Shooting the Stuff for the Week

After our little light demo I learned that the lights are fragile and should never be near them.


I want to learn how to clone people for $5 that way I wouldn't need to worry about actors.


The best part of this week was a show my grandpa recommended, Mad Dogs, which is really really good, and I highly recommend it.


The worst part of this week is my shoddy documentary and the return of the blogs.


Check this crap out! This guy watches some the worst movies ever.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsjEC4PlHmhM84yX5Y3rrg

Buy a 3D Printer...Buy...Buy...Buy...

Technology makes it easier to bring you're ideas to life. In the age of the inter...uh...3D printer, you can turn your drawings into toys. With the power of 3D printing you can make anything from a ball to a rocket ship component, if you got the cash, obviously. Anomalisa, created by Charlie Kaufman uses a 3D printer in the process of creating characters and set dressing. But let's talk about our old friends, LAIKA, the dudes that use 3D printing as steroids in the stop motion industry. Swapping character bits is still a pain and a half, but it's faster than the past. Stop motion, blah blah, tedious, blah blah blah, ask Geoff for details. Kaufman, the maker of Anomalsia didn't hide some of the things that made the characters look like they were 3D printed, he said it was a stylistic choice.


This was a thing, I guess. The author thinks if they praise the machine hard enough they'll get a free 3D printer. This articale was more of a "this thing does stuff" than "stuff you can do" type dealy. No advice to take other than "buy a 3D printer." Frankly if I had the money I'd rather a Play Station and the Sly Cooper games.

How to Make Your Movie Look More like a... Movie?

Making a good shot is tough when your on a budget. Especially if you're the only one working on it. But when you have materials and a crew you still have to make that shot interesting. Lighting is one of the most crucial parts of a scene. But what if the studio lights are scary? Or you're not exactly swimming in cash? DSLR guide came riding in on a white stallion to show us the light, cheap studio light that is. The sun makes a decent light source, the flickering is predictable and you don't need to replace it for a couple billion years. But what about inside? I'm getting there. Shoot near windows for some nice soft light. From the sun. Unfortunately Earth hates movies so you'll have to pick up what the weather puts down. If you want dramatic rain walking but it's sunny, you could spin it so the happy weather juxtaposes the sad person. Since cinema is a visual medium it's import your scenery is portraying the feel you want. Lights, location, environment, COLOR! All important. Location is straight forward, it's where the heck you are. If you want a drug deal in a warehouse it shouldn't look like a living room in a suburban home in your scene. The pace of the scene should be complimented by the editing. If you have high octane action there should be velocity, quick cuts, following the action. But if you want a slow scene you should linger on stuff. Color is color and color be color. It plays with your mind so choose wisely. Generally negative scenes are more monochrome, and positive scenes are SATURATED. Make sure a character's color scheme matches they're emotion, sad people in gray, etc. You can use other elements in your scene, like smoke, shadows, liquid, and the like. That crap the audience will eat up.
 The title of this thing is stupid. Aside from that I learned about colors, so I be a happy little man. This advice ain't bad so we should use it. Just today I used sunlight to light a scene in my class competition. Coincidentally it was about an unhappy camper and the light was pretty gray. So yay.

Last one of the stupid freaking week...

This week I began grasp how much deadlines suck.


I want to learn the motivation behind different styles of pants.


I learned that the cheaper tripods are better.


The worst part of this week was dropping the camera.


The high point was having my brother show me Rick and Morty. A fantastic show.


The other high point is finding this channel with lots of tips and tricks for crafting on Fallout 4.
 https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCCN2CzWJZPeLzrA_gZfMS6A

Writers block? More like briters wlock! ooohhhh!!

Writers block is the Hitler of creativity. Wait, what? The biggest culprit is COMMUNISM! If communism was synonymous with distraction. If we're daydreaming about an animated movie about embracing futility, we're not focusing on pants research. So cancel out your thoughts and ignore everything. Since we can't refine a project immediately after we come up with an idea, we have to pick one and ignore the others. Ideas are so wonderful it's torture to not be able work on all of them. Finally, just go. You can fix it in post. It's easiest to figure out what you want while fixing crap, so make mistakes.
      I feel the best advice is the last bit. Editing is where you hate yourself. In addition jumping to post gives you time to get stuff you'd otherwise get screwed out of. Aside from that there's not much to say. Writers block sucks. Personally I find giving up solves it. I get inspired by entertainment and get right back to it.

A Froggy Response

Merrie Melodies and Chuck Jones are a couple of animators that made some popular animated things, I guess. Since Flash got invented and Joe Shoe could become (famous animator) so more and more people look back on old shorts and admire how 2D they are. Enough love of this old stuff has produced a memorial to "One Froggy Evening."


Amid Amidi's parents liked alliteration, but he also wrote this thing about how we'll always garbage so why try. He says that "A Froggy Evening" is the most awesomest animation ever. Beyond perfect. Nothing could improve it.



Sorry double A, but I am inclined to disagree.



We should respect pioneers for sure, but innovators deserve just as much respect. Calling something perfect discourages people to try something new. If nothing new happens stagnation occurs, where everything is safe, but also boring, and the medium dies off. Yes, it's good, but it's not exactly leaving me aghast wondering about the meaning of life. It's personal taste, his favorite animation is A Froggy Evening, mines yet to be made. Enjoy what you like, tell people it's brilliance, but if you love something you have to allow innovation as well as preserve it.