Thursday 16 December 2010
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Our Final Children's Film
This is our final film. Overall we are really pleased with our final product, as it went really well. Many people who have seen it were astounded by the unique animation style that we used. However at first our music wasn't perfectly suited for the scene towards the end of the clip. We then changed this so that the music worked better for the narrative, and to show that that the film was to continue. We did this also to make our product look more like an opening, rather then it looking like a trailer.
Monday 13 December 2010
Final production analysis
Final Production Analysis
We feel our final production was a success because after animating successfully over a period of 2 and a half lessons, we were able to quickly edit what we had filmed and add sound to our opening.
To improve we could:
We feel our final production was a success because after animating successfully over a period of 2 and a half lessons, we were able to quickly edit what we had filmed and add sound to our opening.
To improve we could:
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Second Day of Filming
Second Day of Filming
We started off the second day by filming the male bird bouncing on the fly, this is a long shot as it shows the scale and obscurity of how far up the bird jumps. The pace of editing is fast as the anger of the male bird is shown in an outburst as he is bouncing on the fly. It is an innocent bit of violence suitable for the target audience as it is seen as humorous rather than violent or aggressive. This shows to children that men try to assert power over the other characters as the male bird so far has proven he is brave. All of the other birds then come in amazement to see the male bird bouncing on the naughty fly. The other birds facial expressions show that they are simple because they follow the male bird with their eyes in awe. There is a tracking shot, following the bouncing bird, to show that the other birds eyes are watching him, the pace of editing is still reasonably fast.
The camera then goes to the moose looking blankly, this is a close up on his face which shows there is nothing happening to the moose. Then there is a zoom in on an extreme close up on his eyes which now resemble eggs. The pace of editing is always slow around the moose to emphasize their characteristics of being dull. The moose are a dull brown colour but when the eggs appear in the moose eyes, then there is a hint of difference and the characteristics of the moose change to something more sinister. The camera goes back to the birds where they are looking at the crater where the fly has been crushed. This is a long shot as it shows the next behind them which is empty. This is an over the shoulder shot which emphasizes the empty nest. The pace of editing is slow until they turn around as they are quite peaceful but the scene changes when the birds turn around and see the empty nest and the camera shows their reaction. There is then a zoom in on the nest with the reaction of the birds staying the same, showing their shock and dismay at the sight.
There is then another over the shoulder shot of the birds looking on to the next hill at the moose cuddling up to the eggs. The camera then pans to show more of the moose to show that the birds have lost to the moose. The pace of editing is slow is it is a sudden realisation of the loss of eggs. The camera zooms in to strengthen this and humours the audience as the moose looks very smug. The moose then does his trademark tongue licking as he licks the eggs to basically give two fingers up at the birds but does it in an innocent manner for the target audience to appreciate. There is an extreme close up on the birds eyes to show the ever growing anger towards the moose. The reaction shot shows that the birds feel ashamed to be outsmarted by the moose and this is shown by a slow pace of editing as normally slow editing is used for the moose. The birds eyes darken to suggest he has a plan.
The second day of filming was successful as we almost finished all the filming and we have a good plan on what we have to complete.
We started off the second day by filming the male bird bouncing on the fly, this is a long shot as it shows the scale and obscurity of how far up the bird jumps. The pace of editing is fast as the anger of the male bird is shown in an outburst as he is bouncing on the fly. It is an innocent bit of violence suitable for the target audience as it is seen as humorous rather than violent or aggressive. This shows to children that men try to assert power over the other characters as the male bird so far has proven he is brave. All of the other birds then come in amazement to see the male bird bouncing on the naughty fly. The other birds facial expressions show that they are simple because they follow the male bird with their eyes in awe. There is a tracking shot, following the bouncing bird, to show that the other birds eyes are watching him, the pace of editing is still reasonably fast.
The camera then goes to the moose looking blankly, this is a close up on his face which shows there is nothing happening to the moose. Then there is a zoom in on an extreme close up on his eyes which now resemble eggs. The pace of editing is always slow around the moose to emphasize their characteristics of being dull. The moose are a dull brown colour but when the eggs appear in the moose eyes, then there is a hint of difference and the characteristics of the moose change to something more sinister. The camera goes back to the birds where they are looking at the crater where the fly has been crushed. This is a long shot as it shows the next behind them which is empty. This is an over the shoulder shot which emphasizes the empty nest. The pace of editing is slow until they turn around as they are quite peaceful but the scene changes when the birds turn around and see the empty nest and the camera shows their reaction. There is then a zoom in on the nest with the reaction of the birds staying the same, showing their shock and dismay at the sight.
There is then another over the shoulder shot of the birds looking on to the next hill at the moose cuddling up to the eggs. The camera then pans to show more of the moose to show that the birds have lost to the moose. The pace of editing is slow is it is a sudden realisation of the loss of eggs. The camera zooms in to strengthen this and humours the audience as the moose looks very smug. The moose then does his trademark tongue licking as he licks the eggs to basically give two fingers up at the birds but does it in an innocent manner for the target audience to appreciate. There is an extreme close up on the birds eyes to show the ever growing anger towards the moose. The reaction shot shows that the birds feel ashamed to be outsmarted by the moose and this is shown by a slow pace of editing as normally slow editing is used for the moose. The birds eyes darken to suggest he has a plan.
The second day of filming was successful as we almost finished all the filming and we have a good plan on what we have to complete.
Monday 6 December 2010
First Day of Filming
Filming Day 1
On the first day of filming, we started to use the program iStopMotion to capture images for our animation which were captured by a camera connected to the computers. We started off animating the opening titles by capturing clouds moving across the sky with the production information and having a bird fly past to set the genre of an animated adventure. We were all delegated jobs and with in half an hour we had accomplished a quarter of our filming.
We then went on to the first scene of the opening, in which two birds, Phil and Honey, are staring over their eggs in a happy manner. This was an establishing shot as it showed the whole set and the sun in the sky. A high angle is used to show that the birds are not as strong as other characters such as the moose. There was then a close up of the two birds, showing their characteristics at being happy because of their eggs, thus giving off an image of a good family which the target audience, children, can relate to. The colours of the set are bright so that children do not get bored and the birds are abstract colours so that children can find this amusing. The pace of editing was slow because it shows a natural style and gives the audience a false sense of hope for what is yet to come.
The next shot we did was of the Moose, in a darker setting to show they are the 'bad guys' and that the target audience should see these characters as trouble. There is a mid shot instead of a high angle to shot that the moose are stronger than the birds, emphasising that they are stronger. Their body language is dull to show that they are lazy characters and they are eating the grass on the hill to show they are simple characters. Then there is an extreme close up on the eggs to show that they are an important part of the storyline. Children can associate with eggs as they have many encounters with eggs such as Easter. The camera then goes back to the moose who look over there shoulders and see the eggs. This is a close up on the main moose as his eyes change which is a shock for the audience as the moose have shown no emotion so far. This is a hint to the audience that something is about to happen. This is a good use of shot reverse shot between the eggs and the moose which shows a naturalistic style of editing.
After the shot reverse shot, the camera goes to the happy birds again, who are still in control of the eggs, this prop proving to be a key factor in the sequence. In the shot with the birds there is a low angle of a fly, flying down towards the eggs. There is a reaction shot of the birds, the female bird crying, showing that she is a protective mother and the male bird is angry, showing that he wants to prove he is a proper man. The pace of editing speeds up as the scene is becoming more intense and character development is apparent. There is then another close up of the eggs, with the fly reaching them, showing their vulnerability in the scene, compared to the other characters. As the fly is sitting on the eggs, there is a zoom out into a mid shot, showing a reaction shot of the birds. The pace of editing slows down to show that something is about to happen.
The first day was very successful as we managed to do half of all the filming and become more used to the technology and techniques which will be useful for later projects.
On the first day of filming, we started to use the program iStopMotion to capture images for our animation which were captured by a camera connected to the computers. We started off animating the opening titles by capturing clouds moving across the sky with the production information and having a bird fly past to set the genre of an animated adventure. We were all delegated jobs and with in half an hour we had accomplished a quarter of our filming.
We then went on to the first scene of the opening, in which two birds, Phil and Honey, are staring over their eggs in a happy manner. This was an establishing shot as it showed the whole set and the sun in the sky. A high angle is used to show that the birds are not as strong as other characters such as the moose. There was then a close up of the two birds, showing their characteristics at being happy because of their eggs, thus giving off an image of a good family which the target audience, children, can relate to. The colours of the set are bright so that children do not get bored and the birds are abstract colours so that children can find this amusing. The pace of editing was slow because it shows a natural style and gives the audience a false sense of hope for what is yet to come.
The next shot we did was of the Moose, in a darker setting to show they are the 'bad guys' and that the target audience should see these characters as trouble. There is a mid shot instead of a high angle to shot that the moose are stronger than the birds, emphasising that they are stronger. Their body language is dull to show that they are lazy characters and they are eating the grass on the hill to show they are simple characters. Then there is an extreme close up on the eggs to show that they are an important part of the storyline. Children can associate with eggs as they have many encounters with eggs such as Easter. The camera then goes back to the moose who look over there shoulders and see the eggs. This is a close up on the main moose as his eyes change which is a shock for the audience as the moose have shown no emotion so far. This is a hint to the audience that something is about to happen. This is a good use of shot reverse shot between the eggs and the moose which shows a naturalistic style of editing.
After the shot reverse shot, the camera goes to the happy birds again, who are still in control of the eggs, this prop proving to be a key factor in the sequence. In the shot with the birds there is a low angle of a fly, flying down towards the eggs. There is a reaction shot of the birds, the female bird crying, showing that she is a protective mother and the male bird is angry, showing that he wants to prove he is a proper man. The pace of editing speeds up as the scene is becoming more intense and character development is apparent. There is then another close up of the eggs, with the fly reaching them, showing their vulnerability in the scene, compared to the other characters. As the fly is sitting on the eggs, there is a zoom out into a mid shot, showing a reaction shot of the birds. The pace of editing slows down to show that something is about to happen.
The first day was very successful as we managed to do half of all the filming and become more used to the technology and techniques which will be useful for later projects.
Thursday 2 December 2010
Rresearch for our film
Costumes
The Moose are going to be brown, but not too dark and dark this may scare the children, he won't look to scary either. The moose Will be a light brown colour just so it can remind the children of what the moose looks like.
Both Birds will be red, as the colour will come across to the children as rather bright and it will attract them more. It also suggests consistency in the characters, that they are alike.The pink bow in the female birds hair (Honey), will show the difference between male and female in the film. It will also make the the bird look more feminine, that way the children can have a favorite character in the film. Honey will also have long eyelashes to show that she is female.
Phil (the male bird) has dark eyebrows, and no eye lashes to signify the subtle difference between the two characters.
Location
The film will be taking place in a Vally, this is a simple location however when children go to a Vally it will remind them of the film. It is also a colour full place to locate a film, which will also be suitable for the target audience, as the film will be classified as U.
The moose
The Moose are going to be brown, but not too dark and dark this may scare the children, he won't look to scary either. The moose Will be a light brown colour just so it can remind the children of what the moose looks like. Sound
There will be the use of diagetic and non- diagetic sound in our film. However the birds will not be able to talk but we will add bird like noises into the film to make it look more realistic for the children. As well as this we will be having cheerful happy music throughout the sequence to have a bigger impact in the film.
The sound will be empathetic to match the characters feeling within the sequence, and in some areas the music will be louder then others, and softer then others.
Where we will be filming:
Although we are filming in animation, and there is set location, but an area where the film is based. The characters are drawn on, so they are made of paper, and will be moved around on the paper, This means that no wet surroundings will be aloud or else it will not got to plan.
So all of us as a group have decided that we will be filming in a classroom, that way it's dry and simple, as well as this the computers will not get damaged, and our work will be kept safe.
Information on Pixar animation
Pixar in an American CGI company in California. It started in 1979, and it was then brought by Disney in 2006. Pixar has eleven fatured films,and it began with Toy Story in 1995. The most recent pixar film is Toy Story 3. It is an constant growing company which has upcoming new films as well such as Monsters Inc, and Cars 2. Both being realesed in 2012.
It won the best animation award in 2001. and overall the compay has made over 6.2 billion dollars, (this number is still increasing).
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| Predecessor | Graphics Group (1979-1986) |
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| Products | RenderMan, Marionette |
| Owner(s) | The Walt Disney Company |
| Parent | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Website | http://www.pixar.com/ |
Monsters inc was the most expensive Pixar film made so far it had a total cost of 115 million dollars in production making. The U.S boxoffice had a 256 million dollars. And world wide box office it made 525 million dollars. It came fourth in the top ten of most expensive animated films ever made.
Then it was Finding Nemo which came 6th in the top ten most expensive films ever made. It costed 94 million dollars to make, and world wide in box office it made 866 million dollars which was higher then Monsters inc.
Increadibles came next which prodution wise costed 92 million dollars to make and world wide in box office it made 631 million dollars.
Toy story 2 was then next in the 8th most expensive film ever made, it costed in production 90 million dollars to make. and in box office it made 486 million dollars.
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Plan for filming
Filming Plan
As our group thinks we will be doing animation for our children's film opening, no one will be acting in the scene but we will all be doing voice overs for the characters. We also think that the voices we do will be in the form of noises instead of speaking to make it more funny for the audience as children are more likely to connect with humour, rather than long winded conversation. We got the idea of doing this from the successful film Wall-E as there is barely any speech in the whole film.
As our group thinks we will be doing animation for our children's film opening, no one will be acting in the scene but we will all be doing voice overs for the characters. We also think that the voices we do will be in the form of noises instead of speaking to make it more funny for the audience as children are more likely to connect with humour, rather than long winded conversation. We got the idea of doing this from the successful film Wall-E as there is barely any speech in the whole film.
A screen shot from the film Wall-E.
Also because we are thinking of doing animation, we will not need any costume but the props we are using are the models and scenery in which we will be using to animate from. Connor Banks will be taking care of the props and scene as he drew them. The place in which we would be filming would be near a computer as we would be using iStop Motion software to capture our animation. We would need permission from the media studies teachers as the technology is expensive.
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