blog 6 post 3

I learned that a lot of work went into the movie cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2 one of the shots took 2.15 million hours by 30 different artists to finish it. they were also have a hard time with the physics of the scenes. Each step took months of tweaking and trying to get the motions look real. The end result was movements so real they were impossible 5 years ago.

I think for all the trouble they went through the result was worth it.

I also think that the animators and effect artists did great giving the director what he want instead of doing what's easier for them.

I wonder what troubles did they go through from start to finish? It would be interesting to know all the details.

blog 6 post 2

I learned that not all effects are computer generated there are still makeups and such, but the materials used changed and it helped a lot causing artists to make better and more realistic effects. The cast and make can also be changed with the help of touchups by computer editing.


I think its good that makeup has improved and is still in use some affects you cant get without it.

I also think its cool that using computers to make quick edits to anything that you need.

Which is better to use CGI or makeup or maybe even a mixture of both?

blog 6 post 1

This week I learned more about the cameras we will be using and about different shots like over the shoulder, worms eye view as well as pans.

What I want to learn is how to make different effects.

Something that made me happy is that we are finally working with the cameras.

What frustrated me is I didn't get a few steps in the tutorials, eventually I figured it out.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wEvO7dAdlFY this guy made this in premiere for a presentation I thought it had some good facts about asthma.

blog 5 post 2

I learned that we may have created zombies to the thought of our advancing technology and our market system also zombie movies were not really popular till the eighties.

I think zombies are just monsters we created to scare ourselves, but I also think that our advancing tech is really why zombies were created.

Do we really need reasons why we like zombies why not like them just because of the world they could bring with so many different scenarios and stories they could fit with most peoples fears if looked at in the right point of view.

blog 5 post 1

I learned that a problem has occurred with female characters being pretty all the time. The animator said that animating females are harder than males because they need to be emotional and have expressions that look different. In reality females are no harder than males when animating.

I think that its true the animation teams are a all boys club and may need some female influence, but that means more girls need to get careers in the field to change it.

I also think that it takes more effort to make female characters look good than to animate them.

Why is this a big deal if you don't like how things are couldn't you get into a position to change it? 

blog 4 post 3

I learned that though there are many different styles of animated films but they don't  have their own genre. There are many animated films but are all considered one category. With all the films there is a lot of competition.

I think animated films should have categories of their own.

I believe their are too many animated films the craze is beginning  to end.

Why make animated films only targeting younger kids why not a adults?

blog 4 post 2

I learned that in braking bad they made people feel sympathetic for Walt even though he killed people and made questionable decisions. They did this by using point of view they focused on things that the character was looking at and then switched back to Walters face. The characters expressions also helped along with the story from his point of view.

I think seeing thing from the characters point of view helps you understand them.

I believe that seeing things from their point of view also makes you more emotional toward them.

Though this is a good technique couldn't always work what if there's a terrible back story?  

blog 4 post 1

This week I learned how to use different equipment and what would be good to use for certain scenes.

What made me happy this week is that its the weekend and I am probably going hunting.

What frustrated me this week is that it just felt like a long week and I was busy.

What I want to learn is how different affects are added to films.

 
http://www.raindance.org/5-simple-mistakes-documentary-filmmakers-make/ I found these mistakes and thought they might be common.