Weekly comments 11/23

This week we learned after effects so it was all demos and tutorials. We learned animation, masks, and typography.

My favorite demo this week was masks and I've always wondered how to edit more than 1 of yourself in the same shot, I would like to learn how to do that.

This week was pretty okay since I finished swim at my high school and I don't have to carry around an extra bag with me all the time. Also I saw mocking jay and it was pretty coooool.
We had 4 demos and tutorials to go along with them so that was a lot of work. But at least we get to take a small break from premiere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZtbB4D1mDQ this is a music video from one of my favorite artists and since we were talking about masks in class it reminded me of this mv. Since they use mask heavily in the entire video :P Also it's a really great song

Foley polie olie

In the video we learn that most sounds in a film are not the actual sounds that came from the recording. Because it would be difficult to pick up those sounds, instead they are added later in the post production stage. There are 3 types of sounds used in a video. Ambience, library effects, and foley. Ambience is the background noise that helps create the environment of something you're shooting. Library effete prerecorded sounds that you can find anywhere but are sometimes hard to obtain. Like explosions and gunshots. And foley are sounds specially recorded for a shot. And they are usually made from anything. In the early 1900's, foley was used during Vaudeville performances, so people have been doing foley for a very long time.

Sound is really important in a film. Just using sound you can create an atmosphere and you'd be able to tell what kind of environment you're in without looking at anything on the screen. I learned about Vaudeville in class one day and I thought it was really cool, we didn't learn about how they used foley during the live performances though so I learned something new. I think foley seems really interesting and wonder if it's a really high paying job?

Using references for animation

This article talks about the importance of using references in animation. That it isn't cheating to use references. Because you have the entire world to look at and try to apply it to your animations. Some really important references you can look at are in comic books, nature videos, or take a video of yourself acting out a scene. But don't just copy it exactly how you see it. Study it so you can apply it to your own animations.

I liked their article because I like to use references all the time when I'm drawing. Mostly for poses because drawing a natural looking pose is difficult. I think that all skillful animators got that way just because they observe the environment around them. We get a lot of tips and the one we see a lot usually say take a sketch book everywhere with you and draw. I don't think theres any reason for someone to feel like they;re cheating when they use references because how else will we learn?

Weekly comments 11/16

Oops I haven't done my blog in a couple weeks.  This week I learned that premier cc files aren't compatible with premier cs6 so twice I've lost my documentary project files. And also I accidentally deleted my file so I also learned I'm dumb.

I'm interested to start after effects bc briefly I was really fascinated with special effects and I'm curious to see how it works cause I don't have any idea. I'm more interested in special effects than I am with filming so hopefully this is really fun

Something nice this week was going to the villa open house, & I've become familiar with some of the people there so it was nice to see them again. I also already found a group of friends so if I end up going there i don't have to worry about making friends, ha

Something ehh this week was losing my project three times. I've just been having a lot of bad luck and I wanna get this over with.

interesting link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGmKmVvCzkw

it's about a virtual girl called sweetie is used to discover real pedophiles online. until now I only associated 3d characters with 3d animated movies and shows but I learned they can also be used to stop predators online.

Squishy Robots

In this article it talks about the squishy robot of the new 3D animated film from Disney called "Big Hero 6". Instead of a hard metal robot like you mostly see in media, it's a big, soft, marshmallow looking robot named Baymax. It's actually a great idea because of the softness, they are safer to be in certain places like a hospital. Roboticists around the world are researching soft, flexible robots so we can use them in our everyday lives. They can be around children and elderly people and other more fragile environments, and metal robots can be in industrial environments since they are built to last in those places. For the soft robots, instead of using gears and pistons that are on a metal robot, they can use air pressures and artificial muscles in their limbs.

I love cute robots so this article was really interesting to read. I didn't know that there could be anything but a metal robot. Think soft, humanoid robots like Baymax could exist in the future is awesome.  They seem less likely to take over the human race because of their softness. I like that there is a scientifically accurate side to this character, so its possible there can be a real robot like Baymax. I hope that cute little helping robots become a thing because I've always wanted one.

Weekly comments 2/14

This was my first week back from vacation and yeah I learned you can miss a lot and get so behind a week but thank goodness I got everything done Friday. I tried to learn everything I could from the tutorial packets since I couldn't watch the demos hopefullly I can still get by ~

Since I wasn't here for the camera demo I want to learn how to use the camera better since I only had a small chance to use it.

Something nice this week was getting all my work done and not having a bunch to do over the weekend, so I played Mirror's Edge and its super fun. I also applied to some colleges finally, I'm a bit nervous but excited about that.

Something not so cool this week, I can't really think of anything besides being nervous about taking my sat exam or waiting to hear back from colleges I've applied to. Also the documentary project seems kind of intimidating since I don't know how long it'll take to finish. Also it was Halloween so I ate a lot of candy and I am ashamed.

Cool link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl5BI9LDChg (its not anything korean this time)

If you skip to the actual interesting part around 2:00 it talks about a new dlc for assassin's creed unity called Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China. It takes place in 16th century China. The character is a woman named Shao Jun, and if you've watched Assassin's Creed: Embers you'd know who she is already and that she's totally awesome and deserves a full game. Anyways it has some pretty interesting animation, instead of exploring a 3D world it's a 2.5 dimension side scroller. The art is really pretty gorgeous and kind of reminds me of Child of Light. After ac3 I lost total interest in assassin's creed but now I want to play again because of the China dlc.