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.

Modern Animation

Family Guy

Family Guy is a cel based stop motion animation. This is created by Seth Macfarlane. The target audience for this is aimed at adults due to the language and jokes that is referred to throughout the programme. The format of this animation is Black comedy, off-colour humour and surreal humour. Family guy is developed by Seth MacFarlane and David Zukerman and composed by Walter Murphy and Ron Jones. There is a total of 221 episodes spread out through 12 series of the show. Family Guy has been nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 11 Annie Awards, the show won three of each. The show and producers have received criticism stating comparisons for its similarities to The Simpsons.

Rugrats

Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó and Paul Germain, it was created for Nickelodeon. The show is focused on a group of toddlers; Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil and Angelica and their day-to-day lives which consist of life experiences that turn into an adventure in the babies’ imaginations. The first series premiered on August 11, 1991 on Nickelodeon, production was put on hold in 1993 after making 65 episodes. The last episode aired on May 22, 1994. Between 1995 and 1996 the only new episodes that were broadcasted were’ A Rugrats Passover’ and ‘A Rugrats Chanukah’. These were two heavily Jewish-themed episodes that received much critical praise. New Rugrats episodes began airing again in 1997 and the Rugrats Movie was released in 1998. Rugrats gained over 20 awards during its 13-year run, this was including 4 Daytime Emmy Awards and 7 Kids Choice Awards, and it also got its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Morph

Morph is a Plasticine stop motion animation. The target audience for this TV show is aimed at young kids. The company called Aardman Animations, which is famous for Wallace and Gromit, created morph for the BBC. Morph mainly appeared in one-minute shorts spread-out throughout the show. These were all connected to the main show by having Hart deliver a line to Morph who would reply back in gobbledygook but used meaningful gestures. Some of the original Plasticine models of Morph were destroyed in a fire, which started in the warehouse where the models were kept. On he 29^th October 2013 the co-founder of Aardman Animation Peter Lord created a fund raising project on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. This was set to a target of £75,000 to help fund 12 new one-minute episodes, which would start production in January 2014 using the original stop-frame animation techniques. 

South Park

 South Park is an American adult cut out animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. This show is aimed at the older and mature audience due to the language and dark, surreal humour on a range of topics throughout the show. Parker and Stone developed the show from two animated shorts that they had produced in 1992 and 1995; this then became one of first Internet viral videos, which led to its production as a series. South Park made its break in August of 1997 with great success, earning the highest ratings of any basic cable program. It still remains one of Comedy Centrals highest rated shows and is said to air until 2016. There has been a total of 247 episodes over the course of 17 seasons. The shows has received 5 Primetime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award.