tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19556290101621422732024-03-04T23:56:12.166-08:00Michelle's Industrial Exercises 1 & 2Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-76502640032776670292010-03-04T02:31:00.001-08:002010-03-04T14:17:32.678-08:00Final Week and reflectionIt is now the final week of the project and I have completed it to the best of my ability in the time remaining. I went back over the footage and changed some of the frames where the animation looked odd and tried to adjust the shakiness the camera caused.<br /><br />Upon reflection, I feel as though I haven't done as well in this project as I would have liked. I was unable to use Toon Boom and therefore learn a new animation program, I didn't find out how to track on After Effects until a week or two ago by which point it was too late to adjust my animation, and the amount of footage I was supposed to animate is slightly less than the 30 seconds specified in the project brief.<br /><br />If I were to do this project over, I would spend more time at the beginning trying to work out these things and therefore challenge myself more. This project has built upon my flash skills and it was interesting to try and animate on top of footage but I am unhappy with the quality of the result, if we hadn't missed the first two weeks of college due to the snow I may have been able to add more in-betweens and lengthen the footage. The quality of the footage dropped after I imported it into flash as well so maybe next time I should investigate into green screen methods or try another program.<br /><br />I am happy that I was able to add shading into this animation though, as there was not enough time during the last project. I also like some parts of my animation - his arm as he paints at the beginning and his angry face at the end.<br /><br />Comparing this work to that in the industry, it is below the standard they would expect, although I think my idea was quite good, I just needed more time to complete it. I also need to draw upon more of the animation principles like 'squash and stretch' so that the animation flows better. I completed the animation itself over a week or so and this was highly stressful so I will need to remember and rework the method I had on my previous project which was to work on it slowly for a couple hours a day for a couple of weeks and then I will enjoy it more and get a better result.<br /><br /><br />You can watch the finished result below...<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwRt9Ove4ugJovZ3zKzzSvMUOH-L2a-gssYPZvI9shSAvFq2DW7farVMvjS4igHg7TNad3TO02b9V0SmRSJvg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />I also created a schedule using Excel for this project which can be seen below...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-IHgAqquhTbvS7eeEFcQVkaTFMhpviWuNFEkA21NqqeIHVb28ZmK7ruaZRkBan5PkpqCc_r4TAlqKoO1Pa8MzAoKGrJ5QV0HFLYA-RcDhjoPBjFGKP1dDgpk71ojGxg7QTb3IVOPRIw/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 52px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-IHgAqquhTbvS7eeEFcQVkaTFMhpviWuNFEkA21NqqeIHVb28ZmK7ruaZRkBan5PkpqCc_r4TAlqKoO1Pa8MzAoKGrJ5QV0HFLYA-RcDhjoPBjFGKP1dDgpk71ojGxg7QTb3IVOPRIw/s200/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444906155782589266" /></a>Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-43929612843367924372010-02-22T08:13:00.000-08:002010-02-22T08:42:32.053-08:00one week of progress...I have roughly finished the animation for my industry exercises project today. However, there are still a lot of things that can be improved and upon watching it through I came up with a list that will help me…<br /><br />Things that need improving;<br />· Tried to get better quality movie, flash may be lowering the quality!<br />· Add sound<br />· First part is fine, detailed enough<br />· Just more detailed needed on in-betweens during walk cycles.<br />· Size of character changes at end, he needs to be smaller.<br />· More animation on parts when he is standing still – for example he could do something with his arms or scratch his face.<br />· Very badly animated when he falls over their feet! Redo!<br />· Ending is fine as well.<br /><br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-b2818089a3616b37 class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="b2818089a3616b37"></OBJECT><br /><br />I also plan to show this to Steve Crocker on Wednesday’s lesson and get his feedback on parts I can improve, as well as by asking my friends. I’m not sure how much I will be able to do in the time frame left but I want to try and make it look at least a little more professional! I feel more willing to do so now that the pressure is slightly off.<br /><br />Also, last week Alex Hulse, another tutor, had a glance over at my work and gave me some good suggestions to counter the problem of the ‘jumpiness’ of the camera. If I import the scene into After Effects, I can use ‘tracking’ to hold it still (even though this will crop some of the footage out and means I will need to put black bars and the top and bottom of my animation.<br /><br />Unfortunately, since I have already finished my animation and tried to compensate for the camera’s ‘jumpiness’ by manually moving the character in time and rubbing out the parts of his body that I needed to, it would be needless time and effort to enforce this in the final project when I have spent so many hours on it already and I would rather use the time to improve the actual animation itself than the quality of the camera.<br /><br />Here is the test we did though, to show what I’ve learned.<br /><br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-c1f20c6749cd4fb class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="c1f20c6749cd4fb"></OBJECT><br /><br />If you compare this to the original footage it is much smoother… The green cube should be able to show that.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-91897000603046121472010-02-16T06:07:00.000-08:002010-02-16T06:53:09.291-08:00Start of Animating and FormativeHad my formative on Wednesday last week with Steve, but it seems as though everything is going alright at the moment. I think he was a bit concerned with the amount of work I've set myself and whether I can complete it in time, but I plan to work like a crazy person over this week and get my animation done!!!<br /><br />Okay, so yes, I have now started animating this scene. I have run into a few bumps along the way but am progressing as well as I can.<br /><br />Here are a few clips of what I have done so far...;<br /><br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-ecc74ec66aff2418 class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="ecc74ec66aff2418"></OBJECT><br /><br />Just very simple animation of him painting..<br /><br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-95cf3f4a51b590e7 class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="95cf3f4a51b590e7"></OBJECT><br /><br />And one where he walks behind Gene and Donald. The reason he moves around so much in this one is because I adjusted where he was standing to fit the camera movements of the film, unfortunately that file is too big for blogspot to support so I had to delete the film from the background.<br /><br />---<br />::Thoughts::<br /><br />We are much further into the project than I thought we were, there are roughly 2/3 weeks remaining to work on this and after consideration have decided to go back to using Flash, as I'm finding it difficult and am wasting a lot of time trying to get ToonBoom.<br /><br />I also am disappointed in myself for the quality of animation so far, as I have already said, I plan to go back after it's completed and add more detail in, but if I don't do that this project will not be up to my usual standard and I feel as though I might deem it a failure...<br /><br />I feel as though I haven't really achieved anything new due to time constraints, only practised getting better at flash. It's interesting timing my character with real life ones but I don't feel as though this is as big a step forwards as I wanted it to be.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-73787255776888148902010-02-02T06:17:00.000-08:002010-02-16T07:07:10.291-08:00character designI'm a tiny bit behind with my schedule, but I have been toying with the character design in my head for the last week or so, constantly changing my opinion, and have decided to change him slightly so that he's not such an old man. <br />Now I want to animate him as a middle-aged, short, fat guy! This will be more challenging and I won't feel as bad for him getting beaten up :D<br /><br />I have also found a useful walk cycle on youtube of someone with his figure which I can adapt for my animation;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tAzJeqsn5O4&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tAzJeqsn5O4&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Anyway, I quickly drew him onto photoshop and started playing around with the colours..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVdP6w6Rj6gBqssQTkGA1hDrDxaCZMizpgIgZJ5BavqsKNlg-tYCGivk3rVMF-uSjEjK5y4U44riWRUbKpbL0s8PzfA6vIgKOg3U_Xp0llIDxl6lXxhtaivkHIIbcZxnv_c660-m8gFk/s1600-h/charriedesigns.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVdP6w6Rj6gBqssQTkGA1hDrDxaCZMizpgIgZJ5BavqsKNlg-tYCGivk3rVMF-uSjEjK5y4U44riWRUbKpbL0s8PzfA6vIgKOg3U_Xp0llIDxl6lXxhtaivkHIIbcZxnv_c660-m8gFk/s200/charriedesigns.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433652382705376946" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BplWEsSO81RZr_VU0flXRTTQrmcrquM8GJPlTEMIki_Ii5MLR3rfTnk3lA-KcWGKO93Vb5aMKRNu7vq43s607UhFhTFd_FVm-oN7qbddGWsVswFVRDsXBo8quyAjiF_QixIyn8bJlHQ/s1600-h/charriedesign4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BplWEsSO81RZr_VU0flXRTTQrmcrquM8GJPlTEMIki_Ii5MLR3rfTnk3lA-KcWGKO93Vb5aMKRNu7vq43s607UhFhTFd_FVm-oN7qbddGWsVswFVRDsXBo8quyAjiF_QixIyn8bJlHQ/s200/charriedesign4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433650789847253618" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWXdTZuYb7XZW84vfiLsA4V0nM2EU4V3fhAkc9ojOUV4sCpqvr0Gsx_9UbaoWYJfUjAK14fxe6YPkmScE41phC5CAHqWi6E2Xt6lD7zsrxOfTiumPhVvSgN35BS0AOGVM0Tx7tmnV9J0/s1600-h/charriedesign3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWXdTZuYb7XZW84vfiLsA4V0nM2EU4V3fhAkc9ojOUV4sCpqvr0Gsx_9UbaoWYJfUjAK14fxe6YPkmScE41phC5CAHqWi6E2Xt6lD7zsrxOfTiumPhVvSgN35BS0AOGVM0Tx7tmnV9J0/s200/charriedesign3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433650786312032546" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzA8NaQ32D4qtxdo6Aa7s7Ov8wTNZSy_-dEFnuRPiRM93VyVzW4mdUsIxV5D1GOcvwoRGXcfkA2oIx8jsqcI7GJDaJB_cUyzzJWt-T9PldxLYr0uqrLH6JHaNQ9-2-e8JmlRHNApUUsVM/s1600-h/charriedesign2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzA8NaQ32D4qtxdo6Aa7s7Ov8wTNZSy_-dEFnuRPiRM93VyVzW4mdUsIxV5D1GOcvwoRGXcfkA2oIx8jsqcI7GJDaJB_cUyzzJWt-T9PldxLYr0uqrLH6JHaNQ9-2-e8JmlRHNApUUsVM/s200/charriedesign2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433650778906281986" /></a><br /><br />it is important that I keep his design simple because this time I want to add shading to his animation, something I didn't have time for last time.<br />I think I am going to go with the design of the first picture, because it reflects the outfits of Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor, and because it just looks better :P<br /><br />My next step is to work out the storyboard completely and to start drawing the key poses, I want to get into this as soon as I can.<br /><br />I have also finished working out the storyboard. Here is a VERY basic animatic of what I want to do, took about 10mins, sorry for rubbish quality;<br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-a5629b6871640fcf class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="a5629b6871640fcf"></OBJECT><br /><br />Before I finish this project, I need to try and get a better quality version of the clip, with sound. But since this was ripped directly from the DVD and not from the internet I'm not sure if there is anything I can do. Will have to enquire about it at college over the next few days.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-15786844069373434632010-01-25T13:08:00.000-08:002010-02-16T06:24:56.872-08:00Development and ResearchHave spoken with a few of my friends about my project and have recieved a few helpful ideas with things to watch for research!<br /><br /><br />Clym Smith, another student in my class, has recommended several useful films like Mary Poppins which I have found a useful clip for;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-nQtRSHKDpg&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-nQtRSHKDpg&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />and Emma Wyton, has found these useful clips which show live action mixed in with animation...<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xRMGRpDCW6k&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xRMGRpDCW6k&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />and the same clip I found where the family guy makes substituted Jerry for Stewie;<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DP0kQFvj9rs&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DP0kQFvj9rs&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />These are all prime examples of the effect I want to achieve, and while I doubt I can get the same high quality they have it's always good to try!<br /><br />Since time is fast running out, I have decided when animating I will focus on getting the key poses in, and then later going back and trying to add more animation detail, this project is not being assessed as much on the quality of my walk cycles so I think I can give it a bit of leeway if I have to.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-54732634183118477892010-01-23T15:02:00.000-08:002010-01-23T15:12:34.888-08:00Wednesday's Lesson and CorrespondenceFinally had our first Industry Exercise lesson with Steve!<br />I pitched my idea to him, and he's allowed me to work in 2D for this project, since it's what I want to improve at :D Of course, I am still going to follow his 3D tutorials and complete them outside of lessons. I will post the results up here if possible...<br /><br />So, after showing my storyboard to a few of my friends I think I am going to pursue my 'Singing in the Rain' idea. I was confused how to go about this though, since we won't be covering it in class, and so I emailed one of our heads of the course; Mike Smith! Below is the correspondence;<br /><br /><br /><i>Hi Mike!<br /><br />For my second industrial exercise project I want to animate on top of my<br />chosen film with a 2D character, and since you have experience of doing<br />this in the past, I was wondering the best way to go about it.<br /><br />Can I animate my 2d character on toon boom/flash then import it on after<br />effects or do i need to animate the entire thing on after effects?<br /><br />-Michelle</i><br /><br /><br /><br />His reply;<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Hi Michelle,<br /><br />You can do one of the following production processes.<br /><br />Traditionally draw your character animation on paper, clean it up then <br />scan to and if you require a specific look, import it into Illustrator <br />(or Photoshop) to tidy the line and colour. Import the coloured artwork <br />into After Effects, convert to 3D-2D and place accordingly into your <br />3D-2D BG - environment.<br /><br />Using a wacom tablet complete your rough and some or all of your clean <br />up animation in either Toon Boom Studio, Toon Boom Animate or Flash.<br />Colour your character artwork in these software packages then import the <br />artwork to After effects.<br /><br />Complete both of the above processes then separate out the artwork <br />(upper arm, lower arm, hand, fingers etc) and either complete pivoting <br />or hinging process either in the above softwares or in After Effects. <br />I'm pretty sure you can export to After Effects after you have completed <br />hinging but check the help files.<br /><br />It really depends on what software you feel most comfortable completing <br />animating and what overall look or style your going for.<br /><br />I hope that helps!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Mike.</i><br /><br /><br />So my next step is to perhaps draw a more detailed storyboard, and generally just get animating!! Need to also finalise my old man design.<br />Here goes!Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-36127275728975468542010-01-19T03:56:00.000-08:002010-02-16T06:31:00.810-08:00singing in the rain initial storyboard and scheduleDid a quick storyboard for my Singing in the Rain idea;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlO7WawirYPImiI2uxOFEliML2IayZVg88z3mkZQKnokU6ngsSiaHXNIFxrnSb6gPQeuOWuI2tVZ6CLc9PNg8P1unc5EZn_Zro7ocd3D1EVpKJE90Rm2P0psVR53Xkgee6aLvifxSvkeU/s1600-h/storyboard1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlO7WawirYPImiI2uxOFEliML2IayZVg88z3mkZQKnokU6ngsSiaHXNIFxrnSb6gPQeuOWuI2tVZ6CLc9PNg8P1unc5EZn_Zro7ocd3D1EVpKJE90Rm2P0psVR53Xkgee6aLvifxSvkeU/s200/storyboard1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428419232126079426" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2xNzZWcEem-pFJkp-lzbjMOZB0YKAHmPoDdmF6wf3XP8s-IbRo4VYWvJh5-oYhrW_bmiJafF_LzHC_L1kZBDGa_nBomdVsCAK0dnL8rrYD5YZtR3wZdIhTfG3XeGToSsEekCY-OBVLQ/s1600-h/storyboard2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2xNzZWcEem-pFJkp-lzbjMOZB0YKAHmPoDdmF6wf3XP8s-IbRo4VYWvJh5-oYhrW_bmiJafF_LzHC_L1kZBDGa_nBomdVsCAK0dnL8rrYD5YZtR3wZdIhTfG3XeGToSsEekCY-OBVLQ/s200/storyboard2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428419245324281602" /></a><br /><br />before I go any further I want to get feedback from my tutor, and hopefully that will generate some more ideas and let me know whether I should continue with this one!<br />The clip itself is nearly 2 minutes in length, but I plan to crop out most of the end and have a 40 second clip in total. 30 seconds of those will feature my painter character.<br /><br />I have also quickly put together a schedule of the next few weeks that I hope to stick to!;<br /><br /><b>Jan 18th-22nd</b><br />Continue research into 2D/3D animations, finalise idea.<br /><b>Jan 25th-29th</b><br />Complete character design and have ripped a copy of the clip from the DVD.<br /><b>Feb 1st-5th</b><br />FORMATIVE!!! Begin animating - work out the key poses and go over them in detail.<br /><b>Feb 8th-12th</b><br />More animating..<br /><b>Feb 15th-19th</b><br />Finish animating, add shadows onto character and go carefully over the footage to make sure he doesn't move incorrectly with the camera.<br /><b>Feb 22nd-26th</b><br />Improve animation if possible, get feedback.<br /><b>March 1st-4th</b><br />HAND IN!! have all animation completed by the second at the VERY latest, then spend Wednesday and Thursday burning to disk and finishing blog.<br /><br />Apparantly there's going to be more snow tomorrow but let's hope it doesn't settle :)Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-29058442141609053252010-01-19T03:02:00.000-08:002010-02-16T06:05:18.360-08:00old man painter researchLooking at images and trying to develop a character!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOD7x-1hUMknCywKqm-viFHvpq5GWTb9hLjch-zlFcriJertkPgxJtm-NxDFCxvXVTQAgTSrPQfPuHH20clqCY81f49bzhzrH0BLXXhRyynuJ5j6P27mzc3q0rQ1N8FZUVQwigoD7JMk/s1600-h/26old_man.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOD7x-1hUMknCywKqm-viFHvpq5GWTb9hLjch-zlFcriJertkPgxJtm-NxDFCxvXVTQAgTSrPQfPuHH20clqCY81f49bzhzrH0BLXXhRyynuJ5j6P27mzc3q0rQ1N8FZUVQwigoD7JMk/s200/26old_man.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428404759350457874" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetTb9uuCSRGAoNSEMYu0tYnfVG4529ki8QFnTLG_GIFOxvRQqgTbEU-BnKWra1kCEqBqxMJNLpTmQpf9VEatMZq54vJg1bEzHprntoIzDZKKeTmSFYbcUN5X8so7xhnKD4IKb_ibi-7Y/s1600-h/GoralSageSm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 137px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetTb9uuCSRGAoNSEMYu0tYnfVG4529ki8QFnTLG_GIFOxvRQqgTbEU-BnKWra1kCEqBqxMJNLpTmQpf9VEatMZq54vJg1bEzHprntoIzDZKKeTmSFYbcUN5X8so7xhnKD4IKb_ibi-7Y/s200/GoralSageSm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428405942549907954" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_4Pl7lyZf9pKgAQiE9_NgwzzB2SyvecseKdK2RTnypfmfCiC17XWxH9qS7DGanS45G7Tx0wo4930IdvTCSt3B6ynDwXcSKo2WDjiPjqWM7uM9iPFAEJ_K-t4VW8uQ5x2IkdkMaPIPM8/s1600-h/12541182798XTLqP.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 149px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_4Pl7lyZf9pKgAQiE9_NgwzzB2SyvecseKdK2RTnypfmfCiC17XWxH9qS7DGanS45G7Tx0wo4930IdvTCSt3B6ynDwXcSKo2WDjiPjqWM7uM9iPFAEJ_K-t4VW8uQ5x2IkdkMaPIPM8/s200/12541182798XTLqP.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428405935801219378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09fUDph-wfi7H1Q8znhvya4sLhvm7RS_zqpP9u2DoHj376wBxg_e1ltyO8TqRcyowoHyY987c-YzfAQEdbPsPAWwT7E5xZbO_ZYnZ_JmfNUGZMiBwPMrYtG5hOmnUMyVgzUCr3OMWrTY/s1600-h/oldpainter.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09fUDph-wfi7H1Q8znhvya4sLhvm7RS_zqpP9u2DoHj376wBxg_e1ltyO8TqRcyowoHyY987c-YzfAQEdbPsPAWwT7E5xZbO_ZYnZ_JmfNUGZMiBwPMrYtG5hOmnUMyVgzUCr3OMWrTY/s200/oldpainter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428404777710105570" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Uax4jAl4Zv7kep1_K5tXUfyq4H_dJxwI77oGTW7vYgdnw1vZYU0BdFh-YzsgI_cyU4IgfE11q4ulsWNaHGYa0y1Bpf3STZYcDbUFp3NVLzA4RRkU4ESOtBwCYQdMAn8wWDzYrC1fvn4/s1600-h/old_man_med.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Uax4jAl4Zv7kep1_K5tXUfyq4H_dJxwI77oGTW7vYgdnw1vZYU0BdFh-YzsgI_cyU4IgfE11q4ulsWNaHGYa0y1Bpf3STZYcDbUFp3NVLzA4RRkU4ESOtBwCYQdMAn8wWDzYrC1fvn4/s200/old_man_med.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428404772780425746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZ7MhgqXghoUvroyatHPF5Mt9aCe2NUcYGwp29QdTxuV2Qz7Hr7RfERhoUHyu4Auc2kX_ivAmydNeqMd6_0nJ7LE_-ghIgtJCR8CWwRaS2X3Qv8WM48oNkRHs0YNVjN2_Q0UF8vR_-vg/s1600-h/4272406-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZ7MhgqXghoUvroyatHPF5Mt9aCe2NUcYGwp29QdTxuV2Qz7Hr7RfERhoUHyu4Auc2kX_ivAmydNeqMd6_0nJ7LE_-ghIgtJCR8CWwRaS2X3Qv8WM48oNkRHs0YNVjN2_Q0UF8vR_-vg/s200/4272406-sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428404765044328770" /></a><br /><br />In particular I'm using these photos as references for how to draw age in characters, where the wrinkles should go, their fashion sense and expressions.<br /><br />Of these, the final picture is the type of character I want.. Need to try a few more sketch tests with him in mind.<br /><br />initial sketches and ideas page;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDEqjO4nfsW9uCAK-6D1fHTxJ3FKr0FKqrCIP6SCf4lKPyIzyBlFKnh4HR8Rjit7mlv3ehBHxYJJzf6H7Xqy_AssAdMflnB7N4Vw9qGx-6K8Oj5VMbxuYaCM89lr-imHqMgQdxo4PnoM/s1600-h/sketchbook.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDEqjO4nfsW9uCAK-6D1fHTxJ3FKr0FKqrCIP6SCf4lKPyIzyBlFKnh4HR8Rjit7mlv3ehBHxYJJzf6H7Xqy_AssAdMflnB7N4Vw9qGx-6K8Oj5VMbxuYaCM89lr-imHqMgQdxo4PnoM/s200/sketchbook.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428406344585664834" /></a><br /><br />To improve these I'm going to continue looking at the above photos and try to improve the outfit and the style I've drawn it in, keeping in mind I should try not to overcomplicate it as I did in my last project :DMichelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-89466109586575716022010-01-17T11:11:00.001-08:002010-01-17T11:40:21.855-08:00Industry Exercises 2This is the first post of my new project brief - industry exercises 2!<br /><br />So far we have not been able to have any lessons for it at college because of the snow. I have already started my project however, and hope that this coming Wednesday I will be able to present it to my tutor, get feedback and then develop it as best I can!<br /><br />So the brief...<br /><br />"you must choose a short clip from a film and<br />composite in your own animated character, props or buildings. Perhaps you<br />feel that Four Weddings and A Funeral would have been better if there had<br />been more gorillas in it. Or that Titanic would have been better with<br />giant sea monsters. This is your chance to put things right. The clip you<br />use must, when composited, show at least 30 seconds of your own work. Do<br />not choose any animated films as you will have to match or better the<br />existing characters in the film. I can guarantee that the animators<br />working on that film would have had a lot more time than you have for this<br />project. So keep your choice to a live action film."<br /><br />Our tutor, Stephen Crocker, has also stated that we can use either 2D or 3D.. and seeing as how I will be doing a lot of 3D work in my 'Digital Environments' project (see my other blog for info on that) I want to use 2D for this! (plus I had a lot of fun with it last time... might try and use Toonboom rather than Flash this time so I get a feel for different software).<br /><br />I've watched a few films and television programmes over the past couple weeks in preparation;<br />One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest<br />Harry Potter 4<br />It Could Happen To You<br />Forest Gump<br />28 Days Later<br />Singing In The Rain<br /><br />I picked these because I enjoy them and because they are all from different genres.<br />By process of elimination I want to either choose 'Singing In The Rain' or 'One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest'. These two don't have many special effects in them because they were made quite a few years ago and so animation might look better in comparison to films like Harry Potter which are full of special effects or Forest Gump where no good 'animation' moments jumped out at me.<br /><br /><br />My ideas so far...<br /><br />This is the extract from 'Singing In The Rain';<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vjXQ-MRmROQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vjXQ-MRmROQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I want to animated an eldery painter in the background getting bothered by their dancing and/or joining in!<br /><br /><br />And here's the extract from 'One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest' (couldn't find a youtube version without commentary so feel free to mute);<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_qCcSQPh2Bc&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_qCcSQPh2Bc&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Since most of the characters in this film are 'crazy' I thought I could animate random animals or strange creatures that are part of their imagination.<br /><br /><br />I'm going to make a couple of brief storyboards for each idea and then pick which one.<br />For the moment, my main animation idea is to have it in the style of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' so I will watch that film again as well for reference...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Xt_AE90Ojc&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Xt_AE90Ojc&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Hope to post up some of my storyboards soon, so until then!Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-78076319750644652522009-12-15T08:23:00.001-08:002009-12-15T08:36:47.436-08:00Christmas Project Take 2I'm a complete sucker for music and good music videos so when I saw Shynola on Jared's email list I clicked and was pleasantly surprised. For starters, Shynola isn't one person, it is a group of four visual artists from London who collaborate on music videos and other such projects. They also don't just stick to one medium and specialise in both 2D and 3D. The first video by them I found was 2D and created in flash (unless I'm mistaken.. if not flash then a similar program).<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ACBSR1Hvrps&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ACBSR1Hvrps&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Strange, for sure, but since I want to become better at using flash I can learn a lot from the techniques they used.<br /><br />Next I followed an adjoining link to another music video he directed by U.N.K.L.E. called 'An Eye for An Eye' which was weird to say the least..<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l4iqvdjyXVc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l4iqvdjyXVc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />but the use of camera moves and the 3D animation was awesome. Especially how everything tied in to the music and the designs of the creatures.<br /><br />Finally, as I was researching Shynola using search engines I discovered they had completed a music video for one of my favourite bands - Coldplay. I had little trouble finding the animation on youtube.<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iEQpZcqxNDs&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iEQpZcqxNDs&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />I can only place the trailer for the video here as embedding was forbidden on the actual video, but here's a link to it; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYtk1Z0UUuE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYtk1Z0UUu</a><br />Anyway, it showed that they were also adapt in stop-motion animation, and combined it efficiently with 2D and in some places 3D... animation and coldplay, what a great combo :D<br /><br />Looking at their work, it really makes me want to create music videos of my own, and perhaps I will over the next few weeks that I have off and beyond. There is little I can find that I dislike about Shynola, except maybe some of the concepts in their work to do with more carnal pleasures.. (I guess I'm still a bit of a child at heart, but I really don't like sex scenes and the like. It's not just Shynola but I'm using their video as an example here).<br /><br />Anyway, mostly great stuff.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-57532316545605890342009-12-15T07:50:00.000-08:002009-12-15T08:11:52.691-08:00Christmas ProjectI've always felt that backgrounds where a weakness of mine when it came to drawing, and especially with regards to perspective, which is why for Jared's project I've started by researching Piranesi, an Italian etcher, archaeologist and architect (4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Piranesi-Titusbogen.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 728px; height: 489px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Piranesi-Titusbogen.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />There is so much detail in his sketches that you really get a feel for the place he is drawing, the atmosphere. It's also interesting to me because most of his work is set around the 1740s and so is quite different from the environments we are used to seeing today. Seeing his images makes me want to attempt a picture set in a different time period so that I can experiment at drawing different types of buildings and clothes so that I have a wider range to choose from in my head.<br /><br />The only problem I find with his work is that because they are etchings there is no colour to them, and seeing the colour palette used by different artists helps me broaden my own range.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jimandellen.org/gothic/piranesi2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 646px; height: 509px;" src="http://www.jimandellen.org/gothic/piranesi2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Over the next few weeks I have made it a goal of mine to experiment in other artists styles more, if I successfully manage to achieve something similar to Piranesi's style I will post it in another entry.<br /><br />If you have trouble viewing any of the images, click on them to go to the original site they are linked from.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-57272729182986029322009-11-24T03:03:00.000-08:002009-11-24T03:29:35.062-08:00completionTo see the version of my idents without the addition of sound <a href="http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/328/2/6/Warwick_Castle_Animated_Idents_by_Lubrian.swf">click here</a>.<br /><br />I'm not sure whether they work better with or without sound but I've done it both ways just in case. If this was a professional job I would let the castle choose after I'd shown them both versions.<br /><br />With that I have completed my brief and accomplished what I set out to do. To those reading this I hope you enjoy the final result. :)Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-56889683603128074792009-11-22T05:24:00.000-08:002009-11-23T02:34:10.286-08:00idents with soundI've attempted to add sound to the idents using soundtracks I found on iMovie and from the Ren and Stimpy soundtrack.<br /><br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-1ab1f74de0f40b70 height=266 width=320 contentId="1ab1f74de0f40b70"></OBJECT><br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-8a81a519423ced50 height=266 width=320 contentId="8a81a519423ced50"></OBJECT><br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-dd46e390d1ee7121 height=266 width=320 contentId="dd46e390d1ee7121"></OBJECT><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-75644e318d85ba5e height=266 width=320 contentId="75644e318d85ba5e"></OBJECT><br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-95fbd9d0ff7ff1fb height=266 width=320 contentId="95fbd9d0ff7ff1fb"></OBJECT><br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-5afc9a50e11c2c50 height=266 width=320 contentId="5afc9a50e11c2c50"></OBJECT><br /><br />I'm not sure whether I like this use of sound though and will put up the version without sound shortly and make a proper decision then.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-46118976968943615032009-11-20T12:43:00.001-08:002009-11-20T13:40:44.348-08:00reflectionI have now completed all six of my idents and have kept in accordance with my schedule.<br /><br />I would like the idents to either be on the website for Warwick Castle (as loading screens perhaps) or on monitors around the site between important snatches of information about the castle for visitors. They might even work as adverts during children's television if I find the right soundtrack to go with it.<br /><br />The things that remain to think about are the use of sound as well as the evaluation of my project from the beginning brief and the application of any necessary changes;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdBusOmfjy8dt_rxZcNGBXKYS40dQLDmmmkIvy-gRva0awu0erkVuD2oXS7zIT3chVqjIqUeQTGftZ9KPA_hCU78xBabd3ePl5n9hD2EIAN1Q8w6RMOrxtIaS8xVduX_5X1HnHB-__Ys/s1600/joust+clip.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdBusOmfjy8dt_rxZcNGBXKYS40dQLDmmmkIvy-gRva0awu0erkVuD2oXS7zIT3chVqjIqUeQTGftZ9KPA_hCU78xBabd3ePl5n9hD2EIAN1Q8w6RMOrxtIaS8xVduX_5X1HnHB-__Ys/s200/joust+clip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406299554273511074" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJs3yAhq_z3M481I-1G1sktaUTrVNC5UZCWi1lQhXUW4xfGwBpFB-2mdMY31f4QDDo7vlRwLrZXA1OsINLfGO5quDSQWz0XEPlFMwHGpJnKjkFA3HOu2NqRbyReJxa7enJul6nSt6jKOs/s1600/jester+clip.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJs3yAhq_z3M481I-1G1sktaUTrVNC5UZCWi1lQhXUW4xfGwBpFB-2mdMY31f4QDDo7vlRwLrZXA1OsINLfGO5quDSQWz0XEPlFMwHGpJnKjkFA3HOu2NqRbyReJxa7enJul6nSt6jKOs/s200/jester+clip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406299550120690370" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FMgv3xOA7wyc9B6loFUjS6vrqZZUSucMmoHE87mVEp13zb4hIaRJUMtxQl1NxLtnq8NX8_18I-U-PDJYVuKL0MeYYFyduxAyuQfEoeuJ9-FU7EpBYfuuCONWIPSK9hNufKxMRfxrREw/s1600/falconry+clip.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FMgv3xOA7wyc9B6loFUjS6vrqZZUSucMmoHE87mVEp13zb4hIaRJUMtxQl1NxLtnq8NX8_18I-U-PDJYVuKL0MeYYFyduxAyuQfEoeuJ9-FU7EpBYfuuCONWIPSK9hNufKxMRfxrREw/s200/falconry+clip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406299547926703778" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zgLPZCy-NiZ64SI-PpchzTv93vUDxV_3KpzHQ_OMzPnXNrqQOWUQvOAAkq37NRUXn3HPfZcEYl-uDnnLSpNnKwMNB1GgR_MlOSQ0b5TZUrfyUH_wwuABuNT5XEX8kHPT7b4OrQKq08s/s1600/dragon.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zgLPZCy-NiZ64SI-PpchzTv93vUDxV_3KpzHQ_OMzPnXNrqQOWUQvOAAkq37NRUXn3HPfZcEYl-uDnnLSpNnKwMNB1GgR_MlOSQ0b5TZUrfyUH_wwuABuNT5XEX8kHPT7b4OrQKq08s/s200/dragon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406299543821800370" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWCKv2HvPiA8hyphenhyphenfAnPBACtdUFRfbyieO4AMiPf_KGaeufXkpqfDjeehmKBaq3PEgVoc3FT-zAwQuzh4cXn8VDnTxdXq_l_2Uz4ipjC52jy7IHdVdxczT4f1tTQNR75ko5NloP1vYRkV4/s1600/archer+clip.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWCKv2HvPiA8hyphenhyphenfAnPBACtdUFRfbyieO4AMiPf_KGaeufXkpqfDjeehmKBaq3PEgVoc3FT-zAwQuzh4cXn8VDnTxdXq_l_2Uz4ipjC52jy7IHdVdxczT4f1tTQNR75ko5NloP1vYRkV4/s200/archer+clip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406299543307012322" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLinfxMiDXY0IP6JWXpepTK9QxpgSjm9cQwArhASd42aUA4ygZr01jCheyjWTRhOtx8w_QWOfJXA3UKmttKS7bGICfT4C_0N3VrztF8vXbo1GVrWY3C7Hi23bPXeHgWrm26AXPUuRthg/s1600/princess+clip.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLinfxMiDXY0IP6JWXpepTK9QxpgSjm9cQwArhASd42aUA4ygZr01jCheyjWTRhOtx8w_QWOfJXA3UKmttKS7bGICfT4C_0N3VrztF8vXbo1GVrWY3C7Hi23bPXeHgWrm26AXPUuRthg/s200/princess+clip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406299731098265202" /></a><br /><em>stills from each of my six idents</em><br /><br />--<br /><br />I began this brief with quite a clear idea of what I wanted to achieve; six 5 second idents promoting the summer activities of Warwick Castle aimed at children, but the process of getting to this result was quite turmulent.<br /><br />I wanted to challenge myself so I chose to create the idents in a programme I was quite unfamiliar with but wanted to get better at; Adobe Flash. This led to a lot of problems especially with the 'actionscript' trying to create water effects, using the 'tween' tool and just getting to grips with all the functions.<br /><br />I feel like I do know the program a lot better now; whenever I was stuck I either asked for advice from a fellow classmate (notably Dean Pankhurst and Steven Pender who have both previously used the program before this course) or I sought online help and tutorials from professionals like Maxwell Langdon.<br /><br />The style of the idents was also a problem as first I wanted to create it similar to the ending animation of Bolt (see the first blog entry to view it), but animating without lines was a little tricky so I soon sought other inspiration and found it at the HAFF animation festival and through youtube videos. I think the style and vibrant colours I chose will attract the target audience to my animations.<br /><br />I paced myself well with the project and have finished a week ahead of schedule so that I can get feedback and improve it if need be. I can't imagine how I could have completed this project with more success, I've tried my best with all aspects of it. <br /><br />The one area I feel I am weakest in is the initial designing stage. Often I rush my ideas so that I can get started as soon as possible since I panic at the thought of deadlines! Going back it might be worthwhile re-thinking a few of the ideas and seeing if I can get them any more original or interesting.<br /><br />Finally, comparing this work to the industry-standard out there I feel as though I still have a long way to go in terms of drawing skill and using flash to its fullest potential. There were no very interesting camera angles in my work and some of the animation was a little robotic because I didn't have time to dynamically animate everything. I would also be part of a team in the industry and wouldn't have to go through the process by myself so that could be solved later on. I feel the time frame I had was adequate and working a few hours a day really paid off instead of intensely working on it during one short period of time.<br /><br />I really enjoyed working on this project and want to continue using flash in the future, it is a really inventive program and I feel I have not yet lived up to my animation potential using it, but this is as good a start as any.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-3370490583529345722009-11-20T11:30:00.000-08:002009-11-20T13:31:18.396-08:00researchI realise this post is a little belated but I don't want to fail to mention some of my research so here it is.<br /><br />After the formative I pushed myself into further research, and the BBC drama 'Merlin' was a useful start. It's set during the middle ages, aroundabout the same time Warwick Castle would have been an active castle.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkG7OZlFxB8/SYZVa2SJPTI/AAAAAAAAFHA/AxknhbdsQdk/s320/Merlin_BBC_full_cast.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkG7OZlFxB8/SYZVa2SJPTI/AAAAAAAAFHA/AxknhbdsQdk/s320/Merlin_BBC_full_cast.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The joust scenes in particular were very useful and while I may not have the time to go into as much detail as they did with the fighting, it was still useful and enjoyable viewing.<br /><br />As well as this, from the 4th to the 7th of November, I went on a trip with Ravensbourne to the Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF) in Utrecht. I saw 9 different films overall; <br /><em>Competition shorts 1 <br />Cartoon d'Or 2009 <br />Gurren Lagann the Movie:Childhood's End<br />9<br />Piano Forest: The Perfect World of Kai<br />Coraline<br />Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea<br />Competition Students 3<br />Competition Shorts 4</em><br /><br />(<a href="http://haff.awn.com/">http://haff.awn.com/</a>)<br /><br />The competition ones were especially inspiring as many were done by students my age or by professionals in the industry I'm aiming for. I looked on youtube for some of the ones that inspired me most;<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mdsq_rNI0XI&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mdsq_rNI0XI&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br />Although the style is years ahead of what I can do, I loved the atmosphere this video created.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qUyMaLzWuVQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qUyMaLzWuVQ&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />The mix of 2d and 3d animation is what really opened my eyes to this video.<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d_8_k1am-RM&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d_8_k1am-RM&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br />I just really liked the simplicity of this one and the storytelling. You will need to watch it a few times to really understand it =)<br /><br />Unfortunately most of them were not on youtube but for reference, 'Clichés de Soirée by Merwan Chabane and 'I am so proud of you' by Don Hertzfeldt' were also a great inspiration to me and helped me decide on the final style of my idents (which has changed somewhat since my first post...)<br /><br />I got a lot out of the trip and I definately wouldn't have seen these animations otherwise so for that I am thankful.<br /><br />I was also hugely inspired by a lot of videos people had made for fun on youtube using flash. Most notably the 'prowlies by the river' series which has some fantastic no-lines animation with fluid movements and water effects;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pCxPEB-uu20&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pCxPEB-uu20&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />and also this quirky fanmade nintendo animation;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PU7Jve-AeqE&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PU7Jve-AeqE&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-20182257119981099542009-11-17T12:55:00.000-08:002009-11-20T13:43:50.161-08:00correspondence with Maxwell LangdonFor one of my idents I need to use some actionscript on flash to make the water look as though it is moving. I found a useful website called 'pixelhivedesign' and a flash tutorial for water. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.pixelhivedesign.com/tutorials/Realistic+Flash+Water+Effect/">http://www.pixelhivedesign.com/tutorials/Realistic+Flash+Water+Effect/</a><br /><br />Unfortunately when i tried to apply it to my animation, there was a severe delay in the playback, so I emailed him with the query and here is a copy of our correspondence;<br /><br /><br />16 November 2009 at 12:04<br /><em>Dear Maxwell,<br /><br />I recently used your 'realistic flash water' tutorial, and while the example worked fine, when I tried to apply it to my own animation the playback speed was very slow. I've tried changing the fps and resizing the actionscript and image to no avail.<br /><br />Can you think of a reason why this may be happening? <br />-Michelle</em><br /><br /><br /><br />16 November 2009 at 14:29<br /><strong>Hi Michelle,<br /><br />Mind sending me the compiled Flash .swf or even the .fla, so I can see what is happening on the Stage. You were right to try and resize the effect, it is cpu intensive. However, you said it didn't help so must be something else.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Maxwell Langdon<br />Pixel Hive Design - Professional Web Development & Graphic Design<br />http://www.pixelhivedesign.com</strong><br /><br /><br /><br />Nov 16, 2009 at 15:56 <br /><em>Thank you for the fast response!<br /> <br />I've attached the flash file, hope it helps. I was also trying to find away to make the 'bottom logo' and 'dragon' layers have the water effect on them, is that possible?<br /> <br />Anyway, thank you again!<br />-Michelle</em><br /><br /><br /><br />16 November 2009 at 16:25:34<br /><strong>Hi Michelle,<br /><br />I did two things. The main thing was you had the effect applied to an area of 720x800. I changed the 800 to 388, the size of the reflection:<br />myBitmap = new BitmapData(720,388,false,0);<br /><br />The second thing I did was add a few lines of code to allow the effect to be paused. I pause the effect during the scroll up animation since you don't really notice the effect anyway during the scroll and it is also hard on the cpu to scroll and animate the effect. I unpause it when it's done scrolling. You can see how I pause it on the "water" layer on the main timeline. Look at the actionscript on the frame when you begin and end the scroll animation. <br /><br />Animation looks good on my computer now.<br /><br />Maxwell Langdon</strong><br /><br />---<br /><br />I have since been able to complete that ident bringing my total of completed idents up to 4. So far I am on schedule but I'll need to finish the other two by friday and then worry about properly updating this blog. I've also completed the final background for the idents;<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKA895XvOORstoslGZPJpcnsf2tqq-mOoOAX34OTFyIxF2dXjwlLce2vY0gFcZX4cjqjkehbkDNXnnHZVo4buZS9k-91pPv7xAi1pfkwKGgu91kzPmcIirJCfuCBcW1qqgeVYfsQz-Ls/s1600/archery+copyright.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKA895XvOORstoslGZPJpcnsf2tqq-mOoOAX34OTFyIxF2dXjwlLce2vY0gFcZX4cjqjkehbkDNXnnHZVo4buZS9k-91pPv7xAi1pfkwKGgu91kzPmcIirJCfuCBcW1qqgeVYfsQz-Ls/s200/archery+copyright.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405444158349540338" /></a><br /><br />Till then!<br />-MichelleMichelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-42183870985229756082009-11-09T04:02:00.000-08:002009-11-20T11:09:54.733-08:00flash testsflying test for the falconry ident. I had help, using the 'Cartoon Animation' book by Preston Blair as reference.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKSZEBXfoaXNw8wrs6MeL4tOEToQcNOeXQRzjfll2qDvDfsKcfGIGglc8d89gJfpISo_-tS_HB1XwqiKEOUNHoCMM5b0wogtYoKdXJv2sYqeOL6VPsGOAw5uK1RRiMbaJMG_2ZgcOzKQ/s1600-h/bird+flight.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKSZEBXfoaXNw8wrs6MeL4tOEToQcNOeXQRzjfll2qDvDfsKcfGIGglc8d89gJfpISo_-tS_HB1XwqiKEOUNHoCMM5b0wogtYoKdXJv2sYqeOL6VPsGOAw5uK1RRiMbaJMG_2ZgcOzKQ/s200/bird+flight.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402905394345674242" /></a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzFHf0RwnURizY2e_NJ5K4ahLTl1HugAEKUiEMrnCQKiceHZ2gzU17WWPU7gAwYNya0K6_zmPWAamHeJoAnjA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />I am also working on the jousting animation, and for reference I have used another page in the book by Mr Blair;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vCaqkZRl45-94QsUo33x42TY8fGSvmkuzng8tvqAXc_IowtSR0yuk9CppRBBA0OgcW0Fw2yDZYCuDLHBVXFJirPwxl3cyZtj4E5dTaLl09jn4Uo8bHe0b8vP2YmIxnub1BhgBK_c1rY/s1600/horse+trot.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 99px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vCaqkZRl45-94QsUo33x42TY8fGSvmkuzng8tvqAXc_IowtSR0yuk9CppRBBA0OgcW0Fw2yDZYCuDLHBVXFJirPwxl3cyZtj4E5dTaLl09jn4Uo8bHe0b8vP2YmIxnub1BhgBK_c1rY/s200/horse+trot.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406264978137268034" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Schedule;</span><br /><br />There are now 2 and a half weeks remaining.<br />By the end of next week I am hoping to have finished my idents so that on the last week I can perfect my blog and change it in time for the summative (if there are any critical errors). I want to have completed 4 of them by the end of this week and 2 next week.<br />So far I have completed 2 idents :)Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-33876390084310812612009-10-29T15:03:00.001-07:002009-11-20T12:41:16.759-08:00Formative Assessment and StoryboardsHad my formative this afternoon and got a bit of feedback on my work and suggested ideas;<br /><br />-adding an unfurling scroll to one of my idents (archery? princess tower?)<br />-research "Robin Hood" both Disney and BBC series for ideas<br />-think about where the idents would be shown - internet? television?<br />-start thinking about music and sound effects and doing research into that.<br /><br />Apart from that I seemed to be on track.<br />I've also completed 50% of three of my idents after working solidly this week. I'll put a few of the first tests up in a few days.<br /><br />I have also completed my storyboards. They are extremely basic but will do the job. I'm getting very conscious of how much time is remaining!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8BZAs-dNSnJKTJFU5I6iZLBbGsFepdggaZkQX4wQyxSXSUXq55l_5PKrPFjRCgbJ7XptJF6Q-BNBLieqHbAwJIiC9LNgylLEoFK0r-u9s31cCvFobTWsSzXGyLKUNDQGI5qKphZ_Wec/s1600/jester+storyboard.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8BZAs-dNSnJKTJFU5I6iZLBbGsFepdggaZkQX4wQyxSXSUXq55l_5PKrPFjRCgbJ7XptJF6Q-BNBLieqHbAwJIiC9LNgylLEoFK0r-u9s31cCvFobTWsSzXGyLKUNDQGI5qKphZ_Wec/s200/jester+storyboard.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406280949376246418" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAukOaOVQpacc7hiJ4plf-eqND99jdNKMD51aU5aGAbhMRmKwUByf7I_UaOfDqeEHHHcMivRNPDB_Mcl632vgqvkIukkjPBlaGPLNyZ0xAvcxJmJPNpKP8Cp_guzv2aJPFeo9Oj6RHaUE/s1600/joust+storyboard.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAukOaOVQpacc7hiJ4plf-eqND99jdNKMD51aU5aGAbhMRmKwUByf7I_UaOfDqeEHHHcMivRNPDB_Mcl632vgqvkIukkjPBlaGPLNyZ0xAvcxJmJPNpKP8Cp_guzv2aJPFeo9Oj6RHaUE/s200/joust+storyboard.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406281325468912098" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSvwfAyo7BaNhvT_xAKDmMcUDrlnb_dr1AqK4J5y43qW8eS0LBHqUI3TZDOXz489cbFpDbUySco8k1GA6zsdi-hGka8wgFTs7ydlKtibZWYlcurJCslvUfXrYmRAet6whfVQNn4ZjrYI/s1600/princess+storyboard.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSvwfAyo7BaNhvT_xAKDmMcUDrlnb_dr1AqK4J5y43qW8eS0LBHqUI3TZDOXz489cbFpDbUySco8k1GA6zsdi-hGka8wgFTs7ydlKtibZWYlcurJCslvUfXrYmRAet6whfVQNn4ZjrYI/s200/princess+storyboard.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406281760389337202" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpUCZMtYGKKFuIB8TPgsQOMLavL0-P44cCFfUG5VVDy75kkZwFX0WDj15TKPiouRiDr6FFZNUycz9NTCYpoaUiQMUMOwCrIsqq2xfFiPwY-AwGmEIovBs6YIj6edRk7Z0FRkv5yKixCM/s1600/falconry+and+dragon+storyboard.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpUCZMtYGKKFuIB8TPgsQOMLavL0-P44cCFfUG5VVDy75kkZwFX0WDj15TKPiouRiDr6FFZNUycz9NTCYpoaUiQMUMOwCrIsqq2xfFiPwY-AwGmEIovBs6YIj6edRk7Z0FRkv5yKixCM/s200/falconry+and+dragon+storyboard.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406282170722671074" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3aet05wu_7Y_qc4cAnGYl3nJyY76LMhSbKZthKvARP8MEk0RyN87xt1v9D6fYPD5s0Zzoxkas9LgyuCL2nHzqgtGFsVarbJxywRptn0ob2T5mPAbow1hLR-MxozF4nkxNVRahHasFdE/s1600/archery+storyboard.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3aet05wu_7Y_qc4cAnGYl3nJyY76LMhSbKZthKvARP8MEk0RyN87xt1v9D6fYPD5s0Zzoxkas9LgyuCL2nHzqgtGFsVarbJxywRptn0ob2T5mPAbow1hLR-MxozF4nkxNVRahHasFdE/s200/archery+storyboard.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406282469548570162" /></a> <br />Jesters, Jousting, Princess Tower, Falconry and Dragons, Archery (from left to right).<br /><br />Click for larger images! :)<br /><br />The one thing all my idents must have in common, is the Warwick Castle logo;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3VabKwqkMweKsPgAZ46IDr6ko3jYI97nsWcWx9YnNliM-wu5AHoaDcsSKH3r76Wt7mT4OPiJq_ZWtcWGdXQHqb2t0GPd2kPM9hCQ2lEh_n_-LxdVRpXgSeVkgg8jtYMbEyVVNZdyPoc/s1600/logo.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3VabKwqkMweKsPgAZ46IDr6ko3jYI97nsWcWx9YnNliM-wu5AHoaDcsSKH3r76Wt7mT4OPiJq_ZWtcWGdXQHqb2t0GPd2kPM9hCQ2lEh_n_-LxdVRpXgSeVkgg8jtYMbEyVVNZdyPoc/s200/logo.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406287722668131570" /></a><br />So i have worked hard to get that into the idents in a way that they will notice.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-41117769539727060802009-10-22T03:25:00.000-07:002009-11-20T11:36:59.658-08:00backgrounds and scheduleBackgrounds for my idents I've been working on for the last few days;<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwP4ESg7Emqg4Y5lyfXAkpfsdyqRKhSd-Tg7EKFdcwSj7o1S1I7PjuNaIvFPk9TQ7QluPpUKU_t2rLF3_RozLqPLSHUavLN_qBvOkBiFqRDY9cbXHM-yGcUITBOSVyG7xIIi8mFBTOvCw/s1600-h/joust+backgroundcopyright.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwP4ESg7Emqg4Y5lyfXAkpfsdyqRKhSd-Tg7EKFdcwSj7o1S1I7PjuNaIvFPk9TQ7QluPpUKU_t2rLF3_RozLqPLSHUavLN_qBvOkBiFqRDY9cbXHM-yGcUITBOSVyG7xIIi8mFBTOvCw/s200/joust+backgroundcopyright.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395372416554022546" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_yKaPaFEpoXvI08zRL73XvXNSoADE-zU2LHjYv8LfnAOEtGrTQ3Tzmkw-F7NEZFYEoyE6k5Ytbww2wnSq8R9J4EKVlMA0DS48f9kf8b7DxCM0vX_OTQybfuHUZQ1uCzO9xyjJLVVQgY/s1600-h/falconry+bgcopyright.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_yKaPaFEpoXvI08zRL73XvXNSoADE-zU2LHjYv8LfnAOEtGrTQ3Tzmkw-F7NEZFYEoyE6k5Ytbww2wnSq8R9J4EKVlMA0DS48f9kf8b7DxCM0vX_OTQybfuHUZQ1uCzO9xyjJLVVQgY/s200/falconry+bgcopyright.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395372406965004978" /></a><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XRgJImgCKZSKZyQvV1tQk4yxdrtzm6m-_WEFl0g2nhGWq5rqYPuModk1oGjW9aq_cP03a13od8MNsFwY6w64Opk-5waL6eH68ZlqOcFv2zkgaVjJcjqc9Hby2srT9xRoqWJV6A3Afio/s200/jester+backgroundcopyright.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395372410790467746" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21zJXOC2fhtS1ic5fVetyrQj54QvrvgK2gmapAVAz8ea6VRxzRAje_XDm2X7eWb4fjN-l6JRJelSJknLp3qq0g6tCarHj9ToltSY_CZZ5UjV2WAkNB42Bpn0b6RuciKerMdb2wm5BKFM/s1600-h/dragon+bg2copyright.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21zJXOC2fhtS1ic5fVetyrQj54QvrvgK2gmapAVAz8ea6VRxzRAje_XDm2X7eWb4fjN-l6JRJelSJknLp3qq0g6tCarHj9ToltSY_CZZ5UjV2WAkNB42Bpn0b6RuciKerMdb2wm5BKFM/s200/dragon+bg2copyright.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395372405977500034" /></a><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8ITAutVCRs1wAnEH-WZM5m6mdYSOF1qNAZ2ZTkQZkKWgFon_YJF22BmqV_HazUjoO0ji5fxuyvtZqzW10PwHdCDJFk_mTBYHWKTPDSII69cMpiTWlkepWbsMXdmkKMmU36-EomYgbP0/s200/princess+towerccopyright.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395372416839987826" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I have also put a quick schedule together of the work I need to do over the next 4-5 weeks!<br /><br /><strong>26th October - 1st November</strong> : <em>must have completed all storyboards and a couple of animation tests or rough drafts</em><br /><strong>2nd November - 8th November</strong> : <em>have completed two idents</em><br /><strong>9th November - 15th November</strong> : <em>have completed four idents</em><br /><strong>16th November - 22nd November</strong> : <em>have finished all idents</em><br /><strong>23rd November - 27th November</strong> : <em>go back over idents and improve if possible. Also think about the addition of music and sound effects.</em><br /><br />it's a bit basic but it's what i'm aiming for!Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-59660251199758153362009-10-18T07:18:00.000-07:002009-11-20T12:41:42.701-08:00Video Clips and more Picture ReferenceOn Emu's recommendation, here are a couple of videos from the jester show. They're not great quality but it was the best I could get at the time.<br /><br />Setting up the characters..<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyb9K_oAZIIiS_LDQyVrP3QUw0p_jywd3K0Q0OxTfxnsN9WnH8lCuSv5xDVvZA0_Apx4n5Yy4f4egnIRpPHTg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />The next one is from the end of the show, and I think I would like to base one of my idents off it.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzPOaSkZMiH8A0dXzpOqgN1OshpZ3H4fDPt96ObgWhUFpro06NWnPqld1VpmEGzZ03fqRd6veK3mruN_51lBA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />and this is from an official warwick castle video of the show;<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/elXFg4B3ZkQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/elXFg4B3ZkQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I will be mostly working on the jester and princess tower idents this coming week as I have a clearer idea of what I want in them than the others.<br />Expect storyboards, backgrounds and maybe a couple of short animation tests!<br /><br />Here are a few more images I found that I will use to help me with the animations and their backgrounds;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zqw-A-4pNZLAhot2raNeExAjbY9P_1k5Ew1ILR6hji3boou7fY2fHibb5jq9fzhOlrx0ZWE_EooTvkqJywnWYGUMKkOdje2Qw2DLGNLbu0yc58Nb0hBqS8gudU5JESS0_wSzu3ZQT2w/s1600/The_Archer_Stock_by_Chi_Yo.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zqw-A-4pNZLAhot2raNeExAjbY9P_1k5Ew1ILR6hji3boou7fY2fHibb5jq9fzhOlrx0ZWE_EooTvkqJywnWYGUMKkOdje2Qw2DLGNLbu0yc58Nb0hBqS8gudU5JESS0_wSzu3ZQT2w/s200/The_Archer_Stock_by_Chi_Yo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406287448907317362" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBClnJSDVp6BCEr-2SPDVooYMO1_3VpK3IFqqEIzANXHVMWs7sA4E-6yna9e1oMczX-ALg4KJG4ZlABb1Ekfkcrl6LqOxMU4iAH98Q2GvgubQtqSv6z5d5p7mD9yoz9ehCc3t-KBqHuzs/s1600/warwick1.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBClnJSDVp6BCEr-2SPDVooYMO1_3VpK3IFqqEIzANXHVMWs7sA4E-6yna9e1oMczX-ALg4KJG4ZlABb1Ekfkcrl6LqOxMU4iAH98Q2GvgubQtqSv6z5d5p7mD9yoz9ehCc3t-KBqHuzs/s200/warwick1.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406287458052605362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Rx47jN3sgf9y5iTT8awdBhhFyII9K6HDFwDEFy7bgNmJnHpmGibWbx9YeBEf4bvXu0qRn9vAH4Ddyj9bcnSYg4Fot-qj2lVzOV3EvdQDHNksaV-35Gl1C9NQQTHNp5eFkMvb4NAcASo/s1600/Warwick_Castle_by_Mistrie.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Rx47jN3sgf9y5iTT8awdBhhFyII9K6HDFwDEFy7bgNmJnHpmGibWbx9YeBEf4bvXu0qRn9vAH4Ddyj9bcnSYg4Fot-qj2lVzOV3EvdQDHNksaV-35Gl1C9NQQTHNp5eFkMvb4NAcASo/s200/Warwick_Castle_by_Mistrie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406287454975680898" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTuy0VE9MGWAheDj9UPXWgVdjPmi6RFhUox9nloQRSb8REWWPRqJvcd8i-R_AIum1k6e0c-9CvEwNMQ37HfSStkuwFo8uzB8WdJY9nivKDgiimGoNll8MltpqY0LnDJCmNzNVS3eEgMvA/s1600/warwick2.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTuy0VE9MGWAheDj9UPXWgVdjPmi6RFhUox9nloQRSb8REWWPRqJvcd8i-R_AIum1k6e0c-9CvEwNMQ37HfSStkuwFo8uzB8WdJY9nivKDgiimGoNll8MltpqY0LnDJCmNzNVS3eEgMvA/s200/warwick2.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406287463690410802" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuD_BPqnBuCFcBBAHrNtomsxSVAuYfYsi2_DmkeQR4V99gxUbNFAoFt26ZDeNYCLA1QQftkrQ5Ob5OxUrmEmTrONrR1qEsvYKz96eiW5ET4iWEk7RHtdjXVt2Wq2pl61oxWLH2TmL-r0/s1600/warwick_by_skardacommaemily.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuD_BPqnBuCFcBBAHrNtomsxSVAuYfYsi2_DmkeQR4V99gxUbNFAoFt26ZDeNYCLA1QQftkrQ5Ob5OxUrmEmTrONrR1qEsvYKz96eiW5ET4iWEk7RHtdjXVt2Wq2pl61oxWLH2TmL-r0/s200/warwick_by_skardacommaemily.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406287461356983090" /></a><br /><br />Some of the pictures I will adapt into new backgrounds and others I'm going to turn into Photoshop images and change the colours to make the brighter so they can better grab my target audience's attention.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-90136127615952887122009-10-17T14:59:00.001-07:002009-10-17T15:05:47.480-07:00Brain StormsStill coming up with ideas for the idents...<br />If you are unable to see the full images, just click on them for a bigger size.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/warwickroughideas.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 799px; height: 581px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/warwickroughideas.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />(Jesters)<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/warwickroughideas2.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 800px; height: 583px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/warwickroughideas2.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />(Falconry)<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/warwickroughideas3.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 799px; height: 588px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/warwickroughideas3.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />(Princess Tower)<br /><br />Thanks!Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-31383057144455211152009-10-17T14:35:00.000-07:002009-11-23T02:33:10.479-08:00Character DevelopmentPrimary research of the activities at Warwick Castle. I took these photos plus a few videos of the events for animation reference.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/castlephotos.png"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 800px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 752px" alt="" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/castlephotos.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Art-wise... I have started developing the jesters first, since I feel they are ideal mascots for the castle.<br /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/jestersketchs.png"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 590px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 800px" alt="" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/jestersketchs.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I also completed a digital picture of them for personal reference (although the style is a little too complex for animation) but I will simplify it down significantly to look more like the pictures above.<br /><p></p><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/montyandjingles.png"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 568px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 709px" alt="" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/Lubrian/montyandjingles.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Also, when it comes to animating these guys, I plan to use the character 'Harley Quinn' from Batman as a good reference for how jesters hats should move!;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MWQaxfputyo&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MWQaxfputyo&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Thank you for looking!Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1955629010162142273.post-89497252150181930872009-10-16T04:01:00.001-07:002009-11-27T00:29:21.903-08:00Industry Exercises projectWelcome to my Ravensbourne blog for the Industry Exercise project (unit 205)!<br /><br />My brief will follow that of Brief B (produce a series of 5 second idents for the National Gallery) except I am choosing to focus on Warwick Castle instead as I visited it over the summer and was deeply inspired by the sights;<br /><br /><strong>Brief B: Animation<br />http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/<br /><br />“We need some idents done to attract tourists, particularly children, to Warwick Castle during the summer, maybe your students could come up with some ideas for us? We need a range of five second clips that we can play before during and after television shows aimed at them, and to put on our website to reinforce the castle’s identity. They can use the logo, they can use images from the website, they can use current or future exhibitions as a theme; it would be really nice if they could reflect some of the colours that are commonly used; sky blue and yellow.<br /><br />It would be great if they came up with a range of ideas… I would like to see six ideas from each of them. A storyboard for each as well as some explanation of why they have taken that approach would be excellent support for their actual animations. I suppose they’re going to have to do a little bit of research into the gallery and what we’re about to really come up with something useful…”<br /><br />• Do some research into Warwick Castle<br />• Storyboard, explain, and produce six five second segments of animation to reinforce the identity of the Warwick Castle.</strong><br /><br />I want my idents to be aimed at the children that visit the castle (up to age 12 or so) and I plan to produce them all in flash, one for each attraction of their summer programme - jousting, the jester show, princess tower, fire-breathing, falconry and either the Trebuchet or castle dungeon.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/">http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/</a><br /><br />During the past week of research (which i will scan in over the next couple of days) I watched the animated Disney/Pixar movie 'Bolt' and want to produce my idents in the style of the end credits;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F1LXM9fLVX8&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F1LXM9fLVX8&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I have also made a playlist on my youtube account of all the different idents that I could find;<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Pluschan#grid/user/28902601F0B9B497">http://www.youtube.com/user/Pluschan#grid/user/28902601F0B9B497</a><br /><br />but my favourite examples are the wallace & gromit ones as they are short and to the point. very effective! I want my idents to be similar to this;<br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J9IUTIA38Ss&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J9IUTIA38Ss&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />I will continue to update this blog through the coming weeks with my progress. Stay tuned!Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0