For week 4 and 5 I put my final film to the side and concentrated on getting the work placement animation out of the way and try and get as much as I can done for that.
I managed to get most of the key framing done for and I am happy to have taken the time to get it done as I feel if I hadn't I would not of got as much done.
For week 6 a few of us went to Ireland to visit different animation studios. It was my first time flying and so i was a bit nervous at first, but it was only a short journey and was super cool and the views were amazing. It was an awesome few days and I learnt a lot from the different studios and how they worked. It has really helped me to see what I would like to do when I finish University and what kind of studio I would like to go into.
We visited Cartoon Saloon http://www.cartoonsaloon.ie/ - The studio was really friendly and family orientated. There was a lot of opportunities for internships and to produce your own work and progress. They mainly use TVPaint and Moho. I could see myself working here.
We then visited Boulder Media http://www.bouldermedia.tv/ - The studio was the most energetic out of the three and was a really friendly environment. They mainly use ToonBoom and After Effects. We got to speak to at least one person from each department, which was great to see the steps they take and what they do. I really liked the background department and concept department.
Lastly we visited Brown Bag http://www.brownbagfilms.com/ - The studio focused more on 3D animations which is something I don't really see myself doing as I don't have the confidence for it but I was really interested in the Storyboard department and could see myself working there.
I am really glad and thankful for going on the trip, it has really helped to inspire me and make me less nervous for when I leave University.
I hope to have a lot done for next week in regards to my final film as I have put the work placement to the side now. I really hope I can catch up and have a lot of my keyframming done so I can start to inbetween.
Monday 27 February 2017
Monday 6 February 2017
Animation Production - Week 3 - Final Film Progress
Style/ tests
For the past couple of weeks I have been looking at style and what my final film will look like. I know I have previously done this in the pre production but after feedback from Sam and Ross about having the black and white less defined and making it flow between the two colours I have decided to do some other style concepts.
Images off Pinterest:
I really like the use of the sketchy styles and the use of both the colours and feel I can just changed the dominant colour. I hope to be able to make the colours flow between the two and so will be testing this out next.
New Character Concepts:
From the above, I started to look at my own character and how it would look.
I prefer he without the thick line as she is kind of faded out. I think the colour of the black and the white looks good and is better having both.
I next went on to test how the colours would move from one to the other, it is not fully animated but it gives a good idea. I really like the flow between the colours and feel it will work well in the animation.
turn around style test from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Below is some more Research I collected from the sea life center but was at my parents and I have only recently been able to get it off them. I think this will really help with the bubble and the water and how the tentacle will move. Next I want to start testing the tentacle movement.
sea life centre 2 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Key Framing -
Scene 1 - feet
scene 1 - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
For scene one i wanted to have the toes move and show she is a real person. For my reference footage I didn't ask Bethany to move her toes but as she stood she did it naturally to balance herself and this is what I want to recreate in this scene.
Scene 2 - Title
I have missed out scene 2 as it is the title sequence and I haven't figured out the title to my animation yet and how it will come onto the screen.
Scene 3 - Going into bubble -
In scene 3 it is the female figure jumping into the bubble and falling over. This reminded me of the human hamster balls and how people fall over in them.
These have helped to understand the balance or non balance that people have and will help me with the scene, although the fall in my scene wont be as bad as this.
I then went on to look at people jumping into water. Here are some of the links to videos I have found that were usefull for the jumping into the bubble scene:
http://www.123rf.com/footage_35420148_middle-aged-man-jumping-into-the-water-underwater-shot.html
https://www.videoblocks.com/video/young-man-jumping-into-water-underwater-shot-ripples-active-athletic-adventure-tropical-beach-cliffs-blue-abyss-splash-vacation-holiday-beach-gopro-hd-ilaary9/
As I am going scene by scene I changing parts and changing shots to make them more interesting and dynamic and found it very useful to do it this way.
scene 3 - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I wanted to make this scene more interesting and flow from the other scene of her stepping off the edge. So I decided to have it close up with lots of bubbles. It then cuts to her being in the bubble and stumbling.
Scene 4 - going to light in the bubble -
scene 4 - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
For this scene i wanted to mach sure that it looked like she was floating to the top of the body of water and you could see the light coming through the top.
Scene 5 - Tentacle reach -
scene 5 - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Scene five is where the tentacle is reaching out, I think it flows well but I still to look at my research I took from the sea life center to make sure it looks like a real tentacle and acts in a similar way.
Scene 6 - Being pulled down -
scene 6 - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Combined key framing so far -
key frame test - half - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I am currently slightly behind the schedule that I made as when I made it I wasn't on the Sumo project and now that I am on it I am going to adjust some of the schedule. I hope that the other project wont affect this and hope to be caught up by next week.
Life Drawing -
At life drawing this week I was trying to draw the model from different angels and positions, I feel these lessons are really helping me to work on my proportions and I see myself progressing each time I go.
I used pencil, pen and colour pencils on the above drawings.
I changed my wall by my computer
Feedback -
The feedback I got was to push the style of the character more like the reference images I had gathered. I also needed to add more of a toe wiggle or foot movement to the beginning of the film to make her more human like and relatable to the audience.
I really need to decide on a Title for my final as well.
Class - Foley Sound
In class this week we discussed Foley sound. Throughout my years at university I have learnt a lot about foley sound and so this was more of a catch up on the knowledge I already knew.
I was really good to have a quick run through of using the sound booth again as I had forgotten from last semester.
I have thought a lot about the sound that I want in my film, I want to make sure I don't add too much as I don't want to take away from the voice over but I think the feel will definitely come across to the audience with certain sound effects. Like in the beginning the feet tapping on the floor walking up to the edge.
For the past couple of weeks I have been looking at style and what my final film will look like. I know I have previously done this in the pre production but after feedback from Sam and Ross about having the black and white less defined and making it flow between the two colours I have decided to do some other style concepts.
Images off Pinterest:
New Character Concepts:
From the above, I started to look at my own character and how it would look.
I liked the test above that I did and so I decided to go back to the original Character turn around and change them. I still liked the proportion of her and so was just changing the style.
I have also decided that she will no longer have eyes as she doesn't need them and they don't add anything to her. She can get across all of the emotion just through her body language.
I next went on to test how the colours would move from one to the other, it is not fully animated but it gives a good idea. I really like the flow between the colours and feel it will work well in the animation.
turn around style test from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Below is some more Research I collected from the sea life center but was at my parents and I have only recently been able to get it off them. I think this will really help with the bubble and the water and how the tentacle will move. Next I want to start testing the tentacle movement.
sea life centre 2 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Key Framing -
Scene 1 - feet
scene 1 - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
For scene one i wanted to have the toes move and show she is a real person. For my reference footage I didn't ask Bethany to move her toes but as she stood she did it naturally to balance herself and this is what I want to recreate in this scene.
Scene 2 - Title
I have missed out scene 2 as it is the title sequence and I haven't figured out the title to my animation yet and how it will come onto the screen.
Scene 3 - Going into bubble -
In scene 3 it is the female figure jumping into the bubble and falling over. This reminded me of the human hamster balls and how people fall over in them.
These have helped to understand the balance or non balance that people have and will help me with the scene, although the fall in my scene wont be as bad as this.
I then went on to look at people jumping into water. Here are some of the links to videos I have found that were usefull for the jumping into the bubble scene:
http://www.123rf.com/footage_35420148_middle-aged-man-jumping-into-the-water-underwater-shot.html
https://www.videoblocks.com/video/young-man-jumping-into-water-underwater-shot-ripples-active-athletic-adventure-tropical-beach-cliffs-blue-abyss-splash-vacation-holiday-beach-gopro-hd-ilaary9/
As I am going scene by scene I changing parts and changing shots to make them more interesting and dynamic and found it very useful to do it this way.
scene 3 - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I wanted to make this scene more interesting and flow from the other scene of her stepping off the edge. So I decided to have it close up with lots of bubbles. It then cuts to her being in the bubble and stumbling.
Scene 4 - going to light in the bubble -
scene 4 - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
For this scene i wanted to mach sure that it looked like she was floating to the top of the body of water and you could see the light coming through the top.
Scene 5 - Tentacle reach -
scene 5 - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Scene five is where the tentacle is reaching out, I think it flows well but I still to look at my research I took from the sea life center to make sure it looks like a real tentacle and acts in a similar way.
Scene 6 - Being pulled down -
scene 6 - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Combined key framing so far -
key frame test - half - 1 from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
I am currently slightly behind the schedule that I made as when I made it I wasn't on the Sumo project and now that I am on it I am going to adjust some of the schedule. I hope that the other project wont affect this and hope to be caught up by next week.
Life Drawing -
At life drawing this week I was trying to draw the model from different angels and positions, I feel these lessons are really helping me to work on my proportions and I see myself progressing each time I go.
I used pencil, pen and colour pencils on the above drawings.
I changed my wall by my computer
Aldo this week I updated my wall space adding my character turn around, concept art and life drawing. I think updating it was a good idea as it made me feel happy about the way the project is going and how the film is coming along.
Feedback -
The feedback I got was to push the style of the character more like the reference images I had gathered. I also needed to add more of a toe wiggle or foot movement to the beginning of the film to make her more human like and relatable to the audience.
I really need to decide on a Title for my final as well.
Class - Foley Sound
In class this week we discussed Foley sound. Throughout my years at university I have learnt a lot about foley sound and so this was more of a catch up on the knowledge I already knew.
I was really good to have a quick run through of using the sound booth again as I had forgotten from last semester.
I have thought a lot about the sound that I want in my film, I want to make sure I don't add too much as I don't want to take away from the voice over but I think the feel will definitely come across to the audience with certain sound effects. Like in the beginning the feet tapping on the floor walking up to the edge.
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