After making the LIAF film, one comment I received in feedback was to try and take some of the abstract, more experimental style of line work, into my final film. My final film doesn’t fully fit an abstract theme in story or style, although I am enthusiastic to use what I learnt from the LIAF …
Author archives: Kat Miles
Animating Gertie
We recently had the opportunity to watch Joanna Quinn and Les Mills give two lectures about their process of animation and film-making, and later give feedback on our individual films. It was hugely informative to watch Joanna’s film-making process, and helped to de-mystify some of the elements of her fantastic films. I now slightly wish …
Working on LEGS (3d modelling)
I have been working on animating FISH, and whilst I have a character turn sheet and a clear idea of how I want to character to move, I have decided that I want a clearer model that I can move around and visualise different angles of the character in a more realistic way. In order …
Working on LAVS
Today I had a really useful session with Charles Douglas regarding acting for animation, and recording LAV footage to use when animating my Fish. I already have some outlines of dance moves for the character of FISH, however it was incredibly helpful to have some direction with how to approach the characters ‘leg discovery’ scene. …
Working on LEGS 16.02.202
I have found whilst working on the animatic that I find it really difficult to imagine the backgrounds in the correct perspective as I move through scenes. I am also struggling with camera work in the film, and am finding difficult angles a struggle to board out. My solution to this has been to build …
Changing FISH’s design.
In a recent crit it was pointed out that when FISH’s character (spoiler alert) gets packaged up for consumption, the product name is ‘Frog’s Legs n’ Fish’, which could cause some confusion due to the lack of frog legs in the film. The reason that I chose this product name was because A. it’s suitably …
Working on LEGS 02.02.2021
I have a pretty solid idea of how I want my short film to look, and am comfortable with the story arc, however have found that the lack of speech in my film makes the storytelling quite tricky. The character of FISH never says anything, beyond maybe a few sounds; the idea is that the …
Animating Fish
For my final film, I will be producing a story about a fish who desperately wants legs so as to compete in beauty pageants. Whilst I am enthusiastic about the story, I have been struggling to find a way of clearly animating the main character in animation trials. For one, the general movement of fish …
Learning From LIAF
Having completed my LIAF project, I have learned that I am able to produce an ‘abstract’, more loose style of animation fairly well, using a straight ahead method. Going forward, I would like to try and include this in my final film. My final film will be about a fish who hopes for human legs …
Story Boarding
I have been spending some time working on learning about effective storyboarding in preparation for my final film. I have read more about the ‘rule of thirds’, and the importance of keeping eyeline in the top third of the screen where possible. I have noted that this is used not just in animated film, but …