Danny' Animation's

Here is a collective of my work and research from my animation course, progress of my work will be uploaded regularly, as well as relevant articles and artworks that have been produced to aide my studies.

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As Requested by our brief and tutor I have made a new blog, as a this blog on tumblr does not support the necessary page format to carry on with it.

It is the page I have also been working on all of the summer and have carried out my TV show and film idea research on.

I made a new blog just to make sure I got the best mark possible as this is a big unit grade of 50%

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Visual and Audio Test

I have done some audio recordings for my film, they have all been done by me in the sound booth at uclan, I have took around 1 hour to do a perfect take of all of the characters that I have in my film, including the eye. 

This test below shows how the Eye looks imposed on a temporary background with some test audio that I have recorded at an earlier date

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AX2002 - Final Film Conclusion

I am not happy personally how my film has turned out, hopefully one day I will remake it into a better version.

The Good:

- CGI: The Eye, and candles had good transitions and consistency throughout.

- The Set appearance: I was very happy with my set as it had a very good look to it overall, and was very well built, apart from the floor I could not use so had to change to a paper one, but this did not effect me as the models were being CGI’d in.

- The Eye’s voice: I kept true to the original voice of ‘The Eye’ done by Daniel Thron, and was able to do a strong, clear, and good impression of “The Eye”.

The Bad:

- Animation itself: The models did not move well when filming and this can be seen with their jerky and horrible movements. as well as the filming was done in two’s but came out exported on 4′s, don’t know why this happened

- Models: Both broke and didn’t have very good articulation, which limited my movements, this was mainly in the legs and arms due to clothing I made was too tight

- The Voices of the guards: original audio was put into a program and modulated and edited and was made into a file format that was not compatible with adobe after effects or Premiere pro and was then deemed corrupted when re-exporting, which meant I had to record my audio in the sound booth in the last hour of deadline day.

- Blue Screen: Despite various attempts to iron it, the blue screen would not un-crease this was probably due to the length that the creases were kept in the fabric, thus not being able to have the material flat when applied to my set. and made me have a black tint to my film that I did not like at all, as well as my models having a slight blue outline. 

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Here is a test of my candle green screen, I have got a royalty free green screen effect of fire from YouTube, and have applied it to my film in after effects. This is just a test but will probably what I will end up going with in my final edit 

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I have made 3 High Res 300DPI Stills for my film as required as required. and here they are

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AX2002 - Asset Update #11

one of my knights that I have made has broken and is UN-repairable, I will now be animating with just 1 model on a blue screen, this will make my work rate harder as it means that I have x2 of the work to do with my filming and have to put in consideration the movements of my 1 model for the shots that he has to interact with the other knight   

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This is my animation test of “the eye” it does a simple turn around in this shot, it will be superimposed onto my set for the final animation.

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AX2002 - Asset Update #9

I have made a tiara for my set which will appear on my set as well as the jewel and the eye

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AX2002 - Asset Update #10

I have now completed all of my assets for my set, this has been done in under 2 weeks which I am happy about.  This is the final result

**NOTE** The Eye will be CGI’d in this is why it does not appear on its respective podium at all in this image as it needs to be levitating when it is in the set.

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Asset Update #8

This is what my prop of “the eye” looks like now it has been painted and completed 

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Asset Update #7

I am currently making a prop for my set that is from a video game that I used to play, this is known as “the eye” as the video game is 20 years old I am struggling visual reference that will help me with how I want it to look, this is only due to how the in-game model looks compared to how I want it to look.

It has currently took me 3 hours to make this model, due to how small the model is. It is just over 3 cm tall by 2cm wide

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AX2002 - Visual Reference

I have used these as visual reference for my eye model, they have helped me make a modernised version of what I wish it to look like.

The eye in the game also talks telepathically to the main antagonist, I have planned to be done in my film, and it can also move posses or teleport elements which I have also planned to do.

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Asset Update #6

I have made 2 small candlesticks and a table for them to sit on, I will probably add a green screen effect for my film to have, so that it appears that the candles are lit. 

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AX2002 - Asset Update #5

I have made a floor for my set out of wood again, I have recently realised that it will never work with my set, this is due to the fact that the wood is too thick for a magnet to get through, I have no been told by my lecturer that it would be easier to make a new floor out of paper as it will be able to be used with the set up that I have. So I have acquired a stock image of a tile pattern from Google that is copyrighted

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AX2002 - Asset Update #4

I have now made paintings for my wall, these have been made out of cardboard and paper, I have decided that this will be a good addition to my set, as it will make the background more interesting to the viewer.

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AX2002 - Asset Update #3

I have begun to make podiums for my set, this is what my 3 artefacts will sit upon when they are in shot in my animation. I have been advised by my lecturer Pete that I should make some of my Assets out of cardboard this will be both time and cost effective for me as it will mean that I will be able to make things for my set and not have to buy or wait for a delivery as I have enough cardboard.

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AX2002 - Asset Update #2

I have now completed my wall, I have made it so that the wall is not to bland, I have added a small amount of yellow bricks to help break up the brown and the small white clay lines that I have applied to the wall to appear as mortar.