Serious Time #65 Video Response to Problems in Filmaking

Video Response:

This is my video response to issues that can occur during a film process.

Weekly Comments #33

This week was pretty good. A lot of awesome things have happened this week. I finally learned that the role I got in the school musical, The Little Mermaid, is Scuttle so that's pretty exciting. I also finally got done with our schools Children's Theater production, which I am pretty happy that it's finally over because it was starting to get annoying to do. I finally got around to doing my college application for Villa Maria as well. Nothing bad really happened this week. I am just looking forward to working on the explosion project, I think I have a really good idea for it so I am excited to see how it turns out. Oh and also Christmas needs to happen now! Overall pretty good week.

Here's the Link of the Week:

This is Rocket Jumps new Hulu original series called Rocket Jump The Show, where you get to see them behind the scenes try to make the 8 best short videos on the internet. This is easily one of my favorite shows right now they are on episode 3 and it is great. You just get to see how people on a budget do certain things and stuff they have to overcome, the best thing I have taken from the show is that everything doesn't go according to plan. I just can't wait for the fourth episode this Wednesday. I highly recommend that you watch this show it is great. 

Serious Time #64 Lessons from a 2-D Animator

This weeks article focuses on a traditional 2-D animator called Jay. Jay started out through the training program at Walt Disney Feature Animation and was mentored by Eric Larson, one of Disney's Nine Old Men. Jay then learned from him his first big lesson in animation, posing and action. He made the mistake of making his drawings so detailed that he forgot to make them seem more alive. From this he learned about the line of action, making the character move fluid and more lively. He then said the next thing he learned was thumb nailing which is a form of pre planning like a story board but specifically for posing, making each one more meaningful and lively. In the end he says everything is easier with pre planning.

This was a good article I really enjoyed reading his story and insight on the behind the scenes experience. I already learned about this in class, that being said I don't have any questions about this article. I thought the way he explained himself was very relate able as well. There weren't any downsides in my opinion on this article either. Overall great article.

Serious Time #63 Myth Video Response

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Serious Time #62 Transitions

Transitions can be a great tool in film and should not be disregarded as unimportant. They can make your film so much more unique and powerful. This video follows someone who made a film with many great transitions and he gives tips and insight on how he does things. He starts out by saying how great it can be to pull off transition where the two pieces of film aren't similar, he says while hard this can make a whole new experience for the viewer. He also states that transitions should be close to seamless when done in post. Another tip that he gives is to have motion in your transition as it is easy to find and nice to look at. One thing that isn't overlooked is sound design. He says good sound design is so important that it's better to have crappy footage and good sound, it can make the viewer feel certain emotions and can even make them more immersed and involved in the video. He finally ends off by saying that it is very important to treat your transitions and sound as its own art form and to spend a lot of time on it to really perfect it.

This video was really cool. I loved the way they explained transitions and actually showed really interesting examples instead of giving you crappy ones, it really helped visualizing what they were trying to make their point on. I also thought that the video was very well thought out and they touched on a lot of important subjects that can really help peoples film. That being said it was very straight forward. There are also not any downsides I could find in this video. Overall great video.

Weekly Comments #32

This week was pretty good. I have finally finished my tutorials and am now working on my typography. I'm just happy that I am finally done with step by step things for the time being and can be more creative with my projects. One thing that sucked this week, and will suck the following week, was the shadowing. Its just cuts into your work time and can get really monotonous, but I do understand why we do it so I am just looking forward to that being over with. I think most of all, like a lot of people, I am looking forward to Christmas (I am getting an xbox one yay!). I am also looking forward to shooting some film for my documentary.

Here is the Link of The Week:

There was a pretty big reveal at the game awards this week, Psychonauts 2 is coming. This is crazy news which I honestly thought would never happen. This game was great when I first played it and I have heard that it has aged well through out the years and is still good. It is just such a unique and crazy game and I am very much looking forward to playing this when it comes out. The only downside is that they are crowd funding it and there goal is 3.3 million dollars, but hopefully it is not a scam and it turns out great in the end!

Here is the link for the crowd funding website if you are interested: https://www.fig.co/campaigns/psychonauts-2

Weekly Comments #31

This week was pretty good. First off we got to start a week with a field trip, it made the day go by and was pretty awesome. I'm also finally just about caught up with all those tutorials so that's good. I'm finally looking forward to being done with all these demos, I know they're necessary but there were just so many I just can't wait to have more work days again. That being said the only thing that I didn't enjoy this week were the demos, oh and that not so great Chinese food at the plaza during the field trip.

Here's The Link Of The Week:

The video this week is from a channel called The Slow Mo Guys. This is one of my favorite channels on you tube and they have just recently put up a video of a fire tornado in slow motion. They have the sickest cameras I have ever seen, they are insane. The picture is so good and the motion in general is so good it almost looks fake with how good it looks, but I assure you it's real. I think this is great and I look forward to more in the future.

Video Response To Peanuts Movie

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Serious Time #60 Homemade Ambient Sound

This article/video talks about all of the ways you can record good quality sound from your camera. In the video they use a shotgun mic. to get good sound with there camera. They also explained the 3 different types of sound to record and how to do it. The types were transient, evolving, and speech. Transient Sounds happen quick and end abrupt, Evolving Sounds persist through out, and Speech just involves voice. After that they explain that perspective is one of the biggest aspects for good quality sound. The way perspective works isn't just how loud or quiet something is, but instead you should record at different lengths for variation instead of lowering it in a sound editor like audacity. You then combine all of the sounds in post with your video and you have some quality sound with your video relatively cheap.

This article/ video was great. I thought the video was very easy to follow and not to convoluted. I also thought the information in this article/video was also very helpful for the future. I mainly took away from the perspective lesson, I thought it was a great easy way to get high quality sound with different variations. Since the article was straight forward and relatively easy to follow I do not have any questions about this article/video. This article/video was about the video side of Digital Media. Overall awesome article/video. 

Serious Time #59 Let's Go "Inside Out" Video Response

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Sorry this may be a min. or two late the upload took longer then expected.

Serious Time #58 BLOOD!!!

Have you ever wondered or even ever wanted to make fake blood for one of your productions? Well now you can! The history of this all began in 1894 at a french theater called The Grand Guignol which was famous for their horror productions, it was here where fake blood started getting attention. They made this blood by mixing Vegetable Glycerine, Red, Yellow, and Blue Food Coloring. When black and white movies became a thing people like Alfred Hitchcock and George Romero would use chocolate syrup for blood, perfect with its thick and oozy texture. In color movies they substituted the base and changed the mixture a lot. They call this variation Kensington Gore, it includes golden syrup, food coloring, water, corn starch, and some peppermint extract, it's a little sticky but at least it tastes okay with its peppermint extract. Some thought that this version was too red so a man by the name of Dick Smith came up with this method that is now used widely throughout modern day. This mixture is made with corn syrup, water, food coloring, coffee creamer, liquid lecithin, and yet again peppermint extract for taste. Finally there is the clean up and for this you can use shaving cream as it keeps it from staining and also moisturizes the skin.

I thought this video was great. The video was very interesting and will come to be very helpful in the future when making films. I just really like how it showed many variations at cheap price to make blood. In my opinion the only bad part about this video was that it was just a little long, that being said though I didn't mind as it just gave more info. so I guess it's bitter sweet. The article was very straight forward as well which made it super easy to understand. I would say this sides with more of the film side of Digital Media. Overall awesome article.

Weekly Comments #30

This week was pretty cool. I got all caught up with my work after being sick which is good. The shots that Geoff and I got look a lot better than I thought they would after the editing. The idea that Geoff had worked a lot better then I thought it would, which is great. All we have to do now is shoot the second one which will happen soon. I also got Netflix this week and got into this exclusive show which I think is pretty cool called Hemlock Grove, it's interesting thats for sure. Im happy that we got a lot of work days this week cause I definitely need those. Right now I think I am just really looking forward to the Villa Maria trip we are going on very soon because I am really interested to see there video major and get more info. about it. Another plus is that nothing really bad happened yet this week, knock on wood. Overall pretty great week.

Here's The Link Of The Week:

The video this week is from that show I talked about called Hemlock Grove. It's a pretty good show I think but I like weird stuff like this so I don't know. But anyways this is what their take on a werewolf transformation is. I think it's pretty cool but a lot of people are pretty mixed on it. Either way tell me what you think!

Serious Time #57 Animation Jobs

This is another video blog. Sorry about the black bars for some reason couldn't fix it. Enjoy!

Serious Time #56 Awesome Pictures!

This article goes through how to take really eye catching photos. It does this by going through 9 different composition techniques. It starts with the most important of all of them, Rule of Thirds. This alone will almost always make your shots look more interesting. Lines are also a factor you can take into account as they can lead the viewers eye where to look. You can also use diagonal lines to show movement. The article also goes into patterns and repetition which is visually pleasing to the eye. The cool thing is that if you break a pattern it makes for a really interesting and unique photo. Symmetry is also a very appealing image to the eye giving balance. The article goes into others such as Framing, Figure to Ground, Filling the Frame, and Center Dominant Eye. They then conclude the article by stating that in the end once you know all of the rules you can break them, as rules are sometimes meant to be broken.

I really enjoyed this article. It was very interesting and enjoyable to read. I agree with all of the techniques on the list and personally use them in photos I take. I can say though that I never knew about the Center Dominant Eye one, this one seems really interesting to me and I will definitely try this one out in the future. The article itself was also really straight forward leaving me with no questions about it. This article pertains more to the video side of Digital Media. Overall great article.

Weekly Comments #29

This week was okay. That is other then the fact that I got sick! I hate getting sick there is just nothing good that comes out of it. But once I got better the week did as well. I am pretty happy with me and Geoffs progress on the PSA because we have finished shooting the first of them which is good. Halloween wasn't that great though it was just very boring and honestly just didn't feel like Halloween, so that kinda sucked. I now starting to look forward to more video projects in the future like the Documentary. Much else didn't really happen this week.

Here's The Link Of The Week:

The video is one that my friend made who runs a channel called Not Alive Music. He has been running it for quite sometime and has been doing a great job with it. He recently showed me this the other day and it is now one of my favorite mixes to listen to. I hope you enjoy the tunes!

Serious Time #55 8 Habits of People Who Always Have Great Ideas

Do you ever wonder how people come up with great ideas? Well then this might help. Here are 8 habits of people who always have great ideas. The first habit is that they look for inspiration in different places, this means that they try to look places others haven't in order to get a unique and original idea. The second habit is that they make slow decisions, this means that they try to process each decision and make the best one of the two, try to make decisions prematurely and go with your gut. The third habit is finding internal motivation, motivation pushes you forward and stops you from procrastination. The fifth habit is you have to start from scratch in order to make something different, you can't just improve on someone else that isn't the same. The rest of the habits explain and got into creativity like taking risks, trying new things, find connections, and be more open. All of these in some shape or form are all connected with the same idea, be creative, be different.

This article was okay. It was just very obvious in my opinion and kept repeating itself in different ways, I feel like the article could've been cut in half. I also felt that a lot of the points were super obvious and most of everybody knows this as common sense, but hey that's just me. I felt that the article was straight forward and obvious leaving me with no questions. I feel that this is more closely related to both sides of digital media. Overall pretty meh article.

Serious Time#54 Marvel Titles Amazing?

Marvel titles look great, who knew? They have a process though. Fxg had the chance to delve into the minds of one of the people behind the trailers. He says that it started with the movie Hitman with a CG title logo. He said after that they just wanted to do more. He also said that it takes about 2 years to see the entire project ahead. This includes typefaces, how it looks on other screens, etc. He also mentions that they use Houdini for the effects and Nuke for compositing. He also mentions their process for both the Iron Man 3 trailer and the Thor 2 trailer. He said that they used specific patterns form Thor's hammer and for Iron Man 3 they had to use a more basic look because of Iron Mans 3 core colors. Then he said that they also made the Avengers logo before it was even a thing just for a teaser in the future.

This article was okay I guess. It just seems like such a waste for an article because honestly who cares? I could've went through my entire life without knowing this and I would've been fine. It was just so boring to read something like this. I don't have any questions either about this article because it just wasn't interesting enough for me to wonder anything else. In other words the article was straight forward and to the point. This relates more to animation side of Digital Media. Overall not a great article.

Weekly Comments #28

So this week was pretty cool! I got to relax basically the entire week because of there being no play which was pretty nice. I also finally got a controller for my computer for Skullgirls and other types of games which are really hard to play without one. With my spare time I have also been streaming on twitch which has been a pretty fun experience and am glad I have started doing it. I've even been working on a secret project of mine which I hope everyone will enjoy! But enough about that! Let's talk about BOCES. It was a pretty frustrating week mainly because of the tutorials. They were just really pointless and convoluted in my opinion but at least they are done now, I am looking forward to the after effects ones in the hopes I will learn more about the program. The amount of demos was also insane! But I'd rather get them over with now then later.

Here Is The Link Of The Week:

This week I'm posting a rather strange/scary video. It's basically a messed up version of sesame street. The video has a really cool puppet thing that's going on that goes really well with the animation. I wish this show was on when I was younger.

Weekly Comments #27

This week was pretty good. I didn't learn a whole lot this week due to the fact that most of the days were work days. I am still very much looking forward to learning after effects to lengthen my knowledge on the subject. One thing that got to me this week was the fact that audition kept crashing while I was working on my sound story, forcing me to hand it in a day late. The school play that I was in also premiered this week and it was pretty great! Really nothing went wrong and everything went to plan for the most part. I am honestly looking forward to this break though now because it now frees up my schedule again for the most part.


Here's the Link of the Week:

In my opinion this is one of the greatest video game promotions I have ever seen. It's basically what would happen if there was ever a rock band 4 band, that only played the game live. It's hilarious in my opinion. I'm not going to spoil anything else for you though so enjoy the video!

Serious Time #52 Music and Your Mind!

There are many things that a movie needs in my opinion to be successful, one of those things is atmosphere. Atmosphere is super important in a movie, and what goes great with atmosphere? Music! Music is a lot of times the thing that can make an atmosphere feel real, an example of this would be the movie Psycho. In the famous shower scene in psycho there is this sound of music that is constantly and routinely played, it's also unique and hard to describe this sound. When the scene is played with out the music it is insignificantly less scary, this is because the music has such a presence in that scene that it removes much of the tension. This is also why in westerns there is a certain style of music to make the time period more believable. Music is also used to convey a certain mood or feeling, this can include eeriness, triumph, comical, etc. Another way music is used is in a sense of continuity. This method is usually used in montages to show that all of the clips are related somehow over time. Music can also give a sense of finality, this is usually at the end of the movie where the conflict has been overcame or resolved in which they will play a triumphant song too convey the mood of victory. Music can just be silence filler as well just so the scene doesn't feel awkward. Music is one of the most important things in a movie.

This article was good. The article explains a lot in how music really contributes to a movie and how important it is and I fully support that claim. The thing about this particular article though was that I already knew most if not all of the things mentioned in the article, that being said I didn't learn much. This article is more relevant to the video side of digital media. Overall nice article.

Serious Time #51 A Reason to Color?

Hello, and have you ever had an issue with not feeling the need to color? Me too, but don't fret because Disney has an answer to this problem as usual! Behold the Disney Research App! An application that allows you to not scratch out your eyes while coloring! Let me explain, this app can actually track where you color and transforms the drawing into a fully colored 3-D model. It does this through a tablets camera, this is more commonly known as augmented reality. The 3-D model isn't static though, it moves as if it has actually come to life. Disney's goal with the product is to enhance creative play. One of the issues brought up by a developer was determining how to actually apply the color. Since they were faced with the conflict of not being able to use mirrored coloring they had to use a method called continuous coloring to avoid seams between visible and occluded areas. To fix this issue they created a lookup map which matches pixels in the occluded parts with corresponding pixels in the portion visible to the user. Since they have first started testing this new product they have received promising results on the user's experience and the technical as well.


This article was interesting to say the least. It's cool that people are creating something like this but if you don't know this already I hate to color, I can't stand it. To me it is just monotonous and overall boring. I have this opinion because I like when a drawing makes one particular piece of the art stand out using a color, this is usually what I will do when I color. It's not just my personal preference that makes me not like this product it's the fact that it doesn't do anything that crazy and it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. That being said this product seems just really idiotic to me, useless and a waste of money, but hey that's just my opinion. Despite what I think this article was very well put together and was easy to understand. This pertained more to the animation side of digital media. Overall okay article.  

Serious Time #50 Virtual Reality on the Big Screen

Virtual Reality is cool. Why? Because now it's used in movies! Well not all movies just a few, but it still seems really cool. According to people who have used this new device is that it allows to view everything in a 360 radius. What stinks is that the viewing point is static which means you can't move in the actual 3-D space, but only turn. This is still a very neat thing though. The headset immerses you into the scene, you are in the movie. They do this by trying to make you apart of the virtual environment. Another neat thing that this device can bring to movies is the fact that this can bring a whole new type of transition, sound. A sound transition would make it so you would hear something and then you would look at it. Virtual Reality is coming whether you like it or not.

I really enjoyed this article. It was very cool to hear this persons experience with Virtual Reality. I personally would love to try it out, I think it would be awesome to experience. I never even knew this specific device existed, I have only known of the video game specific ones. I just want to know how close people are to making it so you can move in a virtual scene in a movie sense, that is something I would buy. This is relevant to the video side of digital media. Overall awesome article!

Serious Time #49 ACTION!!!

Action scenes have been a part of movies forever, but some are worse then others, why? Well let's find out! Most action scenes focus on a lot of implied shots, which is bad. This is bad because your'e not actually seeing the action yourself, you are just getting a mumbo jumbo sequence of shots. You want to show your audience wide angles and longer movements so they actually see what is happening, this will make the scene more memorable. Another thing action scenes do wrong is their purpose. A lot of people *cough Michael Bay cough* don't know how to tell a story and think action will save them, but their almost always wrong. You need to tell a story with your fights or give the characters a purpose for them, story can be everything in a movie don't think just because it's an action scene that it gives you an excuse of not having any purpose behind it. A good example of this is the star wars light saber battles, each one is a fight of emotion and heart not just a fight with implied shots and no dialogue or story. So why do action scenes suck? They're hard to do! You need a great team working on set and the budget to pull it off. All of these things take patience, practice, and persistence.

This was a really cool video. I never really thought about certain details and things that make action scenes good. That being said I learned a lot from this video. One big thing I didn't ever take notice of was when and action scene has a purpose or not. I also agree with all of the points brought up in this video. I don't have any questions on the topic because the video was pretty straight forward. This is more relevant to the film side of digital media. Overall cool video.

Weekly Comments #26

This week was pretty good as well as stressful. I got to watch a movie I have never seen before this week and I had no homework except blogs, easy right? Wrong. The school talent show is this week and I don't have anything new yet so I'm going to see what I can do today, hopefully I'll find something. At the same time of this I have to memorize my lines for my school play by tomorrow, yay! So yea it has been pretty stressful. We got to see the movie Hugo this week and I thought it was good, but I definitely wouldn't put it in one of my favorite movies, it just wasn't my style of movie. That's about it though, so yea.

I couldn't figure out how to put the text under the videos so now it's up here, tada! These two links are songs from a anime I have just recently finished called Tokyo Ghoul, it's really good and I would highly recommend it! The first link is an amazing piano only version of the song which is inane! The second link is the actual theme song for the show to compare. I hope you all enjoy and have a good week.

Here's the Link of the Week:

Serious Time #48 Props

I said so a lot.

Weekly Comments #25

This week overall was pretty good. We didn't really learn a whole lot, just a little bit of quick tips in Photoshop. The only thing that frustrated me this week was the Photoshop contest, I just don't have any unique or original ideas for it yet. I am pretty happy though that I haven't fell behind so far with work.

Here's the link of the week: http://yowayowacamera.com/

These are some awesome levitation photography photos I found. They are just so cool to look at and see. I really want to try this out next time I have the chance because these look awesome. My favorite one is the pay phone one on the second page.

Serious Time #47 The Legendary Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones was one of the most famous directors at Warner Bros. for his works in the show Looney Tunes. He has directed more than 200 cartoons for Warner Bros., more specifically 10 films a year and 6 min. per film. Like most Chuck had a process/ structure for the things he did, one of those things were his jokes. Most of his jokes always followed a 2 part structure, the fist part has you make an assumption and the second proves it wrong. The jokes that Chuck made were not the best part of his films though, it was the characters. The character process was a very long one, a good example of this is Daffy Duck. Daffy through the course of 15 years changed from a wacky lunatic into a guy who wants glory and is always the butt of the joke. Another thing a lot of his characters posses is desire. Each character has a simple one which in turn makes the character more vivid. The next step is movement. Chuck says that the story should sell itself by the way it moves over the dialogue of the actual film. One big part of all of Chucks work was discipline. This is what Chuck used to have the film or characters seem repetitive. He had rules for each character, a good example of this would be Bugs Bunny. Chuck said that they never wanted to make Bugs a bully with him picking the fights. So to avoid this they always had someone do vice versa to him, these are the only times that he would fight back. The way Chuck used facial features also evolved over time. At first they were highly exaggerated and would come in short bursts, but eventually that changed to more minimalistic facial expressions to get laughs. Probably one of the things he did the best was his use of human behavior. To get a better understanding of human behavior you have to go to the source of the subject  and study that, not just sit around and and watch movies. In short studying the real world very important in order to gain inspiration. That's all folks!

I really enjoyed this video! It was so cool to have a look inside of the mind of Chuck Jones. Looney Tunes was and still is one of my favorite things to watch on the weekend so this was really cool to watch for me. I never knew or even thought of any of the things brought up in this video til now, I didn't really think that there was such a crazy process for only a 6 minute film. I highly agree with the final message of the video which was the best place to gain inspiration and to learn human behavior is to go out and study the source instead of just watching movies. I just really wonder what gave him inspiration for his films, sadly this is probably something we will never know. This is more relevant to the animation side of digital media. Overall pretty cool video.    

Serious Time #46 Psychological Mistakes Video

This is me testing the video responses for Digital Media.

Weekly Comments #24

This week was pretty good. We had a bunch of demos in Photoshop, a program that I have previously no history with, and now I know how to do some really cool stuff with it! We also had a lot of quizzes as well which I did not enjoy. I'm just really looking forward to learning more after effects, I have used it before and quite enjoyed it so I am excited for that. Overall pretty chill week.

Here is the link of the week:https://www.youtube.com/user/NoCopyrightSounds

This youtube channel is where I get most of my music for videos. Why? you may ask. Well because I like EDM and no copyright whatsoever! If you do too I would highly recommend you check these guys out for great non copyrighted music for videos or just in general. So have fun with the awesome music!

Serious Time #45 Procrastination and Stuff...

Procrastination is an issue everyone will face at one point in their life. For those who don't know procrastination is basically pushing something off or aside until later and never getting to it. It happens with homework, chores, and even blogs! Fear not though because here are 6 steps to beat procrastination! The first things you should do is figure out all your priorities, after that you should also make a to do list to be more organized. The internet is a big cause of procrastination. The internet will distract you from doing a lot of your work, to prevent this you should schedule your time. Another thing that might help would be working on the most difficult thing on your list first to get it out of the way and to overall get that weight off of your chest for not doing it. Pre-planning can also make your life a lot easier setting dates when to have certain things worked on and/or completed. Most of all don't freeze, even if the task seems huge and undo-able. Just take a few steps back and break it all down into steps in which you can easily order and conquer in a doable amount of time. When it comes down to it you should always get your work done on time and procrastination can stop you from doing so. Morale of the story kids, don't procrastinate!

This article was okay, it wasn't good but it wasn't bad. The main reason why I say this is because the article is somewhat just common knowledge in my opinion. Most of the things in this article I either do or have tried before to stop or prevent procrastination. That being said I didn't really learn much in this article. The article as a whole though was very well put together. I also do agree with this article as I do most of these steps already. This article is relevant to all forms of digital media. Overall decent article.

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There and Back Again

1. Why did you take this class?

I originally decided to take this class because it was paired up with video and decided to give this a shot because I thought it would be good to get this skill, animation, under my belt for future projects.

2. In general, what did you like most about this class?

I think what I liked most about the class in general were the new opportunities that we got in the class. For example, the field trips, meeting new people, and learning new skills.

3. In general, what did you like least about this class?

I did not like the idea of you giving us a script for the final project. I understand why you did it and why it was necessary but I would've liked that little bit of extra freedom on that part. I also didn't care for how much time we got to work on it, even though the independent study project was my favorite I would've much rather have had that cut out so we would have more time on the final project but that's just me.

4. What was your most favorite project and why?

I liked the independent study the most because I got to try something new and different. Rotoscoping was a good experience to have so I know what to expect from it in the future. I also got to put magic into it to so that was a plus.

5. What was your least favorite project and why?

My least favorite project would have to be the 2D Short but that's just because of my experience with it. In my opinion it is the worst thing I have made in this class.

6. Discuss the overall effectiveness of the instructor (for example: preparation, availability, interest, content knowledge, expectations, etc.).

I feel that the instructor always helped when she felt it was needed. I think this was good because it meant that you couldn't rely on her all of the time and you actually had to do some of the work yourself.

7. What are the most valuable things you learned in the class?

The most valuable thing I learned in this class was probably was animating as a whole because before this class I had little to no clue on the process.

8. Do you feel that this class will help you achieve your future academic or career goals? How or why (or why not)?

Yes, even though I will not be going to college for animation I feel that this skill was great to have under my belt. This is because of the fact that I will be going to school for film and I feel that this skill will definitely come in handy once in a while.   

9. How could this class be improved?

I think you should cut one or a couple of the projects that aren't really necessary so that students would have more time to animate and fine tune for more quality animations.

10. Additional comments:

Overall I feel that this was a great experience and I don't know what I would be doing if this class wasn't around.

Final Project Analysis and Reflection

    "What is That?" is an interesting and open minded script. In other words, the script allows you to make it what you interpret it as. I tried to go for a spinoff on the two robots reacting to a human concept. I chose this way because I felt that it was different and original. You can interpret "What is That?" many different ways.

    There were many animation principles I used throughout the project. One animation principle that I used a lot in this project was squash and stretch. I used this principle most with the red robot, since his mouth couldn't move I used squash and stretch to give the impression that he was talking. Another animation principle that I used a lot was exaggeration. Exaggeration was another thing I really showed in the robots, a specific example of this is when the robots are being blown away by her screaming and when the yellow one is hanging on he spins, flips, and turns his head. Timing was also something that I used quite frequently as well. In 3-D alone timing is critical because you need to predict what frames will play the right speed, if you key the frame too early the action will be to fast and if you keyed the frame too late the action will be slow. A couple more principles that I used in my animation were anticipation and appeal. I used anticipation when the red robot was about to jump at the girl. Right before he jumped he bent and squashed down anticipating the jump as well as giving the audience the assumption that he was about to jump. I also tried to use appeal on the robots making them goofy and funny. Every animation should have at least some principles of animation.

    I feel very good about a lot of parts in my animation. These parts include my exaggeration used in the robots and the big reaction from the girl. Just the way the robots talk and move is exaggerated and brings goofiness and life to what may look like cold metallic robots. One thing I think I have gotten better at since the beginning of the course would have to be walk cycles. In this project I spent hours on the walk cycle to try and make it seem lifelike, loose not stiff. I have improved since the beginning of the year.

    There is always room for improvement. I still feel I need further improvement on my drawing technique as a whole. I just haven't had much practice with it making my 2-D animations look sloppy. This is especially seen in my 2-D short and 3-D storyboard. To fix this I will practice more until I can fine tune my style. I hope in the future I will improve in this area.

    Overall I feel very good about the project as a whole. It was a good concept and a good attempt at bringing it to life. I feel my strategy worked ok only for the fact that I didn't finish on time, if I spent more time on it I feel that I would've finished. I think I learned a lot about time management from this project and will not make the same mistake I made with it during this project. The project had its ups and downs but overall was a great experience. 

Final Project References

    This video was used to help me show exaggeration, which is used a lot in my animation

I used this video to help me figure out what my robots were going to be reacting to. When I saw the girl reacting and working with the robot I thought it would be cool to reverse this. This is why I chose them to react to a girl.

Since I never done a walk cycle in 3-D before I needed some help. So I watched this video and it helped out a lot. It explained a lot of good things to keep in mind when doing a walk cycle.

This is the video I used as reference when making my walk cycle to compare the one I was working on to this one.

This video was used to help me with using audio in maya. I used the audio to help me lip sync.

Weekly Comments #23

This week was stressful. I think I speak for everyone saying that this was one of the most hardworking weeks at least for me it was.I kind of wish we didn't have to do the independent study and instead got to work on this. I have been working all week and weekend on it. That being said I am starting to get worried about finishing it or not especially because I am under the impression that there are no revisions. Honestly that's all I really remember doing from the week. That being said really hard week.

Here is the Link of the Week:

This is probably one of the best couch gags I have seen so far. For those of you who are fans of Rick and Morty you will especially like this. I won't spoil anything else so without further ado enjoy.

Serious Time #44 Living in Fear

As a director you are always living in fear. Directors have many different fears but the main one seems to be if there movie will succeed or not. Directors say that it is really based on luck, its all calculated but you can never be really sure until you release the film. Directors also say that it is the fear of being typed as a cliche, Paul Greengrass points out though that everything has been done before so once you let go of worrying so much about that you can get to the point of the drama which is collision without knowledge of the consequences. Directors also point out that they notice good works but they mainly remember the bad ones which is what they fear that their film will become. They also bring up to be trusting and as open as possible with actors. Another fear directors have is that their emotions that they feel and reactions will be different from the audience at large. Director Quentin Terentino brings up that he tries to make the audience feel many different emotions when they are watching his movies. Overall directors have a lot of fears and anxiety when making a film as well as goals to be met in the film and on set.

I really enjoyed this video. I enjoyed it so much because you got to learn the different methods and fears that they have. It was really interesting to delve into the minds of famous directors. The only question I have is what were the directors being asked, for me it was very confusing to understand what they were answering, I just wish they showed the questions that they were being asked. That's the only issue I really had with this article though. This pertained to the video side of Digital Media. Overall interesting article.

Serious Time #43 Demo Reel Do's and Don'ts

To get a job in the animation industry is a challenge. One key part in the hiring process is your demo reel. For some people their demo reel can either make or break them. Here are some do's and don'ts on demo reels. To start off only have your best work in your demo reel, be as honest as you can with yourself when reviewing your demo reel. Another thing you should do is wow them at the beginning and the end, put what you feel are your two best works and put one at the beginning and one at the end. You should also keep in mind of the rhythm of the demo reel with the highs and lows in it, making a good order of clips in the reel can make it feel more engaging. Also make sure to include a portfolio of different stuff just as icing on the cake. A couple things not to do are having a 5-10 min. demo reel, keep it short 1-2 min. tops. Another thing to keep in mind is not to flood your reel with fancy transitions and titles, the focus is on the animation and you do not want any distractions in the process. Keep these tips in mind and your demo reel should be great.

This article was pretty good. The article brought up a lot of good points and facts that will definitely in the making of my demo reel. On the other hand though we already did learn about some of if not all of these things. That being said I don't have any questions about the article. This article pertained to the animation side of Digital Media. Overall solid and helpful article.

Weekly Comments #22

This week was pretty good. I got a lot of work done and am starting to feel less worried about the deadline, but that feeling will probably be short lived very soon. I also got to do the talent show this week which was really fun and worked out great, I might be able to get a video up soon of it. To be honest though that's really all that happened this week, a lot of fun but also a lot of work. That being said nothing really frustrated me this week. Overall awesome week.

Here is the Link of the Week:
http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/free-3d-models-10121127

This is a link of the Top 25 3-D Models. They are for Maya as well as Cinema 4-D. I thought there was some pretty cool stuff in this list though so I hope you enjoy!

Serious Time #42 DRAGONS!

Have you ever wondered how the dragons in Game of Thrones worked? Well the animators have shown the behind the scenes off in an interview. They said that each season they rebuilt the rig for the dragons and as the dragons grew so did their rigs. The rigs for the dragons got more complex as time went on because of how the detail in the dragons escalated, this meant more animation controls. Each dragon also uses the same rig with just different variations like color, horns, and so on. For the actual flying motion they used video references of bats flying. They also used video references of gorillas to see how the dragon would walk. One issue they said they had was trying to show feeling in the dragons without making the dragons look too human, they sated that it was really quite difficult. The animation crew also didn't do it alone they also had help from the simulation crew. The simulation crew helped with the folding of the wings. In the end the dragons have a lot of hard work and love put into them.

This article was really cool. Since i like the concept of Dragons in itself I would've liked this article no matter what, but this article showed the behind the scenes of the dragons in Game of Thrones which is even cooler. The little video they showed with the dragons being chained up made me sad and I don't even watch the show, this just shows how good the animators did on showing emotion in the dragons. The article was also really straight forward. This focused on the animation side to Digital Media. Overall great article.

Serious Time #41 The Science of The Avengers

This short video told us about the science of the avengers and what things in the movies could be transferred to real life. For example, the first Iron Man suit would've weighed about 150 lbs. because of how heavy and dense iron is, this makes it not so ideal for flying. The upgraded suit made it even worse because of the gold titanium in the upgraded suit makes it even weigh even more, around 350 lbs. If there was a working Iron Man suit in real life it would probably be made out of Nitinol which is strong but light. We also learn that when Tony Stark makes a new element in Iron Man 2 this can actually happen. This is done by combining atoms which Tony Stark does in the movie. We also learn that Captain America and Black Widows fast healing is due to super macrophages which are regular macrophages that just work faster. Another factor the video plays into is Captain Americas shield which is made out of Steel and Vibranium(this doesn't exist). The Vibranium actually takes energy that hits it and converts it into light energy. Just because it's in a movie doesn't mean there isn't any science in it.

This video was okay. The video was interesting but at the same time really short. Usually I don't complain about something being to short, but this was on a subject that could have been really cool. Instead of talking about more super heroes they just made a 3 min. video on three of them. That being said the parts they did focus on were still interesting. The video was also very straight forward. This video focused on the film side of Digital Media. Overall decent article.

Serious Time #40 Is Animation Slowly Turning Into Garbage?

Animation has been a timeless art for ages. Walt Disney and companies alike have created animations that are considered legends today, but is that trend starting to die? Walt Disney and similar companies still make good movies, but what about the internet and are these movies considered timeless? In a lot of ways animation today can be and is considered disposable, meaning forgettable or not very good. Disposable animation can mostly be seen on the internet. This is because of how easy animations are to make now, anyone can do it. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it is a bittersweet. Even though it is great that anyone can animate if they choose to do so, it can and does lead to poor short animations that are forgettable. What a lot of people are looking for is the next Walt Disney, someone who is going to make the next long wave of timeless featured animated films. In conclusion these people want someone who produces great animation for the sake of pushing things forward and making great, timeless art.

This article was eye opening, but also whiny at the same time. I never noticed how much animation fits under this category of being disposable, this is probably due to the fact that I don't usually analyze the quality of the animation itself but instead the overall premise/point of it. If animation makes me laugh or sad then great, if the quality is descent then great. The only time I ever notice the quality is if it is god awful, like so bad that you can even watch it. I guess I sometimes view animated shorts like a movie, the story and characters are more important. So I like the article in the regard that it showed me something new. I don't like the article in the regard of how in my view it was just a lot of complaining. I understand you want the next Walt Disney, but that doesn't mean you have to write an entire article whining about how everything else is inferior. That is just my opinion though. This is for the animation side of Digital Media. Overall disposable article.

Weekly Comments #21

This week was pretty good. I got to go to a magic convention to get some new material, including levitation and hypnotism stuff which was really cool. I also got to meet one of my favorite magicians there Garret Thomas who is a famous magician from Buffalo which was awesome. On top of that I got to see Avengers: Age of Ultron which was amazing and is one of if not my favorite Marvel movie at the moment, I highly recommend it. I got to go hunting to but didn't end up getting anything, but being out in nature away from anything urban is still a good experience to have in itself. Not everything was great though because I fell a little bit behind now on my Final Project which I am trying to make up lost time for, and my musical ended which was a lot more sad then I thought it was going to be, but it is what it is. Didn't learn a whole lot this week either, we got a lot of work days which was great. Pretty solid week though overall.

Here is the Link of the Week:

This week since I am now done with the musical Cinderella I thought I would show the song that I sang in case anyone was interested, and if you aren't interested it doesn't matter. I just thought it would be cool to show. Also I our musical was a lot better and a lot less  cheesy then this video, this is just the best one I could find on YouTube so just keep that in mind. That's really it, enjoy!

P.S. If you didn't know I am the one singing with the scroll.

Serious Time #39 3-D Printing and Stop Motion Animation

Stop motion is one of the most tedious forms of animation out there, taking a whole week just to make 4 seconds of film. This process though has now been made more efficient and easy thanks to the help of 3-D printing. Before 3-D printing animators had to spend a lot more time on modeling clothes, faces, different poses and so on which took up a lot of time. 3-D printing made this process a lot faster, for example in Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skelington had 800 faces made while the movie Paranorman had 1.5 million made thanks to the help of 3-D printing. They also use 3-D printing to make small objects or props that the characters use instead of computer generated ones making the movie look and feel more practical. Stop motion animation is a lot of work still, but is now made a whole lot easier because of 3-D printers.

This was a pretty nice article. It was easy to follow and a great source of information. I never fully realized about how much faster the process of stop motion can be because of a 3-D printer it's pretty amazing. Just look at the numbers, 800 faces used for Jack Skelington compared to 1.5 million faces used in Paranorman, that is a big difference! It doesn't necessarily make the animation process faster, but more so for the modeling. I am glad I read this just because I learned something from it. This was for the animation side of Digital Media. Overall great and interesting article.

Serious Time #38 Being a Better Director

Being a director is hard work. Peoples views of directors can vary a lot depending on there past experiences. The article gives you 15 tips on being a director. One good tip they give is to give clear direction it makes everything easier for you and the people you are working with, this also leads to less confusion. Another great tip they bring up is to be efficient with your time, this also goes along with another tip they give later on which is to set a deadline for yourself to get a good pace and to use your time wisely. One thing they mention in a lot of tips is respect. You should give respect to the actors, the actors process, and their need for motivations. One big tip they mention is to not be demanding like a boss, but instead to be nice and helpful. A few other tips they give for the director are to not always stick to the script and to try and study other styles as a director.

This article was short but repetitive. I liked the article for the most part, I loved some of the tips they give like to give clear direction and so on but i don't agree with some others. One in particular I didn't agree with was to be a less demanding director. I feel that if there isn't a director demanding certain things that nothing would get done, this also though however depends on the group of people you are working with. Other then that I mostly agreed with the article though. I liked that the article was short and straight forward too. This focuses on the video side of Digital Media. Overall pretty good article.

Serious Time #37 Easy Mode

2D puppet rigging was simpler and more advanced then what they used to do. 2D rigging required a lot of memorization and patience to get it to work, but now this has changed. Adobe has now made something called Adobe Character Animator which allows a person to rig a character by only giving parts proper names. Once that is complete you animate and move the character around by just your actual live motions through a webcam. It can detect facial movements and even lip sync without the touch of a mouse. The future is looking bright for animation.

This was a pretty nice and short article. I liked how it just simply explained what seems to be something more complicated then it appears to be. Not using or trying it naturally makes me skeptical but from what I saw it still looks really cool. It might be a bit more complex then they let it off to be, but even then it still looks a lot easier then what Toon Boom offers at the moment. There also wasn't really anything that I didn't like about this article though. It was straight forward, short, and informative. This is definitely on the animation side of Digital Media. Overall interesting article.

Weekly Comments #20

This week wasn't too bad. I got a lot of work done for my rotoscope project which look pretty cool. I also think I have a pretty cool idea for my final project also so stay tuned for that. The only downside for this week is how busy I am between musical and homework, it is just going to get worse because the opening week is next week, so I am going to be very busy! I have also just got GTA V for PC so that is definitely a plus. I almost forgot the assembly, it was not really a help at all cause it just cut through work time, but you do what you got to do I guess. Overall descent week.

Link of the Week:
 

This weeks video is a really cool movie that someone made in GTA V using the director mode and rockstar editor. This is just one awesome example of what you can do. I am also really excited to use it myself as well, I feel that once I learn the basics I will be able to make great mini movies. That being said enjoy the video and have a wonderful day.

Weekly Comments #19

This week was o.k. I started falling behind on my rotoscope project so I have been working on it at home trying to get as much done as I can this weekend. I also had a lot of rehearsals this week for my schools musical which made me really busy and really tired. I also wanted this week to end for the reason that GTA 5 on PC is coming out next week so that's awesome. One thing that made me happy this week though was getting my presentation done and over with so I don't need to worry about it anymore. At this point I am just really excited for video. Overall descent week.

Here is the Link of the Week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVZntUVJ9TU&list=LLP9kzN4xEm346u6a2i64hKA&index=3

This is the first movie that corridordigital has made and its really cool to see how much they have grown and learned. Anyway enjoy the video!

Serious Time #36 "Neourocinema"

In a brain study people were exposed to a 30 min. viewing of "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" afterwards scientists studied their brains to find something interesting, they found that the participants reacted the same way at certain scenes this may not seem like a big deal, but it can be. If you think about it directors don't just direct the movie, but they also direct you. The directors are put up to the task of directing the viewers emotion and feel throughout the entire movies choosing when they should be horrified, happy, sad, excited etc. In a way it can be seen as brain washing, it's a leap to conclusions, but it can be seen as that. Think about it if a movie can provoke your emotions do you think it can provoke your actions or change the way you think or even make you do something you don't intentionally mean to do. Kind of scary right? This is a possibility but that is all it is. So next time you go to watch a movie just ask yourself this "Am I being brainwashed?'.

O.k. I have some ranting to do so please bare with me. This whole brainwashing thing is just a crap shoot, all the article does is tell you about certain things that happened to certain people that's all. This is my perspective, they could have tested 100 people and only 5 of them thought the same way and that's what they put in this video. The issue with the facts that they brought up is that they are not facts! For all we know they could just be coincidences. Even if we could jump to the possibility of brain washing the director would have to predict how every single person who watches the movie is going to feel at specific times, and at the moment that is not possible you cannot make every single person feel the same way during a movie because of the fact that people are too diverse. For example, if me and a friend both watched a horror movie, my friend could be terrified but I on the other hand might not think it was not that scary. This is what I'm saying, since humans are so diverse you cannot possibly come up with a movie that makes us all think the same way at least not yet you can't. Okay now that that's over I can get on with what I thought about the article. To your surprise I actually enjoyed it. The reason being it was interesting and thought provoking and it brought upon I feel a good debate. I understand some points in the video but they are not good enough for me to agree with them. That is just me though.  This is more on the video aspect of digital media. Overall Intriguing article.

You know what here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh6RXypxdp0&list=PL100E6F8D8D47702F

If you want to help me with an experiment watch this video and say what you think about it down below. But don't or try not to read or listen to anyone else's opinion, just write your first reaction and we will see how many are the same and how many are different. I will even participate.

Serious Time #35 Career Vs. Job

Animation is hard work it can sometimes take years of work. Before that though you have to find a job, but this isn't how you should think about it. If you go for a job inn animation thinking that this is where I will work for the rest of my life, stop. Thinking about it like that is suicide and can make you hurt in the long run. In reality you don't want a job in animation you want a career in it. Think about it, you may want a job to last forever but it's not going to happen, eventually you will have to transition to something new. When you get used to the fact that being an animator is just a long string of different work and opportunities, that is when you know you have a career. You don't just one job that you cant transition from after 25 years of working. If you want to be an animator then you should want a career and not just a job. There are also a few things to learn from this. One thing is to never take a gig for granted, this is because each job is a piece of a career that you are building for yourself. So don't spend time at just one job, instead spend time on a career.

This article was really good. I really enjoyed it just because it spoke reality of a situation and not just what you wanted to hear. This article even taught me something, it taught me that you shouldn't take animation as just one big job, but instead as a career. I also really liked this article because of how straight forward it was, nice and to the point no questions what so ever. This article was relevant to the animation side of digital media. Overall great article.

Serious Time #34 The Drones are Taking Over!

For years people have wanted to get their beautiful shots of a city but just didn't have any of the cash or resources to pull if off. Well now you can with drones. Drones are basically tiny quad copters with a camera on them, that being said they're really cool. With drones the sky is the limit, you can basically capture any shot you want, but it's going to take some practice. To get good shots you will need a steady hand and a good familiarization with your drone, practice makes perfect. Once you get that part down you can start practicing and experimenting what kind of shots you can get, the result of this is awesome. This kind of filming is only getting more and more popular as the days go on. People are using them to make short films and some using them to make set up shots in bigger productions. They even have film festivals specifically for drones in some places.The future for drones and films is looking bright.

This was a pretty cool article, it was a nice new take on how film is evolving. I myself have shot with a drone before, my friend owns one, and it was actually really cool. It wasn't too hard to get the hang of it either. The coolest part about flying one was probably how high it could actually go, almost up to the clouds. In the end the shots looked really good, that being said this makes me really excited for the future of film making. Another plus about this article was that it was pretty straight forward. This article applies to the animation side of Digital Media. Overall great article.

Serious Time #33 Decisions

You will have many situations thrown at you in life that require a decision. Decisions decide and determine many things. They can decide whether you work at McDonald's or not work a day in your life, it's pretty crazy when you think about it. This can come up a lot in animation and a decision that is almost made right away is whether to just excel in your strengths or try something else. The normal thing people will do is just center the animation on their strengths, this is not always true though. Think about this for a second, what is your strength? and how do you know it is your strength if you never challenged it? This doesn't mean that you should change your unique style, but instead means you should challenge yourself. This also gives you the option to adapt to other audiences. You have to be multi-skilled as an animator to really excel. 

This was a pretty good article, it was short and very interesting. I feel this article makes you really question yourself to what your strengths are and are not. I just love the questions this article brings up. It also makes the great point that you have to try new things so you can adapt. This kind of reminds me of people going from 2-D animation to 3-D animation. That being said there was not really anything that I really didn't like in that article. The article was straight forward as well which was also a plus. This applies to the animation part of Digital Media. Overall a very thought provoking article.