My final animation that will be used in my exhibition
Final Major Project - Moving Image
I'm using my blog page as a platform to showcase my development in animation, and exploration with various animating techniques. I will also upload some of my initial ideas, sketches and illustrations concerning my project.
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
More final animation trials
The thing I find most difficult to animate with stop motion is walking, I've tried to perfect it in this sequence, as well as try to add some length to a possible approach to the cafe scene. I've added an extra light (3 lights now) and tried to avoid moving the props - nearly successfully. I want to avoid jerky animation seen for an instance in this sequence (due to the character becoming unbalanced) in my final animation.
Friday, 20 May 2011
Finished Anaglyph Poster
This is essentially the final version of my Anaglyph poster, though I may tweek a few details and edit it slightly before I print it. I'm pleased with the result, I thjink the amoubnt of layers and detail add to the depth of the image, as well as working well as an anaglyph. Once printed out large I think the 3D effect would look even better.
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Final Animation trial
I did a quick run through animation of what I would to animate as my final piece - It lasts around 17 second and is 190 frames in total. So logically to get my final animation to 30seconds I will need roughly double 190 (380) frames. I will also take more care with lighting, camera movement, prop movement and I'll also try to make the animation more fluid, as well as end it better and less randomly. - Also I'll avoid inconsistencies like the reappearing cigarette. The soundtrack consists of recorded sounds of traffic, a door, pouring liquid and dish stacking. The song is a cover of John Lennon's "Number9Dream" by my sister, the song of which the book my animation is based on, derived it's title.
More animation tests
Further animation tests - I tried to refine the walking and make the direction more controlled, which I think worked, however there is some camera movement and reflection seen on the set. I'll have to adjust the filming location. I also realised that you can adjust the soundtrack volume
throughout the animation.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Quick test of character, set and audio
very rough test to see how all 3 factors work together. I'm pleased that they do, but the animation is still very rough (You can even see my hand in one of the frames) I am however very pleased with the animation sequence of him removing his cigarette - The worst parts are probably the walking and the zooming. 68 frames.
Monday, 16 May 2011
Final Anaglyph poster - WIP
Work in progress of my final Anaglyph poster - I've decided that it will be a size between A1 and A0, as I think the anaglyph effect would look very impressive at such a scale - also, rather than crerating an actual concept poster of a scene or event in teh book, I've compiled characters and events from the book into one image - more like a movie poster in some ways.
I've added laying cards and war journal pages. as well as editing the cat's tail and adding extra depth to the waves |
Friday, 13 May 2011
Set
Quick picture of the set with with the "walls" down, which enabled me to use multiple camera angles.
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Characters and Cafe set
Photos of the 2 plasticine characters in the cafe; these are the characters I will be animating in my final sequence; again, they may be slightly adjusted. They're in the half done cafe interior, including furnishings from a doll house. The next series of pictures is a work in progress of the cafe front.
Final Plastecine Model
This is the final model that will be used in my animation, the model is larger than previous attempts (to allow easier manipulation),as well as having larger feet so that balance is easier to maintain; it also has a wire skeleton. Before the final animation I may adjest the model slightly (smooth out creases and holes) but this is the final model fo the character Eiji Miyake:
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Stop motion animation using wire skeleton
I encountered some difficulty with moving and keeping my character consistent in my last stop-motion animation. The character would often be unable to hold position. I decided to try to animate another plasticine character, but with a wire skeleton this time. There was a vast improvement in the amount of time taken to complete the animation, as the previous problems were eased if not entirely resolved. I still have an issue with the charter's walk, but I'm pleased with how the wire skeleton made the whole animation process easier. 35 frames.
National Media Museum
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Phenakistoscope
I made a 12 frame Phenakistoscope - I used quite simple drawing as there is limited space on the circle. I've animated it digitally to give an impression of how it works.
Digital Thaumatrope
A Thaumatrope is one of the first forms of optical illusions, and is seen as vital in the development of animation. It give the impression of the merging of 2 images, even though they are entirely separate.
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Anaglyph concept
This conceptual illustration is in reference to Eiji's description of PanOptican "level by level, PanOptican disapear, the clouds are up to the eightennth floor... " The building is described as huge, so I used the Hilton in Manchester as my reference. I adjusted the shading and lines in this anaglyph image, as well as adding a more complex background. Overall, I think the image works quite well. Done with a graphics tablet in Photoshop.
Monday, 18 April 2011
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Thursday, 14 April 2011
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