Proposal and Characters: Fazuki's Doom of Slush

Jordan Tyler-Love                                                09.01.18

Research and Animation Reels for Practicing Animation

New brief

- New brief: I felt a little negative at first because when I tried using one of the Star Wars figures, as I was not able to stand him up or use him properly. So I used a dinosaur, and 3 cars. 

Flipbook

-Flipbook: My flipbook reel was entitled Morphing Stick Alien and Flower Beast, which had inspired me to draw interesting objects other than humans so I could have a chance to test out animals, plants and other interesting things on Earth. The first thing I drew to start off with was a small circle. I then drew a stalk-like body on the next body to conjoin it. I then added legs, eyes, teeth and a personality to go along and in-between the movement. For the last few pages to keep the main character company, I drew a little flower bud, to add a plant-y effect, then added daisy-like petals, then a furry bean-y-like stalk and razor sharp teeth to give the flower beast a monster-like personality. Also, each time I drew the parts of the morphing creatures, I made sure, I kept on drawing to match their figures of movement, in order for them to submit a rustic-type appearance. Each page represents a frame.

-Student animations:

I watched a few animation video clips, such as The Wild West. I really liked that video, because it had a piece of the action look to it. Especially, the reused sound effects, with Homer screaming, Ringo Starr like Thomas effects. It kind of inspired me to borrow effects from various shows such as 6teen. And movies such as Ice Age and Aristocats. The other videos I found fascinating. Except for one video, I could not remember the name of it, but this one did not have a story to it, and it did not quite get the idea, as it was a little too short for me. But most of these videos gave me an idea for conjure up my future project. 

-Practicing with I Can Animate

      - Moving objects:

I found watching cars move in a steady pace which had inspired me to try out at least 2 clips. The first clip of the orange VW beetle was moving in a steady, accurate pace. At first a deleted first-try scene, the car was moving in zigzags which got me out of concentration. The second clip, I tried using two cars, but in opposite directions. I took this scene where the two cars zigzag in slow-motion, to get the gist of moving. I found this pretty easy. 

-Backgrounds

I never quite got around to the backgrounds as I only used the table for the cars to balance. I do not really have much to say about backgrounds. In my short stop-motion short, mine will be based on a stone age like jungle. 

-Lighting 

The lighting was OK during the animating test shorts. It was neither too bright nor too dark. It was at the right type of darkness. 

-Focus

I had a little trouble at first, because the camera was a little wobbly, but managed to get the camera stand up right with a little help. So, now it is a little more easier now.

- Frame rate. 

The 1st and 3rd shots were in Widescreen, but the 2nd was in (what-you-call) in an old fashioned TV presented definition. Which I accidentally forgot to set the frame rate to Widescreen. 

What went well -

I was good at giving the objects some movement, especially the 3rd one where the cars each went in a different direction. 

What did not go well-

I forgot that the camera was into position and that I needed something for it to lean on, so it could keep still and be in focus. 
I enjoyed pretty much all of it. Especially the bit where I replayed the scenes over and over to make sure they were in focus and the right direction.