Wednesday 9 July 2014
Friday 13 June 2014
Tuesday 10 June 2014
Sound Track Creation | Project 3 | Wonder
About
This lesson we decided to dedicate our time to creating a soundtrack that could be used as the theme music and or background music to our final animation, moreover using and manipulating multiple audio clips in garageband I was able to create a useful and well laid out sound track.
Genre /Style
I chose the mix up and compilation of genre's and style I did because I believed that they would work well with the animation overall and ensuring it was completed according with the relevant house style and finish. Retaining house style is important within any project because it is the fundamental building blocks towards putting together a finished project.
Relevance
The soundtrack has relevance to the project as the story is about adventure and drama for example there is sudden change between each verse that plays relevance to the overall narrative of an adventurer and a lost snowman.
This lesson we decided to dedicate our time to creating a soundtrack that could be used as the theme music and or background music to our final animation, moreover using and manipulating multiple audio clips in garageband I was able to create a useful and well laid out sound track.
Genre /Style
I chose the mix up and compilation of genre's and style I did because I believed that they would work well with the animation overall and ensuring it was completed according with the relevant house style and finish. Retaining house style is important within any project because it is the fundamental building blocks towards putting together a finished project.
Relevance
The soundtrack has relevance to the project as the story is about adventure and drama for example there is sudden change between each verse that plays relevance to the overall narrative of an adventurer and a lost snowman.
Monday 9 June 2014
Sunday 8 June 2014
Representations of Ethics in Animations | Project 2 | Research
Why does the write of the article believe Rio 2 is problematic in terms of its representations?
The writer believes that the movie can be seem to be racist when it comes to the actors playing the characters. He makes clear that there is some racial pyramid uses within the movie for example all the white-voiced characters at the top (British underneath America) while darker brown skinned voice characters are at the bottom.
What are PEPs and why are they an issue for racial representation?
PEPs stands for Problem contexts, Entertainment contexts, and Performance contexts. He tells us how black people have to be above normal in animated films, they either have to excite the audience or act the villain to play a part.
Why does Da Costa believe we end up with stereotypes in animation?
He believes that animation companies are sell outs moreover they try and gain more for themselves. They choose the financial gain over moral obligation which causes the film to be rushes and racial stereotypes aren't dealt with.
What does Turbo say about social mobility?
Turbo tells us that social mobility is only available for white people, while the other characters (blacks, Mexicans and so on) are given stereotypical jobs, for example the Mexican characters in Turbo are given jobs at a Taco Stand.
Saturday 7 June 2014
Story | Project 2 | The Chilled Snowman
Short
In the beginning there is a lonely freezing cold snowman who seeks warmth and companionship. Through achieving this he realises greater potential in life. Moreover on his travels he encounters meetings with several characters including a Penguin and another adventurer who aid him on achieving his ambition in life. The expected running time of the animated short would be 1:40 - 2:30 minutes.
The animation will be a short film and will not be made into a TV series or animated online series. I chose to make the animation a short film because I recognised the potential in it only being a short film, moreover no additional sequels could be made from it.
In the beginning there is a lonely freezing cold snowman who seeks warmth and companionship. Through achieving this he realises greater potential in life. Moreover on his travels he encounters meetings with several characters including a Penguin and another adventurer who aid him on achieving his ambition in life. The expected running time of the animated short would be 1:40 - 2:30 minutes.
The animation will be a short film and will not be made into a TV series or animated online series. I chose to make the animation a short film because I recognised the potential in it only being a short film, moreover no additional sequels could be made from it.
Friday 6 June 2014
Thursday 5 June 2014
Individual Storyboard | Project 2 | The Chilled Snowman
Form
We chose to do our animation project as a short film. We knew this would be the best option as our style of narrative and storyline would be suited to be an online show or on the television as it is a one off storyline that would work through a continuous web or TV series. The narrative as a continuing web series would not make practical and logical sense.
Animation Type
The animation type we selected to use was rotoscoping this was because this most suited our drawing needs, more-over we liked this style because it was was artistic and contemporary and you could greater understand the narrative storyline as it made greater sense and the viewer can understand the storyline better through the medium of this animation type. The style of Rotoscoping in the film is essential to make sure that people fully understand the storyline and make logical sense of it as the narrative can be explained throughout the look of the film.
Genre /Style
We chose the genre and style of our film to be action and adventure penas well as an art style form. We chose to make our film these genres because that was the most effective use of our storyline and it is what our storyline is. The selected genre's are an effective explanation of what are film is about and the genre's work because the film is based around two adventurers seeking the light and going on an adventure.
Storyline
In the short film a lonely adventurer is seen interacting with his surroundings and on his travels meets a small snowman that is seeking comfort from a companion and meets the adventurer. They go on travels and adventures, on the adventures they come across things in their path that is stopping them going forth, they overcome these initial fears and triumph on
We chose to do our animation project as a short film. We knew this would be the best option as our style of narrative and storyline would be suited to be an online show or on the television as it is a one off storyline that would work through a continuous web or TV series. The narrative as a continuing web series would not make practical and logical sense.
Animation Type
The animation type we selected to use was rotoscoping this was because this most suited our drawing needs, more-over we liked this style because it was was artistic and contemporary and you could greater understand the narrative storyline as it made greater sense and the viewer can understand the storyline better through the medium of this animation type. The style of Rotoscoping in the film is essential to make sure that people fully understand the storyline and make logical sense of it as the narrative can be explained throughout the look of the film.
Genre /Style
We chose the genre and style of our film to be action and adventure penas well as an art style form. We chose to make our film these genres because that was the most effective use of our storyline and it is what our storyline is. The selected genre's are an effective explanation of what are film is about and the genre's work because the film is based around two adventurers seeking the light and going on an adventure.
Storyline
In the short film a lonely adventurer is seen interacting with his surroundings and on his travels meets a small snowman that is seeking comfort from a companion and meets the adventurer. They go on travels and adventures, on the adventures they come across things in their path that is stopping them going forth, they overcome these initial fears and triumph on
Friday 16 May 2014
Animation Testing | Wonder
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| Rotoscope Animation Testing - Running Man |
Here is the first animation test of 'The Traveler' jumping, as frustrated as it was, I succeeded in drawing frame by frame of the actor jumping. How I animated this was in the software Photoshop, I made the original video into layers and drew over each frame and colored it in. I learnt that too many layers and drawing them over can be stressful as well, so I changed the limit into four, as it makes it easier for me to organise the clips.
Friday 9 May 2014
Initial Planning | Wonder
Initial IdeasForm
We chose to do our animation project as a short film. We knew this would be the best option as our style of narrative and storyline would be suited to be an online show or on the television as it is a one off storyline that would work through a continuous web or TV series. The narrative as a continuing web series would not make practical and logical sense.
Animation Type
The animation type we selected to use was rotoscoping this was because this most suited our drawing needs, more-over we liked this style because it was was artistic and contemporary and you could greater understand the narrative storyline as it made greater sense and the viewer can understand the storyline better through the medium of this animation type. The style of Rotoscoping in the film is essential to make sure that people fully understand the storyline and make logical sense of it as the narrative can be explained throughout the look of the film.
Genre /Style
We chose the genre and style of our film to be action and adventure penas well as an art style form. We chose to make our film these genres because that was the most effective use of our storyline and it is what our storyline is. The selected genre's are an effective explanation of what are film is about and the genre's work because the film is based around two adventurers seeking the light and going on an adventure.
Storyline
In the short film a lonely adventurer is seen interacting with his surroundings and on his travels meets a small snowman that is seeking comfort from a companion and meets the adventurer. They go on travels and adventures, on the adventures they come across things in their path that is stopping them going forth, they overcome these initial fears and triumph on
Thursday 8 May 2014
Tuesday 6 May 2014
Inspiration Behind Set Design | Wonder
We designed the set in our short film to be based around mountain tops and a misty night, moreover we wanted the background to show the narrative alone and express gratitude and a storyline. It was important for us to show story through the background as thats the first thing the viewer sees when they look at the film. When creating a short film it is important to focus on setting the scene as well as educating the viewer with the storyline.
Friday 2 May 2014
Idea Inspiration | Wonder [Short Film]
Introduction
The inspiration for the cartoon that I am going to create in conjunction with a friend in class comes from many sources, including childhood cartoons and memories. Moreover inspiration from multiple sets of indie games and music comes into play and inspired this idea.
Existing Media Product
Limbo
An existing media product that can relate to that of which I want to create could be the hit indie PC Game developed by PlayDead Studios called Limbo which was a dark and disturbing contemporary style game that featured a rich and in depth narrative and storyline, moreover it featured a small and disturbed child character who is lost in an dark and disturbing world seeking freedom and all his achieves is retribution.
Walking in the Air
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the worldwide release of the hit Single Starring Aled Jones that was made into an animated Short titled "Walking in the Air" was also an inspiration for my idea. This is because the snowman in the film is seeking freedom and goes on an adventure flying around with a companion all night long.
The inspiration for the cartoon that I am going to create in conjunction with a friend in class comes from many sources, including childhood cartoons and memories. Moreover inspiration from multiple sets of indie games and music comes into play and inspired this idea.
Existing Media Product
Limbo
An existing media product that can relate to that of which I want to create could be the hit indie PC Game developed by PlayDead Studios called Limbo which was a dark and disturbing contemporary style game that featured a rich and in depth narrative and storyline, moreover it featured a small and disturbed child character who is lost in an dark and disturbing world seeking freedom and all his achieves is retribution.
Walking in the Air
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the worldwide release of the hit Single Starring Aled Jones that was made into an animated Short titled "Walking in the Air" was also an inspiration for my idea. This is because the snowman in the film is seeking freedom and goes on an adventure flying around with a companion all night long.
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Budget and Scheduling | The Chilled Snowman
Click on the schedule below to view an enlarged version
Budgeting Structure Followed
Friday 25 April 2014
Target Audience | The Chilled Snowman
Name: Michael
Age: 18
Average day: A breakfast of porridge oats with brown sugar. From there Michael continues his day with taking a shower and brushing his teeth as he starts to prepare for his days studies at Oxford University. Michael grabs his laptop and revision material as he heads for his first lecture session of the day, although brief, it was enough for him to further study that evening. Michael continues and finishes his day of education from there he has rested evenings that also include further studies and revision for his classes. Sometimes in his evenings Michael likes to hang out with friends and socialise.
Hobbies and interests: Michael likes to hang out and socialise with friends but at the same time have an education and pay close attention to his studies.
Spending power: Michael has an part time job in which he develops monies and spends them independently on what ever. Keeping in mind funding for university fees and extras that need to be accounted for.
Typical media consumption per day: In a day Michael would listen to Music online and study online moreover he would look at the news online and various news trending, he also has a twitter and Facebook where he keeps up to date with friends and services online.
Why the animation will appeal to them (look, style of animation, themes, main character, humour): Along with being an avid worker Michael also does some amateur video and photo editing on the side. Art style and graphics are very important to Michael this is why the Short would appeal to him and make him part of the target audience.
Age: 18
Average day: A breakfast of porridge oats with brown sugar. From there Michael continues his day with taking a shower and brushing his teeth as he starts to prepare for his days studies at Oxford University. Michael grabs his laptop and revision material as he heads for his first lecture session of the day, although brief, it was enough for him to further study that evening. Michael continues and finishes his day of education from there he has rested evenings that also include further studies and revision for his classes. Sometimes in his evenings Michael likes to hang out with friends and socialise.
Hobbies and interests: Michael likes to hang out and socialise with friends but at the same time have an education and pay close attention to his studies.
Spending power: Michael has an part time job in which he develops monies and spends them independently on what ever. Keeping in mind funding for university fees and extras that need to be accounted for.
Typical media consumption per day: In a day Michael would listen to Music online and study online moreover he would look at the news online and various news trending, he also has a twitter and Facebook where he keeps up to date with friends and services online.
Why the animation will appeal to them (look, style of animation, themes, main character, humour): Along with being an avid worker Michael also does some amateur video and photo editing on the side. Art style and graphics are very important to Michael this is why the Short would appeal to him and make him part of the target audience.
Friday 4 April 2014
Thursday 3 April 2014
The Snowman | Final Character Design
This is the final character design for my snowman character. His bio can be found on an older blog post.
Monday 31 March 2014
Friday 28 March 2014
The Snowman | Different Angles
I designed the snowman in different positions turned so that people can understand the snowman in a more narrative context.
Thursday 27 March 2014
Character | Initial Design Sheet
I designed these characters in photoshop and will go on to design the expressions sheet.
Tuesday 25 March 2014
Idea Class Feedback
Idea Feedback
What did you think of the feedback from your peers - was it useful, has it given you any new ideas?
The feedback I received from my peers was very useful as it gave me great potential in realising the big picture within my film ideas. Moreover the feedback was very detailed and outlined the opinions on not only the idea but the storyline and narrative as well as location detail and characters. The feedback I received has enriched my idea very much and has given me ideas on how I can develop it further.
Using the feedback which idea are you going to continue with and why?
Following the feedback we received I am going to go ahead with the Cold Snowman idea as that turned out to be the most liked out of all of the submitted ideas.
What did you think of the feedback from your peers - was it useful, has it given you any new ideas?
The feedback I received from my peers was very useful as it gave me great potential in realising the big picture within my film ideas. Moreover the feedback was very detailed and outlined the opinions on not only the idea but the storyline and narrative as well as location detail and characters. The feedback I received has enriched my idea very much and has given me ideas on how I can develop it further.
Using the feedback which idea are you going to continue with and why?
Following the feedback we received I am going to go ahead with the Cold Snowman idea as that turned out to be the most liked out of all of the submitted ideas.
Friday 21 March 2014
Coming up With Ideas
Big Bang Theory
Overarching Story
In the show a group of friends hang out and live life together. The show follows them around they're everyday lives. Including set changes and differences in the environment.
Setting
The show is set in an American based New York Apartment and changes often from a cafe to a bar.
Main Characters
The main characters in Big Bang Theory are Sheldon Cooper, Penny, Leonard Hofstadter, Raj Koothrappali, Howard Wolowitz and Amy Farrah Fowler.
Supporting Characters
Supporting actors are often people around the scenes for example people in a cafe or rester ant with the main characters.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for The Big Band Theory is late teen to middle age viewers branching out to a wider range of audience type. People that often like to watch american sitcoms on a saturday night etc.
Big Bang Theory is a show based around a group of friends that hang out in a friends apartment, they live close to each other.
Medium/Format
The show is a long time running TV show set in America.Overarching Story
In the show a group of friends hang out and live life together. The show follows them around they're everyday lives. Including set changes and differences in the environment.
Setting
The show is set in an American based New York Apartment and changes often from a cafe to a bar.
Main Characters
The main characters in Big Bang Theory are Sheldon Cooper, Penny, Leonard Hofstadter, Raj Koothrappali, Howard Wolowitz and Amy Farrah Fowler.
Supporting Characters
Supporting actors are often people around the scenes for example people in a cafe or rester ant with the main characters.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for The Big Band Theory is late teen to middle age viewers branching out to a wider range of audience type. People that often like to watch american sitcoms on a saturday night etc.
Wednesday 19 March 2014
Animation Trends
Animated Movies
Common Trends in Animated Films are they are most comely sequels to movies that have already done well, animation creators do this to try and create another successful film. They are often made around franchise building and building on an already made or newly made franchise, this can then lead to the selling of franchise products and DVD's etc. They are made most commonly to cater to a family audience's and young audiences, this is to build on an already successful Target Market. The majority of animated films are computer animated rather then being made using alternate styles of animation for example rotoscope or hand drawn.
Animation Audiences are usually established over a few films and creators of new animated films can harness this audience base and entice them into ==-[~S
Number 1 Cartoon Show on Cartoon Network
Adventure Time
The cartoon Adventure Time was chosen the best Cartoon shown on the network by multiple film critics on-line as well as locally within my friend group.
Genre
The genre of the cartoon is Action Adventure /Kids.
Animation Style
The Animation Style of Adventure Time is Computer Animated.
Content
The Content of the Adventure Time cartoon is different exciting adventures and stories around a small talking dog and his friend who live in a kingdom with lots of different animals and types of people.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Adventure Time is mainly teenagers although the show was originally intended for younger viewing audiences it widely became a show that older teenagers watch. Because older viewers generally understood more of it and could understand the immature side of the show.
Three Most Popular Animation Films in 2013 (Box Office)
1) Frozen
Frozen was ranked number one most popular in animated films 2013.
Genre
The genre of the Movie is Action /Adventure /Comedy /Kids.
Animation Style
The Animation Style of Frozen is Computer Generated.
Content
The Content of Frozen Movie is Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Frozen is mainly young children who enjoy Disney Movies. Although this demographic was extended this is evidenced in Frozen's popularity not only among kids but older viewers alike.
2) Despicable Me 2
Despicable Me 2 was ranked number two most popular in animated films 2013.
Genre
The genre of the Movie is Action /Comedy.
Animation Style
The Animation Style of Despicable Me 2 is Computer Generated.
Content
The Content of Despicable Me 2 is Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Despicable Me 2 is mainly young children who enjoy Animated Comedy Movies. Although the film is also popular among all ages the majority being young teenagers.
1) The Wind Rises
The Wind Rises was ranked number one most popular in animated films 2013.
Genre
The genre of the Movie is Action and Adventure.
Animation Style
The Animation Style of The Wind Rises is mixed between computer generated and Rotoscope, what Studio Ghibli is famous for doing.
Content
The Content of The Wind Rises is A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for The Wind Rises is a vast age range of people who are into serious animation. Moreover people who take an interest in Studio Ghibli or an Action /Adventure film in general.
The Most Watched Animation on Youtube
The Gummy Bear Song
Genre
The genre of the Gummy Bear Song is Comedy.
Animation Style
The Animation Style of The Gummy Bear song is Computer Generated Animated.
Content
The Content of The Gummy Bear Song is Cartoonish and funny moreover a small gummy bear dances around and sings a song.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for The Wind Rises is small children that like funny videos and songs.
Common Trends in Animated Films are they are most comely sequels to movies that have already done well, animation creators do this to try and create another successful film. They are often made around franchise building and building on an already made or newly made franchise, this can then lead to the selling of franchise products and DVD's etc. They are made most commonly to cater to a family audience's and young audiences, this is to build on an already successful Target Market. The majority of animated films are computer animated rather then being made using alternate styles of animation for example rotoscope or hand drawn.
Animation Audiences are usually established over a few films and creators of new animated films can harness this audience base and entice them into ==-[~S
Number 1 Cartoon Show on Cartoon Network
Adventure Time
The cartoon Adventure Time was chosen the best Cartoon shown on the network by multiple film critics on-line as well as locally within my friend group.
Genre
The genre of the cartoon is Action Adventure /Kids.
Animation Style
The Animation Style of Adventure Time is Computer Animated.
Content
The Content of the Adventure Time cartoon is different exciting adventures and stories around a small talking dog and his friend who live in a kingdom with lots of different animals and types of people.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Adventure Time is mainly teenagers although the show was originally intended for younger viewing audiences it widely became a show that older teenagers watch. Because older viewers generally understood more of it and could understand the immature side of the show.
Three Most Popular Animation Films in 2013 (Box Office)
1) Frozen
Frozen was ranked number one most popular in animated films 2013.
Genre
The genre of the Movie is Action /Adventure /Comedy /Kids.
Animation Style
The Animation Style of Frozen is Computer Generated.
Content
The Content of Frozen Movie is Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Frozen is mainly young children who enjoy Disney Movies. Although this demographic was extended this is evidenced in Frozen's popularity not only among kids but older viewers alike.
2) Despicable Me 2
Genre
The genre of the Movie is Action /Comedy.
Animation Style
The Animation Style of Despicable Me 2 is Computer Generated.
Content
The Content of Despicable Me 2 is Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Despicable Me 2 is mainly young children who enjoy Animated Comedy Movies. Although the film is also popular among all ages the majority being young teenagers.
1) The Wind Rises
Genre
The genre of the Movie is Action and Adventure.
Animation Style
The Animation Style of The Wind Rises is mixed between computer generated and Rotoscope, what Studio Ghibli is famous for doing.
Content
The Content of The Wind Rises is A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for The Wind Rises is a vast age range of people who are into serious animation. Moreover people who take an interest in Studio Ghibli or an Action /Adventure film in general.
The Most Watched Animation on Youtube
The Gummy Bear Song
Genre
The genre of the Gummy Bear Song is Comedy.
Animation Style
The Animation Style of The Gummy Bear song is Computer Generated Animated.
Content
The Content of The Gummy Bear Song is Cartoonish and funny moreover a small gummy bear dances around and sings a song.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for The Wind Rises is small children that like funny videos and songs.
Tuesday 18 March 2014
Character Design
Coleman
Character Design is the combination of physical traits and narrative. The look of the character has to be informed by the personality and context, genre location and setting. The face is the primary channel to express emotion of a person (Colman), hence the many big headed cartoon characters. A lot can be said in the posture and body language.
Salarski
Hands are an effective way in expressing personality, how a character carries their weight also informs us about personality - particularly which body part they lead with.
Examples
Chest - Confidence strength heroic.
Pelvis - Lazy, laid back.
Head - Implies intelligence
Knees - Cowardice
Power and dominance revolve around expanding.
Power: take space up + expand.
Weakness: making small, taking low space.
Character Design is the combination of physical traits and narrative. The look of the character has to be informed by the personality and context, genre location and setting. The face is the primary channel to express emotion of a person (Colman), hence the many big headed cartoon characters. A lot can be said in the posture and body language.
Salarski
Hands are an effective way in expressing personality, how a character carries their weight also informs us about personality - particularly which body part they lead with.
Examples
Chest - Confidence strength heroic.
Pelvis - Lazy, laid back.
Head - Implies intelligence
Knees - Cowardice
Power and dominance revolve around expanding.
Power: take space up + expand.
Weakness: making small, taking low space.
Thursday 13 March 2014
Walking Bear Animation | Explanation
The walking bear animation was created and we downloaded it exclusively through the blog. From there we imported it into After Effects and started to animate the arms and legs, we did this by adding pins to the beginning of the arms and the beginning of the legs. After that was done using key frames we animated the bear and made it move. Using the correct amount of key frames and spaces to execute the perfect animation.
Monday 10 March 2014
Pixar Research Task
History of the Company
When pixar was originally founded in 1979 it was launched with the name of The Graphics Group. The company was founded on 1986 as Pixar Animation Studios by Steve Jobs, Ed Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith. The main share holder in the company is Steve Jobs who put the money into the company through Apple inc. in 1986. The Company was bought out in 2006 by the Walt Disney Company for $7.4 billion.
The cartoon Luxo Jr. is a short film based around a large and small desk lamp. They interact with various objects and move around. It was produced by Pixar and Directed by John Lasseter and was 132 seconds long. Luxo Jr. was the pinnacle project for Pixar as soon as they had launched in 1986. The Luxo lamp became a predominant part of Pixar's image as it was featured on their corporate logo to this day and shown at the launch of every feature length film they screen. The cartoon received nominations for awards including a nomination for an Academy Award in the category Best Short Film.
Disney
Disney bought complete ownership of Pixar in 2006. Prior to this there were associations with Disney and Pixar along with multiple discussions on their arrangements with who owes what etc. The first disagreements happened between Pixar and disney after the release of Toy Story 2. The film was originally intended to be a straight to video release rather then a theatrical release it was upgraded to a theatrical release during production. Pixar demanded that the film be counted towards the three-picture agreement but Disney refused, though profitable for both. Disney handled marketing and distribution and Pixar handled the creation and production of the film. Constant Mis Judgements and disagreements led to the purchase of Pixar by Disney for $7.4 billion in a massive stock deal, 2006.
Lucas Film
Tin Toy
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Tin Toy is a full length CGI Short Film created by Pixar in 1988. It was directed by John Lasseter and had a running time of 5 minutes. It had a production budget of $300,000 dollars. Tin Toy was the first pixar film to win the company an Oscar. It won the Oscar an Academy Award in Best Animated Short Film category.
John Lasseter
John Lasseter is fundamentally important within the company as he was one of the key founders and funders, moreover he was involved in the initial creation of all the short films that started and created Pixar in the film industry. The films that got them discovered and the films that led up to big releases such as Toy Story. These short films being Tin Toy and Luxo Jr.
Working Culture and Environment
The working culture and environment within Pixar is designed to be very relaxed and chilled, moreover like apples culture the studio was designed with people in mind and within following this scheme its very open planned and its about interacting and creating a great working environment. For example when tours of the studios are happening the workers are often seen hanging about and although doing work, they are doing it in a very relaxed and chilled manner.
John Lasseter
John Lasseter is fundamentally important within the company as he was one of the key founders and funders, moreover he was involved in the initial creation of all the short films that started and created Pixar in the film industry. The films that got them discovered and the films that led up to big releases such as Toy Story. These short films being Tin Toy and Luxo Jr.
Working Culture and Environment
The working culture and environment within Pixar is designed to be very relaxed and chilled, moreover like apples culture the studio was designed with people in mind and within following this scheme its very open planned and its about interacting and creating a great working environment. For example when tours of the studios are happening the workers are often seen hanging about and although doing work, they are doing it in a very relaxed and chilled manner.
Sunday 9 March 2014
Animation Research
FILM
I chose to study Finding Nemo as my main film case study.
Release Year
Finding Nemo was Released in 2003
Company Who Made it
Finding Nemo was developed and made by Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios and Disney Enterprises.
Director
Finding Nemo was co-directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich.
Animation Style
The animation style of Finding Nemo is CGI /computer generated Animation style.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Finding Nemo is unisex children and teenagers and also avid fans of all ages. People who are fans of Ellen Degeneres and the main vocal leading artists were also targeted as the prime audience for this film.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation was purely to entertain an audience and break a landmark in computer created Animation, more-over Finding Nemo was considered a land mark in animation and broke all previous records.
My Opinion on the Film
I personally feel the film is very entertaining, its the perfect combination of world renowned voice actors and comedy and that is why it is one of my favourite films.
SHORT FILM
I chose to study Geri's Game as my main Short Film case study.
Release Year
Geri's Game was Released in 1997
Company Who Made it
Geri's Game was developed and made by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios.
Director
Geri's Game was directed by Jan Pinkava.
Animation Style
The animation style of Geri's Game is CGI /computer generated Animation style.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Geri's Game is fond animation enthusiasts and the general public. Being played at the end of the feature length Pixar Film meant that the Short reached a whole new audience.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation was to benchmark Pixar's development in the CGI animation genre. Moreover it was a good animation that pixar could pitch to win short film Oscars and much more.
My Opinion on the Film
I personally love this little animation. It showed the true benchmark standard that Pixar set for animation in 1997. Before other companies started following suite.
TV SERIES
I chose to study Wallace & Gromit as my main TV Show case study.
Release Year
Wallace & Gromit was originally Released in 1993
Company Who Made it
Wallace and Gromit was developed and Originally Made by Aardman Animations.
Director
Wallace and Gromit was originally Directed by Nick Park and Steve Box.
Animation Style
The animation style of Wallace and Gromit was stop motion.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Wallace and Gromit is children and young adults. A wide range of ages in fact.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation was to entertain people and pitch the bench mark as the most advance stop motion film to date.
My Opinion on the Film
I personally have a love hate relationship with Wallace and Gromit. I dislike it as a whole but admire the animation abilities displayed. Plus there are some episodes and aspects that make me laugh.
WEB SERIES
I chose to study Salad Fingers as my main web series animation.
Release Year
Salad Fingers was originally Released in July 2004.
Company Who Made it
Salad Fingers was released by Fat-Pie Productions.
Director
Salad Fingers was originally Directed by David Firth.
Animation Style
The animation style of Salad Fingers was hand drawn and then made into computer generated animation.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Salad Fingers is teenagers and young adults.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation is to entertain people in a disturbing and fruitful manor.
My Opinion on the Film
I personally really love Salad Fingers and admire it for its quirkiness and originality.
MUSIC
I chose to study Kedvesem by ByeAlex as my main music case study.
Release Year
Kedvesem was originally Released in November 2012 and was Hungary's choice for the eurovision 2013.
Company Who Made it
The song was created under the Goldilox Music Label.
Director
Kedvesem was created and directed by the artist ByeAlex.
Animation Style
The animation style of Kedvesem is computer generated, the video also includes lyrics.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Kedvesem is people based within europe. Moreover people of any age and gender also as the song is family friendly.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation is to entertain people and present the song.
My Opinion on the Film
I personally like the music video to this song as it is clean and easy to understand. Although in a different language, we can understand the aspects and dialogue that we need to understand.
ADVERT
I chose to study The British Gas Advert as my main Advert case study.
Release Year
The Advert was originally Released in 2012.
Company Who Made it
The Advert was created for British Gas .
Director
The Advert was created and directed by the company itself.
Animation Style
The animation style of The Advert is puppet style hand drawn turned into CGI.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for the advert is people who watch TV. More specifically the mainstream audience.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation is to inform people of the service that british gas provide and the number to call.
My Opinion on the Film
I understand this advert well and think it diversify s from the regular advert. Moreover it works well reaching out families and all ages as it is vibrant, different and easy to understand.
I chose to study Finding Nemo as my main film case study.
Release Year
Finding Nemo was Released in 2003
Company Who Made it
Finding Nemo was developed and made by Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios and Disney Enterprises.
Director
Finding Nemo was co-directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich.
Animation Style
The animation style of Finding Nemo is CGI /computer generated Animation style.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Finding Nemo is unisex children and teenagers and also avid fans of all ages. People who are fans of Ellen Degeneres and the main vocal leading artists were also targeted as the prime audience for this film.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation was purely to entertain an audience and break a landmark in computer created Animation, more-over Finding Nemo was considered a land mark in animation and broke all previous records.
My Opinion on the Film
I personally feel the film is very entertaining, its the perfect combination of world renowned voice actors and comedy and that is why it is one of my favourite films.
SHORT FILM
I chose to study Geri's Game as my main Short Film case study.
Release Year
Geri's Game was Released in 1997
Company Who Made it
Geri's Game was developed and made by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios.
Director
Geri's Game was directed by Jan Pinkava.
Animation Style
The animation style of Geri's Game is CGI /computer generated Animation style.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Geri's Game is fond animation enthusiasts and the general public. Being played at the end of the feature length Pixar Film meant that the Short reached a whole new audience.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation was to benchmark Pixar's development in the CGI animation genre. Moreover it was a good animation that pixar could pitch to win short film Oscars and much more.
My Opinion on the Film
I personally love this little animation. It showed the true benchmark standard that Pixar set for animation in 1997. Before other companies started following suite.
TV SERIES
I chose to study Wallace & Gromit as my main TV Show case study.
Release Year
Wallace & Gromit was originally Released in 1993
Company Who Made it
Wallace and Gromit was developed and Originally Made by Aardman Animations.
Director
Wallace and Gromit was originally Directed by Nick Park and Steve Box.
Animation Style
The animation style of Wallace and Gromit was stop motion.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Wallace and Gromit is children and young adults. A wide range of ages in fact.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation was to entertain people and pitch the bench mark as the most advance stop motion film to date.
My Opinion on the Film
I personally have a love hate relationship with Wallace and Gromit. I dislike it as a whole but admire the animation abilities displayed. Plus there are some episodes and aspects that make me laugh.
WEB SERIES
I chose to study Salad Fingers as my main web series animation.
Release Year
Salad Fingers was originally Released in July 2004.
Company Who Made it
Salad Fingers was released by Fat-Pie Productions.
Director
Salad Fingers was originally Directed by David Firth.
Animation Style
The animation style of Salad Fingers was hand drawn and then made into computer generated animation.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Salad Fingers is teenagers and young adults.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation is to entertain people in a disturbing and fruitful manor.
My Opinion on the Film
I personally really love Salad Fingers and admire it for its quirkiness and originality.
MUSIC
I chose to study Kedvesem by ByeAlex as my main music case study.
Release Year
Kedvesem was originally Released in November 2012 and was Hungary's choice for the eurovision 2013.
Company Who Made it
The song was created under the Goldilox Music Label.
Director
Kedvesem was created and directed by the artist ByeAlex.
Animation Style
The animation style of Kedvesem is computer generated, the video also includes lyrics.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for Kedvesem is people based within europe. Moreover people of any age and gender also as the song is family friendly.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation is to entertain people and present the song.
My Opinion on the Film
I personally like the music video to this song as it is clean and easy to understand. Although in a different language, we can understand the aspects and dialogue that we need to understand.
ADVERT
I chose to study The British Gas Advert as my main Advert case study.
Release Year
The Advert was originally Released in 2012.
Company Who Made it
The Advert was created for British Gas .
Director
The Advert was created and directed by the company itself.
Animation Style
The animation style of The Advert is puppet style hand drawn turned into CGI.
Target Audience
The Target Audience for the advert is people who watch TV. More specifically the mainstream audience.
Purpose of the Animation
The Purpose of the Animation is to inform people of the service that british gas provide and the number to call.
My Opinion on the Film
I understand this advert well and think it diversify s from the regular advert. Moreover it works well reaching out families and all ages as it is vibrant, different and easy to understand.
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