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.
Friday, April 17, 2015
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.
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:
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.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
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!
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.
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.
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.
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