week commencing 11th june 2012

so this week I haven't done much. same old same old. been watching ncis, finished reading the last 2 harry potter books and been watching various comedies. still no ideas for any animations but i am still thinking about it and hopefully i will come up with something soon.

week commencing 4th June.

Well I haven't been doing much this week except for procrastinating. I have donated platelets, my philosophy being that I waste my time already so I might as well waste it helping other people. I have also been swimming and to the gym a couple of times. Mostly I have been watching NCIS - series 1 and Jonathan Creek - series 1 to midway series 3. I have also read Harry Potter 4 & 5 as well as playing various games on the internet. Have been thinking about animation ideas but as of yet I haven't yet come up with anything.

week commencing 28th may

watched all the harry potter films read the 1st 3 books read stormbreaker, started watching jonathan creek watched the apprentice watched some wwe royal rumble matches. Now thinking what to do next week.

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.