Task 4

Fruit Animation

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Task 2.

Task 2

 Idea 1

-   Stop motion - Runaway fruit

Grapes/cherries rolling

Strawberries running

Persons shadow

Strawberry gets picked up

Fruits close their eyes

Green leaves thrown to table and all scream

Idea 2
 

-  Stop motion - Lego Simpsons
Lego Simpsons characters
Picture of their house
Homer loses the control
Itchy and scratchy comes on the TV
Have an itchy and scratchy scene

Task 1c

The film ‘The Nightmare before Christmas’ is a stop motion filmed. It is often watched after Halloween towards the Christmas season. It was animated by Tim Burton who also produced it along side Denise Di Novi animated it. It had been released in 1993. In the box office it earned $50 million in the United States, it won an Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement for Artist Excellence in the Field of Animation.

In this clip you can see Jack Skellington trying to recruit trick or treaters on a mission. It’s mainly in black and white but all the Christmas based items are colourful which makes it look jolly, cheerful and fun rather then dull and boring. This also shows its something different to what they are used to because of the colours and makes it look more interesting. This animations style is humour.

I like that the colours stand out more with the Christmas items and gives it a different impact and makes it seem more like Christmas and a lot more interesting.

The film 'Despicable Me' is animated by illumination Mac Guff, it is produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy. The movie came out in 2010. Despicable me earned $32.8 million and won two awards, which were Kids Choice Award for Favourite Animated Movie, it also won Woman Film Critics Circle for Best Animated Females.
In this clip it shows Gru's enemy stealing a shrink ray he had already stolen from elsewhere and then using it to shrink Gru and his two minions. It shows real commitment to his job as an evil scientist and both shouting quite hilarious remarks toward each other without either of them knowing what is being said as neither of them are in the same spaceship they are both in their individual. The main style of this animation is humour.
Positives about this animation are that it has a good storyline and is quite an interesting and funny movie.

Task 1B - Animation timeline

Techniques:

Zoetrope

A zoetrope is a cylinder object that once spun makes the illusion of it moving. The cylinder has little cuts on the sides, on the inside their are cartoon strips which when its spun it looks like it is moving.

This is an animation of cartoon network characters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-n2rDYj6X8   

This is a 3D animation of toy story characters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjSxrVXsfVM

Kinetoscope

 A kinetoscope is a motion-picture projector it only allowed one person to look into it to see a movie. It has a strip of film in it which was passed quickly between a lense and a light bulb whilst the person watching peered through a peephole.
 This is a video of how the kineoscope works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRIjUYh3MEs
  









Flick book
A flick book is a book with various different drawn pictures, once it is flicked page to page make a little story and simulates motion.

This video is a flick book version of the gangnam style video
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlwPtIMSWyA
This video shows a simple balloon popping in a flickbook
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z60hRCKyfH0






Cel animation

A cel animation is a handrawn image that is drawn onto a clear sheet in which each frame is drawn by hand.

This video shows a cel animation of a ninja running
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abVlaZxV6tw

This video shows how to make a cel animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oktGlZQgYWs
 
Rotoscoping
 Rotoscoping is when animators draw over film frame by frame to give a live video the effects of animation
This video shows a rotoscoped short film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkYYQNLWa2A
This video shows a rotoscoped video of a   skateboarder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IimLnyOeCtY

Drawn on film

Draw on film animation is where you create an animation directly on the film instead ofusing frame by frame
This video shows how to do draw on film animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn5e2NvvELI
This video shows an example of drawn on film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnJix6iumuI







Digital applications

 Digital application usually uses 3D but does also use 2D. It is the process of making a still object move using computer technology.
This video shows a digital application short film of a superhero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnyRwi_C4_4
This video shows a digital application short film of a little girl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4frsp-rR6c

Claymation

Claymation is the use of clay and stop motion, you move the pieces of clay to form a sequence of a film.
This video is a claymation version of the game Plants VS Zombies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFA8r7VbNKs
This is a claymation of Sponge Bob SquarePants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv08-FeoGKM

Animators:

Walt Disney

 Walt Disney was the creator of the Disney company, he went on to create Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck & Goofy which he voiced himself.

Hanna Barbera 

Hanna Barbera was an American studio that dominated America, it was founded in 1957. It created such animations as The Flinstones and Tom & Jerry.

Warner Brothers

 Warner brothers is an entertainment company which incorporates music, tv and films. They went on to create characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Wile. E Coyote and The Road Runner.

Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren's animation were mainly drawn on film animations. He won an oscar for his documentary titled 'Neighbours' in which he animates live characters.

Aardman Animations
 
Aardman animations is known for their clay animation productions such as Wallace and Gromit. Their first computer animation was the film Flushed Away.

Task 1A

Name of animation:

Monster House.

Animation technique used:

Computer animation.

Evaluation of the technique:

Its very detailed and it is easier to store characters you've created before in order to use them again without having to re-draw them.

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Name of animation:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Animation technique used:
Cells and optical compositing.

Evaluation of the technique:
The only negatives of using cells is that it takes a long time to make the animation. There are also good aspects of using it for example, its very detailed and its easily customisable.

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Name of animation:

ParaNorman.

Animation technique used:

Stop Motion animation.

Evaluation of the technique:

Its realistic although its very time consuming it takes a lot of effort to make and you'd also need to create the audio track separately.

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