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.
Monday, 30 January 2017
Animation Production - Week 2 - Final Film Progress
This week I was not in the lesson as I had been to a meeting for the Other project I am on.
I have been key framing and will continue to until next week, which is when I hope to have all or most of it done by. I will not post any progress for this until I have key framed all or most of it together.
I have been doing the key frame scene by scene and so far it has helped a lot to have it all laid out and organised.
So far I feel confident that the Schedule I have made will be kept and I will be able to finish my project.
I have been key framing and will continue to until next week, which is when I hope to have all or most of it done by. I will not post any progress for this until I have key framed all or most of it together.
I have been doing the key frame scene by scene and so far it has helped a lot to have it all laid out and organised.
So far I feel confident that the Schedule I have made will be kept and I will be able to finish my project.
Monday, 23 January 2017
Animation Production - Week 1 - Introduction
This module is a carry on from last semester as we will be carrying on developing our own work.
I was then called onto another project and so had to catch up and did not manage to get as much done as I would of liked. Now that I am caught up though I will be key framing for the first two weeks.
As I am making a final film I know will start the process of creating the film and expanding from the animatic. I hope in the next couple of weeks to have a better understanding of what the animation will look like and will have started to key frame.
This module is split 85 % for the production work and 15% for a evaluative report.
I am pretty happy with where I got to last semester and now it is just for me to get on with finishing the film.
Over the two weeks (marking period)
For the first week I started to make a production schedule to help organise myself and see how to split everything up.
I split up the animatic into scenes and smaller chunks, as I find it easier to deal with smaller parts. I then colour coded the different things I would need to do.
green: key framing
orange: in-betweening
purple: clean up
blue: colouring
I then had a couple of weeks for finishing touches and making sure everything is finished.
It looks pretty scary with everything I need to do, but I have tried to make everything manageable as possible.
I was then called onto another project and so had to catch up and did not manage to get as much done as I would of liked. Now that I am caught up though I will be key framing for the first two weeks.
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
Animation Research and Practice - Final Submission
SLIDE 1 -
Synopsis:
A
short documentary animation, which uses abstract ideas to show the audience the
perspective of how a woman (my mum), describes her feelings and experiences
with having depression. The animation will be a visual response to the audio
track of my mum.
It starts off with a woman walking towards the edge and jumping off into the
water. As she floats towards the surface she is pulled down by a tentacle,
which shows her, her bad memories. She tries to escape and the audience is left
wondering whether she has.
Treatment:
A 90 second documentary animation which looks at one woman's experience of having depression. Using narration the audience will understand how my mum's depression feels to her.
A
short documentary animation, which uses abstract ideas to show the audience the
perspective of how a woman (my mum), describes her feelings and experiences
with having depression. The animation will be a visual response to the audio
track of my mum.
It starts off with a woman walking towards the edge and jumping off into the
water. As she floats towards the surface she is pulled down by a tentacle,
which shows her, her bad memories. She tries to escape and the audience is left
wondering whether she has.
The story will be told through 2D animation, using abstract ideas to convey how she feels. It will have a dark feel to it and be a sketchy style on top of brown paper. Not every detail will be seen, only what is necessary.
The animation will be created using TVpaint, After Effects may be be used for any effects and Audition will be used for the sound. It will be primarily directed toward adults and older teenagers as it is quiet a hard theme and will be quite dark.
SLIDE 2 - Initial Idea
A person (male or female) is going through the same routine everyday. They a starting to become very sad and withdrawing from the world around them, including their family, which is shown through the cracks that appear on their body.
Their loved ones begin to notice but at this point it is too late and the person shatters. Their loved ones are their to help pick them up along with professional help and although it cannot be fixed straight away, they are beginning to cope.
Depression storyboard Idea from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
Over the Summer we had a brief to come up with two or three different ideas and an animation based on depression was one that I had originally thought about doing and was inspired by my parents. After we pitched the ideas, Sam suggested just getting my parents in to record and making a film about them and their experience. So I tried it.
SLIDE 3 - Recording the Sound Over
The first time I recorded the sound it did not go too well as it there was noise in the back and a static sound, but I had got a lot of good clips.
So I had to rerecord the sound -
first voice over recorded from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
second voice over recorded from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
From the two above I edited them together.
The clip of voice over I am using from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
After getting feedback I then edited it further and below is the final voice over. I has pauses in between certain clips, so the what is being said can sink in.
Edited final sound from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
SLIDE 4 - Initial Sketches and Storyboard
After getting the sound I started creating a storyboard.
SLIDE 5 - Colour Script and Initial Concepts
For one of the lesson we were asked to create colour scripts using different media. At the time I wanted the background to a be of an ocean and be blue green colour with the animation on top.
watercolour
SLIDE 6 - New storyboard
moving storyboard with edited sound from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
SLIDE 7 - Life Drawing
I decided to sit in on the first year life drawing lesson when they had the model so I could work on my drawing
24th October - I am not very confident when it come to drawing and I think it shows in the first couple of drawing but my the end of the lesson I was a lot happier and could see a little progression
7th November - For this lesson I again just worked on trying to get the proportions correct and I feel I am improving slowly
As well as going to Ross's life drawing classes I went to a few that the fine art had open to everyone. There was three different sessions with 3 different models. Although the models were sat for longer periods of time, it was still really useful to go and I learnt a lot and feel I have improved a lot since going.
First session -
Session 3 -
I still have way more to improve on and will continue to draw to improve.
SLIDE 8 - Changing Style
On one of the weeks I was drawing on some brown paper, some concepts and found that I liked the way it looked and the style I accidentally came across.
SLIDE 9 - Animatic After Style Change
Animatic with just storyboard frames from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
SLIDE 10 - Initial Character Design
In the beginning the character had long hair to float in the water but as I went forward with my project I realised I wanted my character to be plain and to not have any features apart from her eyes. I wanted the audience to be able to connect with the character and believe she could be anybody.
I liked the look of the one with no hair and just round eyes, no detail.
SLIDE 11 - Final Character Design
I like the fact that she is just an outline.
SLIDE 12 - Research
I researched a lot about style as I have discussed in other blog posts.
I wanted to create something that was sketchy and could be dark at times, but not too smudgy.
SLIDE 13 - More Research
I also looked at art and how they drew water.
SLIDE 14 - Reference Footage
reference videos from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
reference videos for private from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
SLIDE 15 - Sea Life Centre
I went to the sea like centre and took pictures and videos to help me with the water and the tentacle I have in the animation. I found it very helpful and will go through and start to draw and find key ones for my animation.
There are more videos and pictures to come but my parents have the rest of them at the moment.
compilation of sea life centre - what i took from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
SLIDE 16 - Talking with my Mum
Throughout this semester I have spoken to my mum about the animation, making sure she liked it, the character was okay, that she felt that the visual went with what she is saying and how she feels.
It has been extremely helpful to have her helping me and since she is a very visual person it has been easy to bounce ideas to each other.
SLIDE 17 - Sound
I found the sound on http://www.bensound.com/ I had couple I liked but when they were added to the animatic they didn't fit. I had narrowed it down to two that I really liked and when I showed them in class we decided on the first one because the other one was too uplifting. I completely agree with what was said and feel the one that is on the animatic now is better suited for my animation.
SLIDE 20 - Final Animatic
I am very pleased with the animatic so far and I know it will continue to change as the year goes one.
30 - Animatic so far from Summer Davies-Newton on Vimeo.
SLIDE 21 - What I Still Need to Continue to do
There is a lot more I can do to the animatic and now that I have been to the sea life centre there are animation tests that I want to try out.
I really need to draw some concept art, Although I know what I want it to look like, I don't know if it comes across really well and I feel that if I have a few pieces then I will be more happy with how it is going and what I am doing as I can see it.
I still need to continue to research as much as possible so that I am completely happy I know how I want the water to be and the tentacle. Also with the blinking and I need to research and test what they will look like. Which I will be doing in the next couple of weeks.
There is more detailed information about all of my process on the previous blog posts.
Overall I am very happy with how the project is going, I feel I have developed it a lot all the way through and now I can see it slowly starting to come together. I hope it will be a great film.
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