Evaluation for E4 ident

I personally think my E4 ident could have gone a lot better as it wasn’t made to the creative level I had hoped for, I had big plans but didn’t thoroughly think them through, and came to realise it would be too difficult to do drawn animation with the ideas I had. Overall this is the first time I have single handed used final cut pro on my own, I think I did well in this. I could have made my Ident better by using a brighter background and going at a slower and more even pace. I think my E4 ident gives a relaxed and laid back approach to the promotion of the channel. 

Ideas for E4 ident

Broken Heart E4 ident
- a broken heart falling from the sky, into the sea then the E4 logo jumps out
- would have a comical touch to a girly ident
- would be fitting for the shows shown on E4 as they relate to love and humour
- music draws you in
- eye catchy, bright colours
- its not the obvious E4 ident
- not to complicated
- cartoon sound effects as the heart falls and drops into the sea
- minimum background needed

Come and go ident
- 20-30 seconds long
- hint of old fashion flicker effect
- welcomes people in with a suttle effect
- calm soothing music
- the idea is that little balls slowly form the E4 logo then disappear one by one, the reform
- plain background
-very therapeutic
- the balls give the effect there is a chain running along the logo
- silver edit

Rolling Pin ident

- Not the normal E4 ident
- very different to other E4 idents as its more formal
- very basic but not boring
- with the use of kitchen equipment its instantly different fro all E4 idents
- rolling pin rolls over a ball of dough reviling the e4 logo, then out of no where a dough ball splatters the logo
- it would have a comical touch with the logo being splattered with a dough ball
- good sound effects with rolling noises

Train ride with flag ident

- Train coming across the screen linked to flags from different nations then at the en of the train the E4 logo is revelled
- very suttle not to graphic bbut not to simple
- good sound effects with train noises
- wouldn’t need a heavy background
- glags of different nations = equal
- has a very formal approach
- catches all kinds of people 

MY E4 IDENT

Drawn Animation

This is my drawn animation video, i personally enjoyed making this as i learnt a lot whilst the drawing making and editing, i wanted to start out with something basic but look forward to making something in the future.

Drawn animation is very similar to cut out animation in the way as you can make anything happen of your own accord. Its very easy to correct a mistake if you go wrong as you can place your drawing in the place it was in the last shot. For this video i used istop motion.

Overall i really enjoyed this project and think its one of the easiest.

Here is three examples of drawn animation;

Koyaanisqatsi

This is my pixilation animation video, i helped make this with my class, we worked in separated groups and filmed individually but then all came together in the end.  

This video was inspired by Koyaanisqatsi project that involved similar techniques. This is the original Koyaanisqatsi pixilation project video;

I personally enjoyed making this project as we was all working together and making joint decisions, this reflected on the video I thought. I didn’t enjoy the fact it was a little bit rushed, and didn’t have much time for pre production. 

Pixelation Animation

This is my pixelation animation video, i personally enjoyed making this as i filmed it. I think it could have gone a lot better if more time had been spend filming, overall this is one of my favourite ways to animate.

Pixilation animation is a form of stop motion animation, which consists of animation live actors which is sometimes tricky, because actors are humans and can move on there own accord where as objects you have full control.

Pixilated animation is very similar t object animation except its much more noticeable if the movement is to big or a little bit out. The whole process between pixilation and object animation is very similar but mistakes are more likely to show on the pixilation video.

Overall I enjoyed this animation process I think if we had a better story and better-set things have gone a lot better. This way of animation is very time consuming but satisfying at the end.

Here are three examples of pixilated animation;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IVgo9WEUEc&feature=related

Cut Out Animation

Here is my Cut out animation video i made with Viviana, i think it went really well for a first time piece, i really enjoyed working on it.

Cut out animation is one of the oldest forms of animation, but yet is still going today, as its very easy to make. Cut out animation is made from flat characters or shapes including paper, fabric photos and so on.

Cut out animation isn’t very popular in this day and age as animation is done through computers and editing software. I personally think that cut out animation is highly creative and satisfying because you get to make anything you want to happen.

Here are three examples of cut out animation;

Object Animation

This is my object animation video i made with Viviana overall i think i could have improved but for a first attempt Im pleased, at the video has a little story to it.

Object animation uses 3d objects and materials to go through the process of animating where as with cut out and drawn animation the things you animate are flat and more accessible to move. Object animation is most like film making as it involves many aspects of producing a film for example the camera movement, lighting and so on.

I personally found object animation very tricky as it takes a long time as the movement has to be slow but steady. It was also hard to figure out something to animate, as you are limited down to objects where as drawn animation your possibilities are endless.


Here are two examples of object animation; 

Zoetrope

In 1834 a British mathematician named William George Horner invented the modern Zoetrope, it failed to become popular until the 1960s, when makers in both England and America patented it. A Zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures. It became a revolution in history, in terms of animation because it was one of first devices that created still image movement (animation).

The zoetrope works by pictures being drawn on a strip, which could be set around the bottom of a metal drum, with the slits cut in the upper section of the drum. The drum was mounted on a spindle so that it spins and viewers looking through the slits would see the cartoon strip form a moving image. The faster the drum is spun, the smoother the image that is produced.

Persistence of vision is a theory, which explains that the human eye always retains images for a fraction of a second (0.04seconds). Meaning that everything we see is a subtle blend of what is happening now but also what happened a fraction of a second ago.

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