Sunday, May 1, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Crit on crit
Marty
Project 6 (Final)
April 28, 2011
Since the first showing on Tuesday the intro is better. I messed up when I was editing and moving layers I left a couple of empty from frames between layers, so that needs to be fixed.
The guard on the battlements needs to run faster.
When the king looks out on the balcony, there needs to be a reverse shot of the red knight doing something evil.
Experiment more with the fight shots/ slow mo shots.
Peasants in the background need movement/ reactions during fights.
More celebration during the end and showing peasant with blood on his face in the shot.
I plan to have audio, so this weekend I plan on editing that also.
Project 6 (Final)
April 28, 2011
Since the first showing on Tuesday the intro is better. I messed up when I was editing and moving layers I left a couple of empty from frames between layers, so that needs to be fixed.
The guard on the battlements needs to run faster.
When the king looks out on the balcony, there needs to be a reverse shot of the red knight doing something evil.
Experiment more with the fight shots/ slow mo shots.
Peasants in the background need movement/ reactions during fights.
More celebration during the end and showing peasant with blood on his face in the shot.
I plan to have audio, so this weekend I plan on editing that also.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
List Of Components For Final Project
- Front/side view of king
- Front/side view of guards
- Front/side view of little knight
- Front/side view of Big knight
- Village people
- Castle front
- Opposite view of castle
- Views of houses
- Thrown room front/side
- Fight shots
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Story Board
Logline
A fearful king tries to save his kingdom against a foe with the unlikeliest of heroes.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Idea for Final Project
1. Overcoming fear by inspiration. How does one overcome fear? There are many answers to this, but I believe the one that stands out the most is inspiration. We at one point or another have been nervous or afraid to do or overcome a problem/situation, but then have seen or been inspired by another's actions to overcome that fear whether that person overcome the same problem or not.
2.
Sir Quinley the Unquestionably Small Knight
3. I want to show how an individual can inspire others to over come their fear even if they are not succeeding but by getting up again and again.
4. Aesthetically I will hand draw the images then clean them up on the computer. I want to try to make the images simple and easy to make, yet interesting to the viewer. I would like to have a mixture of still image shots with camera movement and heavily jointed characters with basic camera and shots. I have a lot of shots to produce but would like to save time by making the character's aesthetics as simple as possible yet pleasing and interesting to watch.
6. Act 1. Warrior approaches. King is notified. Towns people are afraid.
Act 2. Kings sends knights out. They die. Quinley is sent out to battle. Town folk watch intently.
Act 3. Quinley gets knocked down for the final time. He is rescued by town.
The colorful aesthetic of this piece is something I'd like to try and use for my final, maybe not as much detail though.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Creative Commons Review
Creative Commons, in short, is a way for users to get access to copyrighted information without being illegal. CC wants to create universal access by creating a balance between the reality of the internet and the reality of copyright laws. They provide a set of copyright licenses and tools that create the balance inside "all rights reserved". A way to keep copyright while also allowing users and their works to be "some rights reserved" which makes their creative, educational, scientific works instantly more available to the rest of the internet. With licenses that are given on CC can range from content to be copied, remixed, distributed, edited to the non commercialized uses of content.
Midterm Final Version
Marty
The Farmer
March 31, 2011
Midterm Final, The Farmer from Martin Englert on Vimeo.
1. Farmer is out in his field. He pauses and turns to see a meteor heading for his house. He turns running towards the house. He doesn't make it and the blast knocks him back. Bits of rubble and body parts land near him, though these are not his body parts. He picks of a picture and in that picture is his wife and child.
He puts the picture away and sees what was the meteor but was actually a robot stomping on what's left of his house and his family. The farmer becomes enraged and grabs the shotgun also lying among the rubble and faces the metal goliath. The robot moves forward but is knocked back by a shotgun blast to the chest, and then goes down with another. The farmer snapping out of his fury, begins to weep and mourns for his family.
2. The farmer fears for his family safety and runs as fast as he can towards the house to try and warn his family about the meteor. This is showing courage, putting himself in danger to try and rescue his family.
He doesn't make it, and his family is dead. He then sees the robot and becomes enraged with fury and stands up against it. This is showing our instincts can take over and over come certain fears such as death. This can be called "the Fight or Flight response".
3. For this midterm project and this version of it I wanted to convey a mixture of what fear can do to an individual and how an individual reacts to that situation and what motivates him/her to overcome fear.
4. I made most of the goals I set out to revise. I have collected sounds for the piece and might add some more to the piece.
5. Working on the piece I had trouble at first spatially, but I believe I fixed those errors. I had trouble being able to turn on the sound when in AE but the problem was that I wasn't hitting the right button.
The Farmer
March 31, 2011
Midterm Final, The Farmer from Martin Englert on Vimeo.
1. Farmer is out in his field. He pauses and turns to see a meteor heading for his house. He turns running towards the house. He doesn't make it and the blast knocks him back. Bits of rubble and body parts land near him, though these are not his body parts. He picks of a picture and in that picture is his wife and child.
He puts the picture away and sees what was the meteor but was actually a robot stomping on what's left of his house and his family. The farmer becomes enraged and grabs the shotgun also lying among the rubble and faces the metal goliath. The robot moves forward but is knocked back by a shotgun blast to the chest, and then goes down with another. The farmer snapping out of his fury, begins to weep and mourns for his family.
2. The farmer fears for his family safety and runs as fast as he can towards the house to try and warn his family about the meteor. This is showing courage, putting himself in danger to try and rescue his family.
He doesn't make it, and his family is dead. He then sees the robot and becomes enraged with fury and stands up against it. This is showing our instincts can take over and over come certain fears such as death. This can be called "the Fight or Flight response".
3. For this midterm project and this version of it I wanted to convey a mixture of what fear can do to an individual and how an individual reacts to that situation and what motivates him/her to overcome fear.
4. I made most of the goals I set out to revise. I have collected sounds for the piece and might add some more to the piece.
5. Working on the piece I had trouble at first spatially, but I believe I fixed those errors. I had trouble being able to turn on the sound when in AE but the problem was that I wasn't hitting the right button.
Critique of Mid-term V2
Mid-term V2
The revision of my project spatially made more sense than the first version. It did however change my topic from the first version, but I am going along with it to save time and it's less complicated.
It was understood that the farmer was angry that the robot destroyed his family, though the only thing that told that he had a family was in the second shot when he picked up the picture frame. The picture also told way he ran towards the house/the landing spot of the robot.
The beginning was a too fast, and needed more of a reaction from the farmer and more time for him to realize the meteor/robot was headed towards his house.
The farmer also needed more expression on his face when getting angry and upset over his family.
The ending also seemed rushed and add more expression on the farmer.
The list of goals I made early have been added to the project, except for the sound. Sound has been collected for the project, but I have some more questions before I use it.
The revision of my project spatially made more sense than the first version. It did however change my topic from the first version, but I am going along with it to save time and it's less complicated.
It was understood that the farmer was angry that the robot destroyed his family, though the only thing that told that he had a family was in the second shot when he picked up the picture frame. The picture also told way he ran towards the house/the landing spot of the robot.
The beginning was a too fast, and needed more of a reaction from the farmer and more time for him to realize the meteor/robot was headed towards his house.
The farmer also needed more expression on his face when getting angry and upset over his family.
The ending also seemed rushed and add more expression on the farmer.
The list of goals I made early have been added to the project, except for the sound. Sound has been collected for the project, but I have some more questions before I use it.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
List of Goals To Further Improve Mid-term
- Open with black and add title screen.
- Shot One: widen the view
- Shot One: more time to show the meteor, and time for the connection it takes the farmer to realize his family is still inside the house.
- Shot 1: movement of the character towards the house.
- Shot 1: clean up the drawing of the farmers back view.
- Shot1: farmer's movement needs work while moving to the house.
- Shot 1/2: add carnage and body parts to the explosion blast.
- Shot 4: more facial expression (eyes need work) to character's face while he is on the ground.
- Shot 6: more facial expression when getting angry. (work more on mouth and eyes, possibly grit teeth)
- Shot 8: movement towards robot needs less bounce and more strut.
- Insert a shot between Shot 9 and 10
- Shot 11: more expression in face. (time of mourning, add more sadness, tears)
- Add end credits.
Midterm_v2
Marty
Midterm_v2
During my first critique of my midterm, it didn't go as smoothly as I wanted it. I spatially didn't have the information I wanted and and needed for my concept and it lacked a solid conflict. with the amount of time I had to make version two I ended up having to cut somethings and change my concept around.
It opens with a farmer on his fields, he turns sees a meteor coming for his house and begins to run towards the house. The meteor hits the house and blows him backward on to the grass. While on the grass he sees his picture among the debris and it shows his wife and child. (This is why he ran towards the house, to warn them and save them) He then looks up and sees that it was a robot that destroyed his house and killed his family. He then takes his shotgun from the debris lying around and faces the robot. He then destroys it but after taking his revenge he still is sad about his family.
With the time I had, I changed my concept for this piece cause it visually makes since this way. It's overcoming fear through revenge, in doing so revenge changes nothing and it will not bring the farmer's family back.
I hope to work on it more later.
Midterm_v2
During my first critique of my midterm, it didn't go as smoothly as I wanted it. I spatially didn't have the information I wanted and and needed for my concept and it lacked a solid conflict. with the amount of time I had to make version two I ended up having to cut somethings and change my concept around.
It opens with a farmer on his fields, he turns sees a meteor coming for his house and begins to run towards the house. The meteor hits the house and blows him backward on to the grass. While on the grass he sees his picture among the debris and it shows his wife and child. (This is why he ran towards the house, to warn them and save them) He then looks up and sees that it was a robot that destroyed his house and killed his family. He then takes his shotgun from the debris lying around and faces the robot. He then destroys it but after taking his revenge he still is sad about his family.
With the time I had, I changed my concept for this piece cause it visually makes since this way. It's overcoming fear through revenge, in doing so revenge changes nothing and it will not bring the farmer's family back.
I hope to work on it more later.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Midterm Project
Martin
Mid-term
There is a farmer who lives alone. One day out in his fields something crashes out of the sky to the ground. He checks to go see what it is. A huge robot stands up out of the crater. The farmer becomes scared and starts backing away from it before it can cause him harm. Then another thing crashes out of the sky and lands in between the huge robot and the farmer. It turns out to be a smaller robot, but this robot is trying to protect the farmer and his land from the gigantic robot. The farmer stays far away from the two as the battle. The smaller robot at first seemed to have the upper hand but was struck down. Just before the bigger robot could finish the smaller one off, the huge robot gets knocked back by a gunshot in the chest. This time the farmer steps up to save the little robot who tried to protect him.
Mid-term
There is a farmer who lives alone. One day out in his fields something crashes out of the sky to the ground. He checks to go see what it is. A huge robot stands up out of the crater. The farmer becomes scared and starts backing away from it before it can cause him harm. Then another thing crashes out of the sky and lands in between the huge robot and the farmer. It turns out to be a smaller robot, but this robot is trying to protect the farmer and his land from the gigantic robot. The farmer stays far away from the two as the battle. The smaller robot at first seemed to have the upper hand but was struck down. Just before the bigger robot could finish the smaller one off, the huge robot gets knocked back by a gunshot in the chest. This time the farmer steps up to save the little robot who tried to protect him.
This semester my topic is overcoming fear. So far I have been basing my projects on how fear affects us mentally and physically. Now is the time I would like to start building the bridge to overcome fear. Though there is more than one way to overcome fear, depending on what that fear is and the circumstances.
The main topic of overcoming fear I plan to use inspiration, being inspired by someone/thing/idea to find the courage to overcome their fear.
I plan on using the smaller robot as inspiration to the farmer to be brave. Later in the story the farmer will act like the smaller robot and stand in between the bigger robot and the smaller one, as the smaller one did for him when he was afraid.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Midterm Concept Idea
This semester my topic is overcoming fear. So far I have been basing my projects on how fear affects us mentally and physically. Now is the time I would like to start building the bridge to overcome fear. Though there is more than one way to overcome fear, depending on what that fear is and the circumstances.
For the midterm I plan to use what I have learned in AfterEffects and what I have learned about fear and its different affects it has on an individual to overcome fear/ be courageous and face their fears. The main topic of overcoming fear I plan to use inspiration, being inspired by someone/thing/idea to find the courage to overcome their fear.
I intend to work with a narrative story about a village who have always lived in fear from a monster ( I haven't quiet decided to on what this monster will look like, if all else fails it will be a dragon) for my midterm. During one of the monster's raids, a traveling warrior/knight is passing by on the hills near the village. He rides to the village in hast to help the defenseless villagers. He arrives just in time to block the monster from getting to a group of villagers. The monster and the knight fight almost equal to each other in strength and both waiting for the other to make a faulty move. While they fight the villagers watch intently, never before seeing someone so brave to face this fierce monster. Suddenly, the monster lands a blow knocking the sword from the from the knight's hand and sends the knight crumpling to the ground. The knight crawls to post himself up against a wall. As the monster comes closer, the knight tries with all his might to pick himself off the ground but fails to do so. The monster, now standing before the knight, reaches back for his finishing blow. The beast swings his mighty claw at the knight. The knight closes his eyes, wincing for the pain that is about to be inflicted on him, but instead he hears a loud painful roar coming from the monster. The knight opens his eyes seeing the back of a child stood before him. The child clutching the knight's sword in his hands had struck the monster while he went for the knight. Soon the rest of the villagers grabbed their shovels, axes, and pitch forks swinging them at the monster driving the monster back into the forest from which he came. While the others drive the monster off ( or finish killing it) the boy helps the knight to his feet.
I don't know if I will end the narrative there or not. I might add a scene or two of the knight leaving or changing the "running off" of the monster into"the killing" of the monster.
The main idea I am trying to convey in the piece is the villagers who in the beginning are fearful of this creature, are shown by the knight that there is an alternative to running away/ avoiding their problem. If they overcome there fear and face the monster they can defeat him.
For the midterm I plan to use what I have learned in AfterEffects and what I have learned about fear and its different affects it has on an individual to overcome fear/ be courageous and face their fears. The main topic of overcoming fear I plan to use inspiration, being inspired by someone/thing/idea to find the courage to overcome their fear.
I intend to work with a narrative story about a village who have always lived in fear from a monster ( I haven't quiet decided to on what this monster will look like, if all else fails it will be a dragon) for my midterm. During one of the monster's raids, a traveling warrior/knight is passing by on the hills near the village. He rides to the village in hast to help the defenseless villagers. He arrives just in time to block the monster from getting to a group of villagers. The monster and the knight fight almost equal to each other in strength and both waiting for the other to make a faulty move. While they fight the villagers watch intently, never before seeing someone so brave to face this fierce monster. Suddenly, the monster lands a blow knocking the sword from the from the knight's hand and sends the knight crumpling to the ground. The knight crawls to post himself up against a wall. As the monster comes closer, the knight tries with all his might to pick himself off the ground but fails to do so. The monster, now standing before the knight, reaches back for his finishing blow. The beast swings his mighty claw at the knight. The knight closes his eyes, wincing for the pain that is about to be inflicted on him, but instead he hears a loud painful roar coming from the monster. The knight opens his eyes seeing the back of a child stood before him. The child clutching the knight's sword in his hands had struck the monster while he went for the knight. Soon the rest of the villagers grabbed their shovels, axes, and pitch forks swinging them at the monster driving the monster back into the forest from which he came. While the others drive the monster off ( or finish killing it) the boy helps the knight to his feet.
I don't know if I will end the narrative there or not. I might add a scene or two of the knight leaving or changing the "running off" of the monster into"the killing" of the monster.
The main idea I am trying to convey in the piece is the villagers who in the beginning are fearful of this creature, are shown by the knight that there is an alternative to running away/ avoiding their problem. If they overcome there fear and face the monster they can defeat him.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Project4_v2
Marty
Project4_v2
Instinct, Fight or Flight
March 3, 2011
A cat is trying to sleep on a window sill. It is rainy and stormy outside. Lightning strikes and scares the cat, and he jumps off the window sill. ( The cat actually hears the thunder and gets scared, but I don't have any sound. So the best I could do was have him jolt off the window sill a second or two After the lightning struck.)
I wanted to show how our instincts alert us to fear/danger. Our five senses collect the information around us and when we sense fear, our fight or flight response takes over.
I wanted to try and illustrate instinct and the subconscious take over of the fight or flight response.
The conflict would be the sound of the lightning strike/thunder and the cat, unfortunately I did not have sound but I believe my timing is alright.
I would like to have the time to learn more effects.
While I was working in AfterEffects when moving through the timeline and playing it so I could see which movements I needed to correct it would load very slowly. This was very frustrating and time consuming.
Project4_v2
Instinct, Fight or Flight
March 3, 2011
A cat is trying to sleep on a window sill. It is rainy and stormy outside. Lightning strikes and scares the cat, and he jumps off the window sill. ( The cat actually hears the thunder and gets scared, but I don't have any sound. So the best I could do was have him jolt off the window sill a second or two After the lightning struck.)
I wanted to show how our instincts alert us to fear/danger. Our five senses collect the information around us and when we sense fear, our fight or flight response takes over.
I wanted to try and illustrate instinct and the subconscious take over of the fight or flight response.
The conflict would be the sound of the lightning strike/thunder and the cat, unfortunately I did not have sound but I believe my timing is alright.
I would like to have the time to learn more effects.
While I was working in AfterEffects when moving through the timeline and playing it so I could see which movements I needed to correct it would load very slowly. This was very frustrating and time consuming.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tutorial: Animating A Still
Original Tutorial by Video Copilot
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/animating_a_still/
I really enjoyed this tutorial and thought it was fascinating and fun to make.
Unfortunately I didn't have some things that he used so I kept to the basic information
of animating a still.
The layout of my tutorial is as follows.
Make a new comp. and import your image, and drag it into the comp.
click the stamp tool and blot out the image in which you will be animating( in my case blot out the smoke)
Duplicate layer and on this new layer go to your effect window and delete the paint you just did for the original layer on the duplicate.
Take the pen tool and mark off the area you would like to animate.
Once this is done feather the mask.
Select the original layer, go to effect, distort, corner pin
Add keyframes.
Moving the corner pins into the correct positions depend on the image and which way you want to move, so feel free to play with them.
Move forward in the timeline.
Make adjustments where they need be.
Go to the layer which has your objects that are going to be animated (smoke layer) and change the position to follow your original image.
Duplicate a second copy of the smoke layer then use the pen tool to mark off a natural break in the smoke.
(more animation near the source and slower the further is moves away)
Still on the duplicated second copy, delete the 1st mask.
Go to effect, distort, liquify.
Select bottom layer, hit 4.
Move 4 seconds or the end of your timeline.
Select the top smoke layer, hit the stop watches on the distortion mesh.
Always remember to add key frames in the beginning of the time line.
Use the distortion mesh tools to add more movement to the smoke.
Then render when you feel you have achieved the movement you wanted.
(I believe I added to much movement to my front cloud but it was fun creating this)
I will add that there was more after that section. Most of what he used were cameras, lights, motion tracking, and some plug ins.
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/animating_a_still/
I really enjoyed this tutorial and thought it was fascinating and fun to make.
Unfortunately I didn't have some things that he used so I kept to the basic information
of animating a still.
The layout of my tutorial is as follows.
Make a new comp. and import your image, and drag it into the comp.
click the stamp tool and blot out the image in which you will be animating( in my case blot out the smoke)
Duplicate layer and on this new layer go to your effect window and delete the paint you just did for the original layer on the duplicate.
Take the pen tool and mark off the area you would like to animate.
Once this is done feather the mask.
Select the original layer, go to effect, distort, corner pin
Add keyframes.
Moving the corner pins into the correct positions depend on the image and which way you want to move, so feel free to play with them.
Move forward in the timeline.
Make adjustments where they need be.
Go to the layer which has your objects that are going to be animated (smoke layer) and change the position to follow your original image.
Duplicate a second copy of the smoke layer then use the pen tool to mark off a natural break in the smoke.
(more animation near the source and slower the further is moves away)
Still on the duplicated second copy, delete the 1st mask.
Go to effect, distort, liquify.
Select bottom layer, hit 4.
Move 4 seconds or the end of your timeline.
Select the top smoke layer, hit the stop watches on the distortion mesh.
Always remember to add key frames in the beginning of the time line.
Use the distortion mesh tools to add more movement to the smoke.
Then render when you feel you have achieved the movement you wanted.
(I believe I added to much movement to my front cloud but it was fun creating this)
I will add that there was more after that section. Most of what he used were cameras, lights, motion tracking, and some plug ins.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Presentation: VooDooDog
Founded in 2003 by Producer David Z. Obidiah and Creative Director Paul Donnellon, VooDooDog is an award winning studio skilled in animation, live action, and web development. VooDooDog works with many well known studios such as Columbia, Fox, New Line Cinema, Universal, HBO, MTV, BBC, and also works with indie filmmakers.
VooDooDog has been given an EMMY nomination for the title sequence design for the HBO film "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers",and three gold medals at the New York Festivals and nominated forfor the British Animation Awards.
VooDooDog has also contributed works for Sony's PSP game "Motorstorm Apocalypse". After seeing the title sequence for "Smokin' Aces" Sony wanted VooDooDog to make a similar approach to their game including a movie style opening title sequence and in game animated sequences to introduce characters.
In the up coming movie "Paul", VooDooDog shot a live action end sequence set around the desk of the character in the movie.
In relation to our context, VooDooDog has produced numerous works of title sequences over the years. While reviewing their work, I realized that typography and the opening title sequence plays a huge role. Typography, how it is displayed and used can convey the idea of the film, place the setting, tone of the work.
The A-Team
http://www.voodoodog.com/work/film/title-sequences/the-a-team
This is the second time VooDooDog had worked with Joe Carnahan, the first time was on "Smokin' Aces". They created whole opening title sequence with graphics and character cards. There was an extended opening showing all of their missions but didn't make it into the final film.
Made of Honor
http://www.voodoodog.com/work/film/title-sequences/made-of-honor
VooDooDog decided to use confetti with the opening title sequence to give off that wedding movie feel.
VooDooDog shows creative ways to in their work of title sequences and show how title openings are as important as another part of a film.
Sources of what others are saying about VooDooDog.
http://www.free-press-release.com/news-voodoodog-gets-animated-with-scott-pilgrim-1281006772.html
Free Press discusses the work by VooDooDog in the Scott Pilgim.
http://www.awn.com/news/stop-motion/voodoodogs-paw-print-mcphee-scott-pilgrim-team
AWN speaks about VooDooDog's animations in Nanny McPhee, Scott Pilgrim, and The A-Team.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/arts/21iht-design21.html?_r=2
New York Times contemplates if there were Oscars for film titles, and for the work done by VooDooDog on The A-Team, they were hypothetically nominated.
VooDooDog has been given an EMMY nomination for the title sequence design for the HBO film "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers",and three gold medals at the New York Festivals and nominated forfor the British Animation Awards.
VooDooDog has also contributed works for Sony's PSP game "Motorstorm Apocalypse". After seeing the title sequence for "Smokin' Aces" Sony wanted VooDooDog to make a similar approach to their game including a movie style opening title sequence and in game animated sequences to introduce characters.
In the up coming movie "Paul", VooDooDog shot a live action end sequence set around the desk of the character in the movie.
In relation to our context, VooDooDog has produced numerous works of title sequences over the years. While reviewing their work, I realized that typography and the opening title sequence plays a huge role. Typography, how it is displayed and used can convey the idea of the film, place the setting, tone of the work.
The A-Team
http://www.voodoodog.com/work/film/title-sequences/the-a-team
This is the second time VooDooDog had worked with Joe Carnahan, the first time was on "Smokin' Aces". They created whole opening title sequence with graphics and character cards. There was an extended opening showing all of their missions but didn't make it into the final film.
Made of Honor
http://www.voodoodog.com/work/film/title-sequences/made-of-honor
VooDooDog decided to use confetti with the opening title sequence to give off that wedding movie feel.
VooDooDog shows creative ways to in their work of title sequences and show how title openings are as important as another part of a film.
Sources of what others are saying about VooDooDog.
http://www.free-press-release.com/news-voodoodog-gets-animated-with-scott-pilgrim-1281006772.html
Free Press discusses the work by VooDooDog in the Scott Pilgim.
http://www.awn.com/news/stop-motion/voodoodogs-paw-print-mcphee-scott-pilgrim-team
AWN speaks about VooDooDog's animations in Nanny McPhee, Scott Pilgrim, and The A-Team.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/arts/21iht-design21.html?_r=2
New York Times contemplates if there were Oscars for film titles, and for the work done by VooDooDog on The A-Team, they were hypothetically nominated.
Self-Critique Project 3
Marty
Project 3
The Voices In Our Heads
Feb. 22, 2011
On screen there will boy a young boy who is standing in the front of a class room. The class room will fade away and the boy is scaled closer. Text will be moving around the screen filling up the space around the boy. The text will be what the boy is thinking in his mind.
I want to show what a person thinks in their own mind when confronted with a situation in which they are fearful.
Whenever I am stressed out about something there are a number of voices in my head telling different things. They tell me how I can go about handling that situation whether to go through with it or to run from it, even just put it in the back of my mind and handle it later. In one of my sources Fight Your Fear and Win by Don Greene, he mentions that these voices are coming from the left portion of one's brain. He calls it the critique side. It observes and tells you things you should have done been doing, etc.
The conflict is more focused within the boy's mind than the outside world.
I didn't necessarily have any problems since my idea seemed simple enough without getting too complicated.
I feel that they text tool has a lot to offer, and I would like to learn more and different techniques.
Project 3
The Voices In Our Heads
Feb. 22, 2011
On screen there will boy a young boy who is standing in the front of a class room. The class room will fade away and the boy is scaled closer. Text will be moving around the screen filling up the space around the boy. The text will be what the boy is thinking in his mind.
I want to show what a person thinks in their own mind when confronted with a situation in which they are fearful.
Whenever I am stressed out about something there are a number of voices in my head telling different things. They tell me how I can go about handling that situation whether to go through with it or to run from it, even just put it in the back of my mind and handle it later. In one of my sources Fight Your Fear and Win by Don Greene, he mentions that these voices are coming from the left portion of one's brain. He calls it the critique side. It observes and tells you things you should have done been doing, etc.
The conflict is more focused within the boy's mind than the outside world.
I didn't necessarily have any problems since my idea seemed simple enough without getting too complicated.
I feel that they text tool has a lot to offer, and I would like to learn more and different techniques.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Crit-on-Crits
Marty
Project 2
Fear and the Body's Reaction
Feb. 8, 2011
Suggestions the other students gave me:
The woman is slightly manly.
The build up of fear could be dragged on a bit longer.
Her expression could be more dramatic.
I agree that the woman I used in the animation looked a bit manly, and her expression needed some more work to show that her fear was growing.
Since we re-worked the projects I feel better about them. Though with the snow days we've had I might to go over some of the things I had learned.
Project 2
Fear and the Body's Reaction
Feb. 8, 2011
Suggestions the other students gave me:
The woman is slightly manly.
The build up of fear could be dragged on a bit longer.
Her expression could be more dramatic.
I agree that the woman I used in the animation looked a bit manly, and her expression needed some more work to show that her fear was growing.
Since we re-worked the projects I feel better about them. Though with the snow days we've had I might to go over some of the things I had learned.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Self-Critique
Marty
Project 2
Fear and The Body's Reaction
Feb. 8, 2011
A woman is moving back towards a wall a way from a shadowy figure. Mask reveals her heart beating faster, then cuts to a close up of her face. Eyes dilate and she starts to sweat.
I wanted to show the first bodily signs of fear without getting too far into details.
I started looking up what fear does to the body, and how there are so many reactions that an individual may have when becoming afraid.
A small example of how the body senses and reacts to fear.
To not give off any specific type of fear/phobia the shadow of the person/thing only appears.
I still need practice with masking I had to have a lot of help, and some areas are still slow.
Always keep track of layers and comps. When in Photoshop get rid of white outline markings.
Project 2
Fear and The Body's Reaction
Feb. 8, 2011
A woman is moving back towards a wall a way from a shadowy figure. Mask reveals her heart beating faster, then cuts to a close up of her face. Eyes dilate and she starts to sweat.
I wanted to show the first bodily signs of fear without getting too far into details.
I started looking up what fear does to the body, and how there are so many reactions that an individual may have when becoming afraid.
A small example of how the body senses and reacts to fear.
To not give off any specific type of fear/phobia the shadow of the person/thing only appears.
I still need practice with masking I had to have a lot of help, and some areas are still slow.
Always keep track of layers and comps. When in Photoshop get rid of white outline markings.
Crit-on-Crits
Marty
Project 1
Fear and How Our Minds Can Miss Interpret It
Feb. 1, 2011
Suggestions the fellow students gave me:
Camera shots needed to be worked on.
The worded text from the bug was confusing and needed more information telling it came from the bug.
Leaving the animation in black and white made it difficult to read that it was nighttime.
The room seemed too narrow for the objects in it.
I agree with all of the above suggestions. They were all insightful and will help me in the future.
I need to research and learn the correct camera angles. When staging a room or any other setting make sure there is enough space for the objects. Take the time to show color and lighting to improve the information shown.
Project 1
Fear and How Our Minds Can Miss Interpret It
Feb. 1, 2011
Suggestions the fellow students gave me:
Camera shots needed to be worked on.
The worded text from the bug was confusing and needed more information telling it came from the bug.
Leaving the animation in black and white made it difficult to read that it was nighttime.
The room seemed too narrow for the objects in it.
I agree with all of the above suggestions. They were all insightful and will help me in the future.
I need to research and learn the correct camera angles. When staging a room or any other setting make sure there is enough space for the objects. Take the time to show color and lighting to improve the information shown.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Assignment Write Up
Marty Englert
Project 1
Fear and How Our Mind Can Miss Interpret 2/1/11
A child wakes from his sleep hearing strange sounds. At first you see that it is a mere cockroach, then as it comes closer his fear grows and so does the cockroach.
I wanted to show how fear is not based on reality but how we interpret reality.
This was an actual experience I had back during the summer when I was watching t.v. in the dark.
Fear and how it grows in our minds.
Boy overcome by fear.
Things I would like to do better with AfterEffects:
The Graph editor for better use of velocity.
Learn better camera shots, angles, and movements.
I was frustrated with the graph editor, I had a hard time reading what movements of the graph did, and to make better movements.
Project 1
Fear and How Our Mind Can Miss Interpret 2/1/11
A child wakes from his sleep hearing strange sounds. At first you see that it is a mere cockroach, then as it comes closer his fear grows and so does the cockroach.
I wanted to show how fear is not based on reality but how we interpret reality.
This was an actual experience I had back during the summer when I was watching t.v. in the dark.
Fear and how it grows in our minds.
Boy overcome by fear.
Things I would like to do better with AfterEffects:
The Graph editor for better use of velocity.
Learn better camera shots, angles, and movements.
I was frustrated with the graph editor, I had a hard time reading what movements of the graph did, and to make better movements.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Proposal and What It Means To Me
Fear is a part of everyday life. It is an emotions that can be helpful and harmful to an individual. Instinctually it keeps us aware of danger, such as the "fight or flight" response to keep us away from danger or defend ourselves from danger. To a certain point, fear can also motivate an individual to reach his or her goals. On the other hand, fear is able to immobilize us, and even propel us to do the wrong thing rather than help the situation. Fear is not based on reality, instead it is based on how our interpretation of reality.
I would like to know how an individual can overcome fear. When set out on a task, goal, or mission how does one find the courage to face the things they are up against? Does it take more than just courage? How about inspiration, determination, one's ideals, resilience, focus, etc.? Throughout this semester I will do my best to find and interpret these answers.
The reason for fear being my topic, comes from the fact that I am able to over stress about everything. Because of this stress, I have migraines. I have always had them ever since I was little. To be clear, do not confuse a migraine with a simple headache. I become very sick when I have them, and cannot do anything else except feel pain. I hope that through my research of fear and overcoming it will help me to learn how to stress less.
I would like to know how an individual can overcome fear. When set out on a task, goal, or mission how does one find the courage to face the things they are up against? Does it take more than just courage? How about inspiration, determination, one's ideals, resilience, focus, etc.? Throughout this semester I will do my best to find and interpret these answers.
The reason for fear being my topic, comes from the fact that I am able to over stress about everything. Because of this stress, I have migraines. I have always had them ever since I was little. To be clear, do not confuse a migraine with a simple headache. I become very sick when I have them, and cannot do anything else except feel pain. I hope that through my research of fear and overcoming it will help me to learn how to stress less.
Monday, January 24, 2011
4 Internet Sources
Book Sources
Freedom From Fear
by Lester L. Coleman, M.D.
Understanding Fear: In Ourselves and In Others
by Bonaro W. Overstreet
Man's Unconscious Spirit
by Wilfred Lay
The Alchemy of Fear
by Kay Gilley
Assessment of Human Motives
by: Gordon W. Allport
Raymond B. Cattell
Leon Festinger
Irving L. Janis
George A. Kelly
George S. Klein
Gardner Lindzey
Henry A. Murray
Roy Schafer
Fight Your Fear and Win
by Don Greene, Ph.D.
by Lester L. Coleman, M.D.
Understanding Fear: In Ourselves and In Others
by Bonaro W. Overstreet
Man's Unconscious Spirit
by Wilfred Lay
The Alchemy of Fear
by Kay Gilley
Assessment of Human Motives
by: Gordon W. Allport
Raymond B. Cattell
Leon Festinger
Irving L. Janis
George A. Kelly
George S. Klein
Gardner Lindzey
Henry A. Murray
Roy Schafer
Fight Your Fear and Win
by Don Greene, Ph.D.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Courage Images
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| holding up one's head |
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| fortitude |
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| lion-heartedness |
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| unflinching |
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| power |
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| take heart |
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| grit |
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| guts |
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| march up to the cannon's mouth |
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| bold as a lion |
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| take the bull by the horns |
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| hero |
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| achievement |
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| fire eater |
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| heart of oak |
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| endurance |
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| backbone |
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| nerve |
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| stick to one's guns |
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| spirit |
Fear Images
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| chicken-heartedness |
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| afraid of one's own shadow |
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| breathless |
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| to have butterflies |
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| scare |
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| avoid |
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| in a daze |
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| tremble |
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| alarm |
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| breakout in sweat |
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| shocking |
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| throbbing heart |
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| wilt |
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| shrink |
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| cower |
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| panic |
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| nightmare |
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| faintheartedness |
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| distress |
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| cold feet |
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