Her morning Elegance-OrenLavie

I like Her morning elegance as it as if we are seeing her dreams being acted out on the bed. I also like the way she moves across the bed as if she was walking, swimming and jumping. The use of different sizes pillows add props to the scene as clouds and stepping stones. My favourite parts are the fish that are different sized white socks when she is swimming, the dancing scene near the end as it looks difficult to achieve but the movements still look natural and fluid.

Deadline post-it stopmotion

In deadline post-it i like the way the post-its have been used to create pixels on a tv/computer screen to create images and shapes. I also like the way the man interacts with the post-it by playing pong or being hit by a hammer.

Tony vs Paul

Im sure everyone has seen this before as it is very popular on youtube. I like the mixture of techniques used in this animation from the way photographs are used to create a video within a video and how he uses his hand to write a letter by pointing at it!

Pixilation:stills as frames!

Pixilation is the theme of the animation as we use a digital camera to capture a sequence of frames that assumes a frame rate of 12 per second for a 30 second piece. We must consider camera stability, view point, narrative, gag, pacing, timing, light levels and the clarity of the image. To start off with we were put in to groups of 5 or 6 and were to play around with the idea of pixilation animation. This was both challenging and great fun as we tried to make a narrative. The plot of our first story was to have to people walking to a grave yard and they were to be scared by two ghosts. After this scene was taken we watched it back and could stop laughing at the way our hips wiggled as we walked and the way the ghosts floated around in circles.

After the experimentation stage our group came up with the idea of having a magical box that people would disappear and reappear from in different locations. we couldn't find box large enough so we used a black bin. This worked well as the lid of the bin could be removed and used to hide the person getting out/in the bin. One of the difficult things was getting in and out of the bin as it wasn't big enough to fit your whole body in. As a short animation i feel the narrative worked worked and once put together on the computer should be very entertaining.

Pinhole Camera!!!

As part of another introduction to the course in the induction week we also made our own pinhole cameras out of 440ml beer cans. I have used a pin hole camera before, but this was the first time I had used a beer can as a camera. To create the camera we cut the top of using a can opener and filed down the edges.A lid was then created out of black card and duck tape. A lens was created by piecing a hole in the side of the can with a pin.

To capture the image light sensitive paper was added to the can in a dark room. The camera was now ready to capture an image. The amount of time needed was about 8 seconds, this was achieved by using some black electric tape as a cover for the lens which could be removed for the right amount of time, then replaced over the hole to stop the camera capturing it image.

Overall I felt my image worked well as I placed my can camera on a flat surface, this flat surface also had a engraving on it that was also captured as well as fine detail in the background. I also like the way the images taken look like a fish photograph.

Whiteboard Animations!!!

On the first day of the start of my course we were set the task as a small group to make a whiteboard animation. We were given the task of getting a box from one side of the whiteboard to the other, how this was done was up to our group. As a group i feel we all got on together and produced the craziest off the wall idea. It involved a stick man, an exploding monkey, a jumping shark, superman and a time traveling dragon! Overall I feel the animation worked well even though none of us had done it before. Here is what my group and other groups produced. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtCBNlCtlcY

A Little bit a about me!

Hi,

My name is Alec Page and i have just started my first week at NTU Multimedia. Before starting this course I completed a one year foundation studying Graphic Design, so the multimedia sounds exciting but a little daunting. This is my first ever blog and its going to be about various things I am going to discover this year though my course and also my own personal interests. I will include the work of others as I may like the style of their work or may like to emulate it in the future. Please feel free to comment on anything you see or read!