[FIRST YEAR] Animation Context
Covered today:
These subjects below are what I learnt in today's lecture. Most of the lecture was quite interesting but when Johny turned of lights and we started watching videos I got a little sleepy.
What's a Documentary?
The word documentary is a adjective that says:
1. 'consisting of or based on official documents: documentary evidence of regular payments from from the company.'
2. 'using pictures or interviews with people involved in real events to provide a factual report on a particular subject: a documentary programme about Manchester United.'
- What is a documentary?
- Simulation
- Nuke Workshop
- Representation
- Natural History Museum Alive
- La Jetée
- Ken Burns Effect
- City of Gold Ken Burns
- Human Waiting Time
- Sinking of the Lusitania
These subjects below are what I learnt in today's lecture. Most of the lecture was quite interesting but when Johny turned of lights and we started watching videos I got a little sleepy.
What's a Documentary?
The word documentary is a adjective that says:
1. 'consisting of or based on official documents: documentary evidence of regular payments from from the company.'
2. 'using pictures or interviews with people involved in real events to provide a factual report on a particular subject: a documentary programme about Manchester United.'
Simulation – (Water, Fire, etc.) VFX
Go to nuke workshop
Johny told me if I wanted to do any of the simulation animations, it would be best to go to the Nuke software workshop where James will teach me these skills.
Representation – (Dinosaurs, Zombies, etc.)
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
This video of David Attenborough was very interesting showing the art of visual effects and animations to create these extinct animals that lived billion years ago this is known as representation on how the extinct animals move using a creature that lives now for references (as a substituent)
La Jetée
In today's lesson we watched this short french film which was English dubbed. I watched it in the dark but I didn't understand the story so it made me very sleepy so I had a nap.
Ken Burns Effect
The Ken Burns effect is a type of panning and zooming effect used in video production from still imagery. The name derives from extensive use of the technique by American documentarian Ken Burns.
City of Gold Ken Burns
We (us humans) don’t want to wait for anything (Modern)
Pacing – to slow bored, to fast confused
Audio Quality
Video Quality
Sinking of the Lusitania
Lusitania Disaster 1915 - British Pathé
Silent film from 1918 - Winsor McCay
