ANIMATION WORK DONE FOR THIS YEAR

So that is all my work for the animation course done for the year now. I feel like I did well and achieved a lot more than I initially thought. I definitely feel as if my skills have improved and I can't wait for the next year to improve even more.

On a further note for the Olympics Animation that I did at the start of the year. It doesn't strictly conform to any of the briefs that we received from the Royal Armouries regarding the Olympics, however I do feel that it does encompass the spirit of the Olympics by showing that you have to work hard to get there, to be a hero.

Animation Work

Have just finished sorting out my work to hand in tomorrow. It has been a hard year but I have learnt a lot and gained some great new friends. Bring on next year.

Facebook Sale

Having read this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18105608 I personally cannot see that facebook is worth a $100 billion. So either Mark Zuckerberg is going to stay there as he truly believes in facebook or he is going to sell his 17% of shares and get out before it is too late. The problem being is the emphasis on the shift from traditional computer platforms to mobile devices, and unless Zuckerberg has some clever plan going forward I cannot see facebook succeeding once it is open to the interference of investors.

Reflecting on influences...

I would say that I am inspired by what I like there is no particular style of animation that I am drawn to over another. I will like anything as long as the animation goes with a good storyline. I do have to say though that I am not a particular fan on anime as I find that although it is a well detailed animation style I do find it limiting in movement. Saying this there are other styles that have a similar problem such as the 2D drawn technique used in the simpsons and family guy. However I do have to say that as I have grown up with these animations then I am less likely to notice this.
As I said before it is not any one particular thing that influences me, but I am reluctant to watch new things preferring to stick with what I know. Most of the information that I gather comes from reading the paper, watching the news and other programs. If I see anything in any of these mediums that is of particular interest to me then I may very well go in search of material in relation to these items. Such as if I see something on the news that interests me then I may look for the relevant video clip on youtube and then after having watched this I will look at the other suggestions and see if there is anything else connected/ related to the video that I may watch. I also do this as a result of having seen something on my news feed on Facebook, but once again it isn't something that I would go looking for.

Programs that I currently like/ inspire by are:
Futurama
Goodnight Sweetheart
The Brittas Empire
One Foot in the Grave
Dad's Army
Spaced
Gavin and Stacey
CSI: original and the new york one
NCIS
Russell Howard's Good News
Would I Lie to you
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Detectives.

SKILLS AUDIT

Hi so here is an audit that I am doing on myself with notes for the corresponding marks. It will be marked from 1-5 with 1 being poor and 5 being good.

Leadership: 3 - I can take control when needed to but I feel that if there are other people who seem to be happy leading then I will be quite happy to let them take charge.

Time Management: 3 - This is because when I get down to doing something then I will get on with doing it and feel that I can do it well. However I do have problems at time with actually forcing myself to actually get on with doing some work rather than something else.

Computer Skills: 3 - This is because I would say I am pretty competent with various programs like Flash and Corel [editing software]. However there are other animation programs that I haven't used and there is definite room for improvement here.

Team Working: 3 - Like the leadership one I will work with other people but I am quite content to work on my own, as I feel there is less room for distraction.

Animation Skills: 3 - I would definitely say that I have improved over the last year especially with Flash and with the current cut out stop motion animation that I am currently working on but there are still skills such as computer ones that I feel I still need to work on.

Drawing: 4 - I would have to say I have improved a lot in the last year with the drawing classes and I am happy with the work that I have produced but I still feel that there is some room for improvement.

For now this it it but there may be more to come...

I guess looking at the above the things that I would most like to change are the computer skills tied in with the animation skills. So by the end of the next year I would at least like to be proficient in being able to use After Effects and Photoshop.

tax incentives for animation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar/22/1?INTCMP=SRCH

animated olypmics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-18034991 just seen this

Drawing Work

So just handed my drawing work in. I think over the year my work has got better as the drawings now seem to have more substance to them rather than being just a flat image. I have to say that at times I can revert to basically placing a flat image on the page when I do quick sketches. I do have to say that I do now like my drawings as I do think that there is now a remarkable improvement as long as I take my time to do them, the time usually being 15 minutes to getting a drawing of somebody that I would actually like to do.
Some pictures to follow.

drawing slide show

Just been putting together a slide show of some of the best drawings that I have done in the last year.

movie budget breakdown

Just read this article on the possible breakdown for a big budget film. Quite interesting to see where the money goes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17812247

The Bourne Films

I have now watched all 3 of the Bourne Films this week and I have to say that I enjoyed them all. There just seemed to be the right amount of action and other things happening in them to make them great films.

Here is my animatic for my my animation with a voice over explaining the action.

Avengers Assemble

Just got back from seeing the Avengers and I have to say that it was a brilliant film the cast worked well together and it just seemed to have that little extra sparkle to make it special that Wrath of the Titans missed out. All in all a great film made better by the character of the Hulk with some brilliantly humorous parts.

This is what I have just done today.