Showing posts with label Drawn animation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drawn animation. Show all posts
24 Jul 2016
1 Dec 2014
Rock 'N' Rolling Snowman!
YAY! Its Finally here! Rock 'N' Rolling Snowman!
Made using Photoshop and After Effects, it took about 4 Months to make.
After a Snowman is given an old guitar as part of his decoration- he comes to life! and proceeds to Rock out! He is soon joined by Santa (Vocals), Rudolph (Drums) Jack Frost (Bass) and some Robins (who sing La La La)
MUSIC:
Written by James Michalos
Performed by Plastic Snow
Vocals - Sean Kingsley
Guitars - Ben Wheeler
Filipe Monteiro
Tim Bonser
Bass - Ben Hillyard
Drums - Alex Waldmann
Keyboards - James Michalos
Backing Vocals - Gemma Baird
Rebecca Bowden
Siubhan Harrison
VIDEO:
Animated and Directed by Francesca Adams
Additional Animation by: Claire Winters, Min Young Oh, Lilian Fu, Kristina Yee
Made using Photoshop and After Effects, it took about 4 Months to make.
After a Snowman is given an old guitar as part of his decoration- he comes to life! and proceeds to Rock out! He is soon joined by Santa (Vocals), Rudolph (Drums) Jack Frost (Bass) and some Robins (who sing La La La)
MUSIC:
Written by James Michalos
Performed by Plastic Snow
Vocals - Sean Kingsley
Guitars - Ben Wheeler
Filipe Monteiro
Tim Bonser
Bass - Ben Hillyard
Drums - Alex Waldmann
Keyboards - James Michalos
Backing Vocals - Gemma Baird
Rebecca Bowden
Siubhan Harrison
VIDEO:
Animated and Directed by Francesca Adams
Additional Animation by: Claire Winters, Min Young Oh, Lilian Fu, Kristina Yee
12 Nov 2014
11 Mar 2013
Ciné-court animé
Bertie is screening in Ciné-court animé in France this month.
(Pretty sure we're coming to the end of Bertie's festival life soon!)
For more information, please go to:
28 May 2012
Anger Management
Project two focused on character development and gave us the chance to work with voice actors for the first time.
The only rules we had was using our character, and someone else's- we have to make them hug.
My character was 'Simon', a Bat with anger management issues... the character I got was 'Vincent', an elderly Cartographer who is bitter with the world... not the most likely to hug.
The film is done completely in Biro (Ball point Pen) on paper (using a light box) Being in able to make mistakes sped me up- as I only had a few weeks to make the film.
The set up is- Simon and Vincent meet in the canteen of a community centre. Vincent has been to Calligraphy class, Simon to Anger management.
My Top animating speed on this project was 112 Frames (Individual drawings) a day- but I did have to sellotape the Biro to my hand, due to RSI... I could only keep up that speed for about 2 days (@_@)
20 Jan 2012
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
So this is the title sequence I created fr the BBC's 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' Which was first broadcast on the 10th of Jan at 9PM on BBC Two and BBC HD.
The main Idea for it was to convey a journey form London, to a place called Cloisterham in the countryside. Below are some of the first concept for the sequence, as it started out much more 'inky' with blocks of colour to show what was countryside and what was London.
There was much more detail on the buildings as they were drawn in ink, and the coloured ink seeped and spread as the camera tracked across the paper. But the problem with this graphic style was that the camera had to track much slower to give the ink time to draw in the detail and the colour, which heavily reduced the distance that felt travelled- Cloisterham had to feel very far form London.
The lines had to be much more simple- had to feel as though they were racing over a distance. So eventually, they became more and more simple, until all we had were streaks of ink.
We also went back to looking at Victorian ink drawings- we needed to go into detail at either end of the sequence so it was clear that we started in London, and ended in Cloisterham. The camera would have to track slowly/ pause over these drawings to give them time to develop.
One of the main problems we had was the camera movement. The camera doesn't just track from Left to Right, it also tracks back from London, and then tracks into Cloisterham. Theoretically simple, but because this project was fully digital- it meant that we would have to use a plate that quite a lot bigger than HD (@_@) ... and we had quite a few problems getting any computer to cope with it.
In the end, I made a low res plate and animated the camera move over it for reference.
The Victorian Drawings are animated Backwards- Drawn on several layers, I erased them bit by bit per frame. The main Ink lines are animated Frame by frame by duplicating the previous frame, moving it into position, (using the low res reference) and drawing the ink bleeding further.
The main two programmes used for this were Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe After Effects.
Below are some of the final storyboards of the animation, though the zoom, position of the title card and what was cut to at the end were changed during the anamatic stage.
The main Idea for it was to convey a journey form London, to a place called Cloisterham in the countryside. Below are some of the first concept for the sequence, as it started out much more 'inky' with blocks of colour to show what was countryside and what was London.
There was much more detail on the buildings as they were drawn in ink, and the coloured ink seeped and spread as the camera tracked across the paper. But the problem with this graphic style was that the camera had to track much slower to give the ink time to draw in the detail and the colour, which heavily reduced the distance that felt travelled- Cloisterham had to feel very far form London.
The lines had to be much more simple- had to feel as though they were racing over a distance. So eventually, they became more and more simple, until all we had were streaks of ink.
We also went back to looking at Victorian ink drawings- we needed to go into detail at either end of the sequence so it was clear that we started in London, and ended in Cloisterham. The camera would have to track slowly/ pause over these drawings to give them time to develop.
One of the main problems we had was the camera movement. The camera doesn't just track from Left to Right, it also tracks back from London, and then tracks into Cloisterham. Theoretically simple, but because this project was fully digital- it meant that we would have to use a plate that quite a lot bigger than HD (@_@) ... and we had quite a few problems getting any computer to cope with it.
In the end, I made a low res plate and animated the camera move over it for reference.
The Victorian Drawings are animated Backwards- Drawn on several layers, I erased them bit by bit per frame. The main Ink lines are animated Frame by frame by duplicating the previous frame, moving it into position, (using the low res reference) and drawing the ink bleeding further.
The main two programmes used for this were Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe After Effects.
Below are some of the final storyboards of the animation, though the zoom, position of the title card and what was cut to at the end were changed during the anamatic stage.
For more information about 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' please click on the links below:
14 Sept 2011
Face Britain!
Recently, myself and Dani Negrin (A fellow NFTS Animator) have been working on the animations for a website called 'Face Britain' which Launched today (It was quite a mental deadline!).
Its a massive art project for children- a huge collection of their self portraits.
You can find out more, and watch all the animations we made on their website:
http://www.facebritain.org.uk/
Here is one of the sequences I boarded and animated:
Its a massive art project for children- a huge collection of their self portraits.
You can find out more, and watch all the animations we made on their website:
http://www.facebritain.org.uk/
Here is one of the sequences I boarded and animated:
27 Jul 2011
London International Animation Festival!
Bertie Crisp has been accepted into the London International Animation Festival! (LIAF)
You can see it screened in the International Programme 5 on the 30th of August, at 8:30 PM at the Barbican! (Follow the links below for more information and to book your tickets!)
5 Jul 2011
Toon Boom Boo
I've been trying to teach myself Toon Boom recently. Here is my first attempt at using it, and also animating Boo Cat.
4 Mar 2011
2011 Showreel
My 2011 showreel. Featuring clips from Bertie Crisp, Bunny, Anger Management, Supper, Heart, Master, and animation tests.
3 Feb 2011
Mr Bertie Crisp.
Wow. I havn't updated in almost a year?!Well, This is what I've been working on. :D
19 Mar 2010
Live Project- Pt5
Finally with all the Cut out, CGI, and drawn animation done as well as the Live action shots finished it was time to see if this would all actually work. I hadn't been able to do the sections in the order I needed to, to make sure everything would fit due to availability of both people and resources, so everything was based on estimations and rough calculations. ...I had also never used Adobe After Effects before- my final 'new thing' to try out.
I think overall it came out quite well- a bit of a patch work job, but considering it was a learning process, not bad. Of course if I had the chance to do it again, I would be able to do it much better, knowing the techniques a little better and knowing where I went wrong. But- Its like that with every thing.
People who worked on this project:
Producer: Andrew Start
Cinematography: Caroline Bridges
Composer: Jon Wygens
CGI backgrounds animation: Peter Renton
DPP: Andrew Quinn
More information about this competition can be found here: http://www.kraszna-krausz.org.uk/andor-book-awards/
I think overall it came out quite well- a bit of a patch work job, but considering it was a learning process, not bad. Of course if I had the chance to do it again, I would be able to do it much better, knowing the techniques a little better and knowing where I went wrong. But- Its like that with every thing.
People who worked on this project:
Producer: Andrew Start
Cinematography: Caroline Bridges
Composer: Jon Wygens
CGI backgrounds animation: Peter Renton
DPP: Andrew Quinn
More information about this competition can be found here: http://www.kraszna-krausz.org.uk/andor-book-awards/
Live Project- Pt3
The CGI library was built by Peter Renton, a friend who's excellent at CGI, and didn't mind being paid in scotch eggs since we had no budget for the film. He built it using Avid-
Softimage XSI.
Using Photoshop, I created the balloon for the dog. To give it a traditional, jumpy feel, instead of manipulating each frame into the next, I re-drew the balloon each time
Softimage XSI.
Using Photoshop, I created the balloon for the dog. To give it a traditional, jumpy feel, instead of manipulating each frame into the next, I re-drew the balloon each time
18 Dec 2009
Project 2
Project 2 was based around designing and developing a character. Once we had a fully developed character, we were then asked to take on someone else's character and create a short animated film in which they hug. My character was a bat called Simon, his back story was that he used to own a pub in Hull, but lost it when he was arrested for attempted arson on a rivals pub. As part of his probation, he was asked to attend anger management classes. The character I received was an elderly retired cartographer called Vincent, created by Daniela Negrin. Unable to travel as he once did, Vincent is fairly bitter towards the world, considering himself above most people.
The film is set in one of the few places I could think of in which people like this would meet. Simon just leaving his Anger management class, and Vincent taking a break from his calligraphy class, meet in the canteen of their local community center- host to many self help and night classes.
I used Biro on paper to animate the film, and somehow got it done within four weeks. I got through about 5 pens, one and a half boxes of animation paper and a pad of dope sheets (ye olde animation style)
13 Dec 2009
Master
My grad film at the UCA. Its pencil on paper, and again was pretty much all made in my bedroom. I offically became the 'Crazy Cat lady' of my uni after this.
Groove Cat.
My second film at the UCA. With house of cake- I spent most of my time colouring in rather than animating, so with my second film, I decided that I want to just animate for the sake of animation. Pencil on paper with a very dodgy song made on garage band. The ninjas? ... don't ask.
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