Week 6 - The Escape C(l)an

This week we Completed the final Pipeline Pixilation Tests and then put them into the animatic, completed with sound. I then added the finished Storyboard, Animatic and Pipeline Tests to the Pre-production Bible ready for the hand in on Friday. Finally we all finalised our ‘Making Of’ Videos.

Final Pipeline Tests to go in Animatic:

Pull-tab Being removed from Can

 

 

Characters Creep Past the Crisp Bowl

 

 

Cornelius Sliding across Pizza

 

 

Arthur Placed at the edge of the Table

 

 



My Making Of Video:

Final Animatic:

 

I have thoroughly enjoyed this Project and I am really proud of the work that my team and I have produced!

Week 5 - The Escape C(l)an

This week I created a clay character sculpt of George based on his design which is shown below:

On Tuesday we had a Team review session with Kristen and Damien and they gave us further advise on our work. Here are the main points from today:

- There is a timing issue with the watch/phone time as 13:59 is lunch time so we need to make sure that the camera focuses on the 13 on the time to make the audience more aware that the number 13 is why the characters come 'Grinding to a halt.'

-We need to show that the characters are siblings in some way throughout the animation.

-We really need to test the timing by having a completed animatic.

Additionally on Tuesday I had a lighting induction, so I can now book out the professional lights to use in further Pipeline Tests.

On Wednesday I learnt about how to film a stop-motion 'Travelling Shot'. In the lesson we worked on creating a western scene, which is shown below:

After this session on Wednesday, Karla booked out an Led light and I had booked the Stop Motion Bay so we could complete further test shots thinking about lighting. We used the diorama scene created by Karla and then we completed further pipeline tests in which we completed an improved walk-cycle for how Cornelius and Luna will walk.  I then did some pipeline tests thinking about what the camera angles and characters will look like when they talk. All of the tests from today are shown below:

We really wanted the lighting to look like rays of sunshine coming through the kitchen windows, and I think that theses tests have worked very well in showing that.

New Walk-cycle by Harry and Karla:

Head Movement to show speech by Harry:

Another Test to show Speech by changing the Character Focus by Harry:

Finally this week Steve advised us that the pizza cutter pipeline test works really well and that if we re-do it with a real pizza cutter, then we could replace the drawing in the animatic with the real scene. This is called Pixilation (using real people in stop motion).

Furthermore in the group meeting today we booked out a sound recorder and recorded the foley/sounds and voices  for the animatic.

Finally on Friday I had a further lesson using Mud-box. I experimented adding textures and colour to the alien-pig character face which we were given to work on:

This week Tom sent the Group Report to the Tutors, here is what he sent:

Successes: The first animatic draft is completed and we have recorded the sound needed for it.

Also we now have colour animatic backgrounds and we are continuing work on our ‘Making Of’ videos and Pre-production Bible.

Problems: We have to finalise the Animatic and Pre-production Bible.

Ambitions: We have booked the animation bay on Tuesday 26th February and will have a finished Animatic and Pre-production Bible by Wednesday ready for the hand in on Friday.

Lastly this weekend I updated the Gantt Schedule shown below:

Manchester Art Gallery Visit - 'Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing'

Today I went to see the Manchester exhibition 'Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing'. The exhibition is marking 500 years since the death of Leonardo da Vinci and there are twelve simultaneous exhibitions occurring across the UK showing some of his most influential drawings. I found this experience breath taking as it my first time to see real Da Vinci work with my own eyes. Looking at something through a computer screen and looking at the same thing in real life, can really change your perspective of it and I found it strange to think that I was stood cm's away from drawings that Leonardo da Vinci had drawn himself.

Here are some examples of his work:

I really like the style of Da Vinci's writing and it was particularly interesting to learn that he wrote his sentences 'from right to left, with every letter reversed' because he was left handed and found it easier to 'pull the pen across the paper rather than against the paper'. In order to read his notes, you have to use a mirror.

Here Leonardo da Vinci drew 'Studies of Men in Action', the actual size of these drawings shocked me as they are alot smaller than I had originally expected and yet he managed to maintain beautiful detail in these small observational drawings.

Its great how these drawings show that he was much more than just an artist, Da Vinci was a skilled scientist, looking at the anatomy of the shoulder which is shown above.

Overall I had an amazing experience which will remain with me forever. Leonardo da Vinci is truly inspiring and his work will no doubt continue to inspire many others in the years to come.

Narrative Film Screening 7

The first film we watched today was called 'Double King', by Felix Colgrave and it was about a greedy King who wants all of the crowns. He wants them so much so that he kills a Queen and then murders other King and Queens. His mass murders result in him committing suicide to get the crown off of his finger. Finally even in death this creature will not take no crown for an answer and he fights with a skeleton to get his crown. I liked the contrasting colours used throughout this animation as the scenes really draw your eyes in.

Finally today we watched 'The Yellow Submarine' by Lee Minoff. This film was filled with bright colours and great songs including 'Look at all the lonely people' which I found particularly catchy!

I really enjoyed watching this colourful film, featuring the Beatles as the only ones who could return colour to a magical place called 'Pepperland' with their powerful music and battle against the 'Meanies' who had taken over. Their only way to get to Pepperland of course is on the 'Yellow Submarine'.

Week 4 - The Escape C(l)an

On Monday 11th February, we were given the CP2 Options Briefing and informed that we have to sign up to two options that we find interesting on the 25/02/19.

In the Group Meeting on Tuesday 12th February, we finalised the Script and I typed it up using Celtx. Also we started to think about our making of videos and putting them together. Here is the final draft of the Script:

On Tuesday 12th February, Karla and I did some Pipeline tests using the diorama scene that she created, thinking about lighting and camera angles, here are the results:

After this Karla created the Final Colour Script shown below:

I created the Scene Layout this week, using Maya to create the basic plan of how the party table will be laid out for the animation:

I am really enjoying using Maya to model out the scenes as it really gives a sense of how the table will look and what the room will look like!

In addition to this, this week, we worked on how to create a UV map of a character given to us in this weeks 3D session, here are some screenshots of my work where we were introduced to Mud-box and I started to sculpt my character:

Additionally on Friday 15th February, I worked on developing the character ideas and updating the Gantt Chart Schedule:

A key choice made in the design is that I made George without a mouth as he never speaks in the animation so there is no need for it.

Additionally the adults head will not be seen in the animation so I designed Georges Mum accordingly.

Finally on Friday, I worked on the Storyboard with Tom. We added the script to the storyboard he had already created and then started to work on the second draft of the storyboard whilst thinking about the animatic using Storyboard Pro. Here is the Storyboard with the added script:

Over the weekend I completed lighting tests to see if a party lighting theme would work:

After receiving feedback from my team, we decided to not use coloured lights and to instead make the room have a warm summer atmosphere where the sun is shining through the windows.

I sent this weeks Report to the Tutors:

Successes: We now have a Final script, a 3D Maya layout of the scene and we completed further pipeline tests, focusing on the Diorama scene that Karla created. Finally we now have a storyboard with the script added on Storyboard-Pro.

Problems: The Storyboard and Animatic still need finishing.

Ambitions: Definitely have the animatic completed next week, as well as the Pre-Production Bible. We also need to continue working on our ‘Making Of’ videos.