Thursday, 24 May 2018

SHOWREEL LEVEL 4

For my level 4 showreel I decided to present my best work and show off the animation and design skills I felt I had developed most and were most proud of. When putting this together I had the chance to look at all my work from the start of the year to now, making me realise how far I had come. I found myself finding flaws in all my earlier work that I had not noticed at first. Comparing this to recent work I could see how much I had improved in my drawing skills, the timing of frames and in video editing. I had developed skills in Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator and After Effects, leading to the production of more professional animations.


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Study Task 9

NICK PARK 

Nick Park is a director, writer and animator from Preston, Lancashire. He studied Animation at the National and Television school in Buckinghamshire, where he created the characters for Wallace & Grommit for a graduation project and used traditional stop motion techniques to bring them to life. He did not finish the episode he had begun in time for his deadline, however, during this time he invited Aadman's Peter Lord and David Sproxton to the school as guest speakers. They then invited him to spend two summers with them to help them with various projects. He began prop-making for Morph and then moved on to animating Morph. The team at Aardman then took on his unfinished Wallace & Grommit project and when finished, was nominated for an Oscar in the short animated film category. They have since won 3 Oscars for the Wallace & Grommit films. His most recent film is the stop motion Early man.



Katherine Safarian
Katherine Safarian holds an MA in Film and Television Critical Studies, and a BA in Communication studies from the Universtiy of California, Los Angeles. She has taught undergraduate film and television courses and has represented PIXAR at film festivals throughout Japan, Europe and the US. She joined PIXAR as a production coordinator on Toy Story. She holds leadership role in PIXAR as the Producer and vice president of production. She produced the Academy Award-winning film, Brave. 

RenderBurger (Farid Ghanbari)
Farid Ghanbari is from Iran and now lives in Virginia, USA. He achieved his bachelors of Architecture in 2009 and has worked as a 3D CG Generalist and Lighting artist for 10 years. From 2015 he has been a CG Supervisor at Lexip Games. He has experience in games, architectural vizualisation, advertising, motion design and VFX mostly created in MAYA, Realflow, Marelous Designer, Cinema 4D, Substance Painter, Photoshop and After Effects. 




https://www.renderburger.com/

Tim Burton


Tim Burton is an American film director, producer, writer and animator born in 1958. He is known his eccentric, dark, Gothic films such as The Knightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hallow. He studied Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts. The shorts he made at this school attracted the attention of the Animation division at Disney, which offered Burton an apprenticeship in the studio. 

Seth MacFarlane



Seth MacFarlane is an American writer, actor, animator and producer. He studied animation at the Rhode Island School of Design and was recruited based on his writing skills to work on Hanna-Barbera. He is the creater of Family Guy from 1999 and is co-creater of American Dad. He won several awards for his work on Family Guy including four Primetime Emmy Awards and an Annie Award. 
John Lasseter


John Lasseter was born in California in 1957. He studied Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts. In 1975 he enrolled as the second student in the CalArts Character Animation programme created by Disney Animators. During his time here he produced two shorts - The Lady and the Tramp and Nitemare, both of which won the Student Academy Award for Animation. His success with Lady and the Tramp is what got him his job with Disney once he had graduated in 1979. He also went on to work with PIXAR on Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Cars.



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Study Task 8 - competitions

1. Loopdeloop
Animation challenge to create looping animations to a given theme
At the end of each theme 100 of the posted animations are screened at LOOP in Australia
http://www.loopdeloop.org/aboutdeloop

2. GIRAF 14 - International Festival of Independent Animation 
DEADLINE: 15th July 2018
GIRAF is an annual Animation festival which runs each November in Canada
Quickdraw animation society (QAS) are accepting submissions of Animations of any length, genre, style and mediums to present to the Canadian audience.
Can be abstract or narrative, hand-drawn or CGI

https://contestwatchers.com/giraf-14-international-festival-of-independent-animation/

3. Ottawa International Animation Festival 2018
DEADLINE: 25th May 2018
Accepting the recent work from animators around the world for these categories:

  • Animated Feature
  • Narrative Animated Short
  • Student Animation*
  • Commissioned Animation (series, commercials, music videos)
  • Young Audiences (6-12)
  • VR Animation


https://contestwatchers.com/ottawa-international-animation-festival-oiaf-2018/

4. Anim!Arte
Anim!Arte is an International film festival showcasing Animated shorts made by young animators and children.
maximum duration: 15 minutes
I am eligible to enter the over 18 category
No entry fee
Must have at least 70% animation of any style

https://filmfreeway.com/AnimArte

5. Ffresh Student Media Awards
All those involved in production must be students
maximum duration: 30 minutes
deadline 31st April 2018
categories:

  • Fictional
  • Documentary
  • Experimental

https://filmfreeway.com/FfreshFestival

6. Bolton International Film Festival
resolution: 1920 x 1080
must obtain copyright to all audio
DEADLINE: Midnight 3rd July 2018
must include backup DVD

 https://filmfreeway.com/BoltonFilmFestival
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Study task 7 Animation for Information

1. taking a round view of the carbon landscape
Paper cut out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLWG56lWE067KCIqr4f0gB8YuQcNDSMhkT&time_continue=10&v=AfHuT8-s7us

2. Texting and Driving
2D


3. Charley Says
Safety notices for children
1970
Paper cut out


4. Online PR is all about Community


5. Public Information Film - Rabies Advice
1983


6. Jeremy's Toothache



7. Protect & Survive 1970's UK Public Infommercials On Nuclear War Preparation

8. Unfairy Tales: UNICEF


9. Introduction to Model United Nations 



10. Fubila and the Internet

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Study Task 6 - Documentary Animation

1. Take Your Pills (Netflix)
Interviews with different individuals who use drugs daily for different reasons and illustrates their reasoning behind it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Xebo1pngM

2. Wee Wise Words 
By Flickerpix (Irish Animation company) https://www.flickerpix.com/
2D animation
Used the audio of interviews with panels of children discussing the serious issues of today's world and coming up with possible solutions to these problems


https://vimeo.com/30721884

3. Tower
2016
Rotoscoped old news footage of the event

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k963PfUVeLQ

4. Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? 
2D
French



 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv66xFD7s7g


5. Samouni Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqkkrt5iLic

6. The Wanted 18
2014
Stop motion



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnIpxHsqB2o

7. The Short Films of David Lynch 
Paper cut out


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMZOgev1ErU&list=PLAqDCLWD9bNNz6gluJN583d_gbCXIjB4A

8. Old Man
2012
By Leah Shore
Mainly 2D, some stop motion
Phone call conversation from Charles Manson in prison animated




https://vimeo.com/60199861

9. Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
2007
3D



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkSbPjrSCuY

10. I am Sun Mu
North Korean Documentary


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF164C9Oi4c
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Study Task 5 - animation as advertising

1. THINK! Road Safety
THINK! Road Safety

2. Creature Comforts 
Creature comforts is a stop motion claymation comedy made by Nick Park and Aardman studios in 1989. It was originally made as a short film but later used by the Electricity Board in the UK for TV advertisements.
Creature comforts - Electricity Ads



3. PPE Safety Animation (3D)
3D animation by Stormy Studios
Stormystudio website - https://stormystudio.com/

4. 1932 Pepsi advertisement 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvKBIEwYISA



5. Heinz's Baked Beans Advertisement 
Reminds you of UP
Australian Ad
Follows the life story of the innovation officer at Heinz and how his ideas for the product change when his life circumstances do, to make tins of beans for all sizes of life.

Awards: Axis Awards 2018, D&AD Award 2018, Webby 2018
Produced by Assembly Ltd - website: http://www.assemblyltd.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dulk2rBSKkQ





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