3rd Year Research Project Proposal

The idea of forming my own dissertation question has been plaguing my mind for a couple of months now so I felt like it was time to get things down in words to see if it will help.

Mulling over the questions of what I find interesting in animation - because this is vital if I am to research into it during the next year (it needs to keep me focused and interested throughout) - I am now thinking about using this title:

ANIMATION AS A FORM OF COMMUNICATING A MESSAGE THROUGH FILM, TELEVISION AND THE INTERNET WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY DIALOG

My points of research at the moment are:
Early animations by artists such as Winsor McCay, Walt Disney

To look at new animations in film such as Someone by Magali Barbe

(more to follow)

I bought a fantastic book recently from The Works (reduced from £20 to £7.99!!) called ANIMATION ART and will be using it a lot for research and references.


Music: Fripp & Eno - Tripoli 202

Time Lapse

I recently discovered that my laptop has iMovie 6 which gives me the capability to make time lapse videos.

As I took my laptop with me on my recent trip abroad I decided to experiment and record one night to see what would happen. Here is the result...

The music I used is Shakti with John Mclaughlin - Isis. If you like it, please buy the album


Music: The Beta Band - Monolith

Update (before I go on holiday)

Have had quite a productive week...

I got the train to London on Monday to meet with Elliot and go to see Waiting For Godot at the Haymarket Theatre on the following day. So on Monday we had the entire day to venture round London. We went to the British Museum and Buckingham Palace.





In the evening we went to the Short & Sweet film evening down on Brick Lane. They played 8 films. The first short film was called Bitch by Dom Bridges. It was really funny and I enjoyed it a lot.




Another film I really enjoyed was Dix by BIF Pictures. I noticed in the credits that The Mill did the animation! Great work...



After the film showing we went to Ain't Nothin' But... a lovely little blues bar near Carnaby Street and saw Pete G and the Magni Tones (not to be mistaken for Peter Green from Fleetwood Mac)!

So on Tuesday morning we went to the Haymarket Theatre to get our tickets for Waiting For Godot. We were there at 10.30am sharp to get hold of the limited tickets they release everyday for £10 (with restricted view). But when we got there, we were told that people had been queuing and waiting in sleeping bags outside the theatre from 4am!!

Not to let that bother us I called Smoke & Mirrors to try and have a look in the studio. They agreed and I arranged to meet someone there and be shown around that afternoon. S&M run a huge post-pro operation and have a great network and team of artists to make that process happen with ease.
They have made; Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother, 118 118 Who You Gonna Call, Vision Express Eye Exam and many more.

Soon I will be organising my course (Multimedia:Vitural Environment) to go on a trip down to London to look in Smoke & Mirrors, The Mill and another 3D studio.

Since coming back home I have discovered that my laptop (Macbook Pro) has the capability to record time-lapse videos. I will be posting my experiments soon.

Tomorrow i'm on an early flight out of the country for 10 days. Will post all the things I got up to then.
Bye for now! :)


Music: Rachel's - Water From The Same Source

Robot Arm Solves Rubik's Cube

I wanted to combine a new piece of animation with an old (robot arm). Took me a good few hours to do today because I kept messing up with the lighting and textures! Was good practice though. I have learnt from the mistakes and I think my process of working will be better next time I do something similar.
Anyway i'm happy with the result but can see a few places that need improving on. The sound is just something I tried to find which was 23 seconds long and it's Bude by King Crimson.

Comments and thoughts are welcome please!

Battle For Terra

The latest Sci-Fi movie; Battle For Terra will be available from 22nd September this year. It looks really good from the trailer. I don't think there has been a very good Sci-Fi movie for a long time and there is a possibility that this is breaking the barrier for 3D films so it could make its mark. David Cross is in this too, so there might even be some comedy! :) Here is the trailer for the new movie...



And here is the short film on which the movie has been based on...

Terra Short movie
by dragonball-trailer

To be kept up to date on the movie click HERE

Thoughts and comments are very welcome.


Music: Stephane Grappelli - Anything Goes