Studio Brief 3- Explore- Pixilation Animation and Evaluation

Final Pixilation and Evaluation

This is my final pixilation animation. I followed my ideas and storyboard about wanting to film an animation that was about a moving mannequin where its wondering about but then the owner comes home and cannot know it is able to move. Out of the animation themes i chose Lost and Found as my mannequin needed to hide and stay hidden from the owner so its like they have to be lost so they are not found.

I really like doing this pixilation as i had never done one before but i came across many fault and many issues that need improving if i were to do it again. I filmed this using my phone camera as i did not have a tripod so this made all the images come out overly jittery which is something i would change next time as i will make sure it is on a stand so that it is overall smoother, but also easier to understand and see what is happening.

Another big problem i found when i came to uploading my images was that i was told that when filming i needed to film in landscape instead of portrait which i had not realised so my images were the wrong shape. This is also why i ran into the issue with merging videos with my pixilation, they were filmed the wrong way so when the animation plays they are changing shape and getting smaller. This is very noticeable so i was angry that i could not change this when it came to putting it all together.

I did like that when it was presented in front of the peers that they liked the comic effect that the throwing of the mannequin added to the pixilation. As it was very un realistic and just a still mannequin being clearly thrown, it created humour and entertainment. I'm glad i included this but i am still sad it came out smaller than expected.

I also found i was able to use good camera angles, i used more in this pixilation then i did when storyboarding for Jack and Jill as i found more opportunities to add them into the shots and create a more visually interesting animation overall.

I don't know if i will use pixilation in the future or more go for stop motion but if i do use it i will change these errors with the filming and angles so it is more professional and just looks smoother with connecting frames. As a first pixilation and filming opportunity i felt i did ok and just found many things to add to new opportunities in the future, i will also now go on to find out how to change these issues in the uploading process as i did not know how to change the sizes but if i had more time i would go and ask different people how to do it or go online and find help. So overall this Pixilation has opened my eyes to how difficult and time consuming it can all be and how i can make silly mistakes that affect the final piece so easily.

Studio Brief 3- Explore- Pixilation- Storyboards

Storyboarding for Pixilation Animation

These are the storyboards i drew for what plan i will follow for the pixilation animation, I wanted to have these to draw from as it is easier to create an animation when you have something to follow with movements and for pose to pose movements.

This animation will mix 2 frame shots and videos so that i can have very fast motions and slow motions in one animation making it more visually interesting. I did a fair amount of planning as i needed to show where the camera angles change and when the characters change so i can understand where dig camera changes happen so i can plan ahead and understand what i'm doing.

Studio Brief 3- Explore- Pixilation- Ideas

Ideas

The task set was to produce a pixilation animation that included one person and must be under one and a half minute and less than 1200 frames. For ideas i had to take a few hours to think of something, what i decided to do was have a moving mannequin in someones bedroom that was moving around when they weren't looking but when they turned around it has to be still.

This was the page i took notes on other pixilating videos that i found i could be inspired by in a presentation showed to us but also my notes on the task itself so i could use it to remember the details of what we were needing to do.

This was my first rough draft of the plot i would follow on the pixilation clip. I needed to think about what would happen and what i wanted to capture. 

This is the mannequin that i will use when doing the animation as its limbs make it easy to maneuver but also i can bring it to life by moving it in lifelike ways to get the audience attached to the character. I also have to get the character to show emotions on whats happening which i feel with be the most difficult task.

Studio Brief 3- Explore- Pixilation

Pixilation

This method is frequently used by beginners as it is an easier method than most as you only need a camera and a story to go with it. Pixilation can be mixed with film to make it all a lot more fluid as an animation.

This type of animating process is done by taking pictures and much like stop motion, something is being slowly moved with every shot., it is called pixilation as it is with real people and can be mixed with film when needed.

When making pixilations they need to be planned out for every shot and what is going to be happening for every second or it will not work. When filming each frame is 2 shots as the motions need to be picked up easily. One shot is for when the scene either speeds up or includes a lot of motion as it will look faster and more fluid if its one shot. This method of 2 shots can make it look a bit jerky but overall it does make it easier to understand and see what is going on.

The song Sledgehammer is very famous, not only for the song but for the Pixilation it includes in the video.

This song is by Peter Gabriel and for every second, pictures were take, this really make you see just how long this would have taken to not only film, but for him to have to sit for. It was also done in the 80's so it really was amazing that they could produce something this difficult for a music video.

In 1952 Norman McLaren crated a video that symbolises was and the two sides it creates and how it causes fighting and death. This video is a mix of the shot compositions but also filming to make the whole thing look better and more smooth or rough in areas which creates the comic effect.This was a very old video so this method was how they made it look advanced and have elements of fun in the whole thing.

The Wizard of Speed and Time was created in 1983 and was completed in 1988 by Mike Jittlov. This took 5 years as the method of getting the guy to look like he's floating, was to take pictures when he was jumping in the air. This is why it took so long as was so time consuming and hard to produce.

This is the run that took so long to produce. You can clearly see how much effort it would have taken to get all the shots at the right second, and also how much jumping the guy had to do for it.

This music video was created my Oren Lavie and is shot continually above a bed and has a woman moving across it and creates different scenes about her life and how she runs form life though sleep as its easier.

This is an amazing video as it includes she doing walk cycles and running all while laying on her side. This is very difficult to get right and makes the whole video come to life and become stunning. To create these types of motions, it would have taken a huge amount of planning and work to make it as smooth as it comes out as.

Overall these videos show you just where you can take Pixilation and what you can accomplish and do with the right amount of planning and time put into them.