Friday, 9 March 2018

Animation Assignment 2

Animation Assignment 2


Intro:

Our animation will use rotoscoping technique which will look similar to the "Take on me Aha" music video. We have been inspired by this music video, it shows interesting high quality animation technique, this being rotoscoping. It includes an actor (Kieran Atkins) singing and playing a guitar. The aim of our animation is to entertain an audience that enjoys music, specifically indie music including guitar music. This will be filmed in either the TV studio for easy access or somewhere where he stands out from the background to help the animating process to become easier. In the opening scene there will be no animation at first, Kieran will appear to walk into the studio, after this Kieran's character will begin to play the guitar and sing, this is when the rotoscoping starts; only aspects of the frame will be rotoscoped this is too speed up the animation process. We will most likely use Adobe Animate for rotoscoping, this is a digital rotoscope, other than a traditional hand-drawn rotoscope as this is very time consuming, not only that but we don't have the equipment and resources for a hand-drawn rotoscope. Our target audience are people who enjoy music as a whole, but people who have an understanding and appreciation for the guitar, will particularly enjoy this animation.

Audit:

 - C100 Camera this is used for high quality video recording, to capture our animation scene, this camera is great to use due to its lots of adjustments you can make to the image. - £2,500
- H4N Zoom this recording device will be used to capture our music, this means we get the best quality possible as we can directly connect it into the amplifier. - £180
- Tripod this will be used to help stabilize our footage for still shots. -£100
- Studio Lighting the studio lighting is key to a professional, cinematic look, it also gives us different options for the style. - £1,000
- Guitar and Amplifier These are the main pieces for the narrative of the video, the guitar shows he's a musician and the amplifier is so we can record the audio directly from the amp. £350
- PC This is used to exporting and editing the animation - £420
- MAC This is used to exporting and editing the animation - £999
- Adobe CC This is the software that we can use to edit the animation (premiere pro) - £16.24 monthly
Total expenses: £5,565.24


Here is our environment, we are using the TV-studio to achieve a personal accessible place, it gives us lots of lighting options, both portable and fixed, the lighting is important as good lighting will help use to create and edit the animation in post-production.

Our character will be wearing sand shoes -
They will also be wearing black jeans and a denim jacket -


I believe this fits with the characters personna and matches the songs vibe. The song is by the arctic monkeys we believe this sort of clothing suits this music as the band wears similar clothing.









Date
Task
Complete
Note
WEEK 0
25/9/2017
Considered production process for animation.
Yes
Conducted some research using google to find the appropriate site.
WEEK 1
02/10/2017
Researched animation style and techniques. Looked through possible methods of animation. Begin to create a mood board.
Yes
Began research into animations on Youtube to find out what style I wish to pursue
WEEK 2
09/10/2017
Continue development of initial idea and continue to research the animation style and techniques.
Presented the animation idea to the class. We also created two mind maps.
Yes
Brainstormed to create a make two mind maps full of ideas and continued with the research.
WEEK 3
16/10/2017
Create a draft of the animation with the almost completed idea and work with the feedback that we got from the presentation from our peers. Created a storyboard.
Yes
Created a draft of the animation and finalised our ideas. I also tried smudge and click animation technique.

WEEK 4
23/10/2017
Begin to set things up to film next week. Continue to develop the idea right up until the point of production.
Yes
Booked the equipment, and the TV studio, set a reminder to bring my guitar.
WEEK 5
30/10/2017
Film the animation idea and import it onto the computer, ready for printing off next week.
Yes
We set up the equipment and the amp, then began to film me playing the guitar. The video is yet to be edited.
WEEK 6
06/11/2017
Begin to print out each frame of the video ready to rotoscope in a few weeks’ time.
NO

WEEK 7
13/11/2017
Continue to print out each frame of the video and start thinking about the style of rotoscoping that I will use.
NO

WEEK 8
20/11/2017
Experiment with a smudge and click techniques.
NO

WEEK 9
27/11/2017
Experiment with different styles of rotoscoping.
NO

WEEK 10
04/12/2017
Research Flash and watch tutorials to be sure that when I have to use the programme I have the skills necessary.
NO

WEEK 11
11/12/2017
Continue to research flash and practice, also start to branch out into different styles of flash animation.
NO

WEEK 12
18/12/2017
Begin to animate. Using rotoscoping.
NO





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