Monday 12 December 2016
Today we got our clips that we recorded a few weeks ago we cut the audio in audition which i have never used before i learned a decent amount about the software. i cut the audio then i turned it down as it was louder than it needed to be i then exported it and put it into adobe premiere and added an image i then exported it and uploaded it to YouTube
Friday 11 November 2016
Time Lapse
Time Lapse
This is a time lapse of the construction of one of the world trade center buildings. A time lapse in animation is a camera in a still position taking a photo every so often in the clip above a photo got taken once every hour. and in some cases every day or five minutes. Every photo that gets taken gets put into a editing software and it makes it look like it is filming in fast movement.
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Cut out animation
Cut Out Animation
cut out animation can be several different options the first option can be hand drawn an example of hand drawing cut out animation is above. it is made up by series of original drawings and put into a sequence
The second option is silhouette cut out animation this is made out of black paper and every different moving piece is a different piece of paper.
an example of a cut out artist is Trey parker he made the americain hit show South Park.
an example of a cut out artist is Trey parker he made the americain hit show South Park.
Monday 31 October 2016
Assignment 1: Pre-Production Theory
Pre Production Theory
Pre Production Theory
Before everything you will need some one or company to fund you this is done by pitching your concepts to the conglomerates such as Disney or Warner Brothers after this you will need to spitball ideas around, after you have the concept you like you move onto making notes, spreadsheets, lists and spider diagrams this will help put the concept together. after that you work out which genre the idea will fall under. the next step is to think about actors and actresses, you also need to take into consideration how long your film will be for example if your film will last five minutes this will be classed as a short film or ninety minutes for a full film. their is also the possibility that you will make a TV show which normally lasts 30 minutes. in the process you also need to get the story line sorted this is done by writing ideas on a piece of paper or in word on the computer. the next step is to think about the budget you need to actually make the film. Next you need to get the equipment such as camera and lighting. you also need to think about what props you need such as food and knives and forks. to make it easier for yourself you can make a spider diagram, a spider diagram is where you put the film name in the center and then you put lines coming off the middles and put another bit of text such as "equipment", "actors" etc. after you have the sub headings you put the information necessary to the heading for example if you put equipment you put to the side cameras, lighting etc. Next you need to make a budget plan this is where you total how much you need to spend for your film. an easy way to do this is to make a list of every single thing you will need to buy, this includes equipment, props, locations and actors. a necessary document you need to fill out is a risk assessment for every new location you film this prevents accidents from happening also stops deaths in some cases as people in the past have died shooting movies..
Once you have created your spider diagram you need to actually start buying the necessary items to build your film such as microphones, lighting, actors, directors, cameras and more staff that may be needed for example editors, camera men and sound operators these are just a few of the full screw that is needed.an easy way to note down what you need and how much every thing costs is by using the Microsoft software Excel this has many features like tables rows and columbs. The software totals up each row and column with a simple formula that is found by a quick google search.
Once you have specific concept you like you move onto the script writing this is made with the online Adobe story https://story.adobe.com this website is the perfect tool to write a script as it has many features such as a front page and formatting each line for example if you pick scene heading it moves your text to the left and capitalizes the writing. The website has 9 different formatting options "Scene Heading", this is where you write the location of where you want your director to film it "Action" this is where you write what the atmosphere of the scene will be for example "It was a cold night and the wind whistled, magic was in the air.". The next formatting option is "Character" this is where your character speaks. the next option on the website is dialogue this is where you implement speech into the script, the next option is transition this where you change the scene.
Communication in film making is vital as it could make or brake a movie. You could make a timetable for each member of your crew this will make sure everyone knows what they are doing
Once you have specific concept you like you move onto the script writing this is made with the online Adobe story https://story.adobe.com this website is the perfect tool to write a script as it has many features such as a front page and formatting each line for example if you pick scene heading it moves your text to the left and capitalizes the writing. The website has 9 different formatting options "Scene Heading", this is where you write the location of where you want your director to film it "Action" this is where you write what the atmosphere of the scene will be for example "It was a cold night and the wind whistled, magic was in the air.". The next formatting option is "Character" this is where your character speaks. the next option on the website is dialogue this is where you implement speech into the script, the next option is transition this where you change the scene.
Communication in film making is vital as it could make or brake a movie. You could make a timetable for each member of your crew this will make sure everyone knows what they are doing
In most cases in films you have music this could be instrumental or voice music but to get access to the music you will need to get permission from the artist over wise your film would get sued. To get permission you need to contact the artist or the record company the artist is attached too. you would normally email the company if the artist says you can use the audio you will be able to put it into your film. You will need to get proof that the artist accepts. some times you can work out a deal with the record company or the artist for example you could give the artist a percentage of the film profit or just work out a sum of money before hand,
Sunday 30 October 2016
Assignment 2
Understanding structure and funding in the film industry
During making a movie you have to go through five different stages to complete the process the first stage is Development the second is Pre Production, the third is production the fourth stage is Post Production, the last stage is Distribution.
Development
The first stage to the movie is development. This is where the concept for the movie begins. The person who has the idea will go to a company such as Disney, Warner brothers or Fox and pitch them the concept of the movie. However movie conglomerates might not accept your idea as it might not make as much money as another idea in this case you can go to a smaller company and do the same pitch.
Once your film is accepted you move onto the planning this includes script writing this is made with the online Adobe story https://story.adobe.com this website is the perfect tool to write a script as it has many features such as a front page and formatting each line.
the next step is to total up the cost to make up the movie. You need to think about the budget that the company your working with has gave you. If there is more than one movie been made you can take some of the profit made with DVD sales and box office sales. If the concept of the movie is solid then more money should be put into it. You can check this by looking at the creators work if this is the creators for piece of work then you can do research on the director. After this you will need to carry out research on the target audience for example you will need to look at the age range you are selling it out to, and the gender. Once you have figured out your audience you can focus on advertising to cater for there needs. for example if its a super hero movie you can sell costumes and toys.
Pre Production
Once development is done you move onto pre production. Pre production is where you start creating storyboards this gives the director inspiration. Story boards are drawn images that is just a drawing of the scene that you will be shot. The director and the camera men will be sorting out the camera angles that will be put into the film. You will also need to have the script wrote up by now as this is the most vital part of the film. You will also need to have audio such as music and sound effects, you will need to hire a composer to achieve this step. You will need to organize set locations, outfits, props and sets this will be done by the director or the production team.
Production
The next stage of the process is production, this is where you actually shoot the movie for this you will of needed to hire every single staff and actor needed. this process includes getting the set ready getting the props ready. The actors will be getting filmed in this process. This step normally lasts a while this is because normally on an average full 15 hour long day of filming you will be able to use three minutes of footage recorded. A normal movie lasts 95 minutes.
Post Production
This is the second from last step of the production, in this step you will put the whole movie together this is done on soft wares such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Mac's Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer or Sony Vegas Pro. This step will include putting clips together from the filming you have done from the previous step it will also including sound effects and other audio based clips. Once the editor has gone through every single clip he will cut it done to about 90 minutes this is the average lasting time of a movie.
Distribution
The final stage of the production is distribution, after your movie is complete, your company that funded you for example Disney. your distributor will advertise your trailer and promotion clips. if your movie is big enough it will also have clothing, toys and merchandise. The company can also make movie posters this is another form of advertisements. once the advertisements have been made to hype up the film it will enter the box office it will then proceed to go in cinemas for a few months after the cinemas it will get released on DVDs or on a online version, then eventually it will hit Sky after sky it will go on normal TV such as ITV and Channel 4. After this it could go on online platforms such as Netflix or Amazon Prime etc.
There are many different ways for your movie to get funded. the first way to get funded is to give a company such as Disney or Warner Brothers your film concept if they want to use your film they will give you budget in return they will have rights to the film and have there name in the opening title sequence and they will also feature in the credits of the film. There are six main conglomerates who do this the six companies are called Disney,Universal, Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount and 20th Century Fox. A conglomerate is a company that owns many other company's for example Disney own Pixar, Lucas Films and Marvel. The company that funds your film will get the money back from box office sales and DVD sales you will be able to buy the DVD after it comes out of the box office, the movie normally stays in for a few months. Another way the company gets the money is through online sales. The company only gets a percentage of the sales though you the creator will get the rest. The company will also decide if it goes onto online platform such as Netflix and Amazon Prime company put there movie on these platforms as this generates more money this is is because these platforms give you a cut of the monthly fees they get off there users. Some movies go onto TV platforms such as Sky this also generates money as Sky pay the company to be able to use the movie for there paying members. Another money maker is being able to buy your movie out for a certain price this is done by using apps like iTunes, Amazon market place, You tube and Google Play. Another way to make money is being able to rent the movie for a small price this is done with You Tube and ITunes. Movies also make money from other businesses advertising in films this can be drinking a coca cola can in a scene, coca cola will pay money for this scene to be shown. Selling Merchandise is another way to generate money this includes toys, posters, mugs and clothes.
TV shows get there money from two different ways the first way is from online platforming sites such as Netflix and Amazon Prime etc. Your TV show will be aired at a set date weekly or monthly how ever you set it up but the the platforming site will pay you for the rights of your show.The other way is through TV channels, all the money you get from TV channels will be from advertisements from other businesses that pays the channel to have a 30 seconds advert in the break of the show this is how you get the money on all channels except the BBC channels this generates its money through TV licensees. every single person who watches TV pays £150.00 a year this money goes to the BBC.
Structure
During making a movie you have to go through five different stages to complete the process the first stage is Development the second is Pre Production, the third is production the fourth stage is Post Production, the last stage is Distribution.
Development
The first stage to the movie is development. This is where the concept for the movie begins. The person who has the idea will go to a company such as Disney, Warner brothers or Fox and pitch them the concept of the movie. However movie conglomerates might not accept your idea as it might not make as much money as another idea in this case you can go to a smaller company and do the same pitch.
Once your film is accepted you move onto the planning this includes script writing this is made with the online Adobe story https://story.adobe.com this website is the perfect tool to write a script as it has many features such as a front page and formatting each line.
the next step is to total up the cost to make up the movie. You need to think about the budget that the company your working with has gave you. If there is more than one movie been made you can take some of the profit made with DVD sales and box office sales. If the concept of the movie is solid then more money should be put into it. You can check this by looking at the creators work if this is the creators for piece of work then you can do research on the director. After this you will need to carry out research on the target audience for example you will need to look at the age range you are selling it out to, and the gender. Once you have figured out your audience you can focus on advertising to cater for there needs. for example if its a super hero movie you can sell costumes and toys.
Pre Production
Once development is done you move onto pre production. Pre production is where you start creating storyboards this gives the director inspiration. Story boards are drawn images that is just a drawing of the scene that you will be shot. The director and the camera men will be sorting out the camera angles that will be put into the film. You will also need to have the script wrote up by now as this is the most vital part of the film. You will also need to have audio such as music and sound effects, you will need to hire a composer to achieve this step. You will need to organize set locations, outfits, props and sets this will be done by the director or the production team.
Production
The next stage of the process is production, this is where you actually shoot the movie for this you will of needed to hire every single staff and actor needed. this process includes getting the set ready getting the props ready. The actors will be getting filmed in this process. This step normally lasts a while this is because normally on an average full 15 hour long day of filming you will be able to use three minutes of footage recorded. A normal movie lasts 95 minutes.
Post Production
This is the second from last step of the production, in this step you will put the whole movie together this is done on soft wares such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Mac's Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer or Sony Vegas Pro. This step will include putting clips together from the filming you have done from the previous step it will also including sound effects and other audio based clips. Once the editor has gone through every single clip he will cut it done to about 90 minutes this is the average lasting time of a movie.
Distribution
The final stage of the production is distribution, after your movie is complete, your company that funded you for example Disney. your distributor will advertise your trailer and promotion clips. if your movie is big enough it will also have clothing, toys and merchandise. The company can also make movie posters this is another form of advertisements. once the advertisements have been made to hype up the film it will enter the box office it will then proceed to go in cinemas for a few months after the cinemas it will get released on DVDs or on a online version, then eventually it will hit Sky after sky it will go on normal TV such as ITV and Channel 4. After this it could go on online platforms such as Netflix or Amazon Prime etc.
Funding
There are many different ways for your movie to get funded. the first way to get funded is to give a company such as Disney or Warner Brothers your film concept if they want to use your film they will give you budget in return they will have rights to the film and have there name in the opening title sequence and they will also feature in the credits of the film. There are six main conglomerates who do this the six companies are called Disney,Universal, Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount and 20th Century Fox. A conglomerate is a company that owns many other company's for example Disney own Pixar, Lucas Films and Marvel. The company that funds your film will get the money back from box office sales and DVD sales you will be able to buy the DVD after it comes out of the box office, the movie normally stays in for a few months. Another way the company gets the money is through online sales. The company only gets a percentage of the sales though you the creator will get the rest. The company will also decide if it goes onto online platform such as Netflix and Amazon Prime company put there movie on these platforms as this generates more money this is is because these platforms give you a cut of the monthly fees they get off there users. Some movies go onto TV platforms such as Sky this also generates money as Sky pay the company to be able to use the movie for there paying members. Another money maker is being able to buy your movie out for a certain price this is done by using apps like iTunes, Amazon market place, You tube and Google Play. Another way to make money is being able to rent the movie for a small price this is done with You Tube and ITunes. Movies also make money from other businesses advertising in films this can be drinking a coca cola can in a scene, coca cola will pay money for this scene to be shown. Selling Merchandise is another way to generate money this includes toys, posters, mugs and clothes.
TV shows get there money from two different ways the first way is from online platforming sites such as Netflix and Amazon Prime etc. Your TV show will be aired at a set date weekly or monthly how ever you set it up but the the platforming site will pay you for the rights of your show.The other way is through TV channels, all the money you get from TV channels will be from advertisements from other businesses that pays the channel to have a 30 seconds advert in the break of the show this is how you get the money on all channels except the BBC channels this generates its money through TV licensees. every single person who watches TV pays £150.00 a year this money goes to the BBC.
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Model Animation
first step you create a model design in our case we made to human models second step you open up IStop motion when the programme is opened you take an image of your first frame. then you move that frame ever so slightly and take another photo this creates the effect that it is a moving image. you take 12 photos per second and our film went on for 10 seconds so we took 120 photos. after this is complete you export the clip and the movie is done.
Nick Park
Nick Park created the animation Walace and Gromit. an example of his work is above.
Otmar Gutman
Otmar Gutman created the hit TV show Pingu an example of his work is above.
Tim Burton
Tim Burton created many films such as the nightmare before christmas and James and the giant peach an example of his work is above.
Saturday 15 October 2016
Early Animation Devices
Re-animation from an 1833 McLean's Optical Illusions, or, Magic Panorama disc. The phénakisticope was the first widespread animation device that created a fluent illusion of motion.
Kinetoscope
Mutoscope
Wednesday 12 October 2016
TV Shows
Top Boy is the most similar TV Show to Borohood, as they are both in the gang crime genre. Top Boy was similar as it followed two young teenagers as they were dragged into a life of gangs and featured two rival gangs and showed the life of the members as well as when the two gangs clashed.
Top Boy had Two Seasons and 8 Episodes overall. It aired from 2011 to 2013, and aired Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It now is on Netflix for the world to see. When it aired on Channel 4 the first episode had over 1.1 Million Viewers which was amazing for a first episode in a New series and it continued throughout the show which aired for four night's in a row in 2011 and 2013.
Top Boy's target audience is the same as "Borohood" which is Teenagers/Young Adults. This is because most people who are over the age of 30 aren't really interested in Gang crime as much as younger people. This is because younger people maybe around gang crime more than older people as they might live in area's gang crime happens or are part of a gang themselves so they can relate to it.
Top Boy had Two Seasons and 8 Episodes overall. It aired from 2011 to 2013, and aired Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It now is on Netflix for the world to see. When it aired on Channel 4 the first episode had over 1.1 Million Viewers which was amazing for a first episode in a New series and it continued throughout the show which aired for four night's in a row in 2011 and 2013.
Top Boy's target audience is the same as "Borohood" which is Teenagers/Young Adults. This is because most people who are over the age of 30 aren't really interested in Gang crime as much as younger people. This is because younger people maybe around gang crime more than older people as they might live in area's gang crime happens or are part of a gang themselves so they can relate to it.
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Cell Animation
Cell animation
Mona the vampire was made with cell animation, cell is another word for plastic how it is created is you get 25 drawings a seconds and each episode went on for 20 minutes this equals to 30,000 drawings in a episode. mona the vampire was made in 1999 and it was created by Sonia Holleyman
this trailer is from the film A scanner darkly the technique used in the film is called rotoscope it projects something in front of you and you trace it. the director was called Richard Linklater and released in 2006, the first films that used this technique were made in the 1940s an example of the original technique is superman this was made by fleisher
this trailer is from the film A scanner darkly the technique used in the film is called rotoscope it projects something in front of you and you trace it. the director was called Richard Linklater and released in 2006, the first films that used this technique were made in the 1940s an example of the original technique is superman this was made by fleisher
Wednesday 28 September 2016
Early Animation
Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger made the animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed she used the technique paper cut out. the film
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Persistence of vision
Stop motion animation
Tuesday 20 September 2016
Mona The Vampire
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