Liz's second animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daBq278GJlc

Although I plan on making a chase cene for my video, this is far more intricate and complicated than what plan on doing. I like this video for it’s creepiness as well for its “psychadelic-ness”. It basically takes place in a geometric land of optical illusions and its visually stunning to watch. The motion of the characters running is similar to what I wish to incorporate into my video, for it zooms in as well as films from different angles in a single scene. I really like the color scheme incorporated into this video, all of the colors are very bold and are paired in somewhat uncomfortable combinations, like I found the red and purple carpet to be very disturbing. There were also a few scenes that were just in black and white.

Bailey 2nd Animation

I stumbled upon this stop motion video and I really liked it. I'm going to do stop motion with people for my project, in a similar manner to this video. I was planning on doing a scene in a bed for a small portion of it, so it's nice to see the way that this person directed it. I think this video is really creative, it's a really interesting way of communicating ideas. I'll definitely use this as a source of inspiration for my project.

Justin Orris video bonanza 2

Kayla's 2nd animation

This video is one of my favorite animations because of the dramatic color, lighting and smoke effects. I would really like to incorporate some of these elements into my animation as well. The glowing colors and high contrast with the black silhouette shapes make this video really interesting, and hard to look away from. I also like how smooth all the camera angles and transitions are.

Andrea's 2nd Animation Post

I just watched Fantastic Mr. Fox for the first time last night and thought it was an excellent example of stop motion animation. I'm not currently planning on trying stop motion, but I do want to use elements and textures from nature, as the creators of Fantastic Mr. Fox did. The movie feels so fun and authentic due to the variety of real-world textures.

Connor's Animation

The first link that I posted above is actually a stop motion video that I have watched for years now. The massive number of frames that the creators put in make the movie almost seamlessly fluid. The trick of stop motion creates the illusion of ordinary objects (this case kitchen utensils) move on their own accord. And so in case the stop motion movie doesn't fit the bill for this blog, I also included another link that will bring you to an animation about a defective robot that ends up fighting for his loose hand with another defective robot. I liked this video in particular because of its concept sketches included in the credits at the end.

Bailey Animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7F2X3rSSCU

I picked this video for a couple of reasons. First of all I really like the song, plus it was the song I chose for my album cover. It is from the Beatles movie "Yellow Submarine" and it came out in 1968. I really like the illustration style of this video, it is colorful and has a hand-drawn quality to it. I like that the illustrator managed to capture the essence of each character without being super realistic. The animation really goes well with the flow of the song, and it's psychedelic feel really puts you in a certain mindset. Even as an older example of animation, it is still pretty cool and very successful. I'm hoping that my project will have similar qualities to this video, I would like to use bright colors, have a hand-drawn style, and have my illustration flow really well.