’t move so it looked professional. The technique I used to create this type of animation is called cut out animation it is quite simple because all you have to do is cut out some objects and move them slightly then take pictures of them. This animation is also easy to make because you only need an ipod touch or a camera and you don’t need a computer to make something as simple as this where if you were making say south park then you would need a computer.
Avatars
These Avarts i have made was part of an idea generation exercise in order to generate ideas for my animation.
Pre Production
Here are some of the examples of work that i did with my partner to generate ideas for our animation. this proved very successful.
Proposal
This is the proposal i made with my partner to present the final idea for our animation. It was important because it continuously reminded us what we set out to achieve.
Script
This is the script we made for our animation it is basically like a script for a play.
Script
Int in an art classroom
Bob and bert are standing outside their house.
Voice over: this is berts house on the left and on the right is bobs house
Bob rolls on using the rights side bert rolls on the other side the left side
Voice over: oh look its Bert
Bert rolls into bob
Voiceover: oh no bert what are you doing
Bob rolls of f
Voice over: run bob run
Bert chases after bob
Bert and bob chase each over down the path and they whizz pass the camera
Bob turns around and opens his mouth and swallows bob
Voiceover: oh no bob what have you done
Int in an art classroom
Bob and bert are standing outside their house.
Voice over: this is berts house on the left and on the right is bobs house
Bob rolls on using the rights side bert rolls on the other side the left side
Voice over: oh look its Bert
Bert rolls into bob
Voiceover: oh no bert what are you doing
Bob rolls of f
Voice over: run bob run
Bert chases after bob
Bert and bob chase each over down the path and they whizz pass the camera
Bob turns around and opens his mouth and swallows bob
Voiceover: oh no bob what have you done
Sound Script
This is our sound script it is very similar to our script but it has the added benefit of having all the sound tracks and sound effects that we used in the animation.
Location Recce
This is the location recce for my animation it has a picture of the location of our animation with a list of all the potential hazards in the location.
Storyboard
This is our storyboard for our animation it has a list of all the shot durations, shot number, screen action and special effects.
Sound effects brainstorm
This brainstorm of sound effects was pre production in preparation for our sound script.
Contact Sheet
this is our contact sheet for our animation it has a list of all the contact details of the people involved in our animation.
Risk Assessment
This is our Risk Assessment for our animation it has a list of all the risks when making our animation and how likely the risk is to happen also how bad the injury could be from the incident.
Budget Form
This is our budget form for our animation it has a list of the thing we needed for the animation and the prices so we can work out how much the animation would cost to make if we made it in the real world.
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Call Sheet
This is our call sheet for our animation it has a list of all the people involved in our animation and their roles. with additional info like the meet time and location also the lighting conditions.
Sound script
This is my sound script this is a combination of my script with the sound effects and music used in the animation.
Test footage
This is all the test footage i made before i produced my final animation.
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Final Draft Of Animation
This is the final draft of our animation. hope you like it!