Monday, November 7, 2011
Progress
In today's lesson I finished my title page as well as the first three scene analysis. To make my title page, I had to put about 6 pictures of Katy Perry in photoshop and join them together (helped by Mr Powell. This was a pretty quick process, for the rest of the lesson I did my analysis for the scenes. I then did a trial ibook, it worked on my iPad but there a few minor adjustments.
Monday, October 24, 2011
CrEaTiVe MeDiA LeSsOn
In today's lesson, I cut my film into its scenes. These scenes will then be imported into my epub document when I have completed it.
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
APPRAISING ANIMATION
Question 1: The film I have selected to analyse is is Matreyek's "Circus".
Questions 2: In this film in particular, there are many different objects and shapes used, so this analysis will basically break down what was seen in each scene. In scene one which is the title (0min-1:04min) Matreyek has used a technique where she has drawn a shape eg. a person and then the person's feet extends into another shape eg. a lion. The whole first scene is in black and white and uses the above effect to draw most things you see in a circus-lion, clown, elephants, fire...using all these objects together it gives you the impression of a circus. The second scene (1:04min-1:41min) is the master of ceremony. At the start it is a black background with a white title, which is effective as the title stands out. The rest of the scene is also in black and white with a man or women (not sure) wearing a hat. The third scene (1:41min-2min) a dance number, is interesting because it shows the same girl in a house dancing, but she varies in sizes, there is a very small one on a chair and a large one nearly touching the ceiling. The fourth scene (2min-2:57min) elaphantos is done in a very large library, and has a woman holding a device in one hand and moving it up and down, then a girl/elephant comes in she looks like a girl but has a trunk and elephant ears! The fifth scene (2:57min-3:27min) a thumb princess shows a girl walking almost out of a small cave in a rain forest, there are lots of plants and tress surrounding her. Scene 6 (3:27min-4min)the final scene uses the same technique as above, and the same person i kneeling on top of themselves doing the same action. The people are all in a small room surrounded by lots of chairs, and at the top of the room is a giant eye blinking every now and then.
After watching the film my impression of the mood is that it is dark and chaotic. In very scene there is no colour, and it gives me a dark impression. As well as this in every scene there are hundreds of different things happening making the film very chaotic. I think this is what scares people from the film.
In scene 1 when it it just pitch black there are two repetitive sounds and it almost sounds like a rusty old swing swinging back and forth,and a bike wheel spinning. The rest of the scene is just a accordian playing. The next scene is a combination of a high pitched singer and the accordian. In this scene the man or woman's hat and mustache has been pasted in after being filmed as if you look closely they look like they are floating. The third scene is a song made by an instrument I'm not sure of but it fits in with the scene because all the people are dancing to the beat. The fourth scene with the elephant uses a trombone as well as elephant sounds. Also in this scene it looks like the person was filmed then the elephant ears and trunk were drawn on. For the thumb princess the sounds used are a triangle which is tapped every now and then. The last scene also uses the sound from scene 3 as the scenes are basically in the same place but different actions are used.
Question 4: After watching the film many times and analyzing it, I still have the same reaction every time. I think because i have seen nothing like it, the whole idea of the film scares me. The fact that there is no dialogue and colour is the main thing, as I am not used to it. I am still not sure of the meaning, which I find annoying, I can normally identify meaning of short films quite easily. Like in this film I can tell how the girl was never full part of his puzzle and now she is just somebody that he used to know (brief overview) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY.
After surveying my dad and mother , their overall impression is the same as mine. They have no doubt that the film maker is talented and uses many visual techniques, but the whole idea an concept confuses them. They also can sort of relate the idea of the film to real life, like how all the different people are really odd and how they remind him of a circus. My brother also watched the first minute of the film, but his reaction is unladylike to write on my blog.
From watching the film I think the intended audience are a very selected group. Although I have not found this group yet, but I am sure they are out in the world somewhere. This is because the film is so artistic and unique and a lot of people would be knew to this type of film unless they have already watched it.
Visual language informs my interpretation, as in every scene I am seeing the same colour black and white but the shapes and objects continually change. As said above the fact that everything is always changes makes the film seem like a circus because it is so chaotic.
To create meaning, Matreyek has used sounds with the animation. "The creation of visual images to represent words is an effective vocabulary building strategy. Of course, some words are easier to visualize than others. Generally this technique works best with words that correspond to "concrete" objects. It does not work very well with words that denote abstract concepts." Meaning when I listen to the first scene closing my eyes, the sounds used remind me of a circus, this shows that Matreyek has effectively used sound to portray meaning.
Circus, http://vimeo.com/6714468 (16/10/11)
Improving Vocabulary, http://www.improvingvocabulary.org/imagery.html (22/10/11)
How to Analyse a Film, http://sthildas.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tabGroup=courses&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fcontent%2FcontentWrapper.jsp%3Fcontent_id%3D_15567_1%26displayName%3DLinked%2BFile%26course_id%3D_233_1%26navItem%3Dcontent%26attachment%3Dtrue%26href%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.howtodothings.com%252Fhobbies%252Fhow-to-analyze-a-movie (25/10/11)
Questions 2: In this film in particular, there are many different objects and shapes used, so this analysis will basically break down what was seen in each scene. In scene one which is the title (0min-1:04min) Matreyek has used a technique where she has drawn a shape eg. a person and then the person's feet extends into another shape eg. a lion. The whole first scene is in black and white and uses the above effect to draw most things you see in a circus-lion, clown, elephants, fire...using all these objects together it gives you the impression of a circus. The second scene (1:04min-1:41min) is the master of ceremony. At the start it is a black background with a white title, which is effective as the title stands out. The rest of the scene is also in black and white with a man or women (not sure) wearing a hat. The third scene (1:41min-2min) a dance number, is interesting because it shows the same girl in a house dancing, but she varies in sizes, there is a very small one on a chair and a large one nearly touching the ceiling. The fourth scene (2min-2:57min) elaphantos is done in a very large library, and has a woman holding a device in one hand and moving it up and down, then a girl/elephant comes in she looks like a girl but has a trunk and elephant ears! The fifth scene (2:57min-3:27min) a thumb princess shows a girl walking almost out of a small cave in a rain forest, there are lots of plants and tress surrounding her. Scene 6 (3:27min-4min)the final scene uses the same technique as above, and the same person i kneeling on top of themselves doing the same action. The people are all in a small room surrounded by lots of chairs, and at the top of the room is a giant eye blinking every now and then.
After watching the film my impression of the mood is that it is dark and chaotic. In very scene there is no colour, and it gives me a dark impression. As well as this in every scene there are hundreds of different things happening making the film very chaotic. I think this is what scares people from the film.
In scene 1 when it it just pitch black there are two repetitive sounds and it almost sounds like a rusty old swing swinging back and forth,and a bike wheel spinning. The rest of the scene is just a accordian playing. The next scene is a combination of a high pitched singer and the accordian. In this scene the man or woman's hat and mustache has been pasted in after being filmed as if you look closely they look like they are floating. The third scene is a song made by an instrument I'm not sure of but it fits in with the scene because all the people are dancing to the beat. The fourth scene with the elephant uses a trombone as well as elephant sounds. Also in this scene it looks like the person was filmed then the elephant ears and trunk were drawn on. For the thumb princess the sounds used are a triangle which is tapped every now and then. The last scene also uses the sound from scene 3 as the scenes are basically in the same place but different actions are used.
Question 4: After watching the film many times and analyzing it, I still have the same reaction every time. I think because i have seen nothing like it, the whole idea of the film scares me. The fact that there is no dialogue and colour is the main thing, as I am not used to it. I am still not sure of the meaning, which I find annoying, I can normally identify meaning of short films quite easily. Like in this film I can tell how the girl was never full part of his puzzle and now she is just somebody that he used to know (brief overview) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY.
After surveying my dad and mother , their overall impression is the same as mine. They have no doubt that the film maker is talented and uses many visual techniques, but the whole idea an concept confuses them. They also can sort of relate the idea of the film to real life, like how all the different people are really odd and how they remind him of a circus. My brother also watched the first minute of the film, but his reaction is unladylike to write on my blog.
From watching the film I think the intended audience are a very selected group. Although I have not found this group yet, but I am sure they are out in the world somewhere. This is because the film is so artistic and unique and a lot of people would be knew to this type of film unless they have already watched it.
Visual language informs my interpretation, as in every scene I am seeing the same colour black and white but the shapes and objects continually change. As said above the fact that everything is always changes makes the film seem like a circus because it is so chaotic.
To create meaning, Matreyek has used sounds with the animation. "The creation of visual images to represent words is an effective vocabulary building strategy. Of course, some words are easier to visualize than others. Generally this technique works best with words that correspond to "concrete" objects. It does not work very well with words that denote abstract concepts." Meaning when I listen to the first scene closing my eyes, the sounds used remind me of a circus, this shows that Matreyek has effectively used sound to portray meaning.
Circus, http://vimeo.com/6714468 (16/10/11)
Improving Vocabulary, http://www.improvingvocabulary.org/imagery.html (22/10/11)
How to Analyse a Film, http://sthildas.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tabGroup=courses&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fcontent%2FcontentWrapper.jsp%3Fcontent_id%3D_15567_1%26displayName%3DLinked%2BFile%26course_id%3D_233_1%26navItem%3Dcontent%26attachment%3Dtrue%26href%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.howtodothings.com%252Fhobbies%252Fhow-to-analyze-a-movie (25/10/11)
PLANNING
In today's lesson I went through all the videos and picked which one I was going to analyze. I decided to do CIRCUS as no one else in the class is doing it, and I thought it would be something different to mark.
Monday, October 3, 2011
TERM 4
Today was the first lesson of term 4!!!!! TodAY POWELL DOGY outlined what we are doing for the term. We are actually as I interpreted it, making an iBook and explaining how what each scene meant and what we were thinking. We also went into pages and Mr Powell showed us how we do not worry about custom making size and font to make it look rather pretty. We also learned how to do a title page which shows up on the ibooks store. So in summary we learned how to make an ipad and even send it to ourselves wWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!!!!
Friday, September 16, 2011
EVALUATION
CREATIVE MEDIA EVALUATION TERM 2/3 IN ANIMATIONISH!!!!!!!
I quite enjoyed the task we were given for creative media the last two terms, I think it tested us as individuals and tested Tori and I as a team. I think Tori and I worked well as a team. She was willing for change and was able to pick up my slack when I was away. We also had many of the same ideas so it was easy to then both decide on a idea for a story line.
Our ideas at first kept changing as we had to many. This wasting valuable time which I think really costed us in the end as in the last few days we had a lot to do. I would of liked it that we finished a bit earlier so we would have more time to polish the film, and it would put Tori under less pressure if I was away the last week. We originally only had a plan to do one song in our film, but when we finished early we decided to do another song. This was a good idea but it would have been good if we arranged this earlier.
The Story Board was very helping during the process. It allowed Tori and I to set which scenes we were going to do, and clearing explained what to do for each scene. This saved a lot of time and I will definitely use this method again when making another film.
In our first song we hand drew everything and the film was quite unique. The song we used was ET by Katy Perry, and basically every lyric had an action to it in the film. This was pretty straight forward and all the actions are written down in our story board. Although some of the actions written in our story board were just to hard to bring to life, so we had to simplify a few details. this made a significant amount easier, and made the process quicker! I am also a horrible drawer so I tried my hardest to make the images to look like real things, but when I used the drawing pad Also we had to take a lot of note to transitions, from scene to scene, as this made the film run smoother. The next step was to place each scene in iMovie with the song and check the timing. This was quite time consuming as we had to go back and forth from animationish to imovie to make the timing perfect. I was quite pleased with our first film as I thought it was quite original.
Our second song Last Friday Night, also by Katy Perry was quite a bit easier to make, and I am also pleased with the end result. When we decided to do this song we had about two weeks left. So we had to quickly draw a story board up and get straight to work. We used a bit of a different theme in this film, as we didn't draw anything but actually get lots of pictures of the streets and cities and used Katy Perry as the Actor. This was quite simple to do and when you watch it, the way we made her move gives a humorous vibe about the film which I quite like. In this film we didn't really have transitions like in the first film, we just made each scene go strainght to the next one, which I think actually suited this type of film. It did take quite a while to photoshop out the background behind each image of Katy Perry. We aslo spent quite a lot of time googling pictures of Katy to match the action she is doing in the film. Of course we were running out of time, but luckily Tori saved us (I was sick)and managed to do extra scenes and polish the whole thing up by herself.
Tori then put both of the films in Imovie to make one big song, which will look and sound really cool. If we were given the chance to do this again, I would go with Tori again but try and get a clear plan straight away and allow at least a week for polishing, and I'd also like to do credits if we had time.I really did enjoy this task and would happily do it again (please ahaahah).
I quite enjoyed the task we were given for creative media the last two terms, I think it tested us as individuals and tested Tori and I as a team. I think Tori and I worked well as a team. She was willing for change and was able to pick up my slack when I was away. We also had many of the same ideas so it was easy to then both decide on a idea for a story line.
Our ideas at first kept changing as we had to many. This wasting valuable time which I think really costed us in the end as in the last few days we had a lot to do. I would of liked it that we finished a bit earlier so we would have more time to polish the film, and it would put Tori under less pressure if I was away the last week. We originally only had a plan to do one song in our film, but when we finished early we decided to do another song. This was a good idea but it would have been good if we arranged this earlier.
The Story Board was very helping during the process. It allowed Tori and I to set which scenes we were going to do, and clearing explained what to do for each scene. This saved a lot of time and I will definitely use this method again when making another film.
In our first song we hand drew everything and the film was quite unique. The song we used was ET by Katy Perry, and basically every lyric had an action to it in the film. This was pretty straight forward and all the actions are written down in our story board. Although some of the actions written in our story board were just to hard to bring to life, so we had to simplify a few details. this made a significant amount easier, and made the process quicker! I am also a horrible drawer so I tried my hardest to make the images to look like real things, but when I used the drawing pad Also we had to take a lot of note to transitions, from scene to scene, as this made the film run smoother. The next step was to place each scene in iMovie with the song and check the timing. This was quite time consuming as we had to go back and forth from animationish to imovie to make the timing perfect. I was quite pleased with our first film as I thought it was quite original.
Our second song Last Friday Night, also by Katy Perry was quite a bit easier to make, and I am also pleased with the end result. When we decided to do this song we had about two weeks left. So we had to quickly draw a story board up and get straight to work. We used a bit of a different theme in this film, as we didn't draw anything but actually get lots of pictures of the streets and cities and used Katy Perry as the Actor. This was quite simple to do and when you watch it, the way we made her move gives a humorous vibe about the film which I quite like. In this film we didn't really have transitions like in the first film, we just made each scene go strainght to the next one, which I think actually suited this type of film. It did take quite a while to photoshop out the background behind each image of Katy Perry. We aslo spent quite a lot of time googling pictures of Katy to match the action she is doing in the film. Of course we were running out of time, but luckily Tori saved us (I was sick)and managed to do extra scenes and polish the whole thing up by herself.
Tori then put both of the films in Imovie to make one big song, which will look and sound really cool. If we were given the chance to do this again, I would go with Tori again but try and get a clear plan straight away and allow at least a week for polishing, and I'd also like to do credits if we had time.I really did enjoy this task and would happily do it again (please ahaahah).
VICTORIA CARRINGTON
Well Mr Powell as you may or may not have noticed I have been away for the last week as I am VERY SICK!!!!!!!. Tori was kind enough to complete my scenes as I was unable to do it. She had to do so much in so little time and should be given extra credit for that (wink wink nudge nudge ;).
THANKS TORI XXXX
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
STORY BOARD
Due to my sickness I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS but was able to make the story board over the phone with Tori for our next music video.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Story Board
In today's lesson Tori and I did our story board for Last Friday Night, which will be uploaded next lesson. This took quite a bit of time as we had to figure out timing which was quite hard as the lyrics are sung quite fast.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
SCENE 1 Part 2
In today's lesson, i completed the first part of scene one to last friday night, it is a path which is moving, in next lesson i will have to expand to this scene
NEW IDEAS
so Tori and I have confirmed that we are adding "Last Friday Night" to our film by Katy Perry after "ET". This will extend our film for about another 30sec. WE are currently adding sound to our ET film clip, we have had to edit a few scenes because the actions are ahead of the words by a few scenes but this was easily done.
Monday, July 25, 2011
TODAYY
In today's lesson I went on photoshop and made a cartoon version of katy perry and put it in animatonish to use in last friday night
Monday, July 18, 2011
CREATIVE MEDIA
Me and Tory are nearly finished our animationish and are deliberating whether to add another song, the video to mix it up a bit.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Changes
In today's lesson we made a few changes and istead of doing the lips singing in the first scene we r doing a drum playing a beat matching the beat of the song.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
I today's lesson, Tory and I came up with a new idea for our film, using animationish. We have decided to do a film clip to the song E.T. by Katy Perry. Before we made it we drew our story board which is shown below. The film enhances the song and has an action for all of the lines. We also decided to do only the first verse and chorus as otherwise i would take to long and would be over the time limit. For further weeks to come we will split the film half half and do half of the film each.
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