You will need to provide evidence of the following. When these are complete, providing you have done everything asked in my lessons, you will have completed Unit 10, Element 1.
This leaves - Plan a Sequence (10.2), Produce (make) an animated sequence (10.3) and Evaluate your sequence (10.4). This means - plan, make and review an animated sequence.
After this we will spend time ensuring you have done all the mandatory units fully and you will have time to improve any work you have that could be better - say you want a distinction but one piece of work is a merit, you can have another go and submit it when it's a distinction.
CGI WORK
CGI = Computer generated imagery
You must
- cover more than one studio that has used CGI - I suggest you choose from PIXAR, ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) or STUDIO GHIBLI
- Discuss briefly what CGI is and how it works. What has it meant for animation (it's quicker (is it??) but is it more realistic? does it take more people?less people? Is it cheaper? (or not)) etc
- Give some examples (3-4) of films with some screenshots and your response - covering a range of styles* of CGI from different studios commenting on techniques in animation and their effect will get you a distinction
*Different Styles (kids, adult, special effects, global media such as anime, does stop motion style animation (look at companies such as Aardman and films like 'Fantastic Mr Fox') use CGI in a different way? Do they still move everything by hand and take camera stills - or do they mix up the modes so they photograph the stills but ADD in details using CGI later? How is CGI used in non-animation (don't do too much detail)?
1. Watch Pixar - 25 Magic Moments
Make a FEW notes on each film - some possible notes are: what is unique about the film? Did the film tell you anything about the process of animation using CGI? How did they attract the audience? What problems did they have? - You won't know exactly what to say until you've seen each segment.
2. Find out about CGI - start with wikipedia BUT please also research elsewhere - remember you MUST keep a record of the websites you visit!
Write some basic info about CGI and it's different styles, using images and videos too.
Remember to look at BOTH wikipedia links before doing anything else!
Wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery
Wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGI_animation
Pixar on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar
ILM on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic
3. BLOG your findings on CGI - cover the technique and the different styles/uses - briefly!
4. Link in some examples - see notes above
Some starting points could be computer animation created blockbuster films such as Toy Story 3 (2010), Avatar (2009), Shrek 2 (2004), Cars 2 (2011), and Life of Pi (2012).
- Give some examples (3-4) of films with some screenshots and your response - covering a range of styles* of CGI from different studios commenting on techniques in animation and their effect will get you a distinction
*Different Styles (kids, adult, special effects, global media such as anime, does stop motion style animation (look at companies such as Aardman and films like 'Fantastic Mr Fox') use CGI in a different way? Do they still move everything by hand and take camera stills - or do they mix up the modes so they photograph the stills but ADD in details using CGI later? How is CGI used in non-animation films? Don't do too much on non-animation films although CGI is a part of animation and therefore what we are studying and researching.
From WIKIPEDIA --
Some prominent CGI studios to help you get started...
Notable computer animation studios
- Pixar - Notable for Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998),
Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Cars (2006), Ratatouille (2007),
WALL-E (2008), Up (2009), Brave (2012) and Monsters University (2013)
- Walt Disney Animation Studios - Notable for Dinosaur (2000), Meet the Robinsons (2007), Bolt (2008), Tangled (2010) and Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
- DreamWorks Animation - Notable for Shrek (2001), Madagascar (2005), Kung Fu Panda (2008), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), Megamind (2010), How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and The Croods (2013).
- Sony Pictures Animation - Notable for Open Season (2006), Surf's Up (2007), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
and Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- Illumination Entertainment - Notable for Despicable Me (2010) and The Lorax (2012)
- Blue Sky Studios - Notable for Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005), Rio (2011) and Epic (2013)
- Ilion Animation Studios - Notable for Planet 51 (2009)
- Industrial Light & Magic - Notable for Rango (2011)
Notable for visual effect on live action films like Star Wars (1977) and The Avengers (2012)
- Digital Domain - Notable for visual effect on live action films like Armageddon (1998) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
