Final Blog Post (This is the last one)

1. I took this class because i wanted to learn a new way to express my creativity.

2. The thing i love most about this class is my classmates. Although the lessons are awesome too. because they make you figure out how things work.

3. The thing that bothered me the most is the shadowing. never really knew what to tell them about the class. This class has a very organic feel to it, and honestly that's what's made it special for me.

4. Favorite project was the voting PSA (which was the competition i believe). That was a project i thought I'd never get done let alone get a positive reaction too. considering i put that together on a Monday morning at 3am, i was really happy the way it turned out.

5. My least favorite project was the second PSA that we had to do. i had enough problems figuring out how to do the first PSA. So when the 2nd one came around, i dropped the ball hard on it.

6. Ms. Licata was always there when you needed help. if you needed extra time for a just reason, just ask. the lessons were fantastic, as long as you read them thoroughly. if you didn't, well back to square one.

7. The most important thing i learned in this class is the Adobe suite. that is a gift that keeps on giving. They are tools that you can use until the end of time.

8. This class probably wont help me with my future profession as an IT/Network Specialist, But it taught me that just because something seems easy doesn't mean it is easy. I came in to the animation class wanting to be an animator, but as thing went on, i realized i didn't have the patience to draw the same thing over and over and over. That's probably why i had a better time in 3D than 2D. then i started getting into computers.

9. I honestly can't think of anything that can be improved besides maybe a little more work time.

10. I'd tell the lil kiddo's to make sure this is the class they want to be in. this is most definitely NOT a class for the feint of heart. 

11. Additional Comments: This class has helped me in so many ways that there's too many to count. iv'e learned so much not just about video production and animation, but about life and learning to manage things in a way so that i can cope with any amount of work i have to trudge through.

Going Inside “Inside Out” with Jonas Rivera

       Going Inside “Inside Out” with Jonas Rivera is an interview from toonzone.com that covers the thought process and insight of Jonas Rivera as he talks about Inside Out, one of pixar's newest movies. in the article he mentions that in japan they had to localize the broccoli in to a bell pepper as apparently Japanese kids love broccoli and wouldn't get the joke. Another interesting tidbit was when Jonas talked about how deep in research their team went into how memories work and where they go.

        As far as the article's structure goes, its well written and to not too wordy. The inclusion of reference clips gives the reader a quick break, and as someone who doesn't like reading long articles on a screen, i appreciate that.the way i see this article is that reminds us to not only critically think, but also to make the best product we can.

THE CINEMATIC HISTORY OF FAKE BLOOD!

      In The Cinematic History Of Fake Blood, John Hess tells us about the science about fake blood and how to make it ourselves. He explains how in the early days of filming blood was almost taboo. It wasn't allowed in the US due to the Hays Code which stated that "Brutal killings are not to be presented in detail". This rule written after the head of the MPPDA(Motion Picture Association of America)stood until 1952 when the case of Joseph Burstyn, inc vs. Wilson ruled that film is under free speech.

    

      I Feel the video is well directed and stays on task. Except the few times when "DylerTurden2" was goofy, but seemed a little out of place and distracting. Overall though the video does what it sets out to do, Teach about fake blood is made and its rise to fame. As someone who didn't know how to make blood, this video is extremely valuable, And I'm sure many in the field of video production would agree with me in that knowing how to create fake blood is a necessity for film making. 

goblins, i dont like em (this is my test blog)

FINAL PROJECT BLOG- ANALYSIS/REFLECTION

When I was handed the script and was able to read it over, I chose my character BORG as the "thing" that was in question throughout. it felt like a good fit as BORG's identity is different every time he is featured in one of my animations. making the characters react scared to certain moments made more sense as I could make BORG seem more dangerous as a store model with a high security system.                

       

                 The middle of my animation went particularly well considering how many times I had issues with rotation, and timing, but I'll get to that. Using the videos that I recorded as reference, I think the actual movements of  character 2  went of pretty smoothly. seeing as I didn’t even know what Maya was  before the school year started, I'd say that my modeling skills have rapidly improved since we started the 3D part of the class. 

As my overall project went, it's not my best. between poor time management and lack of clear direction it quickly became a mess. for instance, I spent 3 days on the background. it should have taken me a day, at most a day and a half. I was on the right track when I wrote down how long the line was spoken, but I didn’t use that when it came to the length of scene 

In the end, I feel like most of the productivity was made in the extra week we were given. something I would definitely need to do is create a schedule of what needed to be done and when. The main reason I didn’t do well on this project was because I had almost no workflow. it was more like a slightly organized mess. 

FINAL PROJECT BLOG- Refrences

1.   Reference01.mov: This video helped me to animate the motion for my character from hands in the air to an i don't know shrug.  Scott demonstrates this in the video.

2.   Reference02.mov: This video helped me to animate the evasion of a saw blade using Scott as a target, he had to evade my binder's strap.(filmed by Patrick)

3.  

                               (1950 Oldsmobile)                                                                 (343 Guilty Spark)

These 2 pictures are my inspirations/references for my 3d star: BORG and his alterations for the final project. my original idea was for him to be a mix between vintage and futuristic, but also easy to work with. BORG in the final however, leans a lot more towards the futuristic side.

weekly post...

This week seemed to disappear. With the assembly, nCloth and my inability to remember storyboard due dates taking away from my animation, you could say the week went by pretty fast. the most frustrating thing is probably nCloth physics. all of the tutorials i looked up didn't really explain what to do, just how to do it. on the upside, thanks to Ryan, i was able to achieve my goal of a realistic banner for my independent study. i cant wait to get started on my final project! it will again star my favorite robot: B.O.R.G. and i hope everyone will like it when its done. anyways, that's it for me.

                                                                                                                           Jeff Myer, Signing off.









To anyone interested: here's the video i used to get started on making nCloth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjfWpMPwsdE