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Power outage at prison impacts inmates and security
HMP Northward (CNS): The Cayman Islands Government has finally confirmed that HMP Northward lost power on Sunday. While officials have remained extremely tight-lipped about the consequences, CNS understands there have been significant security concerns. Power was lost as the Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) was conducting routine maintenance. Continue reading Power outage at prison impacts…
AX1000: Contextual Studies in Animation (Semester 1)
Week 4 we have been asked to look at a few short animations outside of university lessons, first I looked at two animation first one is called Slim Pickings and second is The Cowboy both by Phil Mulloy, I don’t like the animation or character designs for either films. The stories are both politically motivated and both try to highlight the social confusion, maliciousness and the greed of man.
The second film I was asked to look at was animation called Little Wolf by An Vrombaut, I feel even though the animation and design style is a vast improvement from the previous animations it’s still not my favourite style, personally I don’t like the outer proportionate body limbs of the characters and the animation I feel is slightly lazy, in contrast I find the story is fun and enjoyable at it consists of a short story about little wolf who gets stuck hanging onto the moon but until the moon sets and he is able to jump down. An Vrombaut is also known for creating the children’s animation cartoon called 64 Zoo Lane, there is a similarity in the design style of the characters on Little wolf to characters from the other show.
Next, I was required to look at an animation by Darren Walsh called Angry Kid, this animation is well known to me as I saw the first series when it was released in the late 90′s, the Claymation is very good, and the episodes are very comical.
The following animation after is by Daniel Greaves and is called Flatworld, the visual design style of the animation appears as if the characters are 2d cut out drawn paper images, there is even reference to the strengthen this when the main character uses an eraser to shave his facial hair away, the animation is very clever plus the story is entertaining and comical.
The final animation i was asked to research is by Frederick Back called The Man Who Planted Trees, this animation is visually beautiful. The art style almost has a chalk on paper appearance to it and the story is interesting and captivating. The story itself is narrated and is about a person who comes across a lone shepherd in a barren valley and the single-handed quest the Shepard has created to re-forest the valley with trees.
GUEST LECTURE - Daniel Greaves
06/11/17
Daniel Greaves is a director and animator. His enthusiasm and curiosity has enabled him to explore and experiment in a variety of contrasting animation techniques.
With many years of experience including running his own production company, Tandem Films, from June 1986 - 2014 as Co-founder and Creative Director, he has won around 100 international awards for short films and commercials. These include an Oscar, 2 Bafta nominations and the European Cartoon D'Or. - https://www.daniel-greaves.com/bio/
We were lucky enough for Daniel to stay after a masterclass and deliver a lecture for us, talking about his work, how he started up Tandem, and what he’s doing now/planning on doing for the future.
Below are the notes I got from the talk!
Tandem
Manipulation, 1991 - Pixelation for the hand - Traditional 2D
Flatworld, 1997 - Took a year and a half to make (after pre-production) - Around 40 000 cut-outs of characters
Little Things - Got each animator to come up and create their own little animation/story
Mr Plastimime, 2012 - Plasticine stop-motion - Digital 2D eyes and mouths (Flash) - 3D/CG elements in the background/objects
Adverts - Cbeebies - Hellman's - Specsavers - (And more!)
Big Bag, 2016 - First TV Paint film
WIP - Animals acting like other animals - Giraffe acting like a dog, etc.
Doesn’t like any of his films after making them - only loves little bits of them, which he uses for showreels, etc.
Likes to experiment with all sorts of mediums; doesn’t really like CG (”Isn’t for him” - I can relate!)
The Watchmen
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Photos: The Watchmen and East of Avenue @ The Danforth Music Hall – Toronto The Watchmen East of Avenue *** Follow updates from The Watchmen here. Photos by Daniela Tantalo | @DGMT16
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Concert Photos: The Watchmen and Julian Taylor @ The Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto The Watchmen Julian Taylor Follow updates from The Watchmen here. Photos by Angelo Marchini…
Modelmaking on Daniel Greaves' stop-motion short Mr. Plastimime.
The making of Daniel Greaves' short film Mr. Plastimime.
Planning and animating a shot on Daniel Greaves' short film Mr. Plastimime.
