Beginning Mood Boards and Story boards

This is my early research at story and character concepts.

The First was a romantic comedy:


The Second was a three stooges type comedy based around monkeys this was a mood board i started to develop:
From These Two Concept Ideas I have decided to go with the Three Stooges type story but i  will change the cast from monkeys to a more native New Zealand animals.
I will begin to develop a treatment and a base skeleton of a story over the next few days.
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Production Techniques in Recent Films

Blog Task


Provide a summary of the techniques and film making processes used by the film makers.

Discuss your thoughts in regards to the above 

Kubo  and The Two Strings:

Stop Motion:
Stop-motion animation is an established discipline: single frame by single frame -- with 24 frames per second -- animators subtly and painstakingly manipulate tangible objects on a working stage. Each frame is photographed twice in order to create a final stereoscopic 3D image. Then the thousands of photographed frames are edited and projected together sequentially, bringing the characters and environments to life: movie magic created by hand.

 New Techniques : The Models:

A team of about 65 builds the maquettes, all of which start with an armature (a model’s skeleton) that allows them to be posed.
For the beetle character voiced by Matthew McConaughey the designers used a computer to help them map armature that contained between 30 and 40 different ball-and-socket joints, hinges and swivels (compared to 17 or 18 for human characters). The internal armature sits inside a very soft foam latex inner-body core. Some of the external plates are joined to the armature through the foam, and some are just sliding plate-to-plate over the foam. So when you move him, you get a lot of the movement for free, without having to pose each plate.

Animation Break Down Taken From :  Animation World Network


Stop-motion animated plate. 


 Seams and Rig removal of stop-motion animated plate combined with lit digital village set extension blending into an early morning matte painted forest heavy sky. Rough gray-shaded CG animated crowd characters mingled into the set extension

Addition of mid-ground crowd blocked into frame.


Addition of foreground crowd blocked into frame.


Final lighting, shadowing, rendering and integration of CG crowd characters into village with additional set extension for end composite.

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Research Question.

Starting Research Question:

How 3D character animation uses acting methods to express emotion and thought process to create the "illusion of life", and discover how it can become believable and engaging for the Audience in a short 3D Animation.

 Topic:

Showing thought process through emotional expression and gesturing.
Can thought process be shown through body language.

Key Words:
    • Expression
    • Gesturing
    • Though Process
    • Depth to Character
    • emotion
    • Character 
    • Reaction
    • Interaction
    • Personality
    • Relationship
Story Ideas : 

Love Story : a short romantic story about a barista who falls for a regular customer and how he is to nervous to talk to her so he tries to impress her.  *Needs Work*

Comedy:  a three stooges type story focusing around three monkeys fighting over bananas. 

Question alteration idea: How can i express a character thought process through body language and expression.
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What kind of a movie could you make with $7,000?

With a $7000 film Budget. I Would be able to create a short Film Animation ranging from 10-15 minutes over a space of  6 months.

A  majority of my budget would go towards software and either renting or building a render farm.
i have budgeted off renting a render farm.
This was a basic estimate for a good render farm service.
with this estimate i can calculate i would be able to produce a short film with the set budget. i would need to locally source voice actors and the production would be made by me and any volunteers i can recruiter form my class.

How would you scale that same movie up for $7,000,000?

On a $7,000,000 budget There would be 3 Big changes from the $7000 film.

Team:  I would now be able to hire a team to help me develop a professional Pipeline.
This would include a Concept artist, Animator, Modeler, Texture Artist, Fx artist.for a period of 6 months.

Gear: I would be able to buy or build the render farm and computers i would need for the film.

Film Scope: 
 The Scope of the Film would have the most Dramatic change. I would be able to take the visual production quality up quite substantially.  being able to add finer detail like dust and lighting. better special effects and much more lengthy and well developed post production phase.

Compare and contrast the original film with the “sequel”.
How did the narrative change when more money was added to the budget?
The Story was more consistent.
The Actors were not reused.
 Did the director’s style change?
not really there were moments of influence from Quinton Tarantino.
Did new actors make a difference?
Yes. The actors really sold the performance. It was easy to see that this was the original vision of the script but the lack of funds limited the directors vision.

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My Movies List


My Favorite films: 

  1. How to Train your Dragon Trilogy.
    Director : Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders.
    Year: 2010/2014/2019.
  2. The Dark Night
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Year : 2008
  3.  Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
    Director: Tom Tykwer
    Year: 2006.
  4. Amelie
    Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
    Year:2001
  5. The Imitation Game:
    Director: Morten Tyldum|
    Year:2014
  6. Coco
    Directors: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina (co-director)
    Year :2017
  7. Princess Mononoke
    Director: Hayao Miyazaki
    Year: 1997
  8. Django Unchained
    Director: Quentin Tarantino
    Year: 2017
  9. Fight Club
    Director: David Fincher
    Year : 1999
  10. Gladiator
    Director: Ridley Scott
     Year: 2000


My 20 Films to watch this Year: 

  1.  It's a Wonderful Life        Frank Capra        1946
  2. North by Northwest       Alfred Hitchcock               1959
  3. Rear Window     Alfred Hitchcock               1954
  4. American Graffiti              George Lucas     1973   
  5. Annie Hall            Woody Allen      1977
  6. The Last Picture Show    Peter Bogdanovich          197?  
  7. Tootsie Sydney Pollack  1982
  8. Goodfellas          Martin Scorsese                  1990
  9. MASH   Robert Altman   1970
  10. The Deer Hunter              Michael Cimino 1978
  11. Citizen Kane       Orson Welles     1941
  12. Seven Samurai   Akira Kurosawa    Japan    1954
  13. Do the Right Thing           Spike Lee             1989   
  14.  Yankee Doodle Dandy    Michael Curtiz   1942
  15. Lawrence of Arabia          David Lean          1962
  16. Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick 1964
  17. To Kill a Mockingbird      Robert Mulligan                1962 
  18. The French Connection William Friedkin               1971  
  19. A Clockwork Orange       Stanley Kubrick 1971
  20. Easy Rider           Dennis Hopper  1969



AFI Top 100 American Films in 100 years, 10th anniversary list 2007

1910's:

49.          Intolerance         D. W. Griffith     1916

1920's:

58.          The Gold Rush   Charlie Chaplin  1925      
18.          The General       Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman 1926
82.          Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans F. W. Murnau    1927      

1930's:

11.          City Lights            Charlie Chaplin  1931
41.          King Kong            Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack 1933*
60.          Duck Soup           Leo McCarey      1933      
46.          It Happened One Night  Frank Capra        1934      
85.          A Night at the Opera       Sam Wood          1935      
78.          Modern Times   Charlie Chaplin  1936      
90.          Swing Time         George Stevens 1936      
34.          Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs           David Hand         1937
88.          Bringing Up Baby              Howard Hawks  1938      
10.          The Wizard of Oz              Victor Fleming   1939*
26.          Mr. Smith Goes to Washington  Frank Capra        1939
6.            Gone with the Wind        Victor Fleming   1939

1940's:

44.          The Philadelphia Story   George Cukor    1940       *            
23.          The Grapes of Wrath      John Ford            1940
61.          Sullivan's Travels              Preston Sturges 1941      
1.            Citizen Kane       Orson Welles     1941
31.          The Maltese Falcon         John Huston       1941
3.            Casablanca          Michael Curtiz   1942*
98.          Yankee Doodle Dandy    Michael Curtiz   1942
29.          Double Indemnity            Billy Wilder         1944
20.          It's a Wonderful Life        Frank Capra        1946
37.          The Best Years of Our Lives          William Wyler    1946      
38.          The Treasure of the Sierra Madre              John Huston       1948

1950's:

16.          Sunset Boulevard             Billy Wilder         1950*
28.          All About Eve     Joseph L. Mankiewicz     1950*
47.          A Streetcar Named Desire            Elia Kazan            1951
65.          The African Queen          John Huston       1951
5.            Singin' in the Rain             Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen           1952
27.          High Noon          Fred Zinnemann               1952*
45.          Shane   George Stevens 1953      
19.          On the Waterfront          Elia Kazan            1954      
48.          Rear Window     Alfred Hitchcock               1954
12.          The Searchers   John Ford            1956
36.          The Bridge on the River Kwai       David Lean          1957*
87.          12 Angry Men   Sidney Lumet     1957       *
9.            Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock               1958 *
22.          Some Like It Hot               Billy Wilder         1959
55.          North by Northwest       Alfred Hitchcock               1959      
100.        Ben-Hur               William Wyler    1959       *

               

1960's:

14.          Psycho  Alfred Hitchcock               1960*
80.          The Apartment Billy Wilder         1960      
81.          Spartacus            Stanley Kubrick    1960  *
51.          West Side Story Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise     1961       *
7.            Lawrence of Arabia          David Lean          1962
25.          To Kill a Mockingbird      Robert Mulligan                1962 
39.          Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick 1964      
40.          The Sound of Music         Robert Wise       1965 *
67.          Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Mike Nichols      1966
75.          In the Heat of the Night Norman Jewison              1967      
42.          Bonnie and Clyde             Arthur Penn       1967 *
17.          The Graduate    Mike Nichols      1967                      
15.          2001: A Space Odyssey  Stanley Kubrick 1968 *
79.          The Wild Bunch Sam Peckinpah 1969
43.          Midnight Cowboy            John Schlesinger               1969       *
73.          Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid        George Roy Hill  1969      *            
84.          Easy Rider           Dennis Hopper  1969      
               
1970s
54.          MASH   Robert Altman   1970
70.          A Clockwork Orange       Stanley Kubrick 1971 
93.          The French Connection William Friedkin               1971       
2.            The Godfather  Francis Ford Coppola      1972       *
63.          Cabaret Bob Fosse           1972
62.          American Graffiti              George Lucas     1973      
21.          Chinatown          Roman Polanski                1974
32.          The Godfather Part II      Francis Ford Coppola      1974       *
33.          One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest             Miloš Forman    1975
59.          Nashville              Robert Altman   1975      
56.          Jaws      Steven Spielberg              1975 *
64.          Network              Sidney Lumet     1976                      
57.          Rocky    John G. Avildsen               1976       *
52.          Taxi Driver           Martin Scorsese               1976 *
77.          All the President's Men Alan J. Pakula     1976
35.          Annie Hall            Woody Allen      1977
13.          Star Wars             George Lucas     1977 *
53.          The Deer Hunter              Michael Cimino 1978
30.          Apocalypse Now              Francis Ford Coppola      1979       *
95.          The Last Picture Show    Peter Bogdanovich          197?      

1980's:

4.            Raging Bull          Martin Scorsese                1980       *
66.          Raiders of the Lost Ark   Steven Spielberg              1981 *
24.          E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial               Steven Spielberg              1982 *
97.          Blade Runner     Ridley Scott        1982       *            
69.          Tootsie Sydney Pollack  1982
91.          Sophie's Choice Alan J. Pakula     1982
86.          Platoon Oliver Stone      1986       *
96.          Do the Right Thing           Spike Lee             1989      
               
1990's:

92.          Goodfellas          Martin Scorsese                  1990*
74.          The Silence of the Lambs              Jonathan Demme            1991*
68.          Unforgiven         Clint Eastwood  1992       *
8.            Schindler's List   Steven Spielberg              1993*
76.          Forrest Gump    Robert Zemeckis              1994       *
94.          Pulp Fiction         Quentin Tarantino           1994*
72.          The Shawshank Redemption       Frank Darabont        1994               *
99.          Toy Story             John Lasseter     1995       *
83.          Titanic   James Cameron        1997*
71.          Saving Private Ryan         Steven Spielberg              1998       *
89.          The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan        1999*
               
2000's:

50.          The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring               Peter Jackson    2001       *




Empire Magazine’s 100 Best Films of World Cinema
Europe
100.  Night Watch     Timur Bekmambetov   Russia     2004
96.  Delicatessen   Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro  France   1991
93.  The Fourth Man  Paul Verhoeven  Holland  1983
91.  Goodbye Lenin  Wolfgang Becker  Germany  2003
90.  Rififi  Jules Dassin  France   1995
89.  Loves of a Blonde  Milos Forman  Czechoslovakia  1965
88.  Leningrad Cowboys  Aki Kaurismaki  Finland  1989
87.  Andrei Rublev  Andrei Tarkovsky  Russia  1966
86.  Run Lola Run  Tom Tykwer  Germany  1998          Animation segments
85.  Il Conformista  Bernardo Bertolucci  Italy  1970
84.  Orphee  Jean Cocteau  France  1950
79.  Bande A Part  Jean-Luc Godard  France  1964
78.  Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown  Pedro Almodovar  Spain  1988
76.  The Idiots  Lars Von Trier  Denmark  1998
75.  A Bout de Souffle  Jean-Luc Godard  France  1960
73.  Hidden  Michael Haneke  Austria  2005
71.  Persona  Ingmar Bergman  Sweden  1966
68.  Solaris  Andrei Tarkovsky  Russia  1972
67.  The Vanishing  George Sluizer  Holland  1988
65.  Un Chien Andalou  Luis Bunuel  Spain  1929
64.  Wings of Desire  Wim Wenders  Germany  1987
63.  A Prophet  Jacques Audiard  France  2009
62.  8 ½   Federico Fellini  Italy  1963
61.  Knife in the Water   Roman Polanski   Poland    1962
60.  Jean de Florett/ Manon des Sources    Claude Berri     France    1986
59.  Heimat     Edgar Reitz    Germany   1985
56.  Belle de Jour     Luis Bunuel   France   1967
54.  Festen   Thomas Vinterberg    Denmark    1998
53.  All About My Mother   Pedro Almodovar   Spain   1999
50.  Closely Observed Trains  Jiri Menzel  Czechoslovakia  1966
49.  M. Hulot’s Holiday   Jacques Tati  France   1953
48.  Downfall   Oliver Hirschbiegel   Germany   2004
47.  10    Abbas Kiarostami   Germany   2004
46.  Jules et Jim    Francois Truffaut   France   1962
45.  Suspiria   Dario Argento   Italy    1977
43.  Cyrano de Bergerac    Jean-Paul Rappeneau    France    1990
40.  L’Avventura      Michelangelo Antonioni    Italy     1960
39.  Le Samourai   Jean-Pierre Melville   France   1967
38.  Ashes and Diamonds    Andrzej Wajda    Poland   1958
37.  Rome Open City    Roberto Rossellini   Italy    1945
36.  Dekalog   Krzysztof Kieslowski  Poland    1988
35.  La Grande Illusion   Jean Renoir  France   1937
33.  M    Fritz Lang   Germany   1931
32.  La Haine   Mathieu Kassovitz   France   1995
29.  Les Quatres Cent Coups   Francois Truffaut    France    1959
27.  Cinema Paradiso    Giuseppe Tornatore    Italy    1988
26.  La Belle et la Bete    Jean Cocteau    France   1946
25.   Das Boot     Wolfgang Petersen   Germany   1980 *
24.  Come and See     Elem Klimov    Russia    1985
23.   Spirit of the Beehive     Victor Erice    Spain    1973
19.  Aguirre, Wrath of God    Werner Herzog    Germany    1972
15.  Let the Right One In    Tomas Alfredson   Sweden   2008
14.  Three Colours Trilogy    Krzysztof Kieslowski    Poland     1993/94
13.  La Regle du Jeu    Jean Renoir    France   1939
12.  Metropolis    Fritz Lang    Germany    1927 *

11.  La Dolce Vita    Federico Fellini    Italy     1960
9.  The Wages of Fear    Henrik-Georges Clouzot    France    1953
8.  The Seventh Seal    Ingmar Bergman    Sweden   1957
6.  Battle of Algiers    Gillo Pontecorvo    France    1966
4.  Bicycle Thieves    Vittorio Da Sica    Italy   1948 *
3.  Battleship Potemkin    Sergei Eisenstein     Russia    1925
2.  Amelie     Jean-Pierre Jeunet    France     2000 *

Middle East
58.  Persepolis  Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi   Iran/France   2007      Animation

Asia
99.  Iron Monkey  Yuen Woo-ping  China   1993
98.  Ran   Akira Kurosawa    Japan  1985
97.  Farewell My Concubine  Chen Kaige  China  1993
95.  Way of the Dragon  Bruce Lee  Hong Kong  1972 *
92.  Ghost in the Shell  Mamoru Oshii  Japan  1995         Animation -
82.  Battle Royale  Kinji Fukasaku  Japan  2000
81.  The Host  Bong Joon-Ho  Korea  2006
80.  Mother India  Mehboob Khan India  1957
77.  House of Flying Daggers  Zhang Yimou  China  2004
74.  Devdas  Sanjay Leela Bhansali  India  2002
70.  Hard Boiled  John Woo  Hong Kong  1992
69.  Ringu  Hideo Nakata  Japan  1998
66.  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon  Ang Lee  China  2000
55. Lagaan    Ashutosh Gowariker    India   2001
51.  Akira   Katsuhiro Otomo   Japan   1988      Animation
44.  Ikiru   Akira Kurosawa   Japan    1952
42.  In the Mood for Love   Wong Kar-wai   Hong Kong   2000
41.  My Neighbour Totoro    Hayao Miyazaki      1988    Animation
31.  Godzilla   Ishiro Honda   Japan    1954
30.  Infernal Affairs   Alan Mak, Lau Wai-keung    Hong Kong   2002
28.  Raise the Red Lantern     Zhang Yimou    China   1991
22.  Rashomon    Akira Kurosawa   Japan    1950
21.  Nosferatu    F.W. Murnau    Germany    1922
18.  Oldboy   Park Chan-wook    Korea    2003
17.  The Apu Trilogy   Satyajit Ray   India    1955/56/59
16.  Tokyo Story   Yasujiro Ozu    Japan     1953
10.  Spirited Away     Hayao Miyazaki   Japan   2001        Animation
1.  Seven Samurai   Akira Kurosawa    Japan    1954

Australia
72.  Ten Canoes  Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr  Australia  2006

Africa
94.  Yeelen  Souleymane Cisse  Mali  1987
83.  Xala  Ousmane Sembene  Senegal  1974
52.  Touki Bouki    Djibril Diop Mambety   Senegal  1973

North America
20.  Y Tu Mama Tambien    Alfonso Cuaron    Mexico    2001
5.  Pan’s Labyrinth     Guillermo del Toro     Mexico    2006

South America
57.  Central Do Brasil    Walter Salles    Brazil    1998
7.  City of God   Fernando Meirelles, Katia Lund     2002

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