Thursday, April 25, 2013

MA1121 ASSIGNMENT 04 Stop Motion Project Week 01

Crystal Walker
StoryBoard:








Characters:


Sets:
 
Alana Von Ende

Sets:
My Apartment 
 
Characters:






  
Ericka Ochoa

Notes:
 
Robots vs Toys. 
Child plays with toys. (Pans) Zoom in on teddy bear  and rat near the door. Mother brings Mechanoids in and goes back to her room. 
Child plays with new toys. 
Door bell rings, child yells at mother that she is leaving. Mother screams 'clean up toys before you go.'
Child just leaves. Mechanoids start moving towards hallway. Door closes and that starts the party. 
Woody is the only one looking at hallway, while the other toys start to party. 
Show scene of Mother walking in the room in background, and with the Mechanoids watching her. Turn towards camera.
Rat and bear come up behind them, Vulture leads them into hallway.
The Barbies seduces hiccup. My scene dolls try to seduce Woody. He dances awkwardly in a circle.
See stuffing flying. Woody investigates. Blows off dolls. 
Woody finds Vulture with his mouth in rat. 
Vulture hisses at Woody and flies away.
Woody freaks out. Zoom in and out on his face. Zoom in on Woody covering his mouth. 
Woody stands in doorway in shock. Starts to freak out. Party stops and look at him.
"They're dead! They're dead! We're alive but they're dead!"
Hiccup slaps Woody. "Get a hold of yourself man!"
Cuts to Mechanoids, the boss tells Iguana to go in a certain direction. Iguana disappears. 
Mother will be in bathroom. Mechanoids crowd around the door. 
Toys mimic girls voice and lures Mechanoids to living room. 
Toys jumps robots. Woody holds down boss. Hiccup puts chip in brain. 
Robots all fall over. Toys celebrate. Girls comes back and they all drop. 
Girl picks up Hiccup and starts playing with him. 
Night time, shot of mother sleeping. Two red eyes in corner. Iguana reappears. 
  
Characters:

Nicole Miller

Script:

[open on a scene of a girl playing with toys—woody, hiccup, barbies, etc.—and we pan the room and stop on 2 lone stuffed animals laying near the doorway.
Cut to the mother walking in carrying a box.]
Mother:
What have I told you about leaving your toys laying around?
 [mother puts down box and leaves the room back to her room. Child goes to box and takes them all out and begins to play with them. The doorbell rings. the child stands up and shouts to the hallway]
Child:
Mom! My friend’s here! Bye!
[child walks to the door] 
mother:
[shouting from the bedroom]
Pick up your toys before you go!
[child ignores her mother, opens door, and leaves with slamming the door behind her. On her way to the door, the mechanoids begin to move. Once the door slams, the toys stand up and begin to party. Woody is the only toy facing hallway, but he turns to the party.]
[cut to scene of mother walking in her bedroom—at the level of the toys. The main bad guy is seen in the foreground as he watches the mother before turning to the camera and laughing.]
[cut to vulture at doorway, leading the rat and bear stuffed animal into the hallway.]
rat:
[offscreen, annoying, high-pitched voice]
oh you’re new?? Want to be friends??
 Mechanoids:
[talks in clicks and such. Alien language. Subtitles]
what’s this guy’s deal?
[cut to scene of Barbie dolls pulling hiccup in to dance. They are seducing him. My scene dolls are trying to get woody to dance, he dances awkwardly in a circle.]
[cut to back of woody’s head where we see stuffing flying at the doorway of the hallway. He goes to investigate where he finds the bear surrounded by stuffing and the vulture eating at the rat still.]
 [cut closer to vulture, he hisses at woody before running into the mom’s room.]
 [cut to woody freaking out silently, zooming in and out of his face as his hands wave in the air. This scene ends with woody covering his mouth with his hands in shock.]
[cut to woody standing in the doorway, stuffing in his hands at his side. He’s in the background of the scene as the party goes on before him in the foreground. He begins to freak out.]
                                                                                       woody:
[screaming]
they’re dead! They’re dead! We’re alive, but they’re dead!
[cut to hiccup going up to woody as if to console him. Hiccup slaps woody’s face, a slap per word.] 
hiccup:
get a hold of yourself man! 
[cut back to mechanoids, now in the mom’s room standing and conversing. The leader of the group gestures with his head for the iguana to move offscreen. The iguana does. The mother is in the bathroom and the shower is running. The mechanoids crowd around the door. The toys in the living room mimic the girl’s voice]
girl’s voice:
[offscreen]
mom, I’m home!
 [cut to mechanoids going into the living room, the toys jump them. Woody holds down the boss as hiccup puts a chip in its brain.]
[cut scene to a zoomed out shot of all the robots falling down. The toys celebrate. The door opens and the girl walks in as they drop as well.]
[the girl kneels and picks up hiccup to play with him]
 [cut scene to night time, shot of mother sleeping in the bed. We see 2 glowing, red eyes in a dark corner. Zoom in to the claw of the iguana coming out. End scene.]
 
Characters:
 

Thursday, April 18, 2013

MA1121 ASSIGNMENT 03 30 Sec Stop Motion Test

Project ideas:
1. Beach Party
2. Treasure Hunt
3. Murder Investigation
4. Animal Day Care

Test Video:

Thursday, April 11, 2013

MA1121 ASSIGNMENT 02 Flip Book Animation


MA1121 ASSIGNMENT 01 Sandman Animation


Crystal Walker
4/10/13
Sandman Animation
For my paper I decided to look into an animation studio known as Sandman Animation. Sandman Animation is a studio located in China that has had a very impressive track record ever since it got its start back in 2006. The company managed to earn  two awards for their animations and start their own series within the first year of production and have continued to run strong ever since. The series that gave them their start was a little show called 'My Pet' all about a little girl and her wild imagination. (http://www.sandman.me/sandman%20animation%20DISTRIBUTION%20.html) Sandman Animation not only had an incredible start, they set the standard for animation studios all across asia, and thanks to that they were asked to start classes at all the major animation schools in China.
Sandman Animation has worked on some pretty popular series all over the world. They specialize in several different forms of animation including, 2D, 3D, and Flash. They also offer jobs in pre production like Ink and Paint or Storyboarding and they even have teaching positions available. They've made works such as 'Odd Bod', 'Ra Ra', and 'Little China'. (http://www.sandman.me/Award%20shaghai%20festival%2015th%20.html) More recently thay have worked on series such as 'The Cramp Twins' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53js3AVXAI8) and 'Sushi Pack', (http://www.youtube.com/watchv=gHPaZmtuOrQ) both of which were aired on cartooon network. Being that they work in so many different mediums Sandman Animation looks for animators with a wide variety of skills.
Sandman Animation has worked with many companies all over the world and have become very popular all throughout Asia, however it seems they are severely underplayed in Anmerica. I'd hardly ever heard of Sandman Animation until now, and I was surprised to find that they actually worked on a few projects that I am familiar with. What is even more surprising is that they've been around for about about 8 years now and have won so many awards and I could still find only a little information about them. I even had trouble finding a lot of their work online. I was a little surprised because I thought that it would be a little easier to find some examples of their shows, especially the ones that have recieved all the awards. I guess it's just not that easy to find the work of a Chinese company in America, so I figired it would be good to bring them into the spotlight a bit.
Sandman Animation has been around for a while now and in the time since they were founded they have continually set new animation standards all around Asia and have won many awards for their work. Sandman Animation goes through all the normal means of promoting themselves but overall they  let their work do the talking for them. They have definately made quite the lasting impression on the animation community and has inspired many young animators to step up and give it their all. To those just starting out in the animation feild they offer classes at a variety of different art schools to help them get started.