Animation Charaters Sketches

Animation Mind Map

Animation Evolution

For this term we had to create an animation using clay and stop motion.  At the start of the unit Sue introduced the class to the history of animation. Studying the history of animation I was fascinated on how animation has changed over the years. Winsor Mc Cray was the first well know animator with the film Gertie the Dinosaur, Mc Cray traveled the world having to redraw the animation at every perfomance  .  

I did the presentation with Louie a person I haven’t really worked with in the past. I found it interesting working with Louie because we were both passionate about studying animation. When the whole class was presenting I was really interested in learning about different animators. There are many different animation styles for example Oliver Postgate was a puppeteer who was different then the stereotypical animation style.  

In the next lesson we had to create characters using clay. This great fun it gave me the freedom to create any character I wanted. Creating characters using clay I felt like Nick Park who created Wallace and Gromit Who inspired me to help create Rachel with Amari

When doing the final animation I missed the previous lesson due to the English exam. But I was able to help Amari with the idea of pacman, I felt it would be great to do a video game themed animation that could create a great story.  Missing out on the previous lesson really affected me but I was able to use youtube to help me with the story.  The story was a very traditional Pacman story with a beginning and end; we made it unique by changing the background to a summer background. Strengths of the animation were great soundtrack and we were able to get a excellent feedback from my peers. Weakness was I believed that the animation could have been longer then 30 seconds .

Animation Timeline

My favourite animation is a show called The Simpsons. The Simpsons is a animation show created by Matt Groening for FX network television in December 1989 and since then has made 521 shows. The Simpsons has lasted over 25 years due to its relative humour.



Windsor McCoy 1903
Know for Gertie the Dinosaur  
Key Frame animation
He then drew his subject midway between his split and an extreme, and continued drawing

For gertie the Dinosaur Windsor toured around the world going from different theatre having to redraw the background again.



Pat Sullivan 1916
Felix the cat created in 1916 which is a silent movie about a cat called felix in 2002, TV Guide ranked Felix the Cat number 28 on its "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time


Walt Disney
Steam boat willy (1928)
Drawn and had voice over by Walt disney. The cartoon introduced mickey mouse
The production of Steamboat Willie took place between July and September 1928 with an estimated budget of $4,986.


Oliver Postgate
Present in the 1950
Know for Bagpuss
Oliver Postgate was a puppeteer and a animator.

Matt Gronening  1977
Shows Animated 
The Simpsons
Futurama 
Went on to create some of the most popular animation in The Simpsons
Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell  1978. 


Nick Park 1985
Know for his claymation technique went on to create Wallace and Gromit some of the greatest animation of the 20 century. Chicken Run came out in 2000 hoping to bring claymation to a new generation.

Mike Judge 1990
Know for its Adult comedy on the network MTV
Also created King Of The Hill

Seth McFarlane  1995
Know For FamilyGuy
American Dad
Seth Mc Farlane is my favourite animator due to the show family guy. Family guy is made for teenagers and adults. The stereotypical animation is normally for children Seth McFarlane tried to break the stereotype and was massive with world wide success in Family guy

Trey Parker and Matt stone.
South Park

South Park was created with animation made from paper cutouts with stop motion.

Story Board Animation

Advert Storyboard

Mind Map for advert

Claymation

Sony Advert

Evolution For Advert

 In this project I was asked to make an advert for a brand of our choice. At the start I was put in a group with AJ Catalin and Alex. We each had a mind map with a list of brands my personal choice for the advert was Nike trainers. I am very passionate about Nike trainers and have collected them since the age of 15. Second reason I wanted to do Nike trainers due it being nice and easy to shoot and I had an idea. Everyone in the group had different ideas but we all decided to do Sony headphones due it being common interest of the group. The goal for the project was make an original advert whilst hitting all the criteria to get a great grade. I believe that we could an advert that we could be proud of whilst enjoying making the advert.

The outline of the advert was fellow a businessman who is making his way to a meeting. The protagonist was seen to be very stressed and needed something to help with the stress. So using music it takes to another place where he was relaxed.

The production of the advert was very simple and the location was all near by. The first scene was shot at Edgware road station we decided to shot at 11 o’clock. The timing was very important due to if the station was packed it would be imposable to have the best footage. So we decided should be a long shot of Alex rushing to get a train to set the feeling of the advert. There were many different shots during production for example the close up of the headphones whilst Alex was on the train another shot was a wide shot of Alex when he was in Hyde Park. 

The strengths of this project were definitely the consistency we had to film. We were able to shoot the advert in two weeks and edited in the third. The teacher gave clear instructions for the criteria to get a distinction. I enjoyed the music we chose for the advert. One weakness was I believed that it could have been edited to a minute.