WEEK 8 - Animate
WEEK 9 - Animate
WEEK 10 - Sync to music.
DONE.
p.s. - it's week seven, and I just put up a profile photo. HA.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Schedule
This weekend - I am finishing backgrounds and getting all my characters set up and symbols made for them
monday morning - sike its wednesday
Well today I have a big test to study for, which I really don't want to AT ALL. It is such a dumb class that the thought of being tested on this information makes me disgusted with the education system.
BLAH. It has NOT been a good week for me.
Anywho, I am doing backgrounds today, hopefully I can get all three done. Photoshop or Illustrator? I don't know yet.
BLAH. It has NOT been a good week for me.
Anywho, I am doing backgrounds today, hopefully I can get all three done. Photoshop or Illustrator? I don't know yet.
Monday, February 16, 2009
hello stranger
I am finally making some progress on this, which feels good. I'm actually excited to start working on this. Hooray. AND I also got my sweet plaid shirt that I've been dying to get since forever. I'm wearing it right now. I look good. I mean really good.
Today in class I want to finish one more character sheets for my main character. She's very rough in the storyboards (which are rough to begin with) so I'll be able to start once she's nailed down. I'm not doing model sheets for the band because they'll be staying in the same position the whole time. And I am lazy. Ha.
Today in class I want to finish one more character sheets for my main character. She's very rough in the storyboards (which are rough to begin with) so I'll be able to start once she's nailed down. I'm not doing model sheets for the band because they'll be staying in the same position the whole time. And I am lazy. Ha.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
SCRIPT
EXT. THE SKYLINE OF A CITY (0:00 - 0:10) - Cupid is flying in the sky, firing arrows below. He zooms offscreen down to street level
EXT. STREET (0:10 - 0:17)
Bunches of couples are in love, all of them struck with arrows. Cupid is flying (right to left) down the sidewalk, clearly satisfied with his work. He flies past the band (Golden Capo) who is singing in the background.
As he flies offscreen, a girl alone walks on screen. Cupid notices, poking his head back on screen.
MED SHOT (0:18 - 0:26) - One of the band members offers the girl a flower but the girl refuses and keeps walking. The song holds the word "you," and the band members watch her walk by.
CLOSE UP (0:27 - 0:29) - Cupid puzzled as to why he has overlooked the girl.
EXT. STREET (0:31 - 0:37) The music picks up, the camera panning right following the girl walking past all the couples. Cupid flies up behind the girl, readying his shot towards her.
CLOSE UP (0:38 - 0:43) The girl looks down, noticing her shoe untied. Cupid's arrow flies over her as she ducks down.
EXT. STREET (0:44 - 0:55) The girl ties her shoe stands back up and continues walking; Cupid is clearly frustrated (0:44 - 0:48). He readies another shot (0:49 - 0:55).
He fires (0:56)
The girl turns the corner as Cupid's arrow flies past her. (0:57 - 0:58)
Cupid gets angry (0:59 - 1:02). How dare anyone evade love's arrow?
EXT. AROUND THE CORNER
The girl continues as Cupid catches up to her with another arrow ready. (1:03 - 1:07)
MED SHOT (1:08 - 1:12) - Cupid pulls the arrow back.
MED SHOT (1:12 - 1:16) - From the perspective of the tip of the arrow, we see the girl's back enter into the line of fire.
CLOSE UP (1:17 - 1:20) - Cupid's face is determined, and he releases the arrow.
MED SHOT (1:21 - 1:24) - Camera follows the arrow through the air
CLOSE UP (1:25 - 1:26) - Girl gets struck in the back with arrow as symbols crash.
MED SHOT (1:26 - 1:29) - The girl is knocked down onto her knees by the arrow. A hand reaches into the frame, offering to help her up. She looks up.
WORM'S EYE SHOT (1:30 - 1:31) A boy with his hand outstretched smiling.
OTS SHOT (1:32 - 1:35) Cupid watches the boy and girl walk off, and turns to camera. He winks on the final beat, before flying off screen.
(1:36 - 1:39) - The screen fills with black, except for a heart shaped pinhole of the couple walking off in the distance. It holds for a moment, and then fills completely.
THE END.
Brand New Premise
So I have a new premise... inspired by Valentine's and a song by Golden Capo, which is a band made up of a couple kids in high school. I heard the song and thought of a little animation to go with it. It's only 1:40, so it's not too long.
The premise is that there is one girl who's not in a couple on Valentine's. Cupid takes notice of her, and wondering why he has looked over her, decided to remedy this. He keeps trying to shoot arrows at her, but keeps missing, until finally he hits her and she finds a boy to fall in love with. THE END.
I also figured I'd put the band in there as a street band playing, just as a shout out to Golden Capo, because I didn't really ask them permission to use the song yet. So... yeah. They'll probably just be in passing as the girl is walking by.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Another manic monday...
As usual, I contemplated missing today's class. But I didn't. I hope I get some brownie points for coming in today because I have a lot of work to be doing.
My storyboards are being worked on. I have a lot to do for my senior II class tomorrow, so I've been trying to kick butt on them, but that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking of this class! My storyboards are slowly coming together in my head, shot by shot, and when I get the chance I will put them down on paper and scan them in. I realize the longer I take to do this the less time I will have to actually animate this thing, so the simpler I can make this the better.
PS - saw Coraline this weekend. Effing amazing. Inspired me to do my senior project, ha.
My storyboards are being worked on. I have a lot to do for my senior II class tomorrow, so I've been trying to kick butt on them, but that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking of this class! My storyboards are slowly coming together in my head, shot by shot, and when I get the chance I will put them down on paper and scan them in. I realize the longer I take to do this the less time I will have to actually animate this thing, so the simpler I can make this the better.
PS - saw Coraline this weekend. Effing amazing. Inspired me to do my senior project, ha.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
and its the second half...
We're in the second half of the quarter. I am behind in every class. I am also deathly ill. I cannot wait for this weekend to sleep forever.
I don't really know what to update, except that I hope to finish at least one more tutorial by the end of class. I wanted to finish both, but my cold is really taking it out of me, and all this medicine I'm on is making me soooooooo tired. I barely made it to class this morning, and I don't have anything new to show for my senior II class tomorrow. Awesome.
Whatevs. I'm gonna get to work.
I don't really know what to update, except that I hope to finish at least one more tutorial by the end of class. I wanted to finish both, but my cold is really taking it out of me, and all this medicine I'm on is making me soooooooo tired. I barely made it to class this morning, and I don't have anything new to show for my senior II class tomorrow. Awesome.
Whatevs. I'm gonna get to work.
Monday, February 2, 2009
hello roto
I finished the Rotoscoping. Hated every second of it.
First one: Very jumpy. I'm blaming the original movie.
Second One: It's of my cat, Gary. The video was really dark, so at first I couldn't make out his form enough to keep the lines from wobbling, but as I watched it, I kinda liked the style. It looked pretty sweet, so I went ahead and did the rest real loose so it stayed wobbly. I like it. It's Gary jumping on my counters as he follows the sounds of me shaking the bag of treats (which is why the camera is so shaky).
I am deathly ill, so I might not be able to get to the other two tutorials, but I will try. But first and foremost, I must finish my senior II work!!
First one: Very jumpy. I'm blaming the original movie.
Second One: It's of my cat, Gary. The video was really dark, so at first I couldn't make out his form enough to keep the lines from wobbling, but as I watched it, I kinda liked the style. It looked pretty sweet, so I went ahead and did the rest real loose so it stayed wobbly. I like it. It's Gary jumping on my counters as he follows the sounds of me shaking the bag of treats (which is why the camera is so shaky).
I am deathly ill, so I might not be able to get to the other two tutorials, but I will try. But first and foremost, I must finish my senior II work!!
Personal Test
I wanted to try and name the 12 Principles of Animation. So here it goes (no cheating):
1. Anticipation
2. Squash and Stretch
3. Appeal
4. Overlapping Action and Follow Through
5. Secondary Action
6. Solid Drawing
7. Slow-in and Slow-out
8. Timing
9. Arcs
10. Exaggeration
11.
12.
Okay. I forgot two. Dammit.
They were "straight-ahead and pose to pose animation" and "staging." Whatevs. I think I remember those when I'm animating, but now I'll make sure.
1. Anticipation
2. Squash and Stretch
3. Appeal
4. Overlapping Action and Follow Through
5. Secondary Action
6. Solid Drawing
7. Slow-in and Slow-out
8. Timing
9. Arcs
10. Exaggeration
11.
12.
Okay. I forgot two. Dammit.
They were "straight-ahead and pose to pose animation" and "staging." Whatevs. I think I remember those when I'm animating, but now I'll make sure.
Happy Groundhog's Day!
Happy Groundhog's Day everyone. If you didn't know, the groundhog saw his shadow, so six more weeks of winter. Booooo.
Either way, we are halfway through the quarter. I don't have any storyboards done. I don't even have much of a script. I am very behind. I will try to finish all the tutorials today, so I can get those out of the way. I also have a checkpoint in Senior II on Thursday, so I will have to do my scenes for that before I can nail out some storyboards.
I'm definitely nailed down on a premise, though. I think it will be some guy in an office trying to get candy from a candy machine. Of course, it will get stuck. There will be some kind of rush, maybe, that he has to get his candy, or maybe he will just get really angry at the machine and destroy it somehow. All of this will be decided by next Monday.
I am getting sick again. I thought I was done with sickness a while ago, but apparently not. My throat is so sore, and I can barely keep my eyes open because I am on a lot of medication. Hooray.
Either way, we are halfway through the quarter. I don't have any storyboards done. I don't even have much of a script. I am very behind. I will try to finish all the tutorials today, so I can get those out of the way. I also have a checkpoint in Senior II on Thursday, so I will have to do my scenes for that before I can nail out some storyboards.
I'm definitely nailed down on a premise, though. I think it will be some guy in an office trying to get candy from a candy machine. Of course, it will get stuck. There will be some kind of rush, maybe, that he has to get his candy, or maybe he will just get really angry at the machine and destroy it somehow. All of this will be decided by next Monday.
I am getting sick again. I thought I was done with sickness a while ago, but apparently not. My throat is so sore, and I can barely keep my eyes open because I am on a lot of medication. Hooray.
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