Computer Animation Arts

"The Early Animated Films" by The Royal Ocean Film Society The early history of animation is widespread and worldwide, and chalk full of marvelous films showcasing the lengths to which animation can strive towards. Let's take a look at a handful of filmmakers and the technical innovations they developed that got us from the turn of the century to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

"Here's the Plan" by Fernanda Frick "A married cat-dog couple of cupcake bakers dream of opening their own bakery. One day their oven breaks and they have to postpone their dream in order to earn money and replace it. Somewhere down the line, they drift apart from their dream and from themselves."

"The Loner" by Sticky Monster Lab Music by The Freaks

"Wish List" by Directed and animated by Andrew Griffin with illustrations by Scott Garrett, Wish List is funny, quirky and a bit dark in places.

"A collection of funny (very) short films made by Birdbox Studios for the BBC" "Pub Dog" "Carwash" "Olives" "Mower" "Plane"

"No More Questions!" by StoryCorps Kay Wang was a strong-willed grandmother who was reluctantly taken to a StoryCorps booth by her son and granddaughter. Though Kay resisted, she still had stories to tell—from disobeying her mother and rebuffing suitors while growing up in China to late-life adventures as a detective for Bloomingdale's department store. Kay passed away just weeks after that interview, and her son and granddaughter returned to StoryCorps to remember her gentler side, which she kept to herself.

"How Does Animation Work?" by Tyler Pacana Tyler describes his film as "An overview of how animation is made with traditional, 2D-rigged, stop-motion, and CG techniques." However, I don't think this does it justice. Tyler elegantly and effortlessly explains over a hundred years of changing animation processes using fun and creative visual techniques. He uses whats unique about animation to explain animation - A very clever trick.

"The Egyptian Pyramids" by Corentin Charron, Lise Corriol, Olivier Lafay, Nicolas Mrikhi Cairo, 1920, an archaeologist is about to discover the secret of the Egyptian Pyramids. Made in Supinfocom Arles (MOPA) for the MuCEM museum in 2013."

Toolkit 2 Submission: 16th May 2019 by 4pm Please upload all Toolkit 2 work (listed below) to your blogs and then make one ‘master post’ containing a series of links to your Toolkit 2 posts. You may wish to use your ‘Toolkit 2 Check In Post’ as a starting point. Animation Term 1: Moom poses (action / dramatic static poses). Term 1: Weight lifting exercise using Moom (Rendered or as a Playblast). Term 1: (Charlie Chaplin) dope sheet & ‘extremes/in-betweens’ pose test (as a playblast) Term 2: Inforgraphic/Title Credits Term 2: Facial Animation Term 2: Acting Classes (No upload/link required) Drawing (Analogue Work) Term 1: Life Drawing: Photographs of your drawings from term 1 Term 1: Character Design: Character Bible & weekly tasks (uploaded as a PDF) Term 2: Life Drawing: Photographs of your drawings from term 2 Term 2: Analogue Sculpting (Photo of your model) Maya & Associated Software Term 1 & 2:  Pipeline 1 Part 1 - Head Modelling (show the final model and m...

Even as you're reading this, I'm probably in a concert hall in Amiens, France (or maybe it's the one in Soissons), preparing for a live screening of our animated visualisations originating from Hector Berlioz's Romeo & Juliet - the last of our big projects for the Orchestra Network for Europe , and the culmination of a six year cycle of creative collaborations with classical orchestras across Europe. Just last week I was in Katowice, Poland, but more about that a little later. In truth, the Computer Animation Arts course team is a little bleary-eyed as it's been a hectic few weeks getting everything prepared, but our creative community of hardworking students have been no less prolific, so enjoy this all-new edition of our Post With The Most , beginning with the expressive joys of our weekly life-drawing classes... Meg Robson Meg Robson Meg Robson Meg Robson Meg Robson Adri Lopian Adri Lopian Katie Lima ...