 | FRIDAY — September 3 From Studio Ghibli and the Master, Hayao Miyazaki, comes the story of a goldfish who wanted to be human. Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo) [G] screens at 7:30 PM on Friday, September 3. It is followed by a more–serious animation story — the fight against the machines — in 9 [M]. |
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Animation at the ASTOR this Friday Night
Friday, August 27, 2010
Minimizing Flicker in Stop Motion
http://www.stopmotionpro.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=215&Itemid=122
dont use auto exposure, auto aperature, auto iris or auto anything when shooting stop motion. this will eliminate the need for the flicker tools.
http://www.sharewareconnection.com/msu-deflicker-virtualdub-plugin.htm
http://www.granitebaysoftware.com/Products/ProductGBD.aspx
In AE: Try setting the color stabalize filter to "brightness" mode with a sample size of 20
dont use auto exposure, auto aperature, auto iris or auto anything when shooting stop motion. this will eliminate the need for the flicker tools.
http://www.sharewareconnection.com/msu-deflicker-virtualdub-plugin.htm
http://www.granitebaysoftware.com/Products/ProductGBD.aspx
In AE: Try setting the color stabalize filter to "brightness" mode with a sample size of 20
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Nir's Minor Project Report
Minor Project Report – Nir Bar: Reflection
The Minor project for me started before week 1. I started the backgrounds over the semester break. I did the backgrounds traditionally with watercolours in two weeks, and then started to animate the first shots in the film. Everything went according to my schedule (despite the fact i wasn’t happy with the backgrounds and the animation) and i kept on animating the rough animation, because I knew I’ll get back to it and fix whatever needed to be fixed.
With the backgrounds I did over the break – I saw it as an experiment, as I didn’t liked the style, so I decided to leave it for the end, because for me the heart of everything is the animation and I knew it’s going to take a while to get to the right movements. The sound was ready last semester with the Animatic because I was constantly thinking about what I really want as a theme when I developed the story. I searched and searched and finally I found it “under my nose”. I had that specific theme from a soundtrack I had for years. In the first few weeks, I tried to reach the right bodies for the copyright issue and permissions, but I gave up, It was hard to find the right body/individual. I also understood that as far as the assessment concern, there’s no real problem and students can use any music as long as it’s not shown publicly.
During these weeks (1-7) I managed to finish off all the parts of my animation + corrections, details, scenes (Over week 5-6 – 13-15/8 I pushed it and finished the entire animation) as I tried to improve my work. I ended up animating the 2 first shots all over again and the 7th shot as well. When I did that, I felt like I knew the character much better - the way the character acts and think, I tried to understand what motivation it has and what drives it...why it acts the way it acts. The more I drew it, the better I knew it, so my drawings were much better in terms of poses, appeal and structure.I also did an extra new pose sheet for each character as the design changed from the original designs at the first semester in Pre-Production.
I set myself a goal that by the end of week 7 I’ll finish the backgrounds too (without color) and so I did. I finished them over week 7. With the backgrounds I had a few problems regarding the construction and the coloring. I solved it out with some tips from Jack and Adrian – my problem wasn’t the creation of the backgrounds, but the way to establish them – a technical issue.
At the beginning of the production I was sure that I will have to create different separate elements and color them and then put it all together, just because I didn’t know if there’s other way of doing it (like drawing the backgrounds as piece by piece to details and then separate all the details into layers (but it turned out that there’s a really simple way of doing it and I discovered it 2 weeks ago in Photoshop).
That was my main concern – because I didn’t knew how to approach the backgrounds and if to them traditionally or digitally, but the problem is now solved.
To conclude my progress until now: I Finished all the animation + clean up, I finished all the backgrounds (no color) and the sound is ready, so now I’m going to concentrate on coloring all the backgrounds + recheck all the animation I’ve done (I want to improve the entire piece and change some of the shots for sure) and then at the end coloring the animation, put the sound and do a final edit with the titles.
The Minor project for me started before week 1. I started the backgrounds over the semester break. I did the backgrounds traditionally with watercolours in two weeks, and then started to animate the first shots in the film. Everything went according to my schedule (despite the fact i wasn’t happy with the backgrounds and the animation) and i kept on animating the rough animation, because I knew I’ll get back to it and fix whatever needed to be fixed.
With the backgrounds I did over the break – I saw it as an experiment, as I didn’t liked the style, so I decided to leave it for the end, because for me the heart of everything is the animation and I knew it’s going to take a while to get to the right movements. The sound was ready last semester with the Animatic because I was constantly thinking about what I really want as a theme when I developed the story. I searched and searched and finally I found it “under my nose”. I had that specific theme from a soundtrack I had for years. In the first few weeks, I tried to reach the right bodies for the copyright issue and permissions, but I gave up, It was hard to find the right body/individual. I also understood that as far as the assessment concern, there’s no real problem and students can use any music as long as it’s not shown publicly.
During these weeks (1-7) I managed to finish off all the parts of my animation + corrections, details, scenes (Over week 5-6 – 13-15/8 I pushed it and finished the entire animation) as I tried to improve my work. I ended up animating the 2 first shots all over again and the 7th shot as well. When I did that, I felt like I knew the character much better - the way the character acts and think, I tried to understand what motivation it has and what drives it...why it acts the way it acts. The more I drew it, the better I knew it, so my drawings were much better in terms of poses, appeal and structure.I also did an extra new pose sheet for each character as the design changed from the original designs at the first semester in Pre-Production.
I set myself a goal that by the end of week 7 I’ll finish the backgrounds too (without color) and so I did. I finished them over week 7. With the backgrounds I had a few problems regarding the construction and the coloring. I solved it out with some tips from Jack and Adrian – my problem wasn’t the creation of the backgrounds, but the way to establish them – a technical issue.
At the beginning of the production I was sure that I will have to create different separate elements and color them and then put it all together, just because I didn’t know if there’s other way of doing it (like drawing the backgrounds as piece by piece to details and then separate all the details into layers (but it turned out that there’s a really simple way of doing it and I discovered it 2 weeks ago in Photoshop).
That was my main concern – because I didn’t knew how to approach the backgrounds and if to them traditionally or digitally, but the problem is now solved.
To conclude my progress until now: I Finished all the animation + clean up, I finished all the backgrounds (no color) and the sound is ready, so now I’m going to concentrate on coloring all the backgrounds + recheck all the animation I’ve done (I want to improve the entire piece and change some of the shots for sure) and then at the end coloring the animation, put the sound and do a final edit with the titles.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
update...
Alright, so basically i finished the Animation, and was working on the backgrounds over the weekend - by the 27/8 the backgrounds would be finished (without colour). I'm still figuring what's the best way to colour them...not sure about the digital way just because it takes me more time, so I'm thinking about either coloured pencils (very light, just to get the feeling, cause i want the pencil lines to be seen OR maybe even goash...i believe more in the traditional way, there are so many details and sometimes it takes me to long in photoshop, but we'll see this week.
Few months ago, i thought about creating elements and duplicate them, but it won't blend so well and it's too lazy for me, so I'm still thinking, but at least all the backgrounds are finished in pencil.
2 more comments from Jack were that i should add a bit of sound effects for the establishing shot - and I'm looking for the right one....and more flow with the Arcs of the head. The biggest comment was to add another shot of the flamingo trying to fly, but fails and then the tear drops...and i did quick thumbnail sketches of the shot, but it changes the shots before and after. I will definitely get to it once i know that the backgrounds are finished, as i don't want to wait with them too long..got to finish quickly. so backgrounds are in progress, so as the sound search for the beginning, and as for the animation movements and the new shot - would be added after i finish.
Few months ago, i thought about creating elements and duplicate them, but it won't blend so well and it's too lazy for me, so I'm still thinking, but at least all the backgrounds are finished in pencil.
2 more comments from Jack were that i should add a bit of sound effects for the establishing shot - and I'm looking for the right one....and more flow with the Arcs of the head. The biggest comment was to add another shot of the flamingo trying to fly, but fails and then the tear drops...and i did quick thumbnail sketches of the shot, but it changes the shots before and after. I will definitely get to it once i know that the backgrounds are finished, as i don't want to wait with them too long..got to finish quickly. so backgrounds are in progress, so as the sound search for the beginning, and as for the animation movements and the new shot - would be added after i finish.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Pieced Together Animatic
Rough sound and animatic.
I am still trying to get the original copy of the music sent to me, my friend is being super slack! Once i have that i can change a few things and update the sound effects.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Stop motion lights
hey Jack here is a example of what would be perfect. im sure Holmesglen has much better contacts to get a cheaper price. but e Dedo lights would be amazing.
as i said on friday, Holmesglen already has a few sets of these, but the real issue is that they cant be hired for long periods of time.
i hope the link is what you need.
cheers
Seamus
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Reflection-The theme music and sound
So that's my Animatic with the sound - I'm really really happy with it...just need to find that wings sound effect - the one that attracts his attention to look up through the clouds..
Almost there...
So it's about time to update...I nearly finished animating. i pushed it the last few weeks, so now all i got left is re-check some of my latest tests. Most of it is checked and working. I also have a few finishes (adding several frames here and there) and regarding the timing for the last few tests- I'll work it out in the editing stage. So this weekend (13-15/8) I'm finishing off all the details and continuing with the backgrounds which i hope that by the end of August I'll be finishing (Jack, i want to see my animation on top of the background too :) them.
The rough sound is ready. I found a better sound effect for the wind, but couldn't find a proper one for the wings..still in search.
Nirbar.blogspot.com - for the latest pencil tests.
The rough sound is ready. I found a better sound effect for the wind, but couldn't find a proper one for the wings..still in search.
Nirbar.blogspot.com - for the latest pencil tests.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Sound Effects Online
http://filmsound.org/sound-effects/libraries.htm
http://www.grsites.com/archive/sounds/
http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/
http://www.freesound.org/
and some royalty free sound effects (small fee per sample)
- www.audionetworkplc.com/
- www.soundrangers.com
- www.sounddogs.com
- http://sound-effects-library.com/
- http://www.sound-ideas.com/
http://www.grsites.com/archive/sounds/
http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/
http://www.freesound.org/
and some royalty free sound effects (small fee per sample)
- www.audionetworkplc.com/
- www.soundrangers.com
- www.sounddogs.com
- http://sound-effects-library.com/
- http://www.sound-ideas.com/
MARGARITA SHORT FILM
MARGARITA from HAMPA STUDIO on Vimeo.
Plus Commentary by the animators (in spanish)
MARGARITA (MAKING OF) from HAMPA STUDIO on Vimeo.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
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