Weekly Comments (3/2/14)

- Something I learned this week is that weather sucks when you are trying to learn new things.

- Something that made me happy this week is that we started reading The Great Gatsby which I was looking forward to for a long time.

- Something that angered me is that the weather ruins a lot of important things

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXs5CmMWgfY - Muk is the greatest at doing concept logos check them out!

How to Hook Your Audience in Those Crucial First Seconds (2/16/14)

How to Hook Your Audience in Those Crucial First Seconds (2/16/14)

- The hero of your story should have a lot in common with your viewer to keep them engaged, Having characters resemble some of your viewers characteristics can keep the viewer watching.

- Even if your "main character" isn't in your first sequence, you want to mention him/her to grip their story

- The emotions being rendered could be happiness, shock, sadness, fear, or any intense feeling that will likely retain a viewer’s attention.

- The article is very useful, I like the ways it explains everything in different stages

- I like how it explains that you want to take the viewers look and put it into the character 

- One question I have is that, What if the person still doesnt like your films, do you just leave it be or fix it to what they want?

Lego movie (2/16/14)

Lego movie (2/16/14)

- They avoided making the legos look digitally perfect, by making it seem like the toys have been played with adding smudges and small cracks.

- In a stop motion movie, buying all the bricks to create the movie would cost millions for the bricks alone.

- The filmmakers opted for the flexibility of 3-D animation, with some real Lego-built sets mixed in. 

- I liked that the producers wanted to keep the look of toys that have been played with by kids by adding small adjustments.

- Another thing I liked is that they brought in Chris McKay (“Robot Chicken”) as animation co-director to help.

- How long did it take creating this movie? How long was the final render?

weekly comments (2/16/14)

Weekly Comments (2/16/14)

 This week I learned how to take clips from different movies / trailers and put them together to make something totally different, example: taking clips from toy story and audio from the movie IT.

In the future, I would like to learn more fake fighting techniques so that way in the future when I make more short films it will look more realistic and the audience will enjoy it more.

Something that frustrated me this week would be the 5 page essay, I like essays but i can never get past the third page I run out of things to write about my director.

Something that made me happy this week would be the trailer recut project, I find it amusing to take clips from different movies and make them into a horror film.

link of interest - This is a really cool 2d style banner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJXdMhAdcDQ&feature=c4-overview&list=UUppPgpuw4lb-qdO0kGoJdwA