Monday, March 30, 2020

Animation Project: AHHHHHHHHHHA


Animation Project: Update 31/3/20

How we Met

Overall:
I am having trouble with motivation and staying focused at home, having one place for relaxing and one for work makes it easier, I am trying to have set times to work but I'm not sure its working
I am going to try and work on each thing at least half an hour each day, and hopefully I will end up in focus or in rythem and end up doing more.

Self study is not a strengh of mine O_O

Treatment Progress:
I'm having trouble finding inspiration, I know I need this done now and posted for progress, its on the way.

Treatment
“How we Met”

Ezaru is flying through the sky, crying, bound for her childhood home, she reaches her house, and flops down at the doorway sobbing.From further in the House Martha Notices the unexpected presence, and approaches, calling her daughter's name carefully.
Noticing her current state Marthe nuzzles her daughter fussing over her, and plopping down next to her, on the ledge leading into their home.
Ezaru through tears explains that she had had a fight with her best friend ace, they hadn’t fought before, definitely not this bad, After thinking Ezaru thinks she might be the one at fault and thinks she won’t be able to be friends again, not after the fight.

Martha stops her in her tracks, saying that one bad fight will not break a good friendship, despite not being fond of Ace, she has learned that their friendship, so far, has had a positive impact on her daughter, making her more independent and giving her more opportunities to learn.
Martha ushers her daughter inside and out of the cold. Martha leads Ezaru into the living room sitting her down on a couch like piece of furniture.
Martha sits down next to her. She explains friendships are not easy, she had her own share of fights and arguments with Nova when they were traveling.
Ezaru chuckles, and says she always loved hearing about her own mother's adventures.
Ezaru states that, Martha had told her about adventures when she was young, but never how they had met, 
Martha thinks for a second before responding that she hadn’t, Ezaru silently begs her to tell her, Martha looks at her daughter and smirks telling her she will on one condition, that the next day she would find and make up with her friend, that it wasn’t good to leave things too long.
Ezaru with a pouty face agrees to her demands and looks up at her mother awaiting the story of how they met.
Martha reminisces before beginning her story, of how she met her partner, Nova

FB1:
“Martha Narating”
Martha is looking through a clover patch, searching for four leaf clovers for her collection, She hears shifting behind her and turns to find another dragon, one of her species.
She asks who he is and he introduces himself as Nova, he trots over to the nearby tree jumping up to a hollow dug into its side, He continues, saying he hadn’t seen her there before.
Nova pulls out a small box from the trunk, plopping it onto the ground as he looks to Martha for her reply.
Martha turned her nose, telling him she was looking for four leaf clovers and the patches near her house did not have any, so she was looking in clover patches further from home, she wasn’t new he, just wasn’t observant.
A shout from the distance startels the two.
Nova curses saying his dad is calling before bounding away leaving Martha at the clover patch.

FB2: Martha recounting them meeting again

FB 3 the attack
They both comloooo;llpe back to the tree, to meet up
talking when they hear screams in the distence, to see other dragon fleeing and humans.
the two panic, the one hunter shows up from behind the tree and attacks,
pinning Nova with a trap, Martha fights back and frees him and they flee,
Throughout the chaos they find Novas father who tells them they must flee,
Martha wants to find her family but the father says there is no time
chase,
flee through Fire, without father, holding other hunters back

FB 4 post attack
Shots of them cuddling in a cave
traveling and hiding
and making a new home.

Concept Art Progress: Eh its going,

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Research: DONE AHHHHH



How can I effectively represent the close relationship 
I have with my mother through an animated short film, 
using flashbacks as a plot device?
(Due 27/3/20)


Portrayal of a Mother’s love
Researching the methods I can use to show and create a close mother/daughter relationship, that my audience and I can relate to and make it believable.

Question Outline:
How can I effectively represent the close relationship 
I have with my mother through an animated short film, 
using flashbacks as a plot device?


Definitions:
Flashback:
A flashback is the term used for a scene in a film set earlier than in the main story, and example of this would be a character revisiting an old memory or having a “flashback’

Plot Device:
A Plot Device is a character, object or element in a story put in place to advance the plot


Reason:
I want to share the story of my two characters, Ezaru and Martha, through an animated short film,  I want to create a relationship in my story, that not only can I relate to, but my audience as well, this is something I have trouble finding in animations from new zealand and wish to create myself. I will use my own relationship to help make the characters' relationship more believable.

Methodology:
I use practice based research, blogging and observation as my project methodologies 


Proposed approach


I will use my methodologies to gather relevant information and document them on my blog, to support my argument.

Statement of arguments & Organization
The Argument I will be beginning my article with is Methodology, to explain what methods I will be using to conduct my research throughout my other arguments. Following I shall bring up my argument of Mother/Daughter relationships as my question is centered around this feature and the other arguments, will mostly be in relation to said argument.Continuing I will be going to Family and Friend dynamics (and how they affect relationships) 
Moving on I will lead into techniques that support my main arguments starting off with Colour and Light and following up, 2D and 3D animation.
After the supporting technique arguments, I will advance onto the arguments centered around driving the story that my characters take part in starting with Flashbacks and finishing off with Narration.
At this I will state the conclusion of my arguments and question.


Body:


Proposal of 6 Arguments/Topics

  1. Methodology 
  2. Mother/Daughter Relationship
  3. Family and Friend Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)
  4. Colour and Light 
  5. 2D and 3D
  6. FlashBacks (Plot Device) 
  7. Nariration (Plot Device)




How the Argument Supports the Question


Methodology:
Methodology is the method of research that I will be using to find information for this article, I will be using at least 3 methods of gathering information, Practice based research, Blogs, and Observation,


Mother/Daughter Relationship
Animation can provide a medium for the representation of the mother daughter relationship. Through animation and the characters I can show my audience the bond between a mother and daughter that reflects my own relationship with my mother.

Family and Friendship Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)
Other relationships, such as friendships, can have an impact on the type of interactions a mother and daughter can have with each other.
Friendship dynamics can affect relationships within a family.


Colour and Light
Colour and light can be used to emphasize the contrast between the hostile outside world and the sanctuary of the cave, her home and her mother's embrace 
Colour and Light Strategies


2D and 3D
Depicting the mother and daughter in 3D will help them feel more fleshed out to the audience and separate them from the flashbacks of the mother's story.
Having the flashbacks in 2D will allow them to be more abstract while the 3D, non-flashback will be more solid and realistic helping the audience connect with the characters.

FlashBacks (Plot Device)
Flashback’s are quite commonly used within stories to reveal something from the past and push the story forward. 
In some cases flashbacks are used to tell an entire story, as the focus of one, may be a character recounting an adventure to another character.

Nariration (Plot Device)


Narration will be a key method within my story, as the mother is telling a story not only to Ezaru, her daughter, but to the audience, I want nariration because not only is it meant to be understood as Martha describing her past but it is also the way stories were originally passed on.
Before stories were recorded down, they were passed on by word, which is still common today, through sharing experiences with each other.





Examples to support the argument/topic for the Question
And explanation of how the Example is Relevent

Methodology: 


Practice Based Research  

Baker, Camille C, and Kate Sicchio. Intersecting Art and Technology in Practice: Techne/Technique/Technology. Routledge, 2017.n, 2009.


I will be using practice based in the sense of my own experience with my mother in relation to the characters and my own experience in 2D and 3D animation while comparing the two mediums.

Practice based research is the method of learning through research and gathering data from experience.

Blogging

 is a method of recording research done overtime, a way of stockpiling information gathered over time that you can reference back to, to show your studies done in the past,



Observation:

Observation is a method relying on ones own experiences and what goes on around them, through experience data is gathered, it is a way of studying but not looking through articles but looking with your own eyes at what happens.



Mother/Daughter Relationship


My Own Relationship:


Frozen:
In Frozen 2, the Mother tells her daughters a bedtime story, this shows us the close relationship and love they had with their mother 
(in explanation say how it relates to your project)

This relates to my project, as it shows a similar love to the one I am aiming to emulate within my own story, the love between Mother and daughter, shown through a story and through flashbacks. Frozen 2 like my film aims to create family intimacy or connection through the animated medium.


Brave:
Brave shows the relationship between Merida and her Mother, showing conflict and challenges they face all the while it shows how these challenges they face bring them closer, and strengthen their bond.


Family and Friend Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)


How to Train Your Dragon:
Within HTTYD Hiccups friendship has a big impact on his relationship with his father.
Before their friendship he and his father did not have the best relationship, Hiccup to his father, was a disappointment,
During their friendship, it changes Hiccup, which by extension starts changing the relationship between him and his father. After the climax of the film, the friendship changes the parent/child relationship for the better.


2D and 3D


Winx Club Season 5
Winx club uses both 2D and 3D within this season, It is used with differentiate diffrent worlds.
The show is normally a 2D show, following the story of Bloom (main character), however in season 5 in search of a new power, they travel to a new type of world to find it.
The strange underwater world is animated in 3D giving it a different look from the main worlds the characters live in.


Mia and me:
While this show has no 2D animation, 3D is used for the magic Elf world, while Live action is used for real life. This helps emphasize that the two worlds are different and using animation for the magic world, provides more for creative freedom than live action would allow.


Colour and Light


Tangled:
The tower that Rapunzel grew up in is shown to be a warm and welcoming home in the beginning of the movie, This is in contrast to the ending where the tower emits the emotion of a tomb and a cold unwelcoming place.


 Kung Fu Panda 2 (Inner Peace) 
During the scene where Po finds his inner peace the contrast in lighting helps reflect the broken mood he is in. The Dark and blue atmosphere combined with rain in contrast to the ram by the warm fireside showing him the path forward, the path to mending and inner peace.


FlashBacks (Plot Device)
Inside Out:
Within Inside Out, the memories of Riley are constantly shown throughout the film, Glimpses of her past, and snippets of memories drive the story and provide us with information about the character, in particular who she was in the past.


Late Afternoon:
Late Afternoon is a short film that is driven by flashbacks, Flashbacks are used to tell the story of the main character, and guide us through memories of her life.


Kung Fu Panda
Within the inner peace scene, Po’s past is revealed through a 2D paper like animation, This provides a contrast with the films 3D animation, Using 2D makes it appear as a story being told to the audience, one that is being told, through Po’s Memories.

Narration (Plot Device)


How to train your dragon
Narration is used at the beginning and end of this film. At the start it is used to set a scene, so that the audience has a better grasp of what world they are in, however they balance it with the visuals well so that they are not only telling the story, they are showing us.
At the end it mimics the beginning dialing but with a different conclusion, showing us the changes of the world in effect of the story, and wrapping up the Film.

Tangled
Narration is used at the beginning of the film, introducing us to a story, it is portrayed as Eugine (A main character) as telling a story, making the whole film in a sense a story being told, this can also be taken as the film being a flashback on how the characters, met.
It makes the character feel like he is telling us the story he and Rapunzel went through.








Conclusion:


Re-stating Argument 
I have Proven that, 
  • With the right techniques, such as lighting I can make my characters connect with Ezaru and her mother's relationship


Outline Key Points
Using my own relationship will help give it a more realistic feel as I will have something to use for reference.


Using lighting and film techniques I can guide the audience to feel drawn towards the mothers warmth 


As a result (implication of findings)


Basing the characters of of my own relationship, it will help keep the relationship more realistic, and help people connect


Other characters can have an impact of family relations through the emotional support or harm the friendship forms and effects family relations


Using a cold to show the outside world, and orange to show the mothers warmth will help show the mother is a kind person and caretaker for her daughter


Setting the characters in 3D and the flashbacks in 2D it will help show that the characters are telling a story from a more fleshed out world compared to the flashback stories.


Using flashbacks will help visualize the mothers story and engage my audience in the story being told to both her daughter and us.


Narration being present in the flashbacks will emphasize the fact that the mother is telling the story, a time that has passed and is being passed on through a tale.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

ANimation Project: I forgot about the treatment

Recently I have completely forgot about making a treatment and working on characters,
I got caught up in other project and forgot (wooops)
In this post in doing basic plotting for treatment (late I know)
and am filling in the gaps now then posting for review (the break is coming early due to the Corvid Virus so I will have time to catch up)

Story: (Treatment)

Ezaru is flying through the sky, crying, bound for her childhood home, she reaches her house, and flops down at the doorway sobbing.
From further in the House Martha Notices the unexpected presence, and approaches, gently reconciling the form,
She asks whats wrong seeing her daughter is upset.
Ezaru fully breaks down, and explain she had a bad fight with Ace, (what was it?)
and she needed to just get away for a while,

Talking
Ezaru talking about how she had a fight with ace
and that she screwed up with their relationship
Martha consoles her that
its normal to have hiccups in a relationship, and that she and nova sometimes have fights especially when they were young and had first met
Martha and Nova brought up
Ezaru asked hwo they met and did they start of like that,
Martha realizes she had never told Ezaru how they Had Met and begins to explain


FB 1 (via naration)
Martha is looking for 4 leaf clovers on the hill, only for nova to find her there
They start chatting while Martha continues looking,
Nova had hidden something of his fathers there as a prank, and he was found out and sent to get it,
bonding over small talk.
Untill Nova hears his father, then saying he has to go.

FB 2 (via narration)
Nova comes back, (small talk)
He starts helping her look for clovers

FB 3 the attack
They both comloooo;llpe back to the tree, to meet up
talking when they hear screams in the distence, to see other dragon fleeing and humans.
the two panic, the one hunter shows up from behind the tree and attacks,
pinning Nova with a trap, Martha fights back and frees him and they flee,
Throughout the chaos they find Novas father who tells them they must flee,
Martha wants to find her family but the father says there is no time
chase,
flee through Fire, without father, holding other hunters back

FB 4 post attack
Shots of them cuddling in a cave
traveling and hiding
and making a new home.

Martha finishes up, saying after
SNUGGLE

Screen Arts: Review on Glitch Techs

Miko Kubota/Me KO (Left)  Hector Nieves/High Five (Right)

Glitch Techs


Glitch tech is an animated show on Netflix following the story of, Miko Kubota/Me KO and Hector Nieves/High Five, as they discover Glitches and get the job of hunting them down and capturing them.
The Glitches come out of video games and the series overall has a video game vibe and logic to it.



So far there is only one season, a very short one, of this series but after some research I found that season 2 should be in the works, despite having a short season it was enough time to make me love the show and characters, I love this interesting world and concept that has been created.
My favorite character so far is Miko, she is quite impulsive and bright, and doesn't fall Into any bad stereotypes that a female lead might.

Research: Conclusion and reason

Research






Okay so I need to create an Argument on methodology and redo what I currently have for my reasoning of this research question.



Methodology:
Methodology is the method of research that I will be using to find information for this article,
I will be using at least 3 methods of gathering information, Practice based research, Blogs, and Observation,


Practice Based Research  
I will be using practice based in the sense of my own experience with my mother in relation to the characters and my own experience in 2D and 3D animation while comparing the two mediums.
Practice based research is the method of learning through research and gathering data from experience.

Blogging
Blogging
 is a method of recording research done overtime, a way of stockpiling information gathered over time that you can reference back to, to show your studies done in the past,

Observation:
Observation is a method relying on ones own experiences and what goes on around them, through experience data is gathered, it is a way of studying but not looking through articles but looking with your own eyes at what happens.


Reasoning:

Share the story of two of my character, 
Help people relate to them, by using my own relationship as inspiration.
Animation is a highly accessible medium and it also has the potential to bring various creations to reality no matter how abstract or unrealistic they may be in real life.
It lets you dream further than real life and allows you to create anything, your own characters and your own worlds.

New:
I want to be able to show the close relationship I have with my mother through an animated film, I am going to analyze several films and techniques I can utilize to create the effect I want and be able to show my audience the reaction I desire.


Conclusion:

As a result

Basing the characters of of my own relationship, it will help keep the relationship more realistic, and help people connect

Other characters can have an impact of family relations through the emotional support or harm the friendship forms and effects family relations

Using a cold to show the outside world, and orange to show the mothers warmth will help show the mother is a kind person and caretaker for her daughter

Setting the characters in 3D and the flashbacks in 2D it will help show that the characters are telling a story from a more fleshed out world compared to the flashback stories.

Using flashbacks will help visualize the mothers story and engage my audience in the story being told to both her daughter and us.

Narration being present in the flashbacks will emphasize the fact that the mother is telling the story, a time that has passed and is being passed on through a tale.


Monday, March 23, 2020

Animation Project: Treatment so far

Story: (Treatment)

Ezaru is flying through the sky, crying, bound for her childhood home, she reaches her house, and flops down at the doorway sobbing.
From further in the House Martha Notices the unexpected presence, and approaches, gently reconciling the form,
She asks whats wrong seeing her daughter is upset.
Ezaru fully breaks down, and explain she had a bad fight with Ace, (what was it?)
and she needed to just get away for a while,

Talking
Martha and Nova brought up (always get along)
Not always
Ito Story

FB 1 (via naration)
FB 2 (via nariration)
FB 3 the attack
FB 4 post attack

Finish Story and end
SNUGGLE

Research: What I have RN


How can I effectively represent the close relationship 
I have with my mother through an animated short film, 
using flashbacks as a plot device?
(Due 27/3/20)

Create Title
And subtitle (smol description) 

(The mother is not only telling the daughter the story, she is also telling the audience)

Definitions:
Flashback
Plot Device

Reason:
Share the story of two of my character, 
Help people relate to them, by using my own relationship as inspiration.
Animation is a highly accessible medium and it also has the potential to bring various creations to reality no matter how abstract or unrealistic they may be in real life.
It lets you dream further than real life and allows you to create anything, your own characters and your own worlds.

Methodology:
I use Practice Based Research, Blogging and Observation as my project methodologies 


Proposal of 6 Arguments/Topics


  1. Mother/Daughter Relationship
  2. Family and Friend Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)
  3. Colour and Light 
  4. 2D and 3D
  5. FlashBacks (Plot Device) 
  6. Nariration (Plot Device)





How the Argument Supports the Question

Mother/Daughter Relationship
Animation can provide a medium for the representation of the mother daughter relationship. Through animation and the characters I can show my audience the bond between a mother and daughter that reflects my own relationship with my mother.


Family Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)
How other relationships can have an impact on the type of relation a mother and daughter can have with each other.
How Friendship dynamics can affect relationships within a family.

Colour and Light
Colour and Light to emphasize the contrast between the hostile outside world and the sanctuary of the cave, her home and her mother's embrace 
Colour and Light Strategies

2D and 3D
Having the Mother and daughter in 3D will help them feel more fleshed out to the audience and separate them from the flashbacks of the mother's story.
Having the flashbacks 2D will allow them to be more abstract while the 3D, non-flashback will be more solid and realistic helping the audience connect with the characters.


FlashBacks (Plot Device)
Flashback’s are quite commonly used within Stories to reveal something from the past and push the story forward, or in some cases tells an entire story, as the focus of one, may be a character recounting an adventure to another character.


Nariration (Plot Device)

Nariration will be a key method within my story, as the mother is telling a story not only to Ezaru but to the audience, I want nariration because not only is it meant to come of as Martha Telling her past but it has also been a part of storytelling since the beginning, before stories were recorded down, they were passed on by word, which is still common today, through sharing experiences with each other.





Examples to support the argument/topic for the Question
And explanation of how the Example is Relevent


Mother/Daughter Relationship

My Own Relationship:

Frozen:
In Frozen 2, the Mother tells her daughters a bedtime story, this shows us the close relationship and love they had with their mother 
(in explanation say how it relates to your project)

This relates to my project, as it shows a similar love to the one I am aiming to emulate within my own story, the love between Mother and daughter, shown through a story and flashbacks. Frozen 2 like my film aims to create family intimacy or connection through the animated medium.

Brave:
Brave shows the relationship between Merida and her Mother, showing conflict and challenges they face all the while it shows the challenges they face that brings them closer, and strengthens their bond.

Family and Friend Dynamics (and how they affect relationships)

How to Train Your Dragon:
Within HTTYD Hiccups friendship has a big impact on his relationship with his father.
Before their friendship he and his father did not have the best relationship, Hiccup to his father was a disappointment,
During their friendship, it changes Hiccup, which by extension starts changing the relationship between him and his father
After the Climax of the film, the friendship changes the parent/child relationship for the better and put their relationship on the mend



2D and 3D

Winx Club Season 5
Winx club uses both 2D and 3D within this season, it is used with two different world, separating them and exploring a new medium,
The show is normally a 2D show, following the story of Bloom (main character), however in season 5 in search of a new power, they travel to a new type of world to find it.
The strange underwater world is animated in 3D giving it a different look from the main worlds the characters live in.

Mia and me:
While this show has no 2D animation, 3D is used for the magic Elf world, while Live action is used for real life. This helps emphasize that the two worlds are different and using animation for the magic world, it gives more for creative freedom than live action would allow.

Colour and Light

Tangled:
The tower that Rapunzel grew up in is shown to be a warm and welcoming home in the beginning of the movie, in contrast to the ending where it emits the emotion of a tomb and a cold unwelcoming place.

 Kung Fu Panda 2 (Inner Peace) 
During the scene where Po finds his inner peace the contrast in lighting helps reflect the broken mood he is in. The Dark and blue atmosphere combined with rain in contrast to the ram by the warm fireside showing him the path forward, the path to mending and inner peace.

FlashBacks (Plot Device)
Inside Out:
Within Inside out, the memories of Riley are constantly shown throughout the film, Showing glimpse of her past, snippets of memories, these memories are what drives the story and provides us with information of the character, of what and who she was in the past.

Late Afternoon:
Late afternoon is a short film that is driven by Flashbacks, they tell the story of the main character, and show us through memories of her life.

Kung Fu Panda
Within the Inner peace scene, Po’s past is revealed through a 2D paper like animation, it contrasts with the films 3D animation, and using 2D makes it come off as a story being told, one being revisited by the Protagonist Po.


Nariration (Plot Device)

How to train your dragon
Tangled




 Reflection: Outcome:  Overall I am okaish with the outcome, the project ended with a lovely style that ended up meshing well with the 3D an...