October 2012 Archives

You will have two reading/writing assignments due on Nov. 14. I will put the books and dvds on reserve in the Library for you. There will be a 4hr checkout, so make sure not to wait until the day before they are due to check out the dvds/books.

Reading/Writing #1

Watch:
Bill Plympton's Dog days a collection of short films, 2004-2008 (You may choose what film to watch)
PN1997 .D6392 2009 DVD

Read:
Independently Animated Bill Plympton - Chapter 8
PN 6727.P59Z46 2011

Write:
A response to the reading. What did you find interesting about what he said? Do you agree with his advice?

MIWA MATREYEK - http://www.semihemisphere.com/Home.html

Jonathan Hodgson - Feeling My Way

Jonathan Hodgson - Nightclub

A History of the Sky - Ken Murphy

More information - http://www.murphlab.com/hsky/

Jordan Greenhalgh

Chris Marker, La Jetee - ( The full film is in the library)

Martha Colburn

Visit her website - http://www.marthacolburn.com/

Music video for Snorri Helgason's song Mockingbird
Directed By: Elisa Vendramin, Claudio Gasparollo, and Tim L Schafe

For more videos - https://vimeo.com/gotye/videos

National Film Board of Canada http://www.nfb.ca/

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/

http://www.shortoftheweek.com/

https://vimeo.com/channels/animationandpuppets

http://www.ubu.com/film/

http://www.submarinechannel.com/

http://www.stashmedia.tv/

Buildings and Vampires - Directed by: Sebastian Baptista & Nico Casavecchia

Buildings & Vampires from Nico Casavecchia on Vimeo.

Kristen Lepore - Guess Who

Guess Who from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Check out her website - http://www.kirstenlepore.com/

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On - Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp


Terry Gilliam's Dancing Teeth

Early Walt Disney Studio's Documentry on their animation process.

Yogi Bear, Bear meet Bear, 1961
Go to 3:55 to best see the use of multiple cels. If you look at the top half and the lower half of Yogi's body you can tell they are on different layers because the paint does not match.

Ren & Stimpy , Pencil Test

Winsor McCay, Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914

Gertie the Dinosaur (Winsor McCay, 1914) by dephaad

Max Fleisher, The Tantalizing Fly, 1919

Don Hertzfeld, Rejected, 1999

Christy Karacas, Space War, 1997

Animating the mouth using After Effects
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/lip_synch.php

The basics of motion tracking in After Effects
http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/cmg_keyframes/video/after_effects_apprentice_video_tutorial_8/

Tracking in After Effects - Workflow
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS0D2A799F-1176-44e8-8E4B-330BF1D8B1EDa.html

Watch and respond to:
http://www.ubu.com/film/trecartin_tommy.html

Read:
http://moreintelligentlife.com/blog/whitney-ford/qa-ryan-trecartin

You need to do a writing response on your reaction to the video and then something that you took away from the interview. Make sure to include both. I suggest watching the video then reading the interview and then revisit the video.

Title your paper: What you would write if you commented on this video on YouTube

Additional interview:

http://wexarts.org/wexblog/?p=299

http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/ryan-trecartin-in-conversation/

More Videos
https://vimeo.com/trecartin

Ok Go, WTF Music Video

Making of: http://www.collegehumor.com/video/5805208/making-of-ok-gos-wtf-music-video

Yeah Right! Directed by - Ty Evans and Spike Jonze (clip selected from film)


Music video for Snorri Helgason
Co-Directed by Elisa Vendramin, Claudio Gasparollo, and Tim L Schafer

Three Transitions, Peter Campus, 1973

Tango, Zbigniew Rybczynski, 1981

Steps (excerpt), Zbigniew Rybczynski

More about the film:
http://www.zbigvision.com/StepsFilm.html

The Chemical Brothers - Swoon

Jamala - Smile

Behind the scenes photos.