Today we had Ted Tuesday, on a Wednesday again, this is becoming a regular occurrence. The Ted video was chosen by Rob as he got the lowest scores in the test last week. Although Ted test is a give away you would have though he would have got it from the Ted website like John usually does but no he went and got it from the BBC website, so in actual fact it was BBC Wednesday, didn't like this at all!
Considering I didn't watch the video, I done well to come Joint second with 80%
For the half day I had (It was a half day for me, like every Wednesday), I was refining all my characters of which I created yesterday. They are now fully complete and I have added the ship as well. Today I managed to do two main parts of the story at the beginning of the animation. Although John shew me how to do motion tween yesterday, I had forgotten the majority of what he had said (that's what tiredness does to you) but somehow I managed to use it and create two scenes where the main character is in the sea sailing along in search of the lost island and encounters a big storm. The force of the storm take one of is masts down. This took me a fair while to do because when I was trying to do something in flash it would do something totally opposite to what I wanted it to do. In the end I managed to get it to do what I wanted it to do, with some help from Dan, which mean I am well on my way now.
Despite not fully knowing what I was doing in flash I enjoyed the half day and I have partly learnt how to use Adobe Flash but I wouldn't hold my breath on creating something amazing... its never going to happen but I will try my best.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Tuesday 19th March
Today we did not have a Ted test nor did we do a small basic challenge but instead John put us into pairs (I was with Jake) to make a mini about 20 second or so long in 15 minutes. Do our advert John let us all use our choice of chocolate from his shopping bag. To create the advert we had to use Zu3D to create a stop motion animation using a webcam. the idea me and Jake came up with without any planning what so ever was... Jake would rip open the Milky Way and shove it all in his mouth and chew it for a while then lean toward the webcam, take his glasses off and wink at the webcam. Not to forget the amazing palm tree in the background, all thanks to Catherine! The music we decided on was some slow music from Barry white (Cant get enough of your love, babe) which fitted into our mini advert very, very well and went down a treat when showing everyone in the class.
I think by far ours was the best and no one could deny that! the animation was judge by everyone in the class and they would rate it out of ten. There was some very funny adverts from the rest of the class but I think in the end Scott and Rob won the mini advert challenge.
Once all that was over I started on creating all my characters for my animation. bearing in mind I have never used flash before and I have never created and animation either, my characters turned out better than I thought they would, which is very good but now I have the trouble of changing the body positions but I will try and get over that hurdle when I come to it. this was a long ole process as I had to figure out how to use flash but I think I got there in the end, still not 100% confident with flash but as time goes on, i will get used to it and know my way around the programme.
Overall I found today enjoyable as I got to use a new programme and got to create my characters so all I need to do now is create my animation
I think by far ours was the best and no one could deny that! the animation was judge by everyone in the class and they would rate it out of ten. There was some very funny adverts from the rest of the class but I think in the end Scott and Rob won the mini advert challenge.
Once all that was over I started on creating all my characters for my animation. bearing in mind I have never used flash before and I have never created and animation either, my characters turned out better than I thought they would, which is very good but now I have the trouble of changing the body positions but I will try and get over that hurdle when I come to it. this was a long ole process as I had to figure out how to use flash but I think I got there in the end, still not 100% confident with flash but as time goes on, i will get used to it and know my way around the programme.
Overall I found today enjoyable as I got to use a new programme and got to create my characters so all I need to do now is create my animation
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
The Last Week...Before Easter Holidays and Bday!
Today we had a small basic challenge first thing. Instead of the usual small basic learning from a Powerpoint, John wanted us to try and create a text file with the word 'Elephant' in it. I managed to do that and small basic found the text file. I was able to do this in a couple of lines but Lewis managed to this with only one. I looked at how he did his and it was easy to do it in one line.
John then said this task was easy compared to others and i think he was more or less spot on.
For the rest of the day i was going through my plan of my animation and what i want to happen i then cracked on with drawing the story board out. I did not do it frame by frame but did the mains parts in 16-18 boxes so tomorrow I can crack on with maybe starting my animations abut first of all will start the designing of all the characters and other assets i may need to draw out in flash.
I am hoping and praying that when it come to creating the animation that it will all go to plan. If it doesn't then I'm screwed but I will try my best to get it to go how I would like it to go.
Considering I only got about two hours sleep last night, today didn't go to bad but I was just very tired. I Enjoyed planning out my story board for what is going to happen in my animation.
John then said this task was easy compared to others and i think he was more or less spot on.
For the rest of the day i was going through my plan of my animation and what i want to happen i then cracked on with drawing the story board out. I did not do it frame by frame but did the mains parts in 16-18 boxes so tomorrow I can crack on with maybe starting my animations abut first of all will start the designing of all the characters and other assets i may need to draw out in flash.
I am hoping and praying that when it come to creating the animation that it will all go to plan. If it doesn't then I'm screwed but I will try my best to get it to go how I would like it to go.
Considering I only got about two hours sleep last night, today didn't go to bad but I was just very tired. I Enjoyed planning out my story board for what is going to happen in my animation.
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Thursday 14th March
Today was the day we started the nee animation unit which only the level threes will be doing.
this unit is a 2D unit and inst all that different from the 3D unit we do the rest of the week, except, obviously that it is 2D.
For this unit I will be working with Dan on a Claymation which is a type of animation, about a life of a computer. we will take the life cycle of a human life and project it on to a computer such as the animation will start off as a phone which will be the baby and then gradually grows and transforms in to many different devices until it gets all the way to a computer which will be an adult. as soon as me and Dan combined our ideas, I could see this going somewhere, which it certainly did as we got to the idea that we have now. I instantly knew this was a good idea of ours as it wasn't anything anyone else had thought of so it was unique in a way.
For the whole day we were coming up with all different ideas that were decent but the main one idea stood out the most so we went with that and we kept on adding ideas and writing about what was going to happen and planing it all out so it makes it a lot easier when it comes to creating the animation.
This will be hard to do as it is a new experience for me but not to sure about Dan but all in all I am confident that we can produce a very good piece of work overall.
I found today very enjoyable as we were able to come up with spontaneous ideas and have some fun with the whole idea of our animation. it was also good hear about what other peoples ideas where as some people had some good ideas too.
this unit is a 2D unit and inst all that different from the 3D unit we do the rest of the week, except, obviously that it is 2D.
For this unit I will be working with Dan on a Claymation which is a type of animation, about a life of a computer. we will take the life cycle of a human life and project it on to a computer such as the animation will start off as a phone which will be the baby and then gradually grows and transforms in to many different devices until it gets all the way to a computer which will be an adult. as soon as me and Dan combined our ideas, I could see this going somewhere, which it certainly did as we got to the idea that we have now. I instantly knew this was a good idea of ours as it wasn't anything anyone else had thought of so it was unique in a way.
For the whole day we were coming up with all different ideas that were decent but the main one idea stood out the most so we went with that and we kept on adding ideas and writing about what was going to happen and planing it all out so it makes it a lot easier when it comes to creating the animation.
This will be hard to do as it is a new experience for me but not to sure about Dan but all in all I am confident that we can produce a very good piece of work overall.
I found today very enjoyable as we were able to come up with spontaneous ideas and have some fun with the whole idea of our animation. it was also good hear about what other peoples ideas where as some people had some good ideas too.
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Wednesday 13th March
Today was the day we had a multiple challenge morning as TED Tuesday was moved to become TED Wednesday and also we had a small basic challenge. So watching the Ted video on Monday did pay off in the end for me as I came second overall, which isn't to shabby at all.
The small basic challenge today was to with input and output files. I followed the instructions but at first I was slightly confused but then it became clear what I had to do after John pointed out to everyone that we had to create some folders and a my.txt document and then the small basic challenge would work correctly. I then fully understood what was going on. once everyone tried doing that challenge we all carried on with animation.
Today in animation all of the level threes moved on to assignment 3. Assignment three is where it all gets down to business. First of all we had to come up with a story that would be suitable to a young audience. this too me a while as I was stuck between taking an old childhood story and putting a bit of a modern twist to it or completely making up a new story. I finally decided I would make up a new story and put a bit of "The Moral of to the story" in it. my moral of the story is to make sure you don't get involved with the wrong people.
I had to do some written tasks before I could go into flash and start creating all the characters and the scene. the tasks were basically for writing the plot, target audience, who are the characters and the purpose of the animation.
Today was a good day as I was able to let my imagination wonder and then stop wondering and then wonder again. It was filled with many tasks in such as short period as it was only a half day for me but overall a pleasing day.
The small basic challenge today was to with input and output files. I followed the instructions but at first I was slightly confused but then it became clear what I had to do after John pointed out to everyone that we had to create some folders and a my.txt document and then the small basic challenge would work correctly. I then fully understood what was going on. once everyone tried doing that challenge we all carried on with animation.
Today in animation all of the level threes moved on to assignment 3. Assignment three is where it all gets down to business. First of all we had to come up with a story that would be suitable to a young audience. this too me a while as I was stuck between taking an old childhood story and putting a bit of a modern twist to it or completely making up a new story. I finally decided I would make up a new story and put a bit of "The Moral of to the story" in it. my moral of the story is to make sure you don't get involved with the wrong people.
I had to do some written tasks before I could go into flash and start creating all the characters and the scene. the tasks were basically for writing the plot, target audience, who are the characters and the purpose of the animation.
Today was a good day as I was able to let my imagination wonder and then stop wondering and then wonder again. It was filled with many tasks in such as short period as it was only a half day for me but overall a pleasing day.
Tuesday 12th March
Today there was still no return of TED Tuesday, very disappointed!! I had watched the video the day before and I was raring to go and ready for the test. The Ted video was about the discovery of the Giant of the what once thought to be made but in actual fact it is real THE GIANT SQUID. The people who have found the giant squid were very lucky to actually get it on film as it seemed to be a very mysterious creature that had never been caught on camera. here is the TED video for anyone who want to see the mysterious giant LINK
Instead of the Ted test this morning we watched a very interesting but sad animation short film called Invention of Love. This video has over 4 million views. When watching the video it makes you feel sad inside because of the story line and the music. The whole video was about a guy who invented things for a living, he then met this women and fell in love with her. The guy and the women who he fell in love with moved to this city were everything was mechanical and completely man made. it was a place that no one has every seen before.
The women who he fell in love with was absolutely sick of the city and wanted to change it by restoring some of its natural beauty and nature but unfortunately she died trying due to all the pollution that came off a flower when she blew on it. They was incredibly depressed and very disheartened about the whole situation. He then came up with the idea to reincarnate her by build an exact replicate of her from gears and bolts and made a heart that would stand out.
Once the video was over even though it is very sad it is an excellent animation. This is very professionally done and must of taken them a very long time to create it all. The music fits very well into the short film and adds that extra thing to make it perfect as you can really feel the sadness of the man from the music.
After we had all watched the video I cracked on with some work. I continued with Animation Assignment 2. I believe I have finished the task but I want to read through the whole thing before I send it in because I want to check I have the right amount and relevant information.
Overall today was yet one of those nice and relaxed full of work days, which I enjoy as I am able to get lots more work done without rushing things to quickly.
Instead of the Ted test this morning we watched a very interesting but sad animation short film called Invention of Love. This video has over 4 million views. When watching the video it makes you feel sad inside because of the story line and the music. The whole video was about a guy who invented things for a living, he then met this women and fell in love with her. The guy and the women who he fell in love with moved to this city were everything was mechanical and completely man made. it was a place that no one has every seen before.
The women who he fell in love with was absolutely sick of the city and wanted to change it by restoring some of its natural beauty and nature but unfortunately she died trying due to all the pollution that came off a flower when she blew on it. They was incredibly depressed and very disheartened about the whole situation. He then came up with the idea to reincarnate her by build an exact replicate of her from gears and bolts and made a heart that would stand out.
Once the video was over even though it is very sad it is an excellent animation. This is very professionally done and must of taken them a very long time to create it all. The music fits very well into the short film and adds that extra thing to make it perfect as you can really feel the sadness of the man from the music.
After we had all watched the video I cracked on with some work. I continued with Animation Assignment 2. I believe I have finished the task but I want to read through the whole thing before I send it in because I want to check I have the right amount and relevant information.
Overall today was yet one of those nice and relaxed full of work days, which I enjoy as I am able to get lots more work done without rushing things to quickly.
Monday, 11 March 2013
Monday 11th March
Today when I got in I was relatively happy and calm until disaster struck, I loaded up my computer put my pen drive in and it wouldn't load anything, so I tried for an hour to get it to work and to try and recover everything because I stupidly didn't back it up which I planned to do in the holidays as I would have more time to do it. never got the damn thing to work so I was rather annoyed all day as I have lost all of my work.
Today in the morning we quickly looked at different types of animation techniques which were on YouTube. the video we watched were all different to each other because each one was a different animation. these included Cel animation, digital and stop motion animation. I think John shew us these to see if we have been taking in what types of animation there is and to see if we have been listening. As we did this we did not have time for a small basic challenge, I was slightly disappointed but it didn't bother me to much as I wanted to try and fix my pen drive as it killed itself.
After that and trying to fix the pen drive I cracked on with some work. I started Animation assignment 2 task 1. I got most of the task complete by doing half of the task. Tomorrow I will aim to get that task all completed and send it off to John. tomorrow I also want to complete Animation Assignment 1 task 2 as I lost that on my pen drive so I need to redo it.
Overall Today was a relaxing day for the rest of the class but I was on a bit of a rage because of my pen drive but what can I do not these things happen in life so I have to move on a redo the work that need to be done. but I was glad with my progress on assignment 2 task one and hope to finish it off tomorrow.
I enjoyed the starter as I was able to see some good animation people had created and watching them gives me a few ideas for my later task when we have to create some animation.
Today in the morning we quickly looked at different types of animation techniques which were on YouTube. the video we watched were all different to each other because each one was a different animation. these included Cel animation, digital and stop motion animation. I think John shew us these to see if we have been taking in what types of animation there is and to see if we have been listening. As we did this we did not have time for a small basic challenge, I was slightly disappointed but it didn't bother me to much as I wanted to try and fix my pen drive as it killed itself.
After that and trying to fix the pen drive I cracked on with some work. I started Animation assignment 2 task 1. I got most of the task complete by doing half of the task. Tomorrow I will aim to get that task all completed and send it off to John. tomorrow I also want to complete Animation Assignment 1 task 2 as I lost that on my pen drive so I need to redo it.
Overall Today was a relaxing day for the rest of the class but I was on a bit of a rage because of my pen drive but what can I do not these things happen in life so I have to move on a redo the work that need to be done. but I was glad with my progress on assignment 2 task one and hope to finish it off tomorrow.
I enjoyed the starter as I was able to see some good animation people had created and watching them gives me a few ideas for my later task when we have to create some animation.
Thursday 7th March
Today we did not have a small basic challenge as it was the level 3's day and to do the small basic test the level two's need to be here so they don't miss anything. Instead John gave us a challenge to do with four Lego blocks. what we had to do was get into groups of two and three. Then one person from that group had the bricks, they then had to mix the brick up in a random colour combination. once the first person thought of a combination, they had to pass it on two the other person/people in the group, they then had to try and figure out what the combination is in the shortest changing of blocks as possible. It may sound easy but it wasn't as you were not allowed to communicate with each other, we then all found out that way to do it was to put it in a random colour combination and then write it down on paper and pass it on so you can easily get the combination right. only one group managed to get this write but unfortunately it wasn't my group.
once all that was done, John gave us a talk on a task which will be the hardest for us to do on this course. as John talked about it and talked us through it I took a few notes.
after all of that I cracked on with creating a survey to send out to all the level threes so I could get feedback on my website. once I had come up with all the questions (there were 9 or 10 questions altogether) and created my survey I sent it off to everyone who needed a copy of it.
I received most of my surveys back from the people who I sent it to. I was then able to start making all the changes to my website so it was up to scratch and made everyone happy by correcting all of the mistakes that was present on my website. this was a long process as I had to go through all the replies I got back.
I received some really good feedback from fellow class mates and staff so I was able to update my website rather well and I knew what I had to change.
Today I enjoyed the whole day as I was able to get on with my work because I knew what I wanted to do. I also strangely enjoyed the first exercises that John gave us all to do as I learnt about different protocols.
John also allowed us to finish early so we were able to got down to the jobs fair at Carrow Road. When we all got down there it turned out to be something totally different to what we all thought it was going to be including John and Catherine. but it was nice to see what was on offer in case any of us take a change in career such as if someone wanted to go in the RAF or TA.
once all that was done, John gave us a talk on a task which will be the hardest for us to do on this course. as John talked about it and talked us through it I took a few notes.
after all of that I cracked on with creating a survey to send out to all the level threes so I could get feedback on my website. once I had come up with all the questions (there were 9 or 10 questions altogether) and created my survey I sent it off to everyone who needed a copy of it.
I received most of my surveys back from the people who I sent it to. I was then able to start making all the changes to my website so it was up to scratch and made everyone happy by correcting all of the mistakes that was present on my website. this was a long process as I had to go through all the replies I got back.
I received some really good feedback from fellow class mates and staff so I was able to update my website rather well and I knew what I had to change.
Today I enjoyed the whole day as I was able to get on with my work because I knew what I wanted to do. I also strangely enjoyed the first exercises that John gave us all to do as I learnt about different protocols.
John also allowed us to finish early so we were able to got down to the jobs fair at Carrow Road. When we all got down there it turned out to be something totally different to what we all thought it was going to be including John and Catherine. but it was nice to see what was on offer in case any of us take a change in career such as if someone wanted to go in the RAF or TA.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Wednesday 6th March
Today we had a small basic challenge which was good as it always seems to wake me up a lot more than not doing one. Today John made sure everyone was comfortable with all of the tasks we had done as he said that we need to know 1-10 as they are the most important ones to know when programming. luckily for me I did so I moved on to a different task which was to make a clock on small basic. I successfully did this so I moved on to another one. The other task I did was to program small basic to ask for your year of birth and then once someone typed in there year of birth it would calculate how old they would be to this exact year, this was a success to.
Today I continued with my work on the Animation unit on assignment one, task one, report one and two.
I yesterday I had completed report one but I went back over the whole thing to make sure I had enough, I added a bit more information into my work and felt that I had completed report one. I had done some of report two yesterday but not completed it, however today I did complete it just in time before lunch or in my case home time as it was a half day for me as I do not to Maths or English. I did not send it into John as I wanted to check at home that I had what I wanted and then I was going to send it into him later on in the day. unfortunately that did not go to plan as I lost connection to my broadband and was not able to send it in. This is why I am only now writing my blog as the internet is up and running and seems to be working but i have to pretend I am writing it from Wednesday.
Today I learnt about the Lumier brother and what they contributed to Animation, I also learnt about persistence of vision.
I enjoyed today as I learnt a lot of information that I didn't know until now and it was once again another relaxing day.
Tuesday 5th March
Today we did not have TED Tuesday or a small basic test, I was very disappointing as there was nothing to completely wake me up.
Today I continued my pursuit into finishing off any outstanding work in the Web production unit. To do so i had to finish off assignment one task four and five. Once I had completed those two pieces of work I sent them into John so he could mark them.
After I completed those tasks a carried on with Animation assignment one task one. Today I got the majority of the task done I just need to do a little bit more on report two. I will continue with my work tomorrow and hope to start on task two.
After lunch John moved us all on to assignment two task one, John assigned each one of us to each section in that task and then we had to research about what we were given, this would then later on help all of us as when we come back to do this task properly as we will have more knowledge and be able to refer back to the work that everyone done as we had to share the information we had got with the rest of the group.
overall today I found that it was a good day as everyone was pretty chilled out and got on with the work and it was relaxing, which is good because when you aren't relaxed you find that you will make mistake in your own work.
Today I continued my pursuit into finishing off any outstanding work in the Web production unit. To do so i had to finish off assignment one task four and five. Once I had completed those two pieces of work I sent them into John so he could mark them.
After I completed those tasks a carried on with Animation assignment one task one. Today I got the majority of the task done I just need to do a little bit more on report two. I will continue with my work tomorrow and hope to start on task two.
After lunch John moved us all on to assignment two task one, John assigned each one of us to each section in that task and then we had to research about what we were given, this would then later on help all of us as when we come back to do this task properly as we will have more knowledge and be able to refer back to the work that everyone done as we had to share the information we had got with the rest of the group.
overall today I found that it was a good day as everyone was pretty chilled out and got on with the work and it was relaxing, which is good because when you aren't relaxed you find that you will make mistake in your own work.
Monday, 4 March 2013
Monday 4th March
This morning we all sat down at our computers and John gave us a very random Small Basic challenge which he wrote on the board. what we had to do was get the turtle to draw a square and within that square the turtle had to draw a circle and then make circle inside that circle and carry that on till we had 10 circles all together. some how I managed to remember how to do a loop but as I remembered I was able to draw a square only using 4 lines altogether and when it came to the circles I was able to use two lines. I found this relatively easy once I calculated where I needed to place the turtle.
I think John is a wise guy for making us do the Small Basic challenges every morning as it seems to wake everyone up and get them thinking before they start work.
Today I carried one with the new unit which is Animation, I continued to on Assignment one task one part one, I have nearly completed this and will only need about an hour more on it then I think I will be done. I will aim to complete this task within the first hour of tomorrow so I can move on to part two in assignment one task one.
I may have done work on Animation now but I feel I will need to research more into the animation techniques to fully understand them all so I can further complete work in this unit.
After I had done work on the Animation unit I moved on to completed COM assignment one task two P8 which I had to update and add some more in to that task. I completed it and sent it back to John so he could mark it.
Tomorrow I will aim to complete any outstanding work or updating I may have so I have the Communication and Employability unit over and done with, which will enable me to concentrate a lot more on the animation unit.
Overall I enjoyed today as I really liked the Small Basic task and I think I am getting used to Programming in that so hopefully by the time the programming unit will come around I will be able to complete work with ease. Today I learnt about different types of animation and what companies are involved in Animation.
I think John is a wise guy for making us do the Small Basic challenges every morning as it seems to wake everyone up and get them thinking before they start work.
Today I carried one with the new unit which is Animation, I continued to on Assignment one task one part one, I have nearly completed this and will only need about an hour more on it then I think I will be done. I will aim to complete this task within the first hour of tomorrow so I can move on to part two in assignment one task one.
I may have done work on Animation now but I feel I will need to research more into the animation techniques to fully understand them all so I can further complete work in this unit.
After I had done work on the Animation unit I moved on to completed COM assignment one task two P8 which I had to update and add some more in to that task. I completed it and sent it back to John so he could mark it.
Tomorrow I will aim to complete any outstanding work or updating I may have so I have the Communication and Employability unit over and done with, which will enable me to concentrate a lot more on the animation unit.
Overall I enjoyed today as I really liked the Small Basic task and I think I am getting used to Programming in that so hopefully by the time the programming unit will come around I will be able to complete work with ease. Today I learnt about different types of animation and what companies are involved in Animation.
Thursday 28th Feb
Today was the day of level 3's only, today we carried on with the web production unit.
I completed my website today but was not able to update it to the server as it was down all day and wouldn't let anyone connect to it. On my website I put all the information of Computer Systems, Graphics and Communication unit, I will later update all of the those units when I complete them.
I put a lot of effort in to get my work completed as I helped Lewis when he got stuck on a few things.
Today was a quiet day as it was only part of the levels threes here as some were ill, today was a good day a I finally completed my website and will now try to complete it on dream weaver instead of Serif web plus.
I will now concentrate on my animation unit and aim to task one complete by next Tuesday and hand it in.
I completed my website today but was not able to update it to the server as it was down all day and wouldn't let anyone connect to it. On my website I put all the information of Computer Systems, Graphics and Communication unit, I will later update all of the those units when I complete them.
I put a lot of effort in to get my work completed as I helped Lewis when he got stuck on a few things.
Today was a quiet day as it was only part of the levels threes here as some were ill, today was a good day a I finally completed my website and will now try to complete it on dream weaver instead of Serif web plus.
I will now concentrate on my animation unit and aim to task one complete by next Tuesday and hand it in.
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