BSA 126 week 3 exercise

Today we made emotion sheets based on some of the characters we designed last week. I used three characters as seen below.

I also did some head turnarounds for each of the three characters:

 

As well as mess with the body proportions of two characters, with the characters being three, four and five heads tall (I ran out of room for the third character) 

BSA 103 Parody examples

Five examples of parody

"Weird Al" Yankovic's, Eat it, a parody of Michael Jackson's Beat it

This example is not copyright infringement under the fair use act, as it is marketed as a parody. Additionally, Weird Al had contacted Michael Jackson prior to making Eat it and was given permission to parody his song.

Space Balls (1987), a parody of Star Wars (1977)

This example is not copyright infringement under the fair use act, as it is marketed as a parody. Mel Brooks had permission from Lucasfilms Ltd. to do the parody on the condition that no merchandise (in the form of action figures) be made, on account of the superficial similarity of the protagonists of both films.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), a parody of Arthurian legends

This example does not fall under copyright infringement as the original material (Arthurian legends) were created nearly 900 years before "The Holy Grail" was filmed, and the characters and themes have since become public domain.

Tom Lehrer's The Elements song, a parody (or pastiche) of The Major General's song from The Pirates of Penzance

Tom Lehrer's cover does not fall under copyright infringement, as Lehrer had never claimed the tune as his original work. Lehrer's cover has since inspired other "list songs" using the same tune (e.g. Every Major's Terrible from the webcomic xkcd, listing the faults of undergraduate degrees).

Robin Hood: Men In Tights (1992), a parody of the Robin Hood folklore 

This example does not fall under copyright infringement as the original material (Robin Hood folktales) were created nearly 600 years before "Men In Tights" was filmed, and the characters and themes have since become public domain.

BSA 126 20/2/17 homework- short film review

There's a man in the woods (2014)

Director: Jacob Streilein

Producer: Cal Arts

Animation style: 2D animation

I found this animation appealing because of it's snappy, dark narrative. The narrated poem, with it's entertaining and complex rhyming structure, helped drive the pace of the story. This was most notable with the crescendo near the end of the last act in both the speed of the rhymes in the poem, the beats in the music and the scene transitions to help communicate the rising tension in the story.

BSA 106 second week summary

Week two: History of film and animation pre-1900

Learned about the history of animation and film-making techniques, from the first cave paintings and vases and bowls giving the illusion of motion to the subject matter to the movies and animations of the early 1900s.


Played in quick succession, these images can give the illusion of movement

All films and animations relied on Persistence of Vision, a concept introduced in a paper written by Peter Roght in 1824 that posits that a series of still images shown in quick succession can be used to give the illusion of movement (i.e. flicker fusion).




The idea of persistence of vision was incorporated in multiple late 19th century inventions (e.g. the thaumatrope, phenakistoscope and the praxinoscope, which also incorporated an early projector).

Following the development of the single lens camera by Louis Aime Augustin Le Prince and the film strips it generated, artists and directors were able to produce films at 16fps. This lead to the development of early instances of film techniques such as zoom, mid-shots, close shots, intercutting and parallel editing. Early examples of film genres such as Westerns ('The Great Train Robbery' (1903)) and the 'animal' genre (began with 'Rescued by Rover' (1905), a popular example being 'Lassie' (1943)).

The Great Train Robbery (1903), a precursor to the Western film genre

Rescued by Rover (1905), a precursor to the 'animal' genre with Lassie (1943), the most famous example of the 'animal rescue' genre

BSA 106 top 10 favourite animations

Top 10 favourite animations in no particular order:

The Lion King (1994), directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, created by Walt Disney Studios (Genre: Animated adventure)



Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), directed by Gary Tousdale and Kirk Wise, created by Walt Disney Studios (Genre: Fantasy Adventure)


Treasure planet (2002), directed by Ron Clements and Jon Musker, created by Walt Disney Studios. (Genre: Fantasy Adventure)


Star Vs the Forces of Evil (2015- present), creative director: Dominic Bisignano, produced by Disney Television Animation
(Genre: Fantasy Comedy)


Steven Universe (2013- present), created by Rebecca Sugar, Cartoon Network Studios (Genre: Sci-fi Adventure)


Wonder Over Yonder (2013-2016), created by Craig McCracken, produced by Disney Television Animation
(Genre: Sci-fi Adventure)



Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), directed by Travis Knight, produced by Laika Studios (Genre: Fantasy Adventure)


Gravity Falls (2012-2016), created by Alex Hirsch, produced by Disney Television Animation
(Genre: Paranormal Adventure)


Arisocats (1970), directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, produced by Walt Disney Studios. (Genre: Adventure romance (?))


Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008), created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios (Genre: Fantasy Adventure)

BSA126 photoshop excercise 20/02

20/02/2017: Character study on Photoshop from today's lesson, pencil shading exercise to follow

20/02/17: Pencil shading exercise (with bonus computer mouse). Arrows denote the direction of light from it's source.