First Week of Project 3

We were meant to begin project 3 coming back from our week off, but ended up finishing up project 2, it only being minor editing problems to overcome. We did graze the surface of what the new topic entails, and what is expected off us. With Angie in the afternoon we researched Andy

Warhol and printed off our favourite portraits of his then wrote why we chose them.

On Wednesday with Gavin the team was taken through the things we would be doing in the second part of the year (non-fiction) and we done a little exercise linked to media.

Friday consisted of an exercise all to do with our magazine spreads, more specifically double page spreads and the language that goes along with it ie headers and footers. In the afternoon we will be posing for pictures which we will be recreating into an Andy Warhol style portrait. Smile!

Summary of my work on project 2 : Show Racism The Red Card

Although I had a hand in all aspects of the project, my main tasks that I undertook were the design and making of the backdrops and the final editing of our movie.

There is 2 backdrops. 1 is a combination of the restaurant scene and the living room scene in which our racist is watching football. The other is a stadium, or more specifically a close-up of a penalty kick -

The both backdrops were made using foam board which I stuck together using the single sided sticky back of the foam board and strengthened it with brown tape. The first backdrop I created was the restaurant/living room scene. Using the sticky back I attached a piece of accurately measured and cut black and silver wallpaper. I then glued a piece of purple card to the floor. The curtains were made by printing off a picture of a window which I glued to the wall (on the left) and then fitting 2 pieces of fabric, cut and measured semi-accurately, onto a thin metal rod. I'm particularly proud of this, as it gives attention to detail. The second set was made in much the same way, sticking on the background (which Dawn and Abee painted) onto the foam boards sticky side, then gluing the floor with green card to give the impression, if not a good one, of grass. I then chalked in the penalty boxes outline and made the advertisement boards, printing out strips of advertisements and gluing them onto poorly cut strips of card.

My second main task was the editing, particularly the sound production. Myself and Ryan made a commentary for throughout the movie, which I thought was a fantastic idea courtesy of Big John. I finalised it by putting crowd noises, making it louder as scenes changed from living room to stadium, and again as a goal is scored.

Last Day of Project 2

Today was generally about finishing off paperwork ect, and this blog. We also finished off our projects, with sound being the only thing we needed to do. Holiday next week, then back to reality with a new project!!! Happy days......

The History of Animation

Animation has changed dramatically since it was first introduced (believed to be in 1671). Back in the day animation was created using sketches and paintings, with light transferring them onto some form of backdrop. Nowadays computers are the main source of animation, capable of creating almost lifelike characters. Cameras play a big part in animation as well, giving us stop motion (an example of this is Wallace & Gromit, which uses plasticine for its models). This is created by taking a series of photos with only the slightest of movements from the characters. However, drawings and sketches are still used, in cartoons for example. The Simpson's is the longest running of these, now in its 20th season, but once again in today's technology crazed world it is edited on computers for a far smoother finish.

Flip books, a form of animation, are still used for entertainment by a lot of school children, sketching on the corner of their jotters and whatnot.

Another modern type of animation is rotoscoping, where animators trace over real film movement to produce a different kind of image. This method has been used quite a lot recently in today's cinema with films such as Sin City and Spirit. It was a revolution that hasn't really took off yet.

First and second week back in 2010!!

The first week back in 2010 we didn't start until the Thursday. Quite nastily we came back to a N.A.B for our communications course, which is now over and we are into a new block soon. Friday involved touching up our filming, editing times etc. I left in the afternoon, feeling ill.

The second week, on Tuesday, we finished filming and done some vocals for our video, as well as editing as much as possible. I fractured my wrist on Saturday, so wasn't much help. Also, I had a hospital appointment on Thursday so didn't attend college.