Whilst I am building the set, I have been animating and testing small parts of it to test my animation skills, and see if what i have planned is do-able and looks effective. I have been struggling with some basic movements, and have decided to do some further research into animation, looking specifically at the movements and how they might have been created. I bought " A Town Called Panic" on dvd, which is a french feature film, entirely made with stop motion, directed by the same people who created the animation for the cravendale adverts. I have watched it through and noticed some clever things that could be inspiration for my advert, and also how they made simple movements look good. I have tried to include here some footage from youtube of the dvd, but there was very little.
what I found out -
The use of humour - not every action has to be perfect, and not everything has to be to scale and made to look realistic. It is an imaginary world and things can be slightly rediculous. In this film, humour is use throughout and nothing is possible or realistic - but that is not important. This is something i should consider when making my advert , i have been focusing on making the set look entirely realistic, but not fun.
- The way they animate their fire is much the same to the way i tired out, it is quite jerky, but still looks good. This film mixes perfect flowing movements with quick jerky ones, and its still effective. I need to work on making it a bit more smooth, but this has showed me it is not an issue, i still like the way it looks.
- giving everything movement, even if its small movements, make everything seem more alive and interesting. Its the little details in this film that makes it brilliant.
- they mix 2D and 3D like i intend to, their tree's are much the same as mine, but perhaps with a little more detail. I might consider painting some of my paper objects to add more interest and detail.
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