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Showing posts with label animation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animation. Show all posts
I edited the video in iMovie- which proposed less opportunity to put effects on the video - because I don't have enough space to download Premiere Pro. However for a short clip it worked fine enough.
Things to improve on when I have more time:
- re shoot the first few frames so that they don't bounce around so much.
Rachel Olga Lloyd -
I was introduced to "How to count sheep" when asking one of the graduating animation students Eva Akesoon for some advice and inspiration. Eva's blog: http://evaakessonanimation.tumblr.com
I love the simplicity of the idea behind the video. The puppet's are cute looking but have a sense of high artistry. It's all executed in high detail.
Two of my favourite scenes:
1. The girl closing her eyes - you can see Lloyd's finger prints on the eyelids giving the animation a real DIY feel
2. The character walking through the forest - I forget it's a stop motion animation; the lighting casts shadows making it all feel very real.
I was introduced to "How to count sheep" when asking one of the graduating animation students Eva Akesoon for some advice and inspiration. Eva's blog: http://evaakessonanimation.tumblr.com
I love the simplicity of the idea behind the video. The puppet's are cute looking but have a sense of high artistry. It's all executed in high detail.
Two of my favourite scenes:
1. The girl closing her eyes - you can see Lloyd's finger prints on the eyelids giving the animation a real DIY feel
2. The character walking through the forest - I forget it's a stop motion animation; the lighting casts shadows making it all feel very real.
sea waves trials
very quick Photoshop gif, just working on the movement of the waves - inspired by Luis Cook's "The Pearce Sisters"
I really like the transparency of the waves in he film and the movement of the black outline, which enhances the quality of the waves.
-plastic bag, brown paper envelope, blue felt, cotton- just playing around with some found materials
I tried a stop motion technique of approaching the sea as well. I need to create a work place at a higher level though so that I can put the camera on a tripod - the shots move around too much and hinder the effect.
a very collagy interpretation of some sea waves
Polish Legends - narrowing my plans for the project
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Over the summer I had a brief look at Polish folk stories and fairy tales. Old tales from all over the world tend to be much darker and more grim than the children's stories we are used to now; they were intended not only for the younger audience back then. Growing up in Poland legends played a big part of my childhood. I loved hearing stories involving out kings and queens but also mermaids and dragons, and to this day they all play an important part of the Polish culture and are constantly revisited by illustrators.
For this project I would like to animate one of the shorter stories that, for some reason, has resonated with me for many years. It's about how the Baltic sea became salty.
(There is a Norwegian tale titled " Why is the Sea Salty" however it is much much darker and more complex.)
My love for the sea and the want to animate waves makes this legend all the more suitable as nearly all of the action revolves around the sea scenery. It is also quite a short anecdote so I should be able to finish it all before the deadline.
Library Book Research - animation + puppetry
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Petruszka - the story of traditional Russian theatre- Polish and Russsian traditions overlap in many cases and this was one of the first books I picked up in the library. Interesting for research purposes if not main inspiration.
Puppetry and the Art of Story Creation- a more hands on approach on the art of puppetry - need to research more
Animation sketchbooks - especially Pierre -Luc Granjon ' the white wolf' - in french. Very somber, raw, grotesque, dark but magical and weirdly familiar.
Puppetry and the Art of Story Creation- a more hands on approach on the art of puppetry - need to research more
Animation sketchbooks - especially Pierre -Luc Granjon ' the white wolf' - in french. Very somber, raw, grotesque, dark but magical and weirdly familiar.
DRAGON FRAME
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We had an introductory workshop to Dragon Frame; a piece of software that allows you to capture images and turn them into stop-mption animation. Having previous experience with stop motion I found the software pretty straightforward and easy to use. The one feature that I really appreciated is called 'focus match'. It helps you set the right focus on your images every time you might change something on the camera thus assuring the best quality images at all times.
After the workshop we had a go at producing our own short animations that were done using previously made collage pieces.
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We had an introductory workshop to Dragon Frame; a piece of software that allows you to capture images and turn them into stop-mption animation. Having previous experience with stop motion I found the software pretty straightforward and easy to use. The one feature that I really appreciated is called 'focus match'. It helps you set the right focus on your images every time you might change something on the camera thus assuring the best quality images at all times.
After the workshop we had a go at producing our own short animations that were done using previously made collage pieces.
stop motion danielle from Danielle Addae on Vimeo.
Slide Gallery Visit
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I've been to the slide gallery in the Manchester School of Art once before, last year, when I was trying to familiarise myself with the buildings. This time round however we had a proper look at the contents of the library.
I've enjoyed looking at slides of media about various subjects: from architectural drawings by Le Corbusier to vintage covers of the Vogue. There are many photographs that are not readily available online and so are very precious and I will make it my priority to visit the slide library more often this year and take advantage of the images.
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I've been to the slide gallery in the Manchester School of Art once before, last year, when I was trying to familiarise myself with the buildings. This time round however we had a proper look at the contents of the library.
I've enjoyed looking at slides of media about various subjects: from architectural drawings by Le Corbusier to vintage covers of the Vogue. There are many photographs that are not readily available online and so are very precious and I will make it my priority to visit the slide library more often this year and take advantage of the images.
35 mm film - 16 mm film
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During the five weeks of moving image we will be exploring different ways of animating and transforming static image into a moving picture. We've had a look at 16 mm film first. In comparison to the 35 mm the rolls of 16mm are about half the width (hence 16mm), which makes working into the separate frames a bit harder.
Following the lead of artists such as Len Lye we all had a go at altering the rolls of film using all sorts of media like posca pens, paint and tapes.
The process in it self seems easy enough, with a lot of film ending up covered up in patterns and organic shapes.
With my bits of film I tried to remember that in the end it will be animated. 16 mm is usually run at 24 fps, and so keeping that in mind I reworked some of the frames.
_expand, pictures and the film
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During the five weeks of moving image we will be exploring different ways of animating and transforming static image into a moving picture. We've had a look at 16 mm film first. In comparison to the 35 mm the rolls of 16mm are about half the width (hence 16mm), which makes working into the separate frames a bit harder.
Following the lead of artists such as Len Lye we all had a go at altering the rolls of film using all sorts of media like posca pens, paint and tapes.
The process in it self seems easy enough, with a lot of film ending up covered up in patterns and organic shapes.
With my bits of film I tried to remember that in the end it will be animated. 16 mm is usually run at 24 fps, and so keeping that in mind I reworked some of the frames.
_expand, pictures and the film
MOVING IMAGE
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THEME: TRANSIENT
OUTCOME: a reflective piece of work
Upon a Painted Ocean (extract 1) from Hondartza Fraga on Vimeo.
Beautiful subtle animation, bringing a classical painting to life.
Upon a Painted Ocean (extract 2) from Hondartza Fraga on Vimeo.
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Over the summer I was very inspired by Cartoon Saloon's "Song of the Sea", a wonderful animated film that focuses around the folklore of the Irish sea. I was particularly fascinated by the animation of the waves. The water has a lovely texture and it's movement although artificial, brilliantly reflects the whole mystical aura of the movie.
The style is almost collage-like, tactile and with the different layers showing through.
Cartoon Saloon is one of my favourite animation studios. - click here to find out more -
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I'm intrigued by paper cut out stop-motion animation, and illustration. There's a lovely hand-made quality to the work, and I'd like to explore it more in my own practice.
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