Friday 30 January 2009

Image and Text

In electives I chose the 'Image and Text' lesson. It's all about illustration involves drawing and media. On Monday it started out as an introduction to the unit and presentation of Marc's work. Marc showed me his comic book. In the afternoon I started drawing pictures. I then followed commands to draw a 'Dinosuar and dancing out for a party'.

On Tuesday I brought comic books for a presentation and to discuss a theme. I drew a mini comic with four panels and drew pictures relating to a story about what happens in life. I did a mini comic about my friend. She was cycling down the road and an old lady accidentally walked in front of her.

Sunday 18 January 2009

Analysis of an Animation Film.

I chose an interesting animation film ‘Wallace and Gromit - “The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” to analyze. I’ll examine the shots one by one and frame by frame. I’ll look at different shots - like long shots, close ups, point of view shots. I need to look at sequences that stand out to me and what makes it more interested than others and why I like them.

I’ve watched the DVD of ‘Wallace and Gromit the Curse of the Were-Rabbit’ and I liked it because it’s funny, enjoyable and entertaining. It also stimulates the imagination.




Sunday 4 January 2009

My Final Animation- The Naming Game

Last year I was working on an animation project called ‘The Naming Game’. It’s about names of people, things and others. I obtained information from a website called ‘ Baby Names World’ and several books. I realized many names have meanings but some don’t. I decided to use a person's name to develop my game I made a game that is interactive mixed with Flash and I Stop Motion. I realized it was complicated and I needed help to finish this work. My tutor assisted me.

I created my character which was formed into letters of my name as the main character.

In this game the character showed that names come from different countries and it shows the meaning of the name. It was a guessing game that enabled the viewer to guess the correct name.