Study Task 6

Documentary Animation

Truth has Fallen - Sheila M. Sofian

Truth has Fallen

Le clitoris - Lori Malépart-Traversy

Le Clitoris

Four sisters in Ancient Rome - Ray Laurence / Cognitive Media

Addiction - Kurzgesagt

The Chaperone 3D - Fraser Munden

The Chaperone 3D

Life, Animated - Roger Ross Williams

The Wanted 18 - Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan

I am Sun Mu - Sun Mu

Vocal Tradegy - Sissy Paling

Vocal Tradegy

Recycled - Lei Lei and Thomas Sauvin

Recycled

Study Task 5

Animation as Advertisement

Osefin Dudu Dust - Michael Muthiga - Kenya (2016)

Lucchetti The Raviolis - Argentina (2017)

Wilkinson Sword Hydro - Blue Zoo - U.K. (2016)

Link to video (on Vimeo)

Nautilus - Colin Hesterly - France (2016)

Link to video (on Vimeo)

Harvey Nichols "Shoplifters" - Layzell Brothers - U.K (2015)

Freeview "Free Your TV" - Yukfoo Animation - New Zealand (2015)

Justino - Spain (2015)

Nike Children's Day - Badge of Honor - China (2017)

Link to video

Sky Sports Golf - Golden Wolf - U.K. (2018)

Link to video

Anchor Spreadable Butter - U.K. (2017)

Study Task 4

Animation as Entertainment

Pheevos and Athena - Spiros Gogos - Greece

Made in 2004 using the mascots of the Athens 2004 Olympics

Duet - Glen Keane - America

Made in 60fps so that it could be viewed in virtual reality while both characters looped around each others stories, they can each be 'followed' by the viewer.  

Seaside Woman - Oscar Grillo - Argentina

Do Ya Thing - Gorillaz - U.K

Gorillaz is a virtual English band, created by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett.

This video was made in collaboration with Jame Murphy and Andre 3000.

Te Wei - China

Lone Digger - Caravan Palace - France

Caravan Palace is known for it's great music but this was animated by Jérémie Balais

TrueLoveStory - Gitanjali Rao - India

Junkyard - Hisko Hulsing - Netherlands

The full version can be found here.

The Taleteller - Josiah Brooks - Austrailia 

Faiba Internet Commercial - Mike Muthiga - Kenya 

Hans Fischerkoesen - Germany

The Street - Caroline Leaf - Canada

Study Task 3

Online sources

News/magazine:

• Animation magazine
• Animation World Network
• Skwigly
• Animation Festivals
• Cartoon Brew
• Motionographer
• Traditional Animation

Tutorials/forums/support networks:

• Animated Buzz
• Reddit | Animation
• BlenderGuru
• Draw with Jazza

Animation competitons:

• 11 second club
• RubberOnion
• Show me the Animation

Print based magazines

(Magazine subscription website in the UK)

• ImagineFX Magazine
• Animation Artist
• Computer Arts Magazine
• Edge - Print
• Skwigly

Books

• The Animator's Survival Kit - Richard Williams
• Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life - Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston
• Timing for Animation - Harold Whitaker
• Character Mentor - Rob Corley
• Cartoon Animation - Preston Blair
• How to make Animated Films - Tony White

Places

• The Art Hostel
• Freedom Mills
• Gallery Munro House
• Leeds Art Gallery
• Leeds Animation Workshop

Study Task 1 (& 2)

Why you chose to study on this programme?

• It combines my favourite subjects in school; Computers and art
• I'm simply fascinated by animation
• To improve my skills to make a viable career out of it
• To meet and be inspired by other people like me who love animation
• To advertise and put myself out there in the creative industry

What do you want to learn?

• How to properly plan and execute a project till completion
• Collaborate, work in groups and network
• Receive and give useful criticism
• Allocate budget and resources for a project
• To express myself clearly through animation

What skills do you think are your strengths?

• I draw a lot, so I think I am have the right mindset to improve
• I'm good at improvising around problems
• I need minimal planning to understand what I'm animating (might be a bad thing, though)
• I work well in a team
• I am quick to grasp concepts and ideas

What are things you want to improve?

• My ability to persevere and actually complete an animation
• Planning an animation with storyboards and scripts
• Developing ideas and stories beyond simple slapstick comedy
• The presentability of my work (by professional standards)
• Effective and appealing character design

What ways will you evaluate your progress?

• Establishing my current work as a baseline and comparing it to work at the end (at regular intervals)
• Reflecting in the blog entries
• By how efficiently I go from brief, to plan, to finished product
• By how clear my message/story is in my work
• Being able to understand where I went wrong and what could've been done better