Updated Showreel.

This is an updated showreel including all the animations I have made during my time on the foundation course at Ravensbourne.

The Girl With the Yellow Balloon

This is my final animation 'the girl with the yellow balloon,' i am really pleased with the outcome and think the narrative has worked well. I hand drew all the scenes on flash and imported them into after effects to put them all together. It took we a while to master the girls walk and some of the complexed parts such as climbing the tree and turning her head at the end. Feedback I got from crits included: in depth research, good inspiration, nice sound, could of made the string move more, a hand drawn title would of been nice, nice style, some footsteps out of sync, good shapes, nice that only somethings were coloured, childlike style. simple and effective, different sound footsteps when climbing the tree, playful at beginning, narrative could of gone further, nice story, could of had a balloon sound, nice black and white silhouettes. If i had more time i would of liked to make the balloon string move more and tried out different sounds, i would also of like to make it longer maybe had more struggles in the middle of her trying to catch the balloon. Overall I am pleased with the outcome and really enjoyed this project as a whole.

Test Animation

This is a quick test animation I did using just the first few frames of my storyboard. I drew the animation on flash and put it into after effects to put them together. I think the timing is right however at the moment the girl just slides along the floor, i need to animate her arms and legs to look like she is walking which would improve the animation. I like the background and the birds but will need to crop it for the final animation.

Animatic

This is a quick animatic i made using the my storyboard. I set the timeline to 30 seconds and moved each frame to the time I wanted it. I used the sound I recorded from Lambeth as background sound and got a few sounds of birds tweeting and a girl laughing from youtube. For my final animation i want to go back to Lambeth and record a few more sound to add to the ones i already have.

Style Sheets

These are a few style sheets i drew, I want my animation to be fun, playful and childlike so i want to hand draw my animation either onto flash or make a stop motion hand drawn animation. I don't want them to be the best drawings and I just want the outline of buildings and objects. I want the animation   to only have certain objects coloured in for example the balloon however i am thinking now of having her dress and the river in colour as well. I think this will work well so certain parts stand out and the rest blends in to the background so the viewer focuses on the important objects.

Storyboards

The first story board I drew was based on the one legged pigeon. He gets bullied by his friends so decides to run away. He is sheltering in the rain when a cat comes up to him and says he can get the pigeon a new leg. The pigeon follows the cat however the cat was tricking him and eats the pigeon. This was just a first draft storyboard and needs work however it does go from a negative to a positive and back to a negative.

My first draft storyboard is about a girl walking with her father when the wind blows and the balloon blows away. They are both trying to catch it but can't so decide to walk away. The balloon then starts to chase the little girl and they play a game. The wind blows and the balloon gets stuck in the tree , the little girl tries to grab the balloon but realises it has a nice view of the city so decides to leave it up there. After talking with Chris he says he likes the story but says I should cut the whole animation down to the last two frames.

My second storyboard is detailed and is based on the last two frames of my first story. It focuses on the girl playing chase with the balloon and trying to catch it when it goes in the tree and eventually realising it is nice for the balloon to float away rather than being tied down with her.

I have watched a few short films the red balloon and the kite runner that i think relate well to my story, about the chase for something by small children.

Lambeth

The second day of the project we had to visit a random area of London that we placed a pin on, on a map. The area I chose was Lambeth, I had never been before so I was happy to visit somewhere new. However I found the area quite boring! There was no one around and not many things went on. The two things I saw that I think I can make an animation out of is a one legged pigeon and a girl carrying a yellow balloon. I thought the Imperial war museum made a good location for my animation especially the large tree that was beside it and the interesting top of the building. Theses are some drawings I did on the day.

You are Here

On the first day of this new 3 week project we walked from north greenwich to the Cutty Sark, as we were walking we had to document things we saw by, drawing, taking photographs, listening to conversations and taking notes. This task was to make sure we notice all the things around us, especially the things we don't notice normally. I documented things such as rubbish rolling along the ground and a dog chasing a pigeon. One of the comments I heard was said to Jason as he was carrying Emily across a puddle, the man said 'I'll give you a tenner if you drop her.' I found this task very interesting and it made me realise more things that were happening around me everyday.

These are a few images i took whilst walking of things i would not normally notice.

Freedom and Liberty Final Film

For this project I worked with connie and olivia for the final film. We hired out a green screen and liv acted out different climbing positions that we could later edit into a skeleton. We originally wanted to go to a park so it would be easy to climb however we realised it would be difficult to later cut the background out and add the skeleton in. After we filmed we put the shots onto after effects and deleted the background and put the skeleton image into the film so that it looked like liv was climbing around her own body, trying to get out. I really enjoyed working with connie and liv as we mixed film and animation and came up with some good ideas, due to coming from different backgrounds of work, I like the final piece and I think it has worked well. Some feedback from crits included: good original idea, after effects skills are good, good skeleton, don't like the music, linked well to social anxiety,could do more shots, can still see the green in some of the shots, creative idea. I agree with all this feedback and will improve the film with this I'm mind.

Freedom Within the Soul

To improve my film I added diegetic sound instead of music.

Freedom within the Soul Take 2.

Freedom and Liberty-Final Idea

My final idea is to show the struggle of a person with social anxiety and show how they feel trapped inside their own body. I will show them wanting to get out but finding it hard to express themselves. My idea is to show a person trying to get out of their own body, i will make them climb up the rib cage, swing on bones, jump up the spine, shake leg bone and climb across the shoulder bone. I am going to film the person completing these actions with a green screen then put the movie into after effects and use animation to animate the bones in. This is a rough storyboard as i was thinking of ideas for the person to complete when inside their own body.

Freedom and Liberty-Social Anxiety

I looked at this website as research for social anxiety, it was very useful and helped me understand the condition more. It made me think of being trapped, opposite to freedom and the idea of being trapped inside yourself as people with social anxiety find it hard to communicate with people, they often know what they want to say but cannot get the words out.
Social Anxiety

I also looked at Euthanasia and the views as to whether it is morally right or wrong. I watched the film Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood. It follows the story of an under appreciated boxing trainer, his elusive past and his quest to help an amateur boxer achieve her dream and become a professional. In one fight she falls and breaks her neck, the story follows her fight for survival and her decision to end her own life.
Euthanasia

Freedom and Liberty Ink Drawings

I started this project by researching freedom and liberty and decided to draw some on the most common things that symbolise this, such as the statue of liberty, birds, a kite and a bald eagle. By doing this it gave me many ideas as starting points for the project, although I didn't want to make a project including these things as it was very cliche, i want to look deeper into this and look at quotes and disorders where people feel trapped instead of free.

Animations

Animated Dreams

Procrastination

Life Drawing Animation

Gulp

Against the Grain

The Seed