BSA 124 Stopmotion continues

last week i was very close to burning out i came in  to work on the animatic anyway and managed to survive the few hours and complete my plan thankfully we are still stuck on the ending though which will probably be done during the construction stage of our epic adventure of a blob based character who is trying to find himself in the world and goes into a cosmetic place to acquire the look or color he or she is after this blob of ours is eventually very frustrated by the end of the challenge. During the animatic phase i was doing sound thankfully SIT has a large selection of effects and noise for such a task of which i even found scooby doo in one folder Thank you SIT =}    

BSA 124 The Blowb continued

Well we have put done the storyboard and working on the animatic for the class and composed stand in sound at this time so we know exactly what is going on ... as for the ending we are still stuck on that purely because we can go many places i think in the end we may just make it up as the actual work begins to unfold


some of the sounds i have done myself which for a  time was challenging as we ll as trying to figure out how to copy and paste on toonboom how ever with trail and error plus many  a undo i cracked it which  made life a whole heap more simple instead of continual import this was so much better it was copy and paste but the location was defined by where the red time swash or swab was located on the timeline/thumbnail.

BSA 106 Comedy from the past and the present.

These are a few of the films i found rather tickled my funny bone:

one of the  most early films i enjoyed as a child would have to be Ace Ventura and or The Mask both of which Star "The over actor" Jim Carry.



more recent ones would have to be Jay and silent bob Strikes Back right next to the first anchorman starring Will ferrel and other great actors plus Bruce almighty


as well as rush hour starring Jackie chan along with Shanghi noon and knights

And the first Jack ass but what was more funnyer than that was the sudden influx of copycats.

And 21 + 22 jump street

And most recent would be the Big Lez Show done in paint but contains adult notions
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Bonus round - A mini review on the documentary of the change of film and animation


This was very enlightening unfortunately it would appear that to make a real impact on the world now days when it comes to making a film or animation you must not just adhere to the normal of the industry sometimes you just have to get it done however my specialty will probably be immersion compared to contemporary film or animation
 

BSA 106 films of Sadness recent and older

I remember The films that made me sad either loudly or quietly

Starting with ;

at a young age when flubber first came out and the Death of Weebo was damaged beyond repair.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws8IjKpYcgQ&list=PLqpIhEJeX98TiYBC5T7ouCP2T7-ZLZwKy&index=10

  

The Bridge Terrabithia The death of the only friend the main character had in  his life 

The death of Chris rocks Character in the longest yard.

And the death of Mufasa in the Lion King  1

BSA 106 1970-1975

USA

Lillian Schwartz

An artist and pioneer in computer animation.

A Christmas Carol (1971)

Made by Richard Williams (Animators Survival Kit)

Made for T.V film and was later released in movie theaters

Won 1972 Academy Award for best animated short film

This caused controversy and led to the Academy changing it’s rules, deeming that T.V movies could not be considered for the Oscars.

France

Serge Danot

Made the pilot for the TV series The Magic Roundabout.

500 episodes of the stop-motion series were made between 1963 – 1970

In 1970 a feature film was released called Dougal and the Blue Cat.

France / Czech Republic

Rene Laloux

Made The Fantastic Planet 1973

Based on the novel Oms en Serie by Stefan Wul

About a society where humans have been taken to another planet to be pets

Film alludes to social concerns of fascist repression and war as well as alternative culture and Eastern mysticism.

France / Poland

Piotr Kamler

Made The Step 1974

Experimental abstract stop motion film.

Japan 

Renzo & Sayoko Kinoshita

Made Made in Japan in 1972 – Animation about the Japanese culture putting the economy before anything else.

Also made made what is considered to be one of the most harrowing and disturbing animated shorts, Pica-don 1978

An animated depiction of the bombing of Hiroshima.

Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata

Created TV series Heidi 1974, an adaption of the children’s book

Both men went on to form Studio Ghibli to produce their own feature films (including Spirited Away & Howl’s Moving Castle)

Norway

Ivo Caprino

Perfected a technique of manipulating characters in real time (an early version animatronics)

Later switched to stop motion and created The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 1975

Film took 3 and a half years to make and was huge in Norway, creating box office records that still stand

Was shown daily in some theaters for 28 years

HUngary

William Feigenbaum & Jozsef Gemes

Made children,s film Hugo the Hippo 1975 that became a cult favourite with adults

The first international release of a feature length animated film from Hungary

 UK

Bob Godfrey

Made Karma Sutra Rides Again 1971 during the early 1970’s craze for adult animation

About a middle aged couples behind closed doors hobby – Sex and it’s many possibilities

Godfrey believed animation should concern the surreal and fantastic, rather than imitate realism

Was given an X certificate and screened along side Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange in the UK

Nominated for an Oscar for best animated short 

BSA 124

Cayleb and i have teamed up for the Assignment in BSA 124 and we plan to create a flubber LIKE blob with self image issues we join him as he tries to change how he feels about himself and launches into a mission to discover himself as he travels back and forth from his local cosmetic shop he begins to experiment with the over the counter things as he does this he goes through color by color and eventually comes to a full on rainbow and we watch closely as he experiences all the ups and downs of changing ones self image and his success when he gets to the end.

BSA 124

Today Chris took us back through the camera steps and usage terms  and we also got to play with the stop motion software Dragonframe and Vaughn gave us a mini task in our select groups to create a small movie just so we understood the software we are going to be using for the assignment which is the best for stop motion purely for the onion skinning this tool in dragonframe was beyond helpful to us due to the fact that our worm thing was beginning to fall apart because of all the touching and manipulating of the plaster stuff however this was a great experience only the first time i have used dragonframe where was this tool 10 years ago.

here is a look at the Worm Mr Vaukins and I made for the task at hand .