- denoting the photographic technique of taking a sequence of frames at set intervals to record changes that take place slowly over time. When the frames are shown at normal speed the action seems much faster.
Thursday 30 January 2014
Time Lapse in animation
Time lapse is the oposite to stop motion but uses the same process to create it. To create a time lapse you must set up a tripod in a set location and not move it at all, depending on what you are taking the images of depends on how often you take them, for example if you wanted to create a time lapse of the skyline through out the day you would take a picture every 30 minutes to an hour depending on how effective and detailed you want it to appear, another popular creation using time lapse is watching the decay of carcases, in this situation you would have to take a picture every so many hours - a few times a day. This can take weeks of years as creating a time lapse is a long time consuming way of creating animation.
- denoting the photographic technique of taking a sequence of frames at set intervals to record changes that take place slowly over time. When the frames are shown at normal speed the action seems much faster.
- denoting the photographic technique of taking a sequence of frames at set intervals to record changes that take place slowly over time. When the frames are shown at normal speed the action seems much faster.
Thursday 9 January 2014
Modern day animation
Over the years animation has evolved not only in technique but also with target audience.
Many animations now aim not only towards children as their target audience but also young adults and teenagers. many examples of animations that have been produced in my life time have a target audience of young adults and teenagers, some examples of these are. The simpsons, Celebrity Death match, Family guy, American Dad, Cleveland show, wallace and gromit, adventure time, south park, spongebob squarepants, regular show, futurerama and many more.
i have chosen too do 3 well known animations to talk about in depth.
Adventure Time
Adventure time is a cell based animation for cartoon network created by Pendleton Ward a actor/writer from the USA. The show was originally suppose to attract children of young ages but because increasingly popular by teenagers due to the sexual innuendoes and drug references that children are un able to pick up. The show was first aired in 2010 with an episode titled "slumber party panic". this episode has speculated around the internet as the opening scene shows one of the characters fall onto their head, every episode afterwards the same character has came across as mentally challenged. it is said that this is the reason for this characters actions.
Family Guy
Another animation that has been produced in my lifetime is the much loved Family guy. Created and staring Seth Macfarlan, first aired in 1999 and has carried on to this very day up to the 14th series.
It consists of a family man and the antics that go ahead with their ugly daughter, talking dog and world dominating baby. The show has a lot of racial, sexist, alcohol and sexual relations in pretty much every episode which some people can find offensive. The show also add a musical twist a lot of the time with spin off episodes with Stewie and Brian where they go on adventures such as to multi-universes and different states in america. Again family guy is a cel-based animation with 5.25 million viewers. It reached a 2.6 adults 18-49 rating down 21% from a 3.3 last year. in December 2013 the producers of the show pulled a stunt which affected the viewers and got everyone talking about the show. They killed off one of the main and much loved characters, the family pet Brain, and the episode saw the heart breaking emotion of the toddler on the show aswell as the replacement of the dog with another called vinnie. The new dog was shown in 2 episodes untill a christmas special where the new companion helped the young child travel back in time and save the beloved family pet. Producers of the show stated in many interviews "as if we would EVER kill off brian"
music and lyrics by stewie griffin
brian death
Celebrity Death Match
This is a show that again is aimed towards teenagers and young adults, but unlike the others that are created by a cel-based style of animation this show is model based which is rare to see these days.
The short length shows created by Eric Fogel ran from 1998 too 2007 when the show ended on season 6. the show consists of plasticine models based on celebrities that enter a wrestling arena and fight... to the death. The show has a lot of violence and possibly offends a lot of people. The show was cancelled in 2007 due to the producers feeling the show wasn't going anywhere with the views decreasing a lot.
Many animations now aim not only towards children as their target audience but also young adults and teenagers. many examples of animations that have been produced in my life time have a target audience of young adults and teenagers, some examples of these are. The simpsons, Celebrity Death match, Family guy, American Dad, Cleveland show, wallace and gromit, adventure time, south park, spongebob squarepants, regular show, futurerama and many more.
i have chosen too do 3 well known animations to talk about in depth.
Adventure Time
Adventure time is a cell based animation for cartoon network created by Pendleton Ward a actor/writer from the USA. The show was originally suppose to attract children of young ages but because increasingly popular by teenagers due to the sexual innuendoes and drug references that children are un able to pick up. The show was first aired in 2010 with an episode titled "slumber party panic". this episode has speculated around the internet as the opening scene shows one of the characters fall onto their head, every episode afterwards the same character has came across as mentally challenged. it is said that this is the reason for this characters actions.
Family Guy
Another animation that has been produced in my lifetime is the much loved Family guy. Created and staring Seth Macfarlan, first aired in 1999 and has carried on to this very day up to the 14th series.
It consists of a family man and the antics that go ahead with their ugly daughter, talking dog and world dominating baby. The show has a lot of racial, sexist, alcohol and sexual relations in pretty much every episode which some people can find offensive. The show also add a musical twist a lot of the time with spin off episodes with Stewie and Brian where they go on adventures such as to multi-universes and different states in america. Again family guy is a cel-based animation with 5.25 million viewers. It reached a 2.6 adults 18-49 rating down 21% from a 3.3 last year. in December 2013 the producers of the show pulled a stunt which affected the viewers and got everyone talking about the show. They killed off one of the main and much loved characters, the family pet Brain, and the episode saw the heart breaking emotion of the toddler on the show aswell as the replacement of the dog with another called vinnie. The new dog was shown in 2 episodes untill a christmas special where the new companion helped the young child travel back in time and save the beloved family pet. Producers of the show stated in many interviews "as if we would EVER kill off brian"
music and lyrics by stewie griffin
brian death
stewie saves brian
Celebrity Death Match
This is a show that again is aimed towards teenagers and young adults, but unlike the others that are created by a cel-based style of animation this show is model based which is rare to see these days.
The short length shows created by Eric Fogel ran from 1998 too 2007 when the show ended on season 6. the show consists of plasticine models based on celebrities that enter a wrestling arena and fight... to the death. The show has a lot of violence and possibly offends a lot of people. The show was cancelled in 2007 due to the producers feeling the show wasn't going anywhere with the views decreasing a lot.
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