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The way in which the models of Bruce Lee and Iron Man were used to create a very realistic representation of an actual battle between them, using the models helps with the immersion because they look exactly like the people. |
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Pen Story's use of physical pictures is genius, as it allows viewers to see how many pictures it took in order to give them the finished video. It also leaves a trail for the viewer to follow leading up to the end of the story. |
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Sorry i'm late's use of the floor as the background allows them to do things that are not possible if they were standing on it, because it negates gravity people are able to fly, and you can drive a car on cushions |
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Pioneers
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Joseph Plateau was a Belgian physicist, alive 1801-1883, a is know as the inventor of the Phenakistoscope, which was created in 1832.The Phénakisticope used a spinning cardboard disc attached vertically to a handle. placed around the disc's centre were a number of pictures showing phases of the animation, and cut through it was a series of equally spaced radial slits. The user would spin the disc and look through the moving slits at the disc's reflection in a mirror. The scanning of the slits across the reflected images kept them from simply blurring together, so that the user would see a rapid succession of images that appeared to be a single moving picture. Using minimal differences between the images created the illusion of movement, similar to film.
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William Horner was a British Mathematician, alive 1786-1837, he is know as the inventor of the Zoetrope, which was created in 1833. First known as the Daedalum and was later renamed as the Zoetrope was a device much like the Phenakistoscope, The Zoetrope is made up of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. On the inner surface of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures. Whilst the cylinder spins, the user would look through the slits at the pictures across. The scanning of the slits keeps the pictures from simply blurring together, and the user sees a rapid succession of images, producing the illusion of motion.
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Emile Reynaud was a French inventor, alive 1844-1918, he is known for creating the first projected animated cartoons, and for inveting the Praxinoscope, which was created in 1877. used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder. The Praxinoscope improved on the Zoetrope by replacing its narrow viewing slits with an inner circle of mirrors, which were placed so that the reflections of the pictures appeared stationary in position as the wheel turned. Someone looking in the mirrors would then see a sequence of images in rapid succession producing the illusion of motion, with a brighter and less distorted picture than the Zoetrope.
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Eadweard Muybridge, was an American photographer alive 1830-1904. He created the Zoopraxiscope, which was created in 1879. It was the first movie projector in history, The Zoopraxiscope projected images from rotating glass disks in rapid succession to give the impression of motion. The stop-motion images were first painted onto the glass, as silhouettes. Then in 1892–1894 they used outline drawings printed onto the discs photographically, then coloured by hand. Some of the animated images are intricate, having multiple combinations of sequences of animal and human movement. It was first used when Eadweard took 12 photos of Lealan Stanford’s best race horse to see whether, the horse’s four hooves ever leave the ground simultaneously. He managed to capture the horse in motion and prove that the four hooves do leave the ground simultaneously.
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Thomas Edison was an American inventor alive 1847-1931. He was given credit for creating the Kinetoscope, which was created in 1891. The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one person at a time, through a peephole window at the top of the device. The Kinetoscope was not a movie projector but introduced the basic approach, which would later become the standard for all cinematic projection before the the creation of video, by creating the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of film holding sequential images over a light source with a high-speed shutter.It was a cylinder based device.
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The Lumière Brothers created the Cinématographe, which was created in 1895. The Cinématographe weighed 16 lbs, which allowed for ease of transportation and placement. The Cinématographe also was manually operated by a hand-crank, and could project an image onto a screen so a large audience of people could view images simultaneously. Improving upon Edison's Kinetoscope, which could only be viewed by one person.The Cinématographe also produced a sharper projected image than had been seen before due to its design, were a fork, held the frame behind the lens in place using the grooves in the sides of the film strip.
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George Pal was a film producer and animator, alive 1908-1980. Pal graduated from the Budapest Academy of Arts with a degree in Architecture and highly developed drawing skills in 1928. There were no opportunities for an Architect when he left the University, so, putting his other talents to work, he found employment at Hunnia Films in Budapest. Later on, through his films, Pal became an architect of worlds.
Pal quickly learned the craft of motion picture cartooning.he developed his own take on making inanimate objects move, even dance, using the still evolving art of stop-motion photography. Advertisements featuring, for instance, Overstolz cigarettes, outfitted with faces, arms, and legs, were shown on theatre screens strutting and singing as if drawn by a cartoonist. These "puppets" without strings would later evolve into animated characters made of wood who would have names and star in their own films. |
Contemporary Animators
Mikey Please
Mickey please is an animation writer and director, who is based in London. He studied at the Royal College of Art in London, completing his masters in direction of animation in 2010, which he funded using commissions from Virgin, Rough Trade and Ninja tune. He went on to debut his thesis film The Eagleman Stag at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011, which went on to win a BAFTA and other awards including top awards at SXSW, Seatle, LA and Chicago international film festival. At the start of 2012 Mickey was awarded a 3-month fellowship, by the Japanese Centre for Cultural Affairs in Tokyo. While he was there, he created a new short-film, which went on to win a Mclauren award at Edinburgh's film festival in 2013. He then co-founded Parabella in 2014, an East London Animation Studio with fellow director Dan Ojari, kicking off in early 2015 with an international TV campaign for Twinings Tea.
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Mikey Please's 'The Eagleman Stag' follows Peter, the protagonist who narrates his life story in a series of memories; some have little significance, others having a major role in his quest. In one particularly relevant recollection, he believes each second is smaller than the last, implying that our future is already decided by our past. It’s also the moment in which the narrator reflects on how much bigger his hands look when he’s holding a half pint glass than a whole one. A moment that really stands out to me is when there is a tracking shot of a figure running through buildings, each representing the milestones and achievements he reaches. Though the figure does not run in a straight line, but from side to side i believe that this is done to symbolise that life isn’t a straight line. Another moment which stands out is when Peter is juggling self perception and reality, as he narrates, “It’s-too-much-to-take.” Though whilst he is narrating that he writes in pen, on the paper in front of him “I am a fucking legend!” ‘The Eagleman Stag’ is a an interesting and intricate film which has an absence of colour and the occasional moment of humour. In a nutshell, it’s a man’s attempt to find meaning in a series of memories, and no one is there to tell him whether they’re going to be important later on.
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Peter Lord
Peter Lord is a film producer, director and animator based in Britain.He graduate from the Univirsity of York, with an English degree in 1976. He then co-founded Aardman as a low-budget studio, producing shorts and trailers for publicity. His work at Aardman was first shown as part of the BBC TV series Vision On. In 1977 He created Morph, a stop-motion animated character made of Plasticine, Morph appeared in a series of children's art programmes such as Take Hart, Hartbeat and Smart. From 1980-1981, Morph appeared in his own TV series 'The Amazing Adventures of Morph.' Lord and Aardman developed and finalised their style of detailed yet grounded clay animation characters, in 1991 Lord animated 'Adam', a 6-minute clay animation that was nominated for an Academy award. Aardam's Park created the 'Wallace and Gromet' shorts with Lord and Sproxton. All three of them worked as producers, editors and directors. Other awarded productions by Peter Lord are 'Chicken Run' created in 2000, the first feature film from Aardman and the Academy Award-winning ' Wallace & Gromit: the curse of the were-Rabbit' which was produced in 2005.
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Lord's film 'Chicken Run' opens as a spoof on World War II prison films such as 'The Great Escape.'
It is set in Yorkshire on Mr and Mrs Tweedy's failing chicken farm, in which the chickens are kept in cages like a prison camp, with high fences barbed wire and guard dogs patrolling the grounds. Though all the other chickens are quite content with their three squares a day of chicken feed and the roof over their heads, in order to escape the looming danger of death on the dinner table, due to Mr Tweedy doubling food rations, in order to fatten the chickens for his chicken pie product line. Ginger, the lead chicken devises a number of plans to escape the confines of the prison farm. Some ingenious plans of escape, as well as realistic choreography down to the texture and appearance of digging dirt, may tend to lead the younger viewers which it its targeting into losing sight of the fantasy of it all. This is due to the film being more human than a chicken adventure with turmoil, strategy, test of character, and romance.
One standout moment in the film is the first scene, we see an extreme long shot of the chicken’s enclosure. This shot alone introduces the surroundings then it pans across onto the chickens, this is a very important shot as it allows us to see what is happening in this case the chickens all in a line standing still. When Mrs. Tweedy walks in you do not see her, face this creates a mysterious atmosphere as you don’t know what she is going to do. You are seeing her from the chicken’s point of view, only her boots it makes you feel intimidated by the size of her. When she looks down at the chicken the camera is from where she is looking, so the chicken looks small and scared. This angle changes as we see it from the chickens view looking up Mrs. Tweedy looks evil and intimidating.
Another standout feature of chicken run is the use shadow, and how it helps create different moods. Again when Mrs. Tweedy is looking down at the chicken and the camera is looking up at her, the shadow on her face makes her look more evil. When the camera is looking down at the chicken the shadow from Mrs. Tweedy covers the chicken making it look even smaller and scared.
It is set in Yorkshire on Mr and Mrs Tweedy's failing chicken farm, in which the chickens are kept in cages like a prison camp, with high fences barbed wire and guard dogs patrolling the grounds. Though all the other chickens are quite content with their three squares a day of chicken feed and the roof over their heads, in order to escape the looming danger of death on the dinner table, due to Mr Tweedy doubling food rations, in order to fatten the chickens for his chicken pie product line. Ginger, the lead chicken devises a number of plans to escape the confines of the prison farm. Some ingenious plans of escape, as well as realistic choreography down to the texture and appearance of digging dirt, may tend to lead the younger viewers which it its targeting into losing sight of the fantasy of it all. This is due to the film being more human than a chicken adventure with turmoil, strategy, test of character, and romance.
One standout moment in the film is the first scene, we see an extreme long shot of the chicken’s enclosure. This shot alone introduces the surroundings then it pans across onto the chickens, this is a very important shot as it allows us to see what is happening in this case the chickens all in a line standing still. When Mrs. Tweedy walks in you do not see her, face this creates a mysterious atmosphere as you don’t know what she is going to do. You are seeing her from the chicken’s point of view, only her boots it makes you feel intimidated by the size of her. When she looks down at the chicken the camera is from where she is looking, so the chicken looks small and scared. This angle changes as we see it from the chickens view looking up Mrs. Tweedy looks evil and intimidating.
Another standout feature of chicken run is the use shadow, and how it helps create different moods. Again when Mrs. Tweedy is looking down at the chicken and the camera is looking up at her, the shadow on her face makes her look more evil. When the camera is looking down at the chicken the shadow from Mrs. Tweedy covers the chicken making it look even smaller and scared.
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Briefs
Types of briefs
Contractual
A Contractual Brief is a legal document, which is created between an employee and a client. The layout of a contractual brief is simple and clear to read, this allows the client to complete their details without any confusion. It also outlines the duties that will be required by the company, and how the company organises their work. A contractual brief is legally obligatory and what is prescribed and outlined must be followed. An example would be an actor and a film making company as an actor is legally bound into doing what ever is agreed on the contract like the amount of films they must act in. An advantage is that all that you need to do is written down, which improves the chance of the client being satisfied with your efforts. A disadvantage is that they usually don't have a creative scope, which limits the freedom you have when executing the brief. This is an example of a contractual brief as you need to sign it, in order to make it legally binding.
Bibliography
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016). Citations, Quotes & Annotations chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016). (chamahan, 2013) |
Negotiation
A Negotiation brief is where the client and the employee will come to a specific agreement upon the brief of the project. This type of brief can have input from both sides in it's creation, meaning both the client and company do have their own say in the discussion. It is important that the client and company agree on the brief, or it will cause problems in the future. An example would be a client and employee negotiating business details and information. An advantage is that, it allows both parties to give input, which enables both parties understand what they both want and need. A disadvantage is you can discuss about certain aspects of the brief too much, which could lead to time being wasted. This is an example of a negotiation brief because it states at the top of the brief, that it is a brief that can be negotiated between the two parties involved.
Bibliography
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016). Citations, Quotes & Annotations chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016). (chamahan, 2013) |
Formal
A Formal brief is a document that includes detailed information about what the client wants the company to achieve. it is usually due to other requirements, although it does sometimes change though it is still usually more of the relaxed type of briefs of clients. It is usually a straight forward document, which doesn't include any unwanted information. An example is workers in a workplace in a meeting room formally talking about business and ideas on how to expand etc. A disadvantage is that, its not as structured as a contractual brief, which may lead people to not take its as seriously. An advantage is that, it may not be legally binding, which stops any sort of legal procedures if the task is not completed.
Bibliography
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
Citations, Quotes & Annotations
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
(chamahan, 2013)
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
Citations, Quotes & Annotations
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
(chamahan, 2013)
Informal
An Informal brief is basically an agreement done face to face through something like a meeting, it is also not legally obligatorily. There is a discussion conducted between the client and the employer, where they will come to a general agreement over the details of the contract. an example would be two workers outside of the workplace chat about business ideas. An advantage is that there are no strings attached, which creates a relaxed environment between the client and company. A disadvantage is that the brief is given verbally, which can lead to problems later on, because the brief is only as good as each parties memory of fit.
Bibliography
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
Citations, Quotes & Annotations
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
(chamahan, 2013)
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
Citations, Quotes & Annotations
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
(chamahan, 2013)
Competition
A competition brief is created in order to be accessible to all of the production companies which are participating in creating a project. One thing that stands out is that, each corporation completes their own brief, outlining their way of working. All of the finished projects created by the companies are judged, and the most impressive one is recognised as the winner, then is taken into publication by the client. An example would be a competition for a product idea for a business. An advantage is that the prize money is usually given in cash, which means the company would be able to put it to use immediately. A disadvantage is only the winner gets paid, which means the other participants will put in a lot of work for nothing.
Bibliography
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
Citations, Quotes & Annotations
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
(chamahan, 2013)
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
Citations, Quotes & Annotations
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016).
(chamahan, 2013)
Tender
A client will produce an advertisement stating that they require a media product to be created. A potential employer, such as a production company, initiates a brief, a budget, as well as a proposal, which is then pitched to the client in order to secure their chance of obtaining the work that was previously advertised by the employer. The client decides upon the most impressive proposal featured from their group of candidates. An example would be people pitching to a advertiser for ideas for an advert. An advantage is that the client receives a range of ideas, which could give them a new idea they would have never of thought about. A disadvantage is that if there is a company who needs the project to stay a float, there is a chance they don't win. This is an example of a tender brief, because they state that they need content created and will be willing to fund, whoever fits the criteria, and has the best proposal.
Bibliography
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016). Citations, Quotes & Annotations chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016). (chamahan, 2013) |
Commission
A commission brief is where a large corporation, such as The Daily Mail, employ an independent company to create their product/project for them. It is notable that this type of brief is negotiated between two media companies, as opposed to an external client, who may receive the product once it has been established. An advantage is that the company which is given the brief will be paid, which ensures that the effort produced by company is not put to waste. A disadvantage is that the client may take credit for the product, which can stunt the companies growth, because they wont get the recognition they deserve, and need to grow. This is an example of a commission brief, because HPF corporation are looking of an independent artist to produce content for them, and there is a set fee which they will be paid for the job.
Bibliography
chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016). Citations, Quotes & Annotations chamahan (2013) Working to a brief. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/chamahan/working-to-a-brief-16916973 (Accessed: 11 November 2016). (chamahan, 2013) |
Creator
Original
Client
Original
Competition Brief
You have 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a stop motion film of your choice. Winners get a £50! Each video will be uploaded onto YouTube and the one with the most likes wins.
Your video must:
Be 5 seconds in length (6 including title and credits)
Include actor Gary Buesy anyway shape or form
A song from S Club 7
Contain some form of advanced editing technique
You have 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a stop motion film of your choice. Winners get a £50! Each video will be uploaded onto YouTube and the one with the most likes wins.
Your video must:
Be 5 seconds in length (6 including title and credits)
Include actor Gary Buesy anyway shape or form
A song from S Club 7
Contain some form of advanced editing technique
Negotiated
Competition Brief
You have 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a stop motion film of your choice. Winners get a Twix bar! Each video will be uploaded onto YouTube and the one with the most likes wins.
Your video must:
Be 5 seconds in length (6 including title and credits)
Include actor Gary Buesy anyway shape or form
A song from S Club 7
Contain some form of advanced editing technique
You have 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a stop motion film of your choice. Winners get a Twix bar! Each video will be uploaded onto YouTube and the one with the most likes wins.
Your video must:
Be 5 seconds in length (6 including title and credits)
Include actor Gary Buesy anyway shape or form
A song from S Club 7
Contain some form of advanced editing technique
Props & Audio
Cut out of Gary Busey
A track from S Club 7
A sound bit 'I am the angel of silk...'
A track from S Club 7
A sound bit 'I am the angel of silk...'
The Animation
The Evaluation
The piece of work that I received stuck to the brief very closely, it exceeded the amount of time i allocated as the minimum, it featured the googly eyes i specifically requested, and you could really feel the anger which enveloped the pair of scissors. The planning was great and the work was handed in before the deadline which was set. Though I do not take a liking to the production featuring President elect Donald Trump, and the S club 7. Considering all of these factors, I give the production a 4/5 because featuring Mr Trump would not allow me to put my brand on it, as my target audience are strongly against him.
My piece was given a 5/5 because i followed the brief and my client also expressed that he would commission it. I did not stick to the time frame which was specified, the client explained that it did not effect the production. Though it did not effect the production, i do realise that i will need to change this for the future in order to produce exactly what the client requests. In future there will be a wider range of angles and movements displayed by Gary Buesy, in order to further animate him.