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This is a koyaanisqatsi inspired animation that depicts a time lapse that revolves around the days of college, showing different aspects of the everyday life in college. Having the picture frames in such close proximity in time allows you to really get a feel for the time in an average day of college. Making this short video was pretty easy to produce as iStopMotion includes a lot of the features that help make a video like this. Using the outwore made it very simple as each aspect of the video was recorded picture by picture creating the illusion of a camcorder in a more artistic and detailed approach.

Picture animation

Cut Out Animation

This is a cut out animation piece created from a magazine mainly consisting of adverts, inspired by Terry Gilliam. Cut out animation mainly involves using card, pictures, fabrics and anything you can get your hands on that you are able to cut out and modify to your advantage in creating the ideal picture and story you want to convey. Making the pictures and to portray them is mainly used with a scanning machine and to combine them you would usually use a computer. Each image made and put together is then rearranged and fastened so the pictures flow and the story moves and makes sense. South Park is perhaps the most well-known animated TV show that uses cutout and collage animation. Also Terry Gilliam uses cut out animation with pictures and distorts them to represent more than there original meaning by cutting the heads to make them speak as well as making them move to fur fill the idea he was trying to create with the animated pictures. 

E4 CHANNEL IDENT

This is an animation I created that depicts an alien making its way to it's home planet of the moon. The story concluded in the introduction of the E4 logo which summaries some kind of purpose to the venture of the alien.  Making the animation was not as hard as I had first intended it was going to be however it was time consuming and enduring as keeping the same level of detail within the animation from the beginning to end was more of a challenge than I had first intended. Although at the end of the production I was lucky enough to need to make any adjustments to the lining of the drawing, this is because I had sketched the original drawing of the pictures before hand in pencil and then traced over them in ink to make sure there was no room for error. Using cut out animation helps to expand your imagination and making it into an animated reality, as you can bring drawings to life however long it may take it is still a great way to create a moving clip from drawings. Traditionally drawn animation was used to portray a story and include a storyboard, a sort of script that are shown through images as well as words. The idea is to link each picture with the images made and so each frame shows a something or someone moving. As creation of the drawn animation can not include sound because it is taken picture by picture this is added at the end of the production or beginning to collate with the animation. To make sure each frame is in order the main method of being able to create the sequence is to trace pictures and then when finished traced over and adjusted to give the professional look.

 

Interactive video

An interactive video involves video as well as computer which is used to inform a viewer on specific topics concerning the public, this provides either educational or an entertaining program for whoever it is aimed towards. This technique of combining the two; linear film and interaction, can be created from a personal point of view to provide a video of themselves or others helping others in some form. Most interactive videos likely have someone speaking into the camera as if they are addressing you, the viewer, creating a conversational tone which makes it more involving for whoever may be watching. The majority of these videos are usually short and tend not to drag on for too long.

Furthermore, there are many platforms on which interactive videos can be watched, for instance many devices like iPhones and MP4s play videos, they can have videos downloaded onto them or some have internet allowing you to watch them over the internet. As computers are the main source of watching interactive videos with vast amount of people uploading there own videos onto the internet, seeing as recording yourself speaking seems to be a lot more easier and entertaining than reading. YouTube has an easy procedure to upload your own interactive videos and a straightforward way of finding numerous videos.

Additionally, interactive videos are made to inform/educate people on anything there is to be learnt whether it is of someone’s opinions or ‘how to’, the videos are also made for entertainment as some enjoy making them, for comical value. Also interactive videos are made for advertising, to sell a product, using the internet as the main medium for interactive advertising.

Viral video: This is a video that has generated popularity through internet sharing, this works by email and/or websites that users can share videos in. These are mainly comedy videos, like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oecyWkaBiEE

User-generated: This is content made by the user, as this person would give reviews and opinions of the video. The content produced is by an unprofessional journalist. If a user uploads his/her photographs expressing themselves in a blog, or makes a new music video, e.g: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoOihBb78w

Virtual Tours: This is a sequence of video images that simulates an existing location, other elements are used: sound effects, music, narration, and text.

Film Trailers: This is usually a sequence of clips advertising a film, which sums up the film leading people to go and watch it, at the cinema.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8FRBYOFu2w&feature=related

             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKwjU_pSSW4

This is a spectacular trailer which conveys the film very well; it is always changing clips and creates quite a fast moving short video which creates a suspenseful tension which creates the viewer interested in the trailer. The trailer is selling the film ‘Fight Club’ trying to get people to come and watch it and the cinema, this trailer giving you an in-depth insight into the film which allows the viewer to understand the film. Focusing on the three main characters in the movie helps you to relate to film this also gives the viewer a greater awareness of the characteristics of the main characters and allows you to know who these main characters are. This video is shown on YouTube but is also shown on television as well as on the internet, letting a wider audience be informed on the film.

The second trailer shows the new jackass film shown in 3D this, advertises the 3D feature film, this trailer is providing the investors of the film (MTV, paramount). The trailer does not reveal too much information of the film, which creates anticipation although it may just show the highlights. The trailer does not show short clips but shows footage of the film this does not tell you that much of the film which could be improved.

Glossary

MOV.: This is a file type produced by apple inc. This is mainly used with QuickTime media player. MOV allows you to change the file without having to rewrite it completely, this primarily helps editors, An average MOV file contains one or more tracks of data. Text tracks are found set into an MOV file and are commonly found as movie subtitles.

AVI.: Also known as Audio Video Interleave, This is a container format made by Microsoft as a component of its video for Windows technology. This specific type of file allows you to combine audio as well as video playback. To use this file you may need to download a special kind of video player.

Aspect Ratio: This is the height of an image to its width, these measurements are expressed as ‘x:y’ in the mathematical sense. This method is used on computer screens, cinemas, paper size, standard photographic size, Photolithography. Five common aspect ratios: 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 1.85:1, 2.39:1.

Streaming: Referred to as streaming a video, content that has been compressed from over the internet and then displayed to the viewer in real time. A Web user does not need to wait to download a file to play it. The media is sent in a constant stream of data and is played as it arrives.

Compression: This is the decrease in size of data which allows you to reserve space or transmission time. It can cut a text file to 50% of its original size. Compression is done by a program that uses a formula to establish how to compress or decompress data.

Frame Rate: This maybe otherwise known as frame frequency, this is when an imaging device such as a camera or video recorder makes unique recurring images called frames. Frame rates are most commonly expressed as FPS (frame rate per second). This is used as film and television, computing, as well as computing.