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Scene 1.

INT. Office Desk

The sounds in the background will be an office phone and a typewriter.

Action.

The image of a ‘spinning in’ newspaper is going to appear on screen, it is then going to spin so it is now larger than it was, this is when the first article is going to be drawn (with cut outs)

Newspaper Front Page:

The first article that will appear will be about Kanye West running for president.

Action.

Screaming and ‘boos’ can be heard in the background.

Voiceover

Welcome to the stage, Kanye West!

Kanye West

In 2020, I will run for president!

Kanye West

(Pauses)

I am god.

Scene 2. 

INT. Office Desk.

The sounds in the background will be an office phone and a typewriter.

Action.

The camera will then hover over the second article on the paper, after it has hovered over, it will zoom into the news article.

Newspaper Article Page:

The second article that is going to appear on the screen will be about Caitlin Jenner during an interview and the raising issue of Transgender.

Action.

Only the two voices of the interviewer and Caitlin Jenner can be heard.

Interviewer

Are you a woman?

Caitlin Jenner

For all intensive purposes I am a woman.

Action.

After the words have been exchanged during the interview, a ‘poof’ of smoke will appear changing Bruce into a more female Caitlin, flashing from behind the camera will represent the paparazzi taking pictures of him and his new look.

Scene 3.

INT. Office Desk.

The sounds in the background will be an office phone and a typewriter.

Action.

The camera will hover the third news article, the camera will then zoom in and then emphasis will be put upon the new story.

Newspaper Article Page:

The third article that will appear will be the Queen becoming the longest serving Monarch.

Action.

The only voice heard in this scene will be the Queen.

Action.

During this scene the queen is in a dumper truck with the back of it filled full of lower class people, this scene shows a biased side of what the Queen thinks of the lower class.

The Queen

(Laughs manically)

This will teach them!

Action.

After she has emptied the truck, she then goes onto laugh to herself again.

The Queen

(Laughs manically)

Scene 4.

INT. Office Desk.

The sounds in the background will be an office phone and a typewriter.

Action.

The camera will again hover over the next article, and slowly zoom into the story.

Action.

Once the story and main characters are fully on the screen, they will then come to life.

Newspaper Article Page.

The fourth article will be about the struggle of the refugees and what has happened in Eastern Europe over the past couple of months.

Action.

Target Setting

Target setting:




Write down your own targets:


1. What is your MTG (Minimum Target grade)?
DDM

2. What grade are you aiming to achieve?
DDD

3. What are you going to do to in order to achieve this?


I will work hard in ever single project i do to achieve my final grade for media
4. Explain how to reach a distinction level in coursework?

You should engage in the class and listen to everything to be able to maximise your ideas and your answers to make your work stronger and better.

5. Do you know what you want to do after you have left the course?

Yes i want to work in media city as a presenter for TV Shows such as sports etc.
6. Write down a target you are going to set for todays lesson.

To start the script and to developgoogle my ideas

Stop Motion Ideas

Treatment for Animation

Treatment for Animation:
Plot:
Our plot for our stop animation project is newspaper articles with different stories and headlines over the year which we will then make them come alive.
Beginning:

Studio newsreader Voiceover- introduces with visual spinning newspaper is used at the beginning to introduce the struggles of the refugees with a touching and emotive image with refugees walking to the diversion of Germany and walking away from England
Voice over new reader and voice over for characters -Introduction will be about the refugees crisis and a controversial piece on how the UK are not letting them in and Germany are.

Middle: Introduction of Gay marriages in America: It will start with Donald Trump giving a speech on gay marriage and how it is not acceptable then supporters of gay marriage will shoot Donald Trump with a 'love' arrow and then he then supports gay marriage.
Bruce Jenner converting into a woman: We will have him in an Interview and Bruce then admits he is a woman, and he then goes into a ‘poof’ of smoke and turns into a woman.
Kanye West running for president: During this stop motion we will re-enact the Kanye West' speech during the VMA's but we will change the face so it is funnier and the face has more character.
David Cameron’s alleged relationship with a pig: The drawing for this will be David Cameron dressed up as a gladiator with his pants down whilst holding up a pigs head.
The Queen becoming the longest serving Monarch: We will use the queen as our main character, she will be a huge antagonist during this scene by driving a dumper truck into the rubbish piles which are full of poor people.
Ending: Our news programme will end by screwing up the big piece of paper and throwing it in the bin and then the credits will show.



Style:
Our idea is based on drawings and cut outs. The animation is based on private eye it is based on it due to the satirical humour and the possible dark humour involved in each story. We will do this by using cut outs and using some drawings we have done. Some of the stories have a political spin as this is the style that private eye uses and this would fit in with our target audience. Newspaper style, with cheesy sound effects and comedy headlines.

Sound - sound effects (such as a posh mischievous laugh for the part with the queen) will be used for comedic effect and to emphasise what the characters are doing and what is happening on screen. Music will change throughout the animation depending on the current news article, eg. the song 'I am God' for Kanye west's speech. We plan on using a variety of ambient office sounds, such as phones ringing and a constant typewriter noise. At the start of each news article, the 'spinning symbol' sound will play as the newspaper spins inwards. most of these sound effects should help bring the news stories to life, and make it funnier and more satirical, and likewise the music would be relevant to the specific article.

Lighting: the film will use soft lighting, focused on the papers in question, in order to make the writing easier to read and see. We will also try to focus the lighting on the news story we are currently focusing on, to give it a look similar to a spotlight. We plan on filming inside a kind of office room, so the lighting may be effected by the windows, sunlight etc. this kind of lighting helps it look more official and more like big news tabloids. We will also attempt to film in a room that makes the newspaper look a little darker, to make it look more of a greyish colour like a real life newspaper.

Design:
Colour
The colours I will use will be quite natural colours E.G Black, Grey and White apart from the characters designs that will be possibly more vibrant and brighter colours such as Red, Blue and other colours, I will use the natural colours as the base for the newspaper or use them to expand the Newspaper templates so they look more innovative and creative. The vibrant, brighter colours that will be used will be made to create better and more realistic drawings as well as to show the audience a funnier and better animation project.

Setting: The setting i will use for my project will either be an Office Room or a 'Library' setting, I will use one of these settings because i feel like it would enhance the whole experience for the audience during the film, also it will make the newspaper and the animations look more exciting and make the audience want to carry on watching it.

Backgrounds: The only background that is going to be remotely visible apart from the introduction / end where the room behind will be visible, will be the newspaper background that will have the animations and drawings on them that will be in the audiences vision for the majority of the video.

Costume: The costumes I have chosen to use for my certain characters are some of the real life attire that the characters (celebrities I have chosen) would wear during video (interviews) or pictures (paparazzi), I have chosen to use these certain costumes because it gives a solid and real life representation of the characters.

Props: Due to my stop motion project being all drawn,, there isn't many props that would apply when it comes to mine, although I feel the newspaper that has the pictures on them would possibly be the only and biggest prop that is being used.

Facial expressions: This is quite a tricky one due to the main fact that they’re going to be many facial expressions used on our characters, I feel we would benefit from the facial expressions that we’re using because of the satirical nature of our stop motion and I feel that it would be better for the audience if they saw the emotion and the expressions on the characters faces so they will be able to understand what is happening.

Sound: The sound we will use will be voice-overs and sound effects and maybe some music integrated in with the start and the end. Firstly the voice-overs that are included in this will be voice-overs for most of the news headlines so it sounds professional and also looks a lot better with what is happening on camera, also voice-overs can be used for each one of the news headlines so really make the drawings/cut outs come to life. Secondly we will use sound effects to introduce the stop motion project whilst there being pictures up on the screen, as well as during the drawing process we can have background noise to make it sound professional and we can also use them during the drawing process when we need funny or cheesy sound effects to show the audience the light-heartedness of the project.

Music: during some of the drawings we will use music in the background to tell the story a little bit more and making the music fit what is going on the screen at all times, also music can be used to show the audience what is happening on screen a little bit more as well as possibly giving whatever is going on screen a deeper meaning, I feel this would be good because it also gives something else to the project that it wouldn't have without the music.

Target Audience and Genre:
The target audience for this type of stop motion will be 16+ because of the dark humour and content as well as the format E.G: News that will be using is being changed into controversial and a slight political spin. We thought 166+ would be the target audience not just because of the political spin but also due to the comedic values that a younger audience may not understand. We came to the conclusion that 16+ is a good age because by that age you have watched something past the watershed time and are used to swearing or violence and any graphic nature. Some of our ideas may include scenes of a graphic nature and we feel, are perfect for the genre we have chosen. Finally we have chosen this age range due to to sarcastic humour involved which some kids may not understand.

Stop Motion animation Project Unit 33

Generating Ideas

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Notes

UCAS PERSONAL STATEMENT DRAFT 2

1st Paragraph-
I would like to outline my desire to secure a position on this course as I am passionate about studying media. I have more than 4 years experience in a media based environment that would help me if I was to get the position in your course.
Over the past 2 Years I have studied BTEC LEVEL 3 MEDIA in College. I feel that my interest for your course has come from my love of Media and Film and throughout the years I have been learning everything about Media from all over the world. I am very enthusiastic about a position on your course due to what the course teaches you.
As I said, I was studying BTEC LEVEL 3 MEDIA in College, i think the attributes that i have gained over the years of completing my course could really benefit me for what i have chosen. I feel this because my teamwork skills and bubbly personality them attributes could really help me gain confidence and perspective about the course I want to complete.
Many things inspired me to choose this course, such as my love for film and media and wanting to strive for a media based job for my career.



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Some of my key attributes and skills that I feel I have is that I am a strong worker with groups or by myself and can achieve a large amount of work whenever i can. My experiences that I have had during my time at college such as my work experiences and the different projects I have completed over the year.
They're many times where I feel I have some of my strongest attributes, such as during group work for college or on the set of one of our projects, I used my work ethic and my astronomically vast knowledge of media to achieve my grades during my years at college, I managed to to do this due to my strong attributes and my will to be successful during my time at Ashton Sixth Form College.
Another of my strongest skills is my communication with others, this is a really good trait to have especially in the media industry because it allows me to work with anybody and really helps me to connect with people also.

Paragraph 3- I have done some work experience in 2 places in my lifetime. Firstly i did 4 days in retail at a WHSmith which was very fun and i learn a lot about working with different people and i learnt how to deal with tricky situations in the shop.
My second bit of work experience was at a local radio station where i thrived during my week there, i was completing editing and i was recording and helping with some of the broadcast's throughout the week, this was really good for me and my confidence because it helped me get used to a different type of media based environment outside of college and i really enjoyed my time there. I feel my skills i learnt whilst at the radio station would help me on this university course because i would be more confident in my ability when needing to complete a piece of work outside of college


Paragraph 4
A lot of my hobbies and interest are things very close to me such as Football, this is my biggest hobby and defiantly my biggest interest due to a lot of my family supporting different teams, I feel this is so close to my heart not just Football but my love of sport also. Sport is a huge factor of my lifestyle when I’m not concentrating on college or voluntary work my main focus is sport, as well as keeping fit it allows me to connect with different people from around the local area.
My hobbies have taught me many things about myself and about others, I feel sport helps you to understand a lot about yourself physically and mentally and it helps to broaden your mind to the many possibilities in sport. They have also taught me self-control and patience, these are two important factors in any job and even at University or any job because they allow me be in control of any situation where I may need to react quick whether it is in a work based environment or whether there is a serious situation in a work place or at University.
I feel sport has also taught me a lot about my career for the future and what I could possibly do linking sport with Media, such as a sports presenter.
Another one of my interest’s is gaming and spending time with my friends, I feel these two interests are very similar because it involves time being spent with friends, these interests allow me to connect with my friends and lets me make our friendship stronger, I feel these would help me during my time at University because building a strong friendship with people you would work with would be a huge part of the course and the experience in general.

Paragraph 5
Future Plans
I want to start this University course because I want to strive to be the best in Media and I am always dreaming big and wanting to work hard to achieve the best, I also think this course would help me build relationships for the future, working with many different individuals will be interesting and important for me to be able to successfully challenge for places in different departments of the Media Industry. I hope this course leads me many places but I hope one place it does lead me is in the path of a successful career, I feel with the right help and the correct attitude anybody including me can achieve it on this course, I feel this course will help me because it will allow me to understand media at a higher level then I’m at now. The knowledge that I have gained from this course will be vital to my successful career in the media industry, I feel this to be true because I will learn will be the epitome of what media is and also this course will have majorly improved my knowledge of media a dramatic amount and I feel, I will be ready to start my first job after I’ve came out of this course straight away with a lot of confidence.

UCAS PERSONAL STATEMENT DRAFT 1

1st Paragraph-
I am writing to outline my desire to secure a position at your University as I am passionate about what your University and what the course I am applying for does. I have more than 4 years experience in a media based environment that would help me if I was to get the position in your course.
Over the past 2 Years I have studied BTEC LEVEL 3 MEDIA in College. I feel that my interest for your course has come from my love of Media and Film and throughout the years I have been learning everything about Media from all over the world. I am very enthusiastic about a position on your course due to what the course teaches you and what I can learn throughout my years at University. This course interest's me very much because of what the course can teach you.
As i said, i am studying BTEC LEVEL 3 MEDIA in College, i think the attributes that i have gained over the years of completing my course could really benefit me in the course i have chosen. I feel this because my teamwork skills and bubbly personality could really help me gain confidence and perspective about the course in University.
Many things inspired me to choose this course, such as my love for film and media and wanting to strive for a media based job for my career.
Paragraph 2-
Some of my key attributes and skills that i feel i have is that i am a strong worker with groups or by myself and can achieve a large amount of work whenever it is needed. My experiences that i have had during my time at college such as my work experiences and the different projects i have completed over the year.
They're many times where i feel i have have some of my strongest attributes, such as during group work for college or on the set of one of our projects, i used my work ethic and my vast knowledge of media to achieve my grades during my years at college, i only managed to do this due to my strong attributes and my will to be successful during my time at Ashton Sixth Form College.
Another of my strongest skills is my communication with others,this is a really good trait to have especially in the media industry because it allows me to work with anybody and really helps me to connect with people also.
Paragraph 4
A lot of my hobbies and interest are things very close to me such as Football, this is my biggest hobby and defiantly my biggest interest due to a lot of my family supporting different teams, I feel this is so close to my heart not just Football but my love of sport also. Sport is a huge factor of my lifestyle when I’m not concentrating on college or voluntary work my main focus is sport, as well as keeping fit it allows me to connect with different people from around the local area.
My hobbies have taught me many things about myself and about others, I feel sport helps you to understand a lot about yourself physically and mentally and it helps to broaden your mind to the many possibilities in sport! They have also taught me self-control and patience, these are two important factors in any job and even at University because they allow me be in control of any situation where I may need to react quick whether it is in a work based environment or whether there is a threatening situation at University.
I feel sport has also taught me a lot about my career for the future and what I could possibly do linking sport with Media.
Another one of my interest’s is gaming and spending time with my friends, I feel these two interests are very similar because it involves time being spent with friends, these interests allow me to connect with my friends and lets me make our friendship stronger, I feel these would help me during my time at University because building a strong friendship with people you would work with would be a huge part of the course and the experience in general.

Paragraph 5
Future Plans
I am doing this course at University because I want to strive to be the best in Media and I am always dreaming big and wanting to work hard to achieve the best, I also think this course would help me build relationships for the future, working with many different individuals will be interesting and important for me to be able to successfully challenge for places in different departments of the Media Industry. I hope this course leads me many places but I hope one place it does lead me is in the path of a successful career, I feel with the right help and the correct attitude anybody including me can achieve it on this course, I feel this course will help me because it will allow me to understand media at a higher level then I’m at now. The knowledge that I have gained from this course will be vital to my successful career in the media industry, I feel this to be true because I will learn will be the epitome of what media is and also this course will have majorly improved my knowledge of media a dramatic amount and I feel, I will be ready to start my first job after I’ve came of University straight away with a lot of confidence.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths:

• Creative
• Positive Attitude
• Confidence
• Role Model
• Hardworking
• Leader
• Lion (Spirit Animal)  

Weaknesses

• Lack of focus
• Talkative
• Editing
• Lazy

OUTCOME 1 STOP MOTION

Principles of Animation:


1) Follow through and overlapping action:
This is the technique of having body parts or objects drag behind the rest of the body, and continue to move when the body stops. This basically describes the technique of delaying some of the movement and action of the body parts when compared with the main body.
They use follow through and overlapping action because it adds a massive deal of realism and makes the animation more realistic when compared with an animation project not including this technique.

Squash and Stretch:
This action gives the illusion of weight and volume to a character as it moves. Also squash and stretch is useful in animating dialogue and doing facial expressions. This principle is normally used in a short style of video and is not always used in a feature film.This is the most important principle and you will be asked to use it often.

Anticipation: This movement prepares the audience for a major action the character is about to perform, such as, starting to run, jump or change expression. A dancer does not just leap off the floor. Almost all real action has major or minor anticipation such as a golfers' back swing. A feature film normally doesn't need anticipation as much as a short animation.

Staging:
A position or action should thoroughly tell the audience the attitude, mood or ideas of the characters on screen as it would relate to the story. The effect of different camera angles really help with the progression of the narrative. Every individual sequence in the film should relate to the overall story. During filming use actions clearly to get the idea across, when animating you don't want to use to many actions because it will get more difficult to animation. 

Straight Ahead and Pose To Pose Animation: This principle starts at the first drawing an works its way to drawing to drawing to the end of the scene. Some say this is a difficult principle to undertake due to the fact you can lose size. volume and proportions of the certain characters with this method but it is a great technique because it brings a new sort of freshness to set and the characters.

Slow In And Slow Out:
Slow-ins and slow-outs soften the action, making it more life-like. For a humorous action, we may show some slow-out or slow-ins for shock appeal or the surprise element. This will give more snap to the scene. This technique normally uses a lot more drawings near the start of the animation then some in the middle and more drawings towards the end.

Arcs:
Arcs give animation a more natural action and better flow, This is especially true of the human figure and the action of animals. Many parts of the body E.G: arm movement and head turns are all executed in arcs. 

Secondary Action:
This principle adds to the character and there main action and also adds more to the characters dimension. This is one of the most impressive and in my opinion one of the best techniques, it allows the characters to be built upon and allows more emphasise on what he is actually doing. E.G: A man walking could swing his arms or have them in his pocket and then he starts whistling, they are there to emphasise not to take away anything from the characters.

Timing:

Timing refers to the certain number of drawings for any given action. Timing is huge and really important for the characters and the animations in the film because it establishes what a characters mood, emotion and reaction is during the course of the film.

Exaggeration:
This is massive especially in animation and not just feature films, it is so important because it allows the characters to express how they feel to show the audience, the level or style of realism all depends on what the narrative or what your story is actually about. The biggest reason for using this is so the imitation of actual reality doesn't look dull in cartoons or animations so they use Exaggeration.

Solid Drawing: 

This is the principle of being able to draw three dimensional shapes to bring a sharpness and to give your animation more fluidity on the big screen. Its the way you draw the cartoons to make them look more alive and by giving them a three dimensional life it gives the audience a more realistic feel on the characters. 

Appeal:
This is the principle that all animated characters have to have a certain appeal depending on who the characters is and what his personality is like. This is also used to capture the audiences attention, if you look at all animated characters they all have different appeals that the audiences like or dislike like all forms of story telling the feature has to appeal to the mind as well as the eyes.

Phenakistoscope:

This was an early invention (toy) of stop motion by Belgian Joseph Plateau. It used the persistence of vision principle to create an illusion of motion.





Zoetrope:
The zoetrope, invented in 1834 by William George Horner, was an early form of motion picture projector that consisted of a drum containing a set of still images, that was turned in a circular fashion in order to create the illusion of motion.



Praxinoscope:
The Praxinoscope, invented in 1877 by the Frenchman Charles Reynaud, was the first device to overcome the picture distortion caused by viewing through moving slots.




Kinetoscope:
Forerunner of the motion-picture film projector, invented by Thomas A. Edison and William Dickson of the United States in 1891. In it, a strip of film was passed rapidly between a lens and an electric light bulb while the viewer peered through a peephole.





Willis O'Brian and the History of Animation: Willis O' Brian was an American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, he is defined as a legend in the animation timeline and will go down in the annals of history as a huge contributor to film and animation with some of his most famous work being the start of something great. E.G King Kong.


Ray Harryhausen and his work: Ray Harryhausen was a massive contributor to claymation and the animation history in film, some say apart from Willis O' Brian he is the most famous animator ever.
Some of his most famous work is films such as the 7th Voyage of Sinbad he also did the claymation for many films such as Jason and The Argonauts which is tipped to be one of the best and most influential claymation films ever.

Lee Hardcastle: worked for famous bands, promoted them (done commission for them) - Aired shows on famous tv networks like adult swim. Controversial films - ABC of death, claymation films all follow themes of adult and gore. Takes away from the conventional child like claymation and brings in new ideas of violence, viral videos on the internet, youtube etc.

Aardman Animations: Aardman Animations is an animation company who are based in the UK who have made some huge projects such as Wallace and Gromit. They are a huge animation company who started over 43 years ago have had much success over the years. They continue to this day to make phenomenal animation and works of art and have had a very successful life span in mainstream media.


Brothers Quay: The two brothers Stephan and Timothy Quay are most famous for there animation projects, and a renown for bringing inanimate objects to life in there stories. They have worked for advertising companies to help promote there adverts such as Coca Cola and Nikon to promote through advertising. Here is more information within a video link to some of there work:


Different Time Periods for Animation:
Stop Animation is huge, all over the world people go and see movies that are made from stop animation and it has a huge audience and fan base, here is a brief history of Stop Animation through the years.

1900: This is when stop motion really began to get big. Emile Cohl, a French cartoonist and animator, was the one who brought stop-motion animation to America. He used his drawings, puppets and other inanimate objects that he could find. The first stop-motion animated film that he created was named Fantasmagorie. He finished it in 1908. As for Fantasmagorie, he used over 600 of his drawings that he individually photographed to created the animated sequence. Adding to this, the short film of 1:16 is actually very good quality, it isn't choppy and unprofessional it is excellent quality for its age and is widely renown around the world. 

1910s: Not much has changed since Fantasmagorie but a lot more Short Stop Motion films were being made and put onto the big screen but you could definitely tell that Stop Motion was growing more and more attention as the years went by and it was only a matter of time before it got a huge following and made millions of dollars for the American Film Industry. Władysław Starewicz - The Ant and the Grasshopper (1911) This is one of the most famous and original pieces from this certain era. After doing some research into this short film The Ant and the Grasshopper" based on a Greek storyteller names Aesop. The story goes that all summer, the grasshopper sings, plays music, and visits with it's friends. Meanwhile, the ant works hard collecting food and building a shelter. The grasshopper makes light of the ant's strenuous efforts, but when winter comes, things are much different. This short film has been used to show the contrasting personalities between the two characters. My thoughts on this one was it wasn't just a small short story, it now had meaning and structure and the stories started to become alive you can quite clearly see that the life of Stop Motion was alive and kicking and people wanted to see more.

1920's: Fast forward 14 years after The Ant And The Grasshopper and you have got one of the first live action moves using stop motion animation. The Lost World and in 1925 it got global attention when Willis O' Brian used clay to make dinosaurs! This was a big deal in the timeline of Stop Motion and would be one of the biggest achievements in the history because it started a chain reaction of adults and children suddenly being excited and interested in Stop Motion. My reaction to The Lost World is that although it was a massive hit i feel it could have been done a lot more smoother due to it being a professional piece and some clips seemed very choppy and amateur but overall it was very well done for its age and has stood the tests of time

Analysis:
Target Audience: I feel the target audience for this feature film is adults to middle aged, i feel this due to the narrative and the story that is involved in this certain movie. Adding to this i think the target audience could change depending on a certain audiences interest E.G: if children were interested in The Lost World, i think that they could definitely could go and watch this work of art.

Style: The style of this film is a lot like King Kong some years later where it is live action as well as claymation, this is a very good idea because it gives the film a certain freshness and the claymation compliments the actors skills and vice versa.

Genre: I feel the genre of this depiction of the famous book is an Action/Adventure, i have this opinion due to the narrative and the story in comparison with the book.

Techniques:
The techniques i think they used are claymation to really capture he dinosaurs movements and there actions throughout the movie. They used claymation because it was the easiest to make and easiest to afford, they used claymation because the animators already wanted to use it and it was very efficient for what they were making.
The FPS for this film would be (24fps) or below, due to it 90 years old it is harder to establish the frames per second.
This film revolutionised claymation and how animators were using it due to the fact that it could be used for anything and for any genre of film, this showed the audience and many animators and directors that they could use claymation in there films and it would work.

The techniques they used are very important for the day and age of when this film was made, also the audience they have never really had witnessed stop motion to this sort of degree, it was very important for the audience to appreciate this because it revolutionised stop motion animation. Adding to this the techniques they used such as claymation was very useful for the target audience they appealed to young adults and adults, i feel the use of claymation and the gritty feel to the film by using the stop motion was really helpful to the movie in general. Lastly the certain technique they used worked really well and was very appropriate for the film and when it was set.

Principles:
During the filming of the piece they haven't really included or used any of the 12 principles, i feel they could included principles such as ARCS in certain places such as on the dinosaurs to stop them from looking so mechanical when they're walking or eating etc.

1930's- This is where Stop Animation was getting massive in America with the likes of The Lost World being cult hits and many people going to watch that film as well as making 1.3 million dollars (After Inflation: $17,644,832.36). The arrival of the cult hit "King Kong" was the biggest thing that had ever happened to Stop Motion in America with millions of people rushing to go see the infamous Gorilla, during its reign as the biggest film in the industry it made over 51 million dollars (adjusted to inflation) if this didn't prove that stop motion animation was a huge money maker in the film industry i don't know what is. My evaluation of this film is that was very good for the time it was made with some interesting but impressive claymation figures being made that enhanced the viewing for the audience E.G - King Kong was made very well and really stood strong during the film and throughout the years with people all around the world dedicating there time to this wonderful movie.

1940's: During the war there wasn't as many films being made due to set backs or budget cuts used for war (movie real, propaganda etc) so it wasn't until 1949 a cult hit came out known as "Alice In Wonderland" a French feature length film. it was based on the book by Lewis Carroll. My opinion of this film is that it is very well done and that it was the start of a new era for stop motion and this film only made more apparent. This is one of the largest stop motion films with some of the most impressive animations so far, although it was a very good stop motion picture i feel it was still quite choppy but great for its era. I feel the target audience for this film is a younger audience due to the characters and how they are portrayed in the feature length movie, you can also see this when you look at the story and what is happening in it as it is very lighthearted.



Hansel And Gretel: An Opera Fantasy (1954)
Although this wasn't very known as a stop motion film, it is a huge story but not very good for what it is, the characters emotions and the way they act are not impressive when compared with what the story of the film is about.


1970's Japanese Commercial: There isn't much i can say about this video apart from how impressive it is when compared with the past projects i have analysed, although this is a fairly unknown commercial it has very impressive models that they have used to make it stop motion, my opinion is that it is a well worked advert considering it is the 1970's and we was entering another era of Stop Motion where it was getting harder and more complex.

1980's Michael Jackson Music Video: This music video really does well to show the stop motion animation elements, this is very different when compared with the last projects i have analysed due to it being a music video, the stop motion is very well done in this video, you can clearly notice the differences in this in comparison to the advert from 10 years earlier or The Ant And The Grasshopper.

Analysis:
Target Audience: The target audience for this music video I feel is young adults to middle age, this is my opinion because of the music genre and who the artist is and what he is known for. Adding to this i also feel that the target audience could easily be the younger generation due to it being a very funny lighthearted cartoon.

Style: I feel the style of this music video is live action with stop motion/claymation characters.

Genre: During this analysis i determined that the genre for this music video is Comedy/Animation

Techniques: The techniques they used are claymation for the stop motion animation scenes you can quite clearly tell by what the characters look like and how they have been made.
The film had a FPS of 24 (24fps) this is the same as a film this is important due to the standard framing of animation being a bit lower than 24fps (Just like Bjork-Wanderlust)
This music video is very important for the history of stop motion due to music video creators not producing or even thinking about making a stop motion video, this is why is it so important because it is one of the most influential as well as one of the first of its kind.

The techniques they used such as the stop motion, i think it appeals to may audiences mainly teenagers to small children because it is very much a cartoon animation, this appeals to other audiences such as young adults because Michael jackson is worldwide and during the time this music video was out he was/became even more popular. This is also big for target audiences of different ages because it was one of the first ever music videos that involved stop motion animation in it. 

Principles: One of the easiest principles of animation that I can point out is that they have used Arcs on the stop motion, they have used this to give the characters more realism, I can also see they have included a lot of appeal for the different characters in there for the audience to make them more likeable ETC. Finally there is huge elements of exaggeration in this music video for the clay based characters for many reasons such as the comedic value and so it reaches out to a wide range, it would reach out to a wide range because the exaggeration give him more appeal and more of the audience will appreciate the characters and his personality.

2000's music video (Bjork - Wanderlust): Unlike the Michael Jackson music video, this video solely CGI and Stop Motion Animation

Analysis:

Animator:  It was choreographed and Animated by Chris Elam

Target Audience: I feel the target audience for this certain music video is all ages, i feel this due to the light hearted nature an the whole narrative in this amazing stop motion video. Adding to this i think that this music video can appeal to anybody that likes the music of the band/singer and it can also appeal to people who love animation, the target audience is very large for a video of this magnitude.

Style: Stop Motion Animation with CGI involved with a little bit of live action (The main character). Unlike the Michael Jackson music video, this video solely CGI and Stop Motion Animation.

Genre: This genre for this music video i think is Fantasy/Adventure due to it taking you on a journey and also it tells the story.

Techniques: The materials used in this music video was things such as clay materials, and rumoured they used earth materials such as moss.
The film had a FPS of 24 (24fps) this is the same as a film this is important due to the standard framing of animation being a bit lower than 24fps.
This music video is massive for animation and especially stop motion due it being a hybrid of CGI and Stop Motion Animation, i feel a music and others like i could revolutionise animation by it being a hybrid between two different types of animation.

I feel the techniques they used are appropriate to the audience because they are appealing to there certain fanbase, my opinion is that due to them appealing to there certain audience they have used stop motion because of who there fanbase is. There fanbase consists of young adults and teenagers all over the world, so i feel that a stop motion animation is a great way to pull your audience into the story more.

Principles: Due to the CGI being so advanced there was so need for principles such as arcs to create motions, i feel because of the advancements in technology they didn't need the 12 principles because the computer animation had made the pieces of CGI to the best of the ability. I feel the use of exaggeration could be used to develop the characters emotions in some parts of the music video as it looks bland at times, also the characters could have more appeal towards the audience. The secondary action they used really developed the characters during the end because it emphasis the actions the characters are partaking in.