Kerry McCormick - Animation

Some really cool examples of movie character interaction charts. Thy all have a pretty similar style and literally map out the journey of each character. I want explore this but try and put a spin on it. 

Randomwire, (2010). Inception Timeline Visualisation. [online] Available at: http://randomwire.com/inception-timeline-visualisation/ [Accessed 12 Feb. 2015].

Biblegateway.com, (2015). Holy Week Timeline Visualization | Bible Gateway Blog. [online] Available at: https://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2011/04/holy-week-timeline-visualization/ [Accessed 12 Feb. 2015].

Philcampbelldesign.com, (2015). Phil Campbell Design - The Blog. [online] Available at: http://www.philcampbelldesign.com/index.php/blog/view/18/ [Accessed 12 Feb. 2015].

Our buffalo skull so far. I created in yesterday morning using air dry clay. The horns are going to be created separately using paper mache as the would be far too heavy made from clay. I'm pretty pleased with it so far. I'm hoping that when It drys further we will be able to cut our the bottle that kept it strong before it was dry. If not when i'm painting it, I'll paint it black. I'm hoping to paint it next Monday. We're going to go for an older orche and brown colour scheme to make it seem dated. 

Jalanjalanimports.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com, (2015). [online] Available at: http://jalanjalanimports.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/gallery/unique-finds-misc/img_8205.jpg [Accessed 12 Feb. 2015].

This website shows some really interesting insight into the different characters in platoon and how the story is structured. It breaks it down in a way that's very understandable and makes you look at the characters in a different light. Particularly the end section on how the relationships between characters work is very interesting.

This is a really basic layout of the main hero's journey in platoon and so it's really handy to look at when we are crafting our own hero's journey for our minor character. 

This ties in beautifully with our ideas of the buffalo and how i would view the war. We are also considering it having it's own agenda eg attempting to find a mate, with the war being merely a nuisance. We are also looking into how it will ti in with the other characters. Bunny would be an interesting figure to interact with as is cruelty to animals is very apparent.

For the next part of our New Narratives module we have to create a schematic for our movie, Platoon. after writing a rough schematic and narrative for the characters not present in the scenes we thought that it was still lacking and decided to try something different. We had taken note of the appearance of a water buffalo at key moments during the film. With some research we discovered that the water buffalo is national animal of Vietnam and that is a powerful symbol in their culture. It represents agricultural prosperity and well being as they provide so much for the people; plowing the fields, providing milk and meat.  So we have decided to look at the journey this movie from the perspective of the neutral party, the buffalo. We will tell it's story and follow it on it's journey, which will tie in with our narrative.

Some really awesome concepts by the Shimizu Coroporation. These designs show what a floating underwater city would be like and tackles some of the issues that people would com into contact with if they attempted this.

These designs are awesome and really inspiring for the project. Sustainability and practicality is something we have to consider, but this view point looks very much at the overall design and structure of the city. Some of the examples are really spectacular.

This whole design is really cool. The way it takes sustainability into account is really important too as it's something we really have to consider. 

So after following the Jonas tutorial this was the result. I followed it pretty closely, though I exaggerated it slightly more in some places so the poses are more extreme. I'm gonna try and mess about with the model some more and create some different aniamtions.

YouTube, (2015). Siblings, a bouncing ball animation. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya0XpzdOQaU [Accessed 7 Feb. 2015].

YouTube, (2015). Bouncing Balls- CG Animation- Golf Ball, Bowling Ball, Regular Ball. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcFVOzQ1Oqc [Accessed 7 Feb. 2015].

We have just received our feedback for the previous semester. Overall my result was pretty good, however I really want to try and do better. I need to document my work better and keep a better record of everything done, documenting it in a clear and logical way. I'm really looking forward to this semester. We were sorted into groups and so for the New Narrative module over the next few weeks I'm going to be with Natasha Crowley, Oisin and Tasha Pelan. We have to read Vogler's, "The Writer's Journey", exploring his work on Archetypes. We are focusing on Shapeshifters, Shadows and Allies. We also have to create some work in Maya, looking at emotions in basic spherical characters as well as following a tutorial to rig Jonas (the lamp character). I'm looking forward to giving it a go. In our Data Imaging and Visualization module we have to select our own groups and design a vessel capable of holding and sustaining the population of Belfast. We need to create and render this in Maya. For this I am working with Christian, Matthew and Natasha Crowley.