Comment (also 100th post!)

This week and the next was and shall be the busiest I have been in a while. Between work school and Marine corps shenanigans I have had no time to relax. I am happy that I managed to keep up with the demo's this week though, I am looking forward to Christmas break at this point. I just want to sleep in... This kinetic type project is going to frustrate the crap out of me I can already tell. So all I can do is focus on one thing at a time and make sure it gets done on time.

kinetic type (has a lil' bit of cussing)

The very tedious Peanuts movie

As an animator I can appreciate the amount of time and effort it takes to make something really MOVE. The peanuts however, have more extreme exaggerations than your average character. Translating this onto the big screen in 3d no less is an impressive and time consuming feat.

The process for this movie was described as simply, Pencil drawn to character creation and rigging, to posing and concept, to animation. Which on paper seems simple enough, but this process takes much longer than two frustrating weeks at BOCES. 

The amount of attention to detail and finess that is required to work on something as beloved as the Peanuts characters are some things that most people could never understand. I am not personally interested in the movie, but if it happens to be on one day im sure ill carefully analyze the animation.

Knowing the audio

as the video mentions, audio is a huge part of any film. Every room or even just space is alive in some way or form with sound. Only a few types are mentioned throughout the video such as transient, short abrupt sounds, and evolving sounds, long progressive sounds.

 I like that this video calls attention to audio, it feels like audio can be under appreciated at times. Frankly audio is the only reedeming factor in some of my work in the last two years so I agree regarding its importance.

Learning what audio to use and how to apply it correctly or even differentiate it from other types of audio is a very important part of  video production.

weekly

It has been a taxing week for me. I manage to catch up on work then immediately fall behind, there are several (extra) projects and tasks I want to take on but with all of the responsibilities I have had lately I just don't have the time or energy. I still feel a little slow with premiere, like there is more to it than I realize. I usually have to defer to my notes for every little thing I want to do which is frustrating. Regardless my big focus for the next two days is going to be my PSA, on which I have to get my ass in gear. There are still several shots I haven't had the chance to get and I still have to edit. It seems like a lot of the projects overlap this year and at times it can feel overwhelming. Any how I have been trying to refine my non existent coloring skills lately using a few friends sketches and Sai. Im not quite there but hopefully ill get better...I hope.

Did you say fake blood?

Blood and film

Let me say at least once that I absolutely HATE John Hess and his monotone speaking manner and lackluster acting. In regards to the information however hes checked and rechecked his sources. Horror is a genre that is becoming more and more popular with the coming generations, and a big part of these films is blood. Several recipes are mentioned in the video this week and even provided below but I think in a school setting, even with our classes elevated privileges, I wont find very many opportunities to use them. The history behind the different uses and substances of fake blood do make for an interesting history lesson though. Personally I felt like the information was buffered between film history and what the video was actually about (blood) so I struggled to pay attention. Regardless I still have a few ideas should a project come up that requires this kind of specialty.
,but maybe thats just me.

The hidden meaning

   This interview of Inside Out's Jonas Rivera, brought to my attention some interesting points about animation and film in general. a good amount of time given for all stages of production in class is roughly two weeks,  sometimes it takes the entire first week to prepare the idea before I can even start actually working on it. I will usually pull up a reference image or two do some concept art in my spare time, but I never really do much research on whatever I happen to be doing. Beyond whatever background is provided in class of course. The amount of detail and complexity that went into just the research of Inside Out makes me really appreciate all of the little things in these kinds of movies. For example the American version of Inside out used broccoli to introduce a character named disgust. In Japan the broccoli was replaced with green bell pepper. Knowing that such a minute change could effect the audience and the film so greatly is amazing to me. While I don't have enough time in class to do as much research as these filmmakers and animators do, I certainly think I will consider some more in depth concepts on my next project.

 ,but maybe thats just me.