Weekly Summaries- Dynamic Animation-Week 6

Weekly Summaries- Dynamic Animation

Week 6: (3.11.17)

What I learnt:

This week we were introduced into the dynamic exercise, were we have to create an animation that features weight & effort, speed & acceleration, stretch & squash or/and Impact & Reaction. For this, I have created a story board for two ideas: One of a heavier man handing a balloon to a weaker man, who is out powered by them and secondly a man

who tries to lasso the moon, but once he does the moon is too big and squishes him.  Later on, this week I pitched my idea to a group in my class; whom all preferred the moon idea, believing it to be most promising to animate, easier to show the different principles and fitting more with in the frame limit.

Weekly Summaries- Character Design - week 3

Weekly Summaries- Character Design

Week 3:
This week we had an animation director from Bluezoo, he talked to us about our characters, and design tips. Such as, the most simplified the better.
With him we learnt line of action, and did poses for out characters. We also this week went onto Photoshop and began designing our characters more on Photoshop.
I liked the the colours for my character.

'Frozen effect: Elsa breaks into top 500 baby names

2015- Andrew Pulver- theguardian 

'Frozen effect: Elsa breaks into top 500 baby names

'The name Elsa has rocketed in popularity for US newborns, according to records collated by the Social Security Administration, and the numbers of children being given the name is at its highest level as far back as the SSA’s data is available.

The SSA’s records reveal that the last time Elsa was ranked that high was in 1897, when it stood at number 251. It last featured in the top 500 in 1917, and entered a gradual decline throughout the 20th century, though regaining a little lost ground in the 1950s and 60s. Its popularity slumped in the 1980s and 90s, reaching a low point in 1998, when it came in at number 999 on the list. However, it recovered during the 2000s.

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The same records show no particular Disney-related uptick for Anna, Frozen’s other main character, though it was already a far more popular name in its own right, throughout the entire 20th and 21st century. In 2014, it was recorded as the 34th most popular name, with 5639 births, one place higher than the year before. In contrast, neither Sven nor Olaf, the two other main characters have any presence in the list: Sven has never been in the top 1000, and Olaf last featured in the top 1000 male names in 1921.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/03/frozen-disney-elsa-breaks-into-top-500-baby-names

What are the archtypes

Weekly Summaries- Character Research- week 6

Week 6: (3.11.17)

What I learnt:

This week we focused on Harvard referencing. The importance of it; such as protection from accusations of plagiarism, evidence our points are valid, accrue accurate information to the reader and allows the reader to know where we accessed our information from. Our work should contain both primary (first-hand experience/ direct evidence) and secondary (based on another person analyse/opinions) research. A Harvard reference included citing in the text and also a bibliography, that shall contain background reading as well.

We were taught how to cite different types of sources such as books (Novels, google scholar, google books), films and online sources (articles, YouTube). A citation is the shortened version of a reference that appears in our bibliography.

We also had a recap on character; without characters, there is no stories. Characters can be more memorable than their stories. They can fall back on to stereotypes, the canny and are dependent on technology.

Progress this week:

This we I decided to research about semiotics, finding out about codes that I can use to deconstruct and analyse Elsa’s visual design. (for example, colours, clothing, body language.) ‘Signs take the form of words, images, sounds, odours, flavours, acts or objects, but such things have no intrinsic meaning and become signs only when we invest them with meaning.' This is quote is also relevant to the way a variety of people have brought meaning to the character Elsa, fitting her to their own issues (some say she is a ‘supressed’ gay, depressed, anorexic ect). I also researched into ‘What makes a hero?’ by Ted talks, which helped me identify ‘Anna’ as the hero, not ‘Elsa’.  Other than research, this week I have begun to write up my essay; so far only and introductory paragraph.