Box Animation- Marbles

We got into groups and we were given a box of different items and we had to make a stop frame animation.

Cut out limerick animation task

For this task we got into four groups where each group was given a limerick to do in a cut out animation way. We were given the limerick- 'There once was a boy named john who owned fifty- dollar bond. He felt so lucky, he brought a big rubber ducky. And now all his money is all gone.' 

Van Svankmajer Practitioner

Born on September 4th 1934 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He is seen one of the greatest Czech filmmakers . As a child he was given a puppet theatre  for a Christmas, this was a heavy influence on his later artistic development.  He studied at the College of Applied Arts in Prague and later in the Department of Puppetry at the Prague Academy Of Performing Arts. 

Sumo Science Practioner

Sumo Science are Will Studd & Ed Patterson, they are currently represented by world famous animators Aardman Animations.
They have directed a range of commercials for clients such as Nokia, Hellmans, Innocent Fruit Juices, Weetabix, and KP.  
The duo are award winning and specialize in different types of animation. Their aim is too create a fresh mix of using elements of stop motion, 2D, Live action, and puppetry. 
Their biggest success is 'Dot' which was filmed using a Nokia N8. This is in the world record books for the smallest animation ever done.
Their second biggest success was 'Gulp' which is also filmed on a Nokia N8. This is the biggest animation ever done.

Practitioner Research- Blu

Blu is a popular street artist who likes to keep their identity hidden. Blu became popular in 1999 when he started to draw a series of illicit drawings on the historical and suburban buildings of Bologna  in Italy. In his early street art he was limited to using spray paint but in 2001 his technique really started to kick in when he started to use ordinary house paint for his work.

He has done street art all over the world including central & south America, England, Spain, Germany, Eastern Europe, and of course Italy.

Blu's art work is seen as an anarchical  revolt against contemporary art conventions and is unique in beauty.


 One of Blu's best videos, "Big Bang, Big Boom."

bouncing ball exercise

For this exercise we each got a a flip book made out of 32 pages which we called our frames, using a sheet which already had a guide on it we drew the action line on frame 32 we then traced it back to frame 1. From here we used the sheet again to draw the 8 key frames, the key frames were 1,7,12,17,21,25,28 & 31. Then for the last touch to the animation we added in the other frames these are called the inbetween frames, these frames make the animation look smoother. Then for the added touch we coloured in the ball or but a design on it.