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
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.
- 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
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Task
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Complete
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Note
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WEEK 0
25/9/2017
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Considered production process for animation.
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Yes
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Conducted some research using google to find
the appropriate site.
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WEEK 1
02/10/2017
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Researched animation style and techniques.
Looked through possible methods of animation. Begin to create a mood board.
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Yes
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Began research into animations on Youtube to
find out what style I wish to pursue
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WEEK 2
09/10/2017
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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.
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Yes
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Brainstormed to create a make two mind maps
full of ideas and continued with the research.
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WEEK 3
16/10/2017
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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.
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Yes
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Created a draft of the animation and
finalised our ideas. I also tried smudge and click animation technique.
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WEEK 4
23/10/2017
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Begin to set things up to film next week.
Continue to develop the idea right up until the point of production.
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Yes
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Booked the equipment, and the TV studio, set
a reminder to bring my guitar.
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WEEK 5
30/10/2017
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Film the animation idea and import it onto
the computer, ready for printing off next week.
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Yes
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We set up the equipment and the amp, then
began to film me playing the guitar. The video is yet to be edited.
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WEEK 6
06/11/2017
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Begin to print out each frame of the video
ready to rotoscope in a few weeks’ time.
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NO
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WEEK 7
13/11/2017
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Continue to print out each frame of the
video and start thinking about the style of rotoscoping that I will use.
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NO
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WEEK 8
20/11/2017
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Experiment with a smudge and click
techniques.
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NO
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WEEK 9
27/11/2017
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Experiment with different styles of
rotoscoping.
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NO
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WEEK 10
04/12/2017
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Research Flash and watch tutorials to be
sure that when I have to use the programme I have the skills necessary.
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NO
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WEEK 11
11/12/2017
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Continue to research flash and practice,
also start to branch out into different styles of flash animation.
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NO
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WEEK 12
18/12/2017
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Begin to animate. Using rotoscoping.
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NO
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