the quality of animation n.n

In this article it talks about the quality of animation over the years and the struggle to create something timeless and artistic with the time they're given. Not enough time is spent on the craft and animators spend too much time making sure the job gets done rather than making sure it looks nice. When the demand for more animated tv shows increased, the quality decreased because there wasn't enough time, they just had t get the job done and get paid. But audiences don't care much for added quality. They just care about delivery.

I most of this article is true, the quality of animation changes all the time depending on the demand for it. It's not the animators fault though, it takes a lot of time and dedication to make something that'll last a while. They should have included examples of this rushed kind of animation so we could get an idea of what it looks like. To me, the story matters a little more than the actual animation in a show. I did a research paper on Hayao Miyazaki for my english class and I learned a lot about him, he talks about the same thing in this article. It seems its the same in Japan for anime as well. Animators don't spend a lot of time making quality animation. But I hope people will understand animators more, it takes a while to make something and these aren't the kinds of things you can rush. People expect animation to always be there but they don't pay attention to hard work artists have to do.

that new animation software tho

Adobe Character animator is new animating software offered by adobe. Instead of drawing frame by frame or editing keyframes, this program allows you to control a characters movements using your own movements. With the help of a webcam and mic they can record your voice and the character's lips will move along with it. You can create the layers of the character in illustrator or photoshop and bring them to the character animator it will do all the work for you. You don't have to make any complex rigs, because the program will do it for you according the names of the layers. Any type of movement can be made and you can even add particle effects as well. You can of course animate using mouse clicks too. 

I think its a really interesting program and I'd like to try it sometime. It does made the animating so much easier. Judging from the video, it looks pretty seamless. And its not just constrained to left, right, up and down movements. You can move back and forward as well which is really cool. I still appreciate the time and effort that goes into traditional animating and keyframe animation. I think this program should be used for scenes that are harder to animate and look natural. I wonder if you can use your entire body to animate these?

tips on directing ( -_- )/

This article has many tips for an aspiring director. Many things go into being a director. Being a director, you take on many duties. You're in charge of everything about the film because its your vision everyone is trying to create. Some things that go into being a director is having a clear direction and well way to communicate it. Having a clear direction going into a film will help you finish earlier rather than just making things up as you go. It could make other people on set confused. Which is why it's also good to provide as many answers to the people on set as you can. Other important tips include making everyone set comfortable and avoid arguments if you can. It'll just make things harder if people are having disagreements. Overall, you should be a good leader when it comes to directing because you're in charge of everything during the production and everyone looks to you for direction. B)

It is true that so many things go into being a director. It's kind of intimidating to think about all the responsibilities you have to take on when making a film. I think you can become a director when you thought you wanted to be something else. In the article it stated that you could be the most creative director but not being a trustworthy director to the set and actors doesn't make you the best director. Being a trustworthy director will reflect on your work.

Weekly comments 4/12

It's always difficult coming back from spring break. This week was a work week so we had to work on our latest projects.

I want to learn how to be motivated to do my work on time, also lately I can't come up with any good ideas. they used to come to me really easily.

Something that frustrated me is my computer at home is ridiculous and can't run premiere or after effects very well.

Something that made me happy was this week being really short so the weekend came faster. I'm also going to toronto and I just like being in this city.

Cool link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/wes-anderson-movie_n_4225333.html

I did my research paper on Wes Anderson and I learned a lot of cool things about this film maker. I used this article as a reference, it has a bunch of things that show up in his films all of the time.

Neurocinema :~0

The term neurocinema is the study of how the brain and your emotions are affected by a film. We've all experienced suspense or paranoia from watching a film, but they say there's more to just that. In the video it talks about an experiment where subjects watched clips of a movie while in MRI machines so they can monitor their brain activity. They found that each of the subjects had similar brain activity watching the film and had similar eye movements as well. Their brains also increased activity and decreased activity at the same time while watching certain clips. It also talked about how films were used to control people during WWII with propaganda films. Films can be very powerful, and it talks about how films in the future could become interactive.

This article could probably explain why when we leave the movie theatre we feel like we've just come out of a trance. Its easy to manipulate someones emotions when you have the right sounds and music to go along with the film. It's kind of scary to think that films could control us in a bad way. But movies also make us think differently and can inspire us, so there's also a good part. Documentaries about certain issues can also affect our emotions. Art in general inspires us and controls our emotions but films are definitely one of the most powerful in affecting our brains.

a career, not a job in animation

This article talks about an animator who has worked in the industry for 36 years. He talks about the same ambition that we've all had before we start out as an animator, we want to work at Disney or Dreamworks. Some big company and we expect to be doing that the rest of our career. The author explains its not that easy to achieve and there are things that could constantly get in your way. He is basically saying that animation isn't a job because you have to find or keeping creating work yourself. Which is what he's done for his whole life, he's worked on several different projects and has had different roles in animation production. Like helping design Sebastian on the little mermaid or being a supervising animator for cogsworth on beauty and the beast & Aladdin. In between these projects he'd work as a freelance. He says that we should never take a job for granted and each of those jobs are part of career and help shape it.

This article isn't to scare away future animators and people who want to go into the industry, like myself, its to tell us what its going to be like as a career. Work isn't always going to come to you, you may have to find it yourself. Which is why you have to be really passionate about this kind of thing. Most of the events he talked about in this article happened 10 or 20 years ago, the industry is probably a lot different now and there may be more demand for jobs from animators too. I'm not sure what it's really like now. But despite the job outlook, he is right about animation being a career. Rather than a job.