My Showreel

https://vimeo.com/117175987

Task 2 - Lip Sync

My Lip Sync - I have a plan

https://vimeo.com/117171712

Although i like this animation as my first ever lip sync, i would change a lot. Like making him not float across, making him less sketchy, making the table smaller or getting rid of it, as it draws you away from the lip sync itself.

Task 3 - Walk Cycle

My sad walk cycle

https://vimeo.com/117171710

I am pleased with my walk cycle as it looks sad, which is what i was going for. I would add some more frames though next time to make it less jumping and flow better.

Task 4 - Reaction

My Bad Smell Reaction, done in Maya

https://vimeo.com/117171713 - side view
https://vimeo.com/117171711 - Front view

I was very happy with this animation as i had never used Maya before. I feel it is a life like reaction, although if i were to changed it i would changed where the body seems to sharply move forward.

Walk Cycle tests

https://vimeo.com/116338276 - test 1

With this test i was just playing around with how to draw a walk cycle and getting it right.

https://vimeo.com/116338279 - test 2

I then added a full body with arms. Although this is too stiff and leans slightly back which isn't right.

https://vimeo.com/116338280 - test 3

This test is what i plan to do for my final walk cycle. I was just looking at what the arms would look like on it.

Task 1 - finished

Apple and Leaf reaction

https://vimeo.com/116338274

I was very pleased with the outcome of this animation. I feel that it looks realistic, although if i was to do it again i would do more research on the leaf and try to get it to flow more realistically.

Stopmotion reaction

https://vimeo.com/113603261

Bethany and I worked on this stopmotion. It is of a reaction, the blue one sees something that scares him and the purple one laughs at him.

Animatics to sound

https://vimeo.com/113598621 - Bethany, Emily and I worked together to create an animatics to sound. This is mine and Bethany's parts, we tested it to the sound to see if it would work properly.

We thought that the different sounds would work well in a cafe/ restaurant environment, so we have done it from the point of view of a waiter who is walking around seeing the different things.

Task 2 - Lip Sync - intial ideas

https://vimeo.com/113603260 - This is the soundtrack i am using for my final piece.


https://vimeo.com/113607564 - Test video of what the animation will look like.


https://vimeo.com/113603259 - I changed the idea of what it would look like the next day. I thought if i added a table it would be more believable.

Week 8 - Introduction to lip syncing (body language and performance)

There is more to lip-syncing than mouth shapes, the performance of you character needs to convey what they are saying.

 Screening: 

Creature Comforts is a franchise originating in a 1989 British humorous animated short film of the same name. The film describes how animals feel about living in a zoo, featuring the voices of the British public "spoken" by the animals. It was created by Nick Park and Aardman Animations. The film later became the basis of a series of television advertisements for the UK Electricity Board, and in 2003 a television series in the same style was released. An American version of the series was also made.

Creature comforts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmNymPocKro

11 Second Club: Look at peoples post on their blogs.

Cocoon of Horror, Emily’s favourite: http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/november09/winner

http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/february13

About your final piece:

·         How long should it be? 3 – 4 seconds

·         Choose a sound track edit it in premiere if needed, and export it.

• Design a simple character (unless using Maya rig)
• Block it out (key frame and put in time with sound)
• Animate

Task 1: Using only the body language with head movement animate a character using one of the sound tracks in the sound file folder on Wolf. Record your performances on your phones or friends) several times before you begin to animate. You can use which ever form of animation you like. Do not animate the mouth yet! From your video footage you will need to make notes on key parts of the performance and draw thumbnail sketches to work from

Homework: Find or create a sound file for your final lip sync piece. This is a good website to get your final sound files from: http://www.moviewavs.com/Movies.html

Task 4 - Test video - Reaction task (Bad smell)

https://vimeo.com/113607565

Task 1 - Apple and Leaf (two objects hitting each other)

https://vimeo.com/113596208

This was my first attempt at my task 1 - Apple and leaf
Emily gave me feedback on this and i need to change it from portrait to landscape and to add some more apple frames as it falls too quickly.

Week 6: stopmotion reaction

Case Study:

Ainslie Henderson-

Short Animation winners Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson won a BAFTA for the ‘The Making of Longbird’ Mad in 2013 - https://vimeo.com/24052185

I am Tom Moody: https://vimeo.com/45281618

The making of ‘I am Tom Moody’ https://vimeo.com/43533906

‘Moving On’ https://vimeo.com/92767692

About Quality

·         You must use a tripod – the camera must not jolt, if it does you need to start that shot again, or figure out a way to cut it out.

·         You must Control the lighting – light changes throughout the day, and it will show in your animations and look rubbish – so a dark room with controlled lighting is essential

·         Good lighting – you need to plan and think about the atmosphere, bad lighting can make a good puppet look terrible and visa versa.

Homework: Finish animating your reaction shot, blog about it with a link.

Week 5 - 11 Second Club

http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/february10/entry/ItqJ2l




I picked this animation as i liked how it was 2D and sketchy at parts. I also like how it is black and white and the sketchy parts work well with this. There is also some exaggeration which makes the animation more entertaining.