Padlet Reviews

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As part of this assignment, to get feedback on my finished animation I uploaded it to a site called 'Padlet'. This allows people to view my animation and leave feedback on it. The feedback can tell me what i could of done to make it better for the next time.

REVIEWS:

As part of my assignment, I uploaded my final stop motion animation to a site called ‘padlet.com’ this was so that I could gather feedback and criticism from my peers about my stop motion animation. This then told me what I needed to change to improve the final animation for if I ever come across doing it all again. I was hoping for around 6 or 7 responses in total but only ended up with 4 responses in total. However, the responses that I did get gave me enough information to help me respond to their criticism, I also understand where I went wrong in the process of making the stop motion animation and what I need to do to improve it next time round.

RESPONSES:

Jessica Robinson

‘I thought it was a good and fun idea’

The feedback that I got off Jessica isn’t quite detailed; she hasn’t specified any parts of the animation that she thought was good, so I can’t really evaluate on this feedback.

Matthew Cooper

‘I like the idea of flappy bird. I think that the animation doesn’t really look that realistic, this is because the bird stays straight throughout and doesn’t really move on its axis. Finally I think that the animation is too short and could have been better if it was longer but over all I like the idea of it.’

The feedback that I received off Matthew informed me that the animation doesn’t look very realistic, I can absolutely agree with Matthew on this, as it doesn’t look realistic because the bird doesn’t move about,  it stays straight and just moves up and down throughout. If I am to do this all again, I would improve on this part by moving the bird about on its axis more, so that it gives off this realistic look. The next part that Matthew said was that my animation was too short and would have been better if it was longer. I do agree, my animation needs to be longer, I didn’t realise how short the actual animation was until after I edited it and exported it to an mp4 file. Next time I will make sure it is longer by adding carry on the scene for a little longer. Overall, I am happy that Matthew liked the idea of the topic that I chose to create my animation on.

Laura Hartley

‘Good animation, you can tell it took a lot of time the background was really good looked exactly like flappy bird, well done.’

The feedback that I received off Laura wasn’t anything negative about the animation, so I can’t really evaluate on what I can improve on if I were to do it again next time. But I can say that I’m happy with the feedback I got as she mentioned that it looked exactly like flappy bird which this was what I was hoping it would turn out like. Also, she mentioned about the background and how she could tell it took a lot of time,  this was good because the detail of the background shows, I’m happy with this because the background itself took around 3 to 4 lessons to create.

Jacob Heaton

‘Very good work and the background is greatly detailed but the audio seems a little out of sync. Overall good work well done.’

The feedback that I received off Jacob informed me that the animations background looked greatly detailed, I’m happy that people have noticed the background was detailed and that there hasn’t been any negativity about it. Also, Jacob mentioned about the audio being out sync on the animation, I can agree with Jacob on this, I didn’t realise the audio was out of sync on the animation until I listened back to it after I received this feedback. If I were to do this again I would make sure that before I export it from Garage Band, to make sure that the audio isn’t out of sync against the video clip, this means spending more time during the editing process and not so much as rushing it like I did on this one. Overall, I’m happy with the feedback that I have got of Jacob.

Finished Animation

This is my finished animation, to add the audio to it i used the application called Garage Band. I started by opening up a new project. I then dragged my edited animation into Garage Band, which created a timeline for me to work on. I then dragged in the audio that i wanted and cut the parts out that i never wanted and placed it in the order that I wanted it in. I got my audio from youtube and used the mp3 converter to convert it into a music file to save in my documents. Overall, iI'm not particularly happy with the way that my finished animation turned out as i think it is not good quality and doesn't show a professional level. If i were to do this again i would change my whole idea to something that is much better, the reason i went with the flappy bird idea is because it was a last minute idea and looked quite easy to do. I will make sure next time that i go with an idea that is more challenging and can show more skills in the making of it. I probably wouldn't go with the cut out animation, i would like to design it in clay.  

Edited Animation

This is what my animation looks like after I edited my title and credits in. I used the application called iMovie, i started by opening up a new project, i then imported the original movie that i created using iStopMotion. I then clicked on the text sign and choose which title sequence i would like and what credit sequence i would like. After i added these i then exported it so that i was ready to add my audio to it.

Filmed Animation

This is what my animation looks like after i had finished filming it. To create this I used an application called iStopMovie, to do this every time i moved the bird i then took a sequence of photos to build up to the whole movie.

Animation Model

In todays lesson me and matthew both worked on the background of our animations, since we are both doing similiar animation on the same topic we thought that it would be easier if we both use the same background.

30 Second Animation

30 Second Animation

For this assignment I have to create a short animation that lasts for 30 seconds. The animation can be either pixilation, model based, cut out or a time lapse animation. I have chosen to create mine using models. The idea that I had is based on a game called Flappy Birds, I will be recreating the game but with models, i will also be using the sound effects that are used on the game. For this I will need to create some green pipes which can be printed out and made in photoshop, and then to create some bird models. 

This is what the actual game is displayed like, i'll be recreating the scene but model based.

 I looked at some videos of clay made birds so that i could get an angle on what sort of bird and what it would look like that i would make. 















This is what my first draft model looks like: this isn't the finishing one as i was just seeing what it would turn out like firstly.

Time-lapse Photography

What is Time-lapse Photography?

Time-lapse photography is a technique that is often used and well known in cinematography. This technique captures a scene or a specific object that has a slow state-of-change and turns into a video that is played back in high speed. This means that something that takes days or weeks to grow/change can be shown the whole process in a matter of seconds.

How is it created?

Hows this works is the frequency at which film frames are captured lower than what will be used to play the sequence back. Film is often shown at 24 frames/s (this is where 24 images appear on the screen per second). Since the projection speed and recording speed are set to the same, the images appear to move at normal speed. When a film is recorded at 12 frames/s this will appear to move twice as fast.

The change in speed of the on-screen image can be calculated by dividing the projection speed by the camera speed. 

The exposure time can be calculated based on the desired shutter angle effect and the frame interval.

The speed that the camera must move to create a perceived normal camera motion can be calculated by inverting the time-lapse equation.

History

The first main use of time-lapse in a feature film was used in Georges Méliès motion picture 'Carrefour De L'Opera', this was filmed back in 1897. In 1909 time-lapse photography of biological phenomena was established by Jean Comandon, this was in partnership with Pathé Frères. Time-lapse photography was further established during the mid 1920s via a series of feature films called 'Bergfilms' by Arnold Flack. Between the years of 1929 and 1931 Royal Raymond Rife (R. R. Rife) astounded journalists when he revealed high magnification time-lapse cinemicrography. 

Examples of Time-lapse Photography  

Georges Méliès: L'Homme orchestre (1900)

Nature Footage: Plants and Flowers Time lapse and Beauty Shots.

The Longest Way 1.0 - walk through China and grow a beard! - a photo every day time-lapse.

Time lapse in Times Square with people walking around the plaza.