DMIII has been both an exciting and tough journey throughout the semester! I must be really thankful of this course though, as both my skills in Photoshop and Flash have improved a ton.
Josh and Lisa were really good tutors. Really helpful and give a lot of feedback. The coursemates in this subject were all really friendly and helpful as well.
DMIII is an awesome subject, however if you do not have passion in animating you may loathe it. Animating is really hard work and I had to find it out the hard way. The tutors, however, give you all the necessary skills and information to undertake an animation project but it is up to the individual themselves animate it.
DMIII has brought me new friendships and connections. In this course, I met two new friends, Camilla Kilbane and Jonathon Michael Hyde Neary who quickly became close friends of mine working together till the sun came up as my group mates. We were really supportive of each other.
DMIII has made me realise that communication and coordination are really important in the real world for animators. It is vital to communicate with the animation crew and it is important to organise schedules for tasks to be completed and coordinate with the team to get things done. This makes or breaks the team.
There are so many lessons besides animation that DMIII has taught me. All of them are valuable and I shall keep them until I go to my grave. The connections and friendships this course has brought me are also something money cannot buy.
On the whole, DMIII is a really good course with all the good people in it and the tutors. However, passion is everything. Passion trumps everything. If you do not have the passion in animation, I do not think this course would be suitable for you!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Film Premiere
Here is our animation for those of you who missed our premiere! Special thanks to Jonno for hosting this video so I do not have to go through the pain of uploading it again.
The film premiere was awesome. As I was late to the Work In Progress submission before, I missed some of the works by the other students. I made it a point to be early to this one so I could watch all the animations. Unfortunately, I was a few minutes late due to having to pick up a friend who wanted to be there at the film premiere. No dramas, however. I watched every single animation and they were all really good!
iPilot really caught my attention, and I would go out on a limb and say it did to everyone. It was really funny and the Lost reference at the end of the animation spiced everything up.
The dancing scene in Monkey Movements was also very good. I saw Michael working on the dancing scene and I can tell you it is no easy job! Saiful, Faiz, Chun Yin and Saifullah were an awesome team for creating Fishing Love. It was really good and funny too. You can tell a heap of work went into it. Tom Cant and Ari's Invasion had spectacular effects and the animation technique was good, however I could not understand the story and what it was about.
I also liked Wei Fen's The Evil Television animation style. Dull colours and texture gave it an very eerie atmosphere, really suiting the animation. Serradura's Billy and the Sock Puppet had a style I really like. Its the sort of animation you would see on Nickelodeon and its really good as well.
How many times have I used "really good" in describing the works done by the groups in the paragraphs above? But I really cannot think of any other way to describe them! Lost for words!
I hope our animation was received very well. At least, people laughed throughout the film, which is always a good indication of things!
Histoires Petite Pomme from Jonathon Hyde-Neary on Vimeo.
The film premiere was awesome. As I was late to the Work In Progress submission before, I missed some of the works by the other students. I made it a point to be early to this one so I could watch all the animations. Unfortunately, I was a few minutes late due to having to pick up a friend who wanted to be there at the film premiere. No dramas, however. I watched every single animation and they were all really good!
iPilot really caught my attention, and I would go out on a limb and say it did to everyone. It was really funny and the Lost reference at the end of the animation spiced everything up.
The dancing scene in Monkey Movements was also very good. I saw Michael working on the dancing scene and I can tell you it is no easy job! Saiful, Faiz, Chun Yin and Saifullah were an awesome team for creating Fishing Love. It was really good and funny too. You can tell a heap of work went into it. Tom Cant and Ari's Invasion had spectacular effects and the animation technique was good, however I could not understand the story and what it was about.
I also liked Wei Fen's The Evil Television animation style. Dull colours and texture gave it an very eerie atmosphere, really suiting the animation. Serradura's Billy and the Sock Puppet had a style I really like. Its the sort of animation you would see on Nickelodeon and its really good as well.
How many times have I used "really good" in describing the works done by the groups in the paragraphs above? But I really cannot think of any other way to describe them! Lost for words!
I hope our animation was received very well. At least, people laughed throughout the film, which is always a good indication of things!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Final Presentation
Today is Thursday, 10th of June 2010. Today is going to be a big one. Today is the premiere of our film. Will our film be liked? Will our film be hated? Will our film get any good responses at all? These questions will be answered today.
We have come a long way in this course. Although I have basic Flash and Photoshop skills, this course has brought my skills to whole new level now. I am sure Jonathon Hyde and Camilla Kilbane will think the same.
Here are some of the things Jonathon and Camilla have made.
Pastor Cucumber, by Camilla
A new guest was invited to the wedding. Heres the Mysterious Pineapple. This guest looks all funky and punk!
Jonathon did a really good job with this animation! Good job!
We have come a long way in this course. Although I have basic Flash and Photoshop skills, this course has brought my skills to whole new level now. I am sure Jonathon Hyde and Camilla Kilbane will think the same.
Here are some of the things Jonathon and Camilla have made.
Pastor Cucumber, by Camilla
A new guest was invited to the wedding. Heres the Mysterious Pineapple. This guest looks all funky and punk!
Jonathon did a really good job with this animation! Good job!
Le Church with Cow & Leaf from simon kong on Vimeo.
Scenes in the making
This was an opening scene I spent more than 50 hours working on, for a 25 second animation!
It was not difficult at all animating this scene. It was, however, time consuming. Every limb movement had to be animated and eyes and lips animated to show expression.
Since the computers at the university are not that good at all, Flash, however, crashed several times. I lost progress and had to rework!
Jonathon did a good job animating the first few seconds of it, where the bird flew across the screen.
Here it is, in its full glory!
This version is an unedited one, it being zoomed out. It was zoomed in with Adobe Premiere before being compiled into the full film!
Here is the basic walk cycle I did for Miss Pomme in the early stages of the film. Looking back, we have really come a long way in terms of skill.
It was not difficult at all animating this scene. It was, however, time consuming. Every limb movement had to be animated and eyes and lips animated to show expression.
Since the computers at the university are not that good at all, Flash, however, crashed several times. I lost progress and had to rework!
Jonathon did a good job animating the first few seconds of it, where the bird flew across the screen.
Here it is, in its full glory!
This version is an unedited one, it being zoomed out. It was zoomed in with Adobe Premiere before being compiled into the full film!
Here is the basic walk cycle I did for Miss Pomme in the early stages of the film. Looking back, we have really come a long way in terms of skill.
Character Design
The first phase in finishing the animation was coming up with a new character design. Our director Jonathon Hyde decided that Miss Pomme (formerly Miss Apple) should have a body, resembling a human. Here is why:
1) Jonathon thought by doing so, it would give the character a personality instead of just a simple fruit with limbs.
2) Miss Pomme would look sexier that way!
This, however, gave several problems.
1) As deadline was drawing closer, it really was not a good idea re-designing characters. As the team and myself included, there were other assignments to be dealt with and 100% attention cannot be put into this animation hence we started pretty late on this animation work.
2) If Miss Pomme had a body, Mr. Apple would also need one otherwise it would be inconsistent.
Nevertheless, toiling for a few hours I managed to build new bodies for both Miss Pomme and Mr. Apple.
Here is Mr. Apple:
I tried giving him a more metrosexual look. Hey, all French people are stylish without even trying!
Now here is Ms. Pomme
Notice how now she has cleavage! Looking more like a woman now!
We decided that Mr. Banana would remain the same as he is. Dr. Cucumber also gets a re-vamp!
This was a difficult one to fit in with our already busy schedule. I had to design his back profile and also new eyes and outfit.
But here he is lecturing Mrs Pomme on her promiscuity! How dare she cheat on Mr. Apple!
I also did a quick parody on the famous internet meme 'Facepalm'.
Dr. Cucumber just got so fed up with Mrs Pomme not listening to his advice.
1) Jonathon thought by doing so, it would give the character a personality instead of just a simple fruit with limbs.
2) Miss Pomme would look sexier that way!
This, however, gave several problems.
1) As deadline was drawing closer, it really was not a good idea re-designing characters. As the team and myself included, there were other assignments to be dealt with and 100% attention cannot be put into this animation hence we started pretty late on this animation work.
2) If Miss Pomme had a body, Mr. Apple would also need one otherwise it would be inconsistent.
Nevertheless, toiling for a few hours I managed to build new bodies for both Miss Pomme and Mr. Apple.
Here is Mr. Apple:
I tried giving him a more metrosexual look. Hey, all French people are stylish without even trying!
Now here is Ms. Pomme
Notice how now she has cleavage! Looking more like a woman now!
We decided that Mr. Banana would remain the same as he is. Dr. Cucumber also gets a re-vamp!
This was a difficult one to fit in with our already busy schedule. I had to design his back profile and also new eyes and outfit.
But here he is lecturing Mrs Pomme on her promiscuity! How dare she cheat on Mr. Apple!
I also did a quick parody on the famous internet meme 'Facepalm'.
Dr. Cucumber just got so fed up with Mrs Pomme not listening to his advice.
DMIII Finale
It is sad that DMIII has come to an end. However, this can also be good, as I can start catching up on sleep.
In the upcoming posts, I will highlight our film and work-in-progress.
Stay tuned!
In the upcoming posts, I will highlight our film and work-in-progress.
Stay tuned!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
PROMO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here are some of the promo things we have been working on. I've come up with 3 posters suggesting sexual themes. Just because sex sells. I know while some people might not like it, I think sexually themed things usually attracts peoples' attention. A bit of risque is good.
I've also included 3 production stills, just to entice people a little. This film is going to be so good.
I've also included 3 production stills, just to entice you guys a little. Its gonna be soo gooooooood.
I've also included 3 production stills, just to entice people a little. This film is going to be so good.
I've also included 3 production stills, just to entice you guys a little. Its gonna be soo gooooooood.
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