Study Task 2: Collect, Organise and Research (Mad Love)

https://vimeo.com/225319408
I have picked this animation because the style reminds me of William Kentridge's charcoal style. However, with this animation theres a wider range of colours and fluidity.

Study Task 2: Collect, Organise and Research (Trevor Jimenez)

https://www.iamag.co/trailer-for-trevor-jimenez-short-weekends/

I stumbled upon This artist/animator on Cartoon Brew and love the style. He is an artist from Pixar and has created this short called Weekends which is about the "story of a young boy shuffling between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Surreal, dream-like moments mix with the domestic realities of a broken up family."

Study Task 2: Collect, Organise and Research (In your Face)

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/in-your-face-is-a-french-series-that-fights-back-against-street-harassment-exclusive-trailer-164086.html

I believe I should look at exploring animation character styles like this. This is such a great animation as well!

Study Task 2: Collect, Organise and Research (Charlie and Lola)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dGLLPkQ

I love the charlie and lola style because I believe that the simplistic style is really effective and unique. The brightly coloured backgrounds and items that are shown in the show, such as the phone, are probably my favourite part because they are pictures or bits of fabrics, material or items that could be found in the time it is set in.

Study Task 1: Who am I Now

• Identify 5 things you have learned so far on the program

-How to animate

-How to use lots of different software

-How to work in a group to create work

-How to create a character

- How to draw a cartoon using different styles

• Identify 5 things that you want to know more about

-How to become a director

-How to get my work out there

-How to use Toom Boom Harmony 

-Develop my 2d animation skills

-Decide what area in 2d animation I would like to focus on

• Identify 5 skills that you think are your strengths

-2d digital drawing

-Using Adobe Software

-Not scared to ask questions

-Background work

-Generating ideas

• Identify 5 things that you want to improve

-2d animation skills

-Cartoon drawing skills

-Knowledge of the best animators and directors creating 2d animations

-Timekeeping of work

-Walk cycle

• Identify 5 practitioners that demonstrate your interest in Animation

-Walt Disney

-Tim Burton

-Richard Williams

-Trevor Jimenez

-Lauren Child

• Identify 5 websites/online resources that demonstrate your areas of interest within the creative industries

-https://marimomag.com-https://www.animationmagazine.net-http://www.skwigly.co.uk-https://www.cartoonbrew.com-https://www.youtube.com/

Student Ambassador

For my student ambassador we have been working with an organisation called "Womens Lives Leeds" to create a work for an exhibition happening in the Centre of Leeds. It is to celebrate womens lives and the struggles they have had to face throughout history.

Showreel

Who's who? What do they do and who do they work for?

You are required to identify a 6 practitioners whose work is of interest to you. You should clearly identify who they are? what is their specialist practice, who they work or have worked for? You may want to consider the kinds of roles they have undertaken over the years and give us a quick insight into what they have been working on.

The practitioners could work in character animation, character design, storyboarding, concept art, background design, model making or 3D Modelling, Hybrid animation, Stop motion, puppet making or another area within the world of animation. 

1. Tomoko Konoike- They are a interdisciplinary artist who uses various media such as paintings, installations, animations, picturebooks, handicrafts, performances, and fairytales. I love the fluidity of her work. The topics are very interesting.   https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/12/13/arts/openings-outside-tokyo/tomoko-konoike-skin-needle-thread/#.WwaabVMvxBw
2. William Kentridge- Animator, works for himself and creates political pieces of work for galleries around the world. I love his work because the technique is very unique and interesting.   http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-kentridge-2680
3. Walt Disney- 2D Animator, had his own studios and theme park. Won 22 academy awards in his lifetime. I love the use of rotoscoping in his work and how his work breaks the boundaries of physics in his animations all the time.  https://www.biography.com/people/walt-disney-9275533
4. Richard Williams- Best known for woking on "Who Framed Rodger Rabbit" and his book "Animators Survival Guide". His work interests me because it helps me form new skills. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931530/
5. Tim Burton- Famous for producing "Corpse Bride" and "Frankenweenie". His style is very unique and has been used in films such as "Coraline".   https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000318/
6. Lisa Hanawalt- Wellknown for producing "BoJack Horseman" and "Tuca and Bertie". I love adult comedy and the work she helps to produce is really good.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoJack_Horseman

You are required to identify a minium of 6 competitions that you are eligible to enter and producing a list for future reference that should be placed on your blog. 

These competitions could be character design, concept art, background design, model making or short animation challenges across a range of media. The choice is yours, think about your selection as a way of beginning to identify a focus (however blurry it may be at the moment).

We are asking you to undertake this small task as you need to begin to think about taking on additional extra-curricular activities to add breadth and further dimension to you portfolio of work. Small competitions are also really useful for building up wor work rate and production speed as you often do not have time to be super precious about the final output. 

However the extra work can often provide you with valuable extra seconds of work for your showreel, it demonstrates to potential employers, internship providers and other within the animation industry that you are prepared to work outside of the curriculum and challenge yourself. 

1. Encounters Film Festival- http://encounters-festival.org.uk/awards/
2. Loopdeloop- http://www.loopdeloop.org/
3. Student Design Awards- https://www.thersa.org/action-and-research/rsa-projects/design/student-design-awards
4. 11 Second Club- http://www.11secondclub.com/
5. D&AD- https://www.dandad.org/en/d-ad-new-blood-awards/
6. DeviantArt- https://www.deviantart.com/digitalart/animation/popular-24-hours/

Public Service/Information

Identify 10 Public Service/Information and/or informational animations that make use of different animation media and are from around the world. 

1. Airline Safety Video- Norwegian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm3IMGvHnsI
2. Train Safety- Russian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAtuqJn827k
3. Charlie Says- England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AIB7M3V_j4
4. AID's- France https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktCOw7bqldQ
5. Child Molestation Prevention- Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbkDCdPM2fk&has_verified=1
6. Fire Safety- Japan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZryRwhmCEso
7. Safety- England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srBeZyIBzFU&feature=youtu.be
8. Black Holes- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-P5IFTqB98
9. How Tsunamis Work?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9vPv-T51I
10. The Beginning of Everything- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNDGgL73ihY

Documentary Animation

• Identify 10 Animated Documentaries and watch that make use of different animation media and are from around the world. 

1. 30%- Sierra Leona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WodVLq8YRv8
2. Tough- England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WodVLq8YRv8
3. Le Ciltoris- France https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2017/06/21/le-clitoris/
4. Of Stars and Men- America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD7bGeH_keg
5. Last Day of Freedom -http://www.lastdayoffreedom.net/
6. Pear Cider and Cigarettes- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97nSokL9BQs
7. 25 April- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imc-4quT2aA
8. The Tale of The Wonderful Potato- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3761xKxgjZw
9. Ruth's Story- England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Era_O5PS0bA 
10. Unfairy Tales: The Story of Ivine and Pillow- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3scOr_d9Dwo

Animation as Advertising

• Identify 10 animated Advertisement that make use of different animation media and are from DIFFERENT COUNTRIES from around the world. 

1. BBC Christmas 2017 - England https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8PstSiTCk74
2. Sexual Health- Sweden http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/health/video-1537025/Quirky-Swedish-sexual-health-ad-shows-animated-genitals-movie.html
3. Häagen-Daz- America https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YS2rjd9CJRg
4. Cerebos Salt- South Africa https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesouthafrican.com/watch-this-advert-for-cerebos-salt-is-tugging-at-all-our-heartstrings-video/amp/
5. McDonalds- Japan https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ebPd26u9n-A
6. Audi- Germanhttp://creativity-online.com/work/audi-the-comeback/49051
7. Olympics- China https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5ZWYRaAyw
8. Lottery- Spainhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1230520/Tear-jerker-Christmas-advert-lonely-security-guard.html
9. Oreo- Canadahttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XFsZ6BO4LU0
10. Animation Festival- Amsterdam https://vimeo.com/channels/drawingroom/235331465

Animation As Entertainment

Identify 12 animations that make use of different animation media and are from DIFFERENT COUNTRIES from around the world. 

1. The Little Prince- France https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPqgSNLfK8
2. Grave of the Fireflies- Japan https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/?ref_=m_ttls_tt_1
3. UP- United States https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/?ref_=m_ttls_tt_8 
4. The Adventures of Tintin - New Zealand https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ua_4ajpP58
5. Felix in Exile- South Africa https://vimeo.com/66485044
6. Tea with the Dead- Ireland https://vimeo.com/138508928
7. Greed- Sweden https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LP6kiMYNoW8
8. Wallace and Grommet- England https://www.wallaceandgromit.com
9. Just Lucky- Australia https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8wjcmAshkzI
10. Ed, Edd n Eddy- Canada https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sYMbrN9cvUs
11. Father and Daughter - Netherlands https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wTIkvwwC23A
12. Hey Deer!- Hungaryhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O1C9zOQpKG4

The Little Prince Research

‘The Little Prince: The Art of the Movie’ – book review

New York Times

The Painstaking Process Creation of The Little Prince

The Little Prince Blog

Behind the Scenes Sketches 

Netflix’s ‘The Little Prince': Behind the Scenes Look at Magic of Animation (Exclusive Video)The Little Prince (2015)

Netflix release behind-the-scenes sketches ahead of Friday release for Mark Osborne’s original film The Little PrinceThe Little Prince This Netflix original movie makes a conventional (but good) animated film out of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s mysterious novella.

The Little Prince (2015 film)

Research

10 online sources - eg website, news, magazine, tutorial, forums, journals, support networks etc

1. https://vimeo.com/
2. https://www.youtube.com/?gl=GB&hl=en-GB
3. http://www.wikia.com/fandom
4. https://mubi.com/
5. http://www.manchesteranimationfestival.co.uk/
6. http://www.11secondclub.com/
7. https://www.awn.com/
8. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/
9. http://www.cgsociety.org/
10. http://sevencamels.blogspot.co.uk/

5 print based magazines or journals that will support your knowledge and understanding of contemporary animation or related practices

1. 3D World Magazine
2. Animation Magazine
3. AnimationWorld Magazine
4. animation Artist
5. Anatomy Essentials

5 books that will help to give you a broad understanding of the potential of animation

1. The animation Survival Kit
2. The Illusion of Life
3. Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators by Michael d. Mattesi 
4. The Animator’s Sketchbook by Pixar
5. Stop-motion Animation: Frame by Frame Film-making with Puppets and Models by Barry JC Purves

5 places you may visit to find out more about animation

1. Bradford Media Museum 
2. Manchester Animation Festival
3. The Cartoon Muesum - London
4. Museum in the Park - London
5. Art Ludique - Paris

Study Task 1- Who am I? Why am I here? What do I want to learn?

Why you chose to study on this programme?

I have chosen to study on this course because I love how you can make your drawings and stories come to life.

What do you want to learn during your time on the programme?

While on this course I want to develop my skills using computer software's to create animations and to discover more amazing artwork that I can gain inspiration on.

What skills do you think are your strengths?

I believe that by doing an art foundation I have more experience using different materials which could make animations interesting .

What things that you want to improve?

I want to improve my cartoon drawing skills as my background is more fine art. 

What ways you will evaluate your progress?

I will evaluate my progress by keeping a blog so I can have a record my progress.