Sunday, February 27, 2011
Workplace Health and Safety is Finished.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Stop Motion
Who was the guy holding the medusa?
That guy is Ray Harryhausen.
He was most known for his animation in filims like King Kong and Jason and the Argonauts. The style of animation that he used was called either Stop Motion or Special Effects animation.
I find the skeleton scene in Jason and the Argonauts especially interesting because of the way that the actors interact with the stop motion skeletons. As it is an old film I expected it to be a little dodgy, but this was due to the actors not the stop motion. The skeletons for the most part are very well done, they move smoothly and fight as you'd expect them to. Harryhausen was a master
Another topic of today was monsters and one of the big questions for an animator is why people choose to use them. For starters monsters are maleable, they an interesting larger than life creature which really doesn't have to be limited by the imagination. Despite their appearance they can be used to portray human emotions and therefore can tell human stories (Monsters Inc). They can also evoke the opposite emotion and can be seen as violent, hideous creatures or destroyers with which the veiwer has no problem watching them die (godzilla).
We did a stop motion on monkey jam today. Its about a monster and a jellyfish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgJTlv3z6B4
That guy is Ray Harryhausen.
He was most known for his animation in filims like King Kong and Jason and the Argonauts. The style of animation that he used was called either Stop Motion or Special Effects animation.
I find the skeleton scene in Jason and the Argonauts especially interesting because of the way that the actors interact with the stop motion skeletons. As it is an old film I expected it to be a little dodgy, but this was due to the actors not the stop motion. The skeletons for the most part are very well done, they move smoothly and fight as you'd expect them to. Harryhausen was a master
Another topic of today was monsters and one of the big questions for an animator is why people choose to use them. For starters monsters are maleable, they an interesting larger than life creature which really doesn't have to be limited by the imagination. Despite their appearance they can be used to portray human emotions and therefore can tell human stories (Monsters Inc). They can also evoke the opposite emotion and can be seen as violent, hideous creatures or destroyers with which the veiwer has no problem watching them die (godzilla).
We did a stop motion on monkey jam today. Its about a monster and a jellyfish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Who were those two old guys?
Those Two Old Guys
Those two old guys featured in The Iron Giant and The Incredibles were Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas.
Brad Bird honored these two because they inspired him and were part of Disney's Nine Old Men, whom he looked up to. In their cameo in the incredibles the dialogue between Frank and Ollie goes something like this:
Frank: Hey you see that?
Ollie: Yea
Frank: that's the way to do it, its oldschool
Ollie: Yea there's no school like the oldschool.
Then one of them laughs.
In Lady and The Tramp, Frank Thomas was the animator who did the spaghetti scene with Lady and Tramp though it was Ollie who animated Lady for most of the movie.
Those two old guys featured in The Iron Giant and The Incredibles were Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas.
Brad Bird honored these two because they inspired him and were part of Disney's Nine Old Men, whom he looked up to. In their cameo in the incredibles the dialogue between Frank and Ollie goes something like this:
Frank: Hey you see that?
Ollie: Yea
Frank: that's the way to do it, its oldschool
Ollie: Yea there's no school like the oldschool.
Then one of them laughs.
In Lady and The Tramp, Frank Thomas was the animator who did the spaghetti scene with Lady and Tramp though it was Ollie who animated Lady for most of the movie.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Lady and the Tramp
1. How did Walt Disney get his ideas for this movie?
Walt Disney went to have dinner with his friends and he thought that something similar to his friends dog would fit well into the story he was working on.
He also got more ideas from reading a magazine called Happy Dan the Cynical Dog and asked the author Ward Green to make it into a short story.
Another event which he modelled the story on happened when he apparently gave his wife a puppy in a hat box. He later used this scene in the movie.
2. Who were the main ideas people?
The main ideas people behind lady and the tramp were Joe Grant and Ward Green.
3. What year was the film made/released?
The film was made/released in 1955 despite it being shelved twice before in 1931 and 1943
1. How did Walt Disney get his ideas for this movie?
Walt Disney went to have dinner with his friends and he thought that something similar to his friends dog would fit well into the story he was working on.
He also got more ideas from reading a magazine called Happy Dan the Cynical Dog and asked the author Ward Green to make it into a short story.
Another event which he modelled the story on happened when he apparently gave his wife a puppy in a hat box. He later used this scene in the movie.
2. Who were the main ideas people?
The main ideas people behind lady and the tramp were Joe Grant and Ward Green.
3. What year was the film made/released?
The film was made/released in 1955 despite it being shelved twice before in 1931 and 1943
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Blog
Hello there, my name is Daniel and this is my blog for animation and such. I'm hungry I will eat lunch from now on.
I'm particularly interested in art by Jamie Hewlett as his style is quite unique. Jamie Hewlett is known for being the co-creator of Gorillaz and also for his comic book series Tank Girl. Here's the film clip for the Gorillaz song 19-2000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUjtHf76wM
Another person I draw inspiration from is hayao miyazaki as the amount of detail and effort which goes into his work is truly amazing. I also think that the style in which he draws is interesting as it is different from typical anime; its more realistic and the characters don't seem to be based around the same stereotypical guidelines as most others. My favourite films by him are either Spirited Away or Howls Moving Castle, though I find all of them genuinely interesting.
I'm interested in the art style used in the movie Dead Leaves. This movie is very obscene and has a fairly loose plot where everything is high intensity and overdone. That being said I still like what the main characters look like and it has some fairly innovative ideas incorporated. If you're easily offended you shouldn't watch this movie.
I'm also quite interested in anime, not the style of art so much, more the storylines themselves. I've watched a few series' but the ones I enjoyed most were, Baccano!, Elfen Lied, Black Lagoon, Cowboy Bebop, Durarara!!, Hellsing (the original one I like more because of the way the music fits the story) and recently I've started watching Paranoia Agent.
Despite my love of anime I am influenced by the over-the-top expressions that many western cartoons have. Early disney movies I think are quite interesting as they reflect a lot upon the culture of their time and they seem to have occaisional scenes that aren't plot related but are more focussed on the portrayal of interesting things the animators can create.
That's all I can think of for now, I'll put up links to things that I find interesting in the future when I find them again.
I'm particularly interested in art by Jamie Hewlett as his style is quite unique. Jamie Hewlett is known for being the co-creator of Gorillaz and also for his comic book series Tank Girl. Here's the film clip for the Gorillaz song 19-2000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUjtHf76wM
Another person I draw inspiration from is hayao miyazaki as the amount of detail and effort which goes into his work is truly amazing. I also think that the style in which he draws is interesting as it is different from typical anime; its more realistic and the characters don't seem to be based around the same stereotypical guidelines as most others. My favourite films by him are either Spirited Away or Howls Moving Castle, though I find all of them genuinely interesting.
I'm interested in the art style used in the movie Dead Leaves. This movie is very obscene and has a fairly loose plot where everything is high intensity and overdone. That being said I still like what the main characters look like and it has some fairly innovative ideas incorporated. If you're easily offended you shouldn't watch this movie.
I'm also quite interested in anime, not the style of art so much, more the storylines themselves. I've watched a few series' but the ones I enjoyed most were, Baccano!, Elfen Lied, Black Lagoon, Cowboy Bebop, Durarara!!, Hellsing (the original one I like more because of the way the music fits the story) and recently I've started watching Paranoia Agent.
Despite my love of anime I am influenced by the over-the-top expressions that many western cartoons have. Early disney movies I think are quite interesting as they reflect a lot upon the culture of their time and they seem to have occaisional scenes that aren't plot related but are more focussed on the portrayal of interesting things the animators can create.
That's all I can think of for now, I'll put up links to things that I find interesting in the future when I find them again.
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