As Adam was not here today, we did not have any starter. This meant that we cracked straight into work. Our aim for today was to finish off editing the animation and get most of the paperwork done. We started off rendering the animation ready to edit and we came across a problem. In the race we had the monitor and the hand so we had to work out how we could edit this out.
In the end we worked out that we could take a photo and paint over the parts. This worked quite well however you could see where it was done. This took some time to edit but in the end we managed to fix it. There was a couple other areas we needed to brush up on and we did that.
Finally I worked on the credits of the animation. We decided to have a variety of effects for the text however there is a couple I need to fix. I will do this in half term as I have Flash. I will need to have the credits last a bit longer so you can read what it says. Other than that Euan was adding in the sound effects and the music and it all works well.
Friday, 27 March 2015
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Thursday - Animation nearly done!
Today's main aim was to work on our animation. We wanted to get very close to finishing and we have nearly finished it. First off we started with the normal quiz on Thursday. This quiz was about a Warner Bros animation that was quite funny. In the end I managed to get 5/6 that was not too bad. After Easter Matt is creating the next quiz.
Then we moved onto working on our animation. It was quite hard to set up the set so we decided to change the camera angle and it did look better. We wanted to have the main character lose energy and then a seagull to fly in and drop the bar. We did try this with a clay seagull however it did not work so we used a cut out one.
The final lesson of today we worked on the ending of the animation. We wanted to have the camera zoom into the winner and then swap to a different scene of them climbing onto the podium. The yellow character was too high on the podium so we decided to have a pan up and then the seagull flies around.
Tomorrow we will be aiming to finish off the animation towards the start of the day. After that we will need to work on assignment work and hopefully be close to finishing.
Then we moved onto working on our animation. It was quite hard to set up the set so we decided to change the camera angle and it did look better. We wanted to have the main character lose energy and then a seagull to fly in and drop the bar. We did try this with a clay seagull however it did not work so we used a cut out one.
The final lesson of today we worked on the ending of the animation. We wanted to have the camera zoom into the winner and then swap to a different scene of them climbing onto the podium. The yellow character was too high on the podium so we decided to have a pan up and then the seagull flies around.
Tomorrow we will be aiming to finish off the animation towards the start of the day. After that we will need to work on assignment work and hopefully be close to finishing.
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Tuesday - Starting out the animation!
We started off today with another video of an animation. This video was the intro of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. It was quite an interesting intro because there was many different camera angles and I had never seen an animation like that before. There was different questions that we had to answer such as about the anesthetic of it.
After that we moved onto a little bit of paper work for assignment three task one. We had to write about some pictures and I had to finish off about the sound. This did not take too long and we have just about finished task one. We also had to update it later when Euan created the new backgrounds.
Then we moved onto creating the backgrounds. We had to create a running track, some trees and some clouds. We also need to print off the bar for the animation. I attempted once however it printed as an A4 bar that was too big for the animation. I decided to print off the bar with the clouds because it was easier.
Finally we worked on the animation. This was quite fun however at the start it was annoying because we needed to work out the best way to animate. We found out that trying to make the characters have leg movement was a very bad idea. In the end we decided that having them just move a long works a lot better.
What have you learnt about animation today?
That claymation is more confusing than it seems
What advice would you give someone who was about to animate?
If you are using claymation, do no try to go into too much detail as it can get very confusing.
After that we moved onto a little bit of paper work for assignment three task one. We had to write about some pictures and I had to finish off about the sound. This did not take too long and we have just about finished task one. We also had to update it later when Euan created the new backgrounds.
Then we moved onto creating the backgrounds. We had to create a running track, some trees and some clouds. We also need to print off the bar for the animation. I attempted once however it printed as an A4 bar that was too big for the animation. I decided to print off the bar with the clouds because it was easier.
Finally we worked on the animation. This was quite fun however at the start it was annoying because we needed to work out the best way to animate. We found out that trying to make the characters have leg movement was a very bad idea. In the end we decided that having them just move a long works a lot better.
What have you learnt about animation today?
That claymation is more confusing than it seems
What advice would you give someone who was about to animate?
If you are using claymation, do no try to go into too much detail as it can get very confusing.
Monday, 23 March 2015
Monday - Creating assets!
Today was the first day of creating the animation. We are using claymation so we had to create all of our assets out of clay except from the background. First off Adam showed a video about a stop motion and we had some questions to answer. I thought that the stop motion was very interesting and it is nice to see other peoples work.
We started off with a little bit of paper work and then we worked on using the clay. We needed to warm up the clay so it was easy to work with. We were all creating a character each and we were using different colours. I used yellow, Euan used blue and Adam used green. I started off creating the legs and I moved up the body creating more of it. In the end it took quite a long time to create the character however I am happy with what I have created. Euan created the eyes for each of the characters that made them look a lot better.
After the characters were created, we worked on the background. We decided to create a running track for our background. We changed our idea as we thought that having the character jump over buildings was a bad idea. Our new idea was to have a race and the main character is losing and he eats a bar and ends up becoming first. After that it will change scene and show the main character holding the bar.
We started off with a little bit of paper work and then we worked on using the clay. We needed to warm up the clay so it was easy to work with. We were all creating a character each and we were using different colours. I used yellow, Euan used blue and Adam used green. I started off creating the legs and I moved up the body creating more of it. In the end it took quite a long time to create the character however I am happy with what I have created. Euan created the eyes for each of the characters that made them look a lot better.
After the characters were created, we worked on the background. We decided to create a running track for our background. We changed our idea as we thought that having the character jump over buildings was a bad idea. Our new idea was to have a race and the main character is losing and he eats a bar and ends up becoming first. After that it will change scene and show the main character holding the bar.
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