Author: Nicole Thompson

For the eighth week, we confirmed the order in which we would create our part of animation. The animation is broken down into 7 parts and will showcase the characters. I will be doing the third part.   Since I liked my transition idea from last week so much I decided to go with itContinue reading Week 8 – ‘Design a World’ Task

For week 8, we were taught about staging and anticipation. Staging is when an action is easily read and shows a clear action even if the character is silhouetted. Anticipation consists of three stages; anticipation, action and reaction. For homework, we were tasked with animating a flour sack doing some kind of action. I choseContinue reading Week 8 – Storyboarding & Animating

For the seventh week, we held a meeting to discuss what part of the chain animation we would all be covering and what order it would be in.   After a bit of research, I came up with some ideas before meeting with the group. I especially like the first transition idea of the ofContinue reading Week 7 – ‘Design a World’ Task

For week 7, we learned the 12 principles of animation like squash and stretch, staging, arcs and appeal. We also learned the importance of space and timing which means the number of frames per second and where the drawing is within the frame.   For homework, we were tasked with doing three things. Firstly, weContinue reading Week 7 – Animation

This week we decided what our final group was. I chose to remain in Group 1 along with Jordan, James, Tori, Katie, Danielle and Rhys. We decided that this week we would try to refine the story so that everyone would understand it and be happy enough to animate it. We were tasked with reviewingContinue reading Week 6 – Review

For the fifth week, I remained in Group 1. I believe this is the last week of members being swapped around. Harry and Matthew were swapped out and Katie and Tori joined our group. Next week I believe that we will be allowed to choose what groups we want to work with.   Decaf AContinue reading Week 5 – ‘Design a World’ Task

For week 5, we were taught character design. We learned how shapes can convey a certain type of character to an audience. We also learned of the importance of making a character’s silhouette clear and unique, this makes it easier for an audience to know what the character is doing and identify them. For homework,Continue reading Week 5 – Character

For the fourth week, we returned to our groups and 2 more members were swapped. I still remain in group 1 but Emma and Rhys, our new members of last week, were switched with Harry and Matthew. We explained the story and set off with adding to the idea. We came up some more charactersContinue reading Week 4 – ‘Design a World’ Task

For week 4, we were taught colour theory. We learned the emotional effects that colours have on the viewer and how we can use that to portray desired emotions to the audience. We also learned how to make a piece look more unified through colour schemes like complementary colours or analogous colours.   We wereContinue reading Week 4 – Colour

During the third week, the class broke back into the groups to discuss the story of the world. After a short time, 2 members of each group were swapped with 2 other people. I remained in group 1 along with Jordan and James but Danielle and Amber were replaced by Emma and Rhys. The originalContinue reading Week 3 – ‘Design a World’ Task