MATH

What I like most about my rotoball
I like the transitions between environments. The initial environment had a tree and hill. At the loss of a tree, the hill changed. The environment changed again as the ball was thrown against the ground. After the hill started falling you saw a sky-borne environment. Then it crashed into rocks at the bottom and yet again another environment was introduced. I wanted to portray an adventure to the people who watched the Rotoball ( I wanted to portray this more than I wanted to inspire creativity, as I'm not a creative person).

I have to admit I love the movements throughout the rotoball. Almost every movement in every rotoball is supposed to be realistic (it's traced) but that's what causes me to like it. Proper movements are what drive a good animation in this case. If the movements were choppy and the effects good then the animation would look awkward, and I would have disliked it.

I also liked the colour scheme, because the colours were vibrant but nothing stood out too much (not even my hair!) and thus the viewer was given the chance to look wherever they want without being distracted.

What I like least about my rotoball
 I disliked the time limit. 15 seconds of what I animated was not enough to satisfy a proper viewing. The animation should have been a minute or longer to portray a story, but there was none. There was just a quick, simple adventure. If there had been more time to make a good plot and design then it would have improved greatly.

I also dislike the amount of creativity involved. To be honest there was barely anything creative about this piece. Everything that's shown is a basic, linear storyline. There was nothing creative or fancy (not like butterflies turning into a net being used to represent something deeper) it was all too simple.

Quinton Bran Storm

BRAN STORM

For the animated yearbook summative

I have to pick a specific theme for each page in my yearbook. In the front page I hope to have one of two things. Either space related or cartoon related. I could put cartoon characters over it and give it an uncoloured, but good quality title. Although it would look uninteresting to those who browse covers looking for large, stark contrast. The uncoloured look would be easy to do, but hard to draw. I could find myself a free cartoon brush if I'm desperate. But it doesn't seem like a good idea, I'll move on to the space idea now.

The space version could offer me a large amount of creativity with blurs and brushes, and interesting strokes. It would be a little harder to pull off and I'd need a good colour pallette to follow it up. I'd have a darker background with only the basic stars there, but in the foreground I would have bright lights and large, smooth strokes. They would be highlighted and contain (mostly) the brightest lights of the image. The words would be a cut-out sort of on the stars, or maybe asteroids.

The second page would consist of a technological theme, I would probably talk about Robotics and the features, include pictures of the Robotics team. It could go over really well. The third page would then be a sports page (almost a requirement these days).

Flash Summative

The video used for tracing.

Reflexshun

Reflection tableau, pictures will go up asap, reflection will hopefully come afterward :)

What do I like most about my series of photos?

What do I like least about my series of photos?

Which photo was the most successful of the three, why?

Colour / BW transition

Made with a transparent eraser and two layers in photoshop.

Feeling a little grey?

Yeah pretty much every photo here is unbearably awesome. Riley makes a good model.

El Labyrinto del Fauno

1.) What are 3 things that can make this movie be considered as an ART movie?
There isn't a specific style or genre being followed throughout the scenes. It flips from an action-war to dramatic scenes, sinking into horror then finishing with an open-ended scene. There isn't a definite beginning, middle, then end. A lot of the scenes are open-ended and some of the details in this movie aren't even answered. The ending is arguably pretty tight compared to most other art movies, but it's artistic nontheless.

Otherwise, this movie isn't a mainstream action flick. It's not intended for profits and for a wide audience, this movie was made for the few people who would view it and enjoy it as an artistic film. It is one of the more popular artistic films of the past dozen years, but that's after the awards were given.

2.) How is this movie perhaps more creative than most mainstream movies?
It does not have the same direct way of showing the movie as others often do. It will not be blunt and show everything to the viewer, and can be watched multiple times to understand the full story. Most mainstream movies are shot and progress in a way that is meant to clearly explain scenes to the viewer in order to achieve a desired reaction, Pan's Labyrinth is not so blunt in its storytelling.

Also, the character design and originality throughout the movie's progression is great. I adore the faun and the well rounded character designs.

3.) Did you like or dislike this movie overall? Please fully explain your opinion.
I like this movie. It is one that speaks to the viewer in a broad fashion instead of hitting one direct point. It will taught of innocence and trust. And how although trusting others can be important, doing what you believe is proper can lead to better endings. Even the ending doesn't look that way to everyone else. It has proper lighting in almost every scene (some of them, I recall, were too dark to make out how "scary" they were meant to be) and the special effects are abundant and well-used.

Some scenes progressed spectacularly. Where the characters coming later in the scene would be foreshadowed earlier, or a person running in the background would be in the foreground within the next 5 seconds, warning the protagonist. Everything was well thought out and it's obvious why it won awards. Although it was creepy for some of the audience. Some scenes were too gory or violent.