For the project, we have been asked to set up a Group Blog to publish our work...
You'll find the Blue Cloud Studios Blog at http://www.bluecloudstudios.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
My Team- Group 5
Woo, so my idea got chosen to be produced as an animation, with me as the director and im very proud to announce my team i was given :):
Director: Jade Midson
Producer: Laura Swindells
Team: John Goodhead, Tom Cooper, Imogen Mynott
Director: Jade Midson
Producer: Laura Swindells
Team: John Goodhead, Tom Cooper, Imogen Mynott
Make Your Own Family- Pitch Idea
Make Your Own Family
- A simple, Stop-motion animaiton, also mixed with 2D hand-drawn.
-In perspective, seeing the child's hands piece together a jigsaw puzzle.
- Starts with a puzzle in a box with the name 'My Perfect Family' It can be left up to the audience's imagination as to why the child is making thi puzzle- perhaps he is an orphan wanting a real family, an abused child wanting a different family or portraying family difficulties through the child's mind.
-He creates the puzzle but there is one space left to fill- however, the final puzzle piece doesn't fit in because of its size and also design.
-His frustration can be displayed in his hand-gestures or music
-The scene on the puzzle comes to life (2D hand-drawn) and the characters welcome the child, or within the picture, they comfort the drawing of the child- all smiles etc.
-One main take on it could be that families don't always piece together and not always perfect, but they do somehow all fit.
- I would like this to all be portrayed through child-like designs resembling typical children's drawings.
-Through one of the group brainstorming sessions, I was advised to just ue music to convey the mood of the piece, changing speeds etc to portray the emotions.
- A simple, Stop-motion animaiton, also mixed with 2D hand-drawn.
-In perspective, seeing the child's hands piece together a jigsaw puzzle.
- Starts with a puzzle in a box with the name 'My Perfect Family' It can be left up to the audience's imagination as to why the child is making thi puzzle- perhaps he is an orphan wanting a real family, an abused child wanting a different family or portraying family difficulties through the child's mind.
-He creates the puzzle but there is one space left to fill- however, the final puzzle piece doesn't fit in because of its size and also design.
-His frustration can be displayed in his hand-gestures or music
-The scene on the puzzle comes to life (2D hand-drawn) and the characters welcome the child, or within the picture, they comfort the drawing of the child- all smiles etc.
-One main take on it could be that families don't always piece together and not always perfect, but they do somehow all fit.
- I would like this to all be portrayed through child-like designs resembling typical children's drawings.
-Through one of the group brainstorming sessions, I was advised to just ue music to convey the mood of the piece, changing speeds etc to portray the emotions.
Development of Final Ideas
The two main themes that I decided I would like to create an animation around are Time and Family, as these are wht interest me most. My first idea was based around the topic of a make-your-own family as I thought that I could take this in many different directions and prodice a solid idea. I liked the idea of the time theme aswell as I thought I could create a really abstract piece. Here, I will display my development of my ideas:
Make-Your-Own Family
I particularly liked the idea of using typical children's drawings as these display their own personal ideas of family.
Notes on MYO Family
-Stop motion
-Perspective- see the child's hands building the jigsaw
-No speech- music
-Wooden puzzles (left hand pic)- odd shape that doesnt fit- mum and dad fit into their places but his haracter doesnt fit in the gap.
-Educattional
-Building blocks/lego house
-Child/someone who doesnt have a family making one.
-Complete puzzle- but one gap and one piece left, but it doesnt fit.
-All peces fit except for him
-Piece missing on each family member
-Puzzle all breaks apart- broken down family
-Happy ending- realises that it's still a happy family
-Puzzle family could come to life and welcome him, therefore, he feels wanted and like he fits in.
Final Ideas for Time
Page Notes
-Person in a clock- he makes the clock work- his job- humerous
-people turning the cogs/ people running on them to make them turn.
-metamorphosis/time lapse- fruit rotting
-flower growing then dying.
-when one life ends, another begins
- personify objects- have their own character- audience can relate to the, rather than them just being moving pictures.
-baby -> flower-butterfly for example.
-Symbolism
Make-Your-Own Family
I particularly liked the idea of using typical children's drawings as these display their own personal ideas of family.
Notes on MYO Family
-Stop motion
-Perspective- see the child's hands building the jigsaw
-No speech- music
-Wooden puzzles (left hand pic)- odd shape that doesnt fit- mum and dad fit into their places but his haracter doesnt fit in the gap.
-Educattional
-Building blocks/lego house
-Child/someone who doesnt have a family making one.
-Complete puzzle- but one gap and one piece left, but it doesnt fit.
-All peces fit except for him
-Piece missing on each family member
-Puzzle all breaks apart- broken down family
-Happy ending- realises that it's still a happy family
-Puzzle family could come to life and welcome him, therefore, he feels wanted and like he fits in.
Final Ideas for Time
Page Notes
-Person in a clock- he makes the clock work- his job- humerous
-people turning the cogs/ people running on them to make them turn.
-metamorphosis/time lapse- fruit rotting
-flower growing then dying.
-when one life ends, another begins
- personify objects- have their own character- audience can relate to the, rather than them just being moving pictures.
-baby -> flower-butterfly for example.
-Symbolism
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Brainstorming Ideas
We were given 4 main themes to base our ideas for our animations on, then were put into different groups over 3 lessons to enable us to brainstorm collectively as many ideas as possible. We were then able to develop them by discussing our final ideas with our peers to make them as strong as possible.
Brainstorming Ideas
Ideas for the theme of Time
Ideas for the theme of Phobias
Ideas for the theme of Family
Ideas for the theme of Informercial
Brainstorming Ideas
Ideas for the theme of Time
Ideas for the theme of Phobias
Ideas for the theme of Family
Ideas for the theme of Informercial
Semester 2- Movement, Story and Structure
Our next unit for Semester 2 is based on movement, story and structure. We have had to create and brainstorm ideas in groups to come up with a 1 minute animation with the theme of either Time, Phobias, Family or Infomercials. The next blog post will contain all my thought out ideas and my Final Idea to be pitched. After pitching our individual ideas to the class and 3 tutors, the tutors will then select the 10 ideas that they would like to see made, meaning that thechosen 10 would become the directors for that group and team members will also be allocated by the tutors to take part in producing the ideas into animations.
Narrative Animation Designs
My 30 second animation is based on Tim Burton's 'The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy,' as i figured that ithe imagery in this poem is very effective and could eaily be made into a short narrative. I came up with a few character designs, most of which I'll show here, then produced the main shots using Photoshop.
Designs
Designs
Story Board
Character and Background Design for C&M
Characterisation and Motivation
My scenario I was given was a woman who remembered she was late for an important appointment.I started off with basic character designs and then started to focus on the fact that I thought the character would look quite scatty, but at the same time, looked like a business woman.
Character Design
Room and Furniture Design
I thought an appriate room would be a staff room and the scenario would be that the woman is chilling in the staff room, when she looks at the time and realises she's late for an important business appointment, therefore leaving the room in a hurry.
My scenario I was given was a woman who remembered she was late for an important appointment.I started off with basic character designs and then started to focus on the fact that I thought the character would look quite scatty, but at the same time, looked like a business woman.
Character Design
Room and Furniture Design
I thought an appriate room would be a staff room and the scenario would be that the woman is chilling in the staff room, when she looks at the time and realises she's late for an important business appointment, therefore leaving the room in a hurry.
Final Room Design
Comic Strip Diary
We were asked to keep a comic strip diary over 2 weeks...
Monday 27th September 2010
Tuesday 28th September 2010
Wednesday 29th September 2010
(Thurs 30th September wont upload)
Friday 1st October 2010
Saturday 2nd October 2010
Sunday 3rd October 2010
Monday 4th October
Tuesday 5th October 2010
Wednesday 6th October 2010
Thursday 7th October 2010
Friday 8th October 2010
Saturday 9th October 2010
Sunday 10th October 2010
Monday 27th September 2010
Tuesday 28th September 2010
Wednesday 29th September 2010
(Thurs 30th September wont upload)
Friday 1st October 2010
Saturday 2nd October 2010
Sunday 3rd October 2010
Monday 4th October
Tuesday 5th October 2010
Wednesday 6th October 2010
Thursday 7th October 2010
Friday 8th October 2010
Saturday 9th October 2010
Sunday 10th October 2010
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Movement Classwork
We were given a sheet of different scenarios that conveyed movement which we had to depict on our drawings...
Monday, 7 February 2011
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