animation
My animation was about Damoila Taylor, he was a young boy that was killed from knife violence, he was killed to two older boys, a scheme was then put in place in honour of his "The Damoila Taylor" this scheme. was put in place to stop knife violence, after reading about all the scheme I felt. as though. this. was one that. touch. my heart the. most. then. it lead. to me wanting to. makes piece of animation on it. I think. my animation. was successful when it came to representing Damoila in the clay figure, I felt although before hand looking up research to help me understand. the complete story of how he. was killed. help. with my animation, such as where, I tried. to included the broken. glass bottle in my animation however I was unsuccessful in. doing. this as I found it hard to find a place for it to. fit in in. my frame, I think I was successful in showing Damoila's facial expressions. and feeling with. the clay, such in the the scene when he is cry and and wipes his. tears with the tissues, I. feel because the audience will be able to see the characters emotion they. as. an audience feel more emotionally attached to the character and more involved in the animation itself.
My animation was about Damoila Taylor, he was a young boy that was killed from knife violence, he was killed to two older boys, a scheme was then put in place in honour of his "The Damoila Taylor" this scheme. was put in place to stop knife violence, after reading about all the scheme I felt. as though. this. was one that. touch. my heart the. most. then. it lead. to me wanting to. makes piece of animation on it. I think. my animation. was successful when it came to representing Damoila in the clay figure, I felt although before hand looking up research to help me understand. the complete story of how he. was killed. help. with my animation, such as where, I tried. to included the broken. glass bottle in my animation however I was unsuccessful in. doing. this as I found it hard to find a place for it to. fit in in. my frame, I think I was successful in showing Damoila's facial expressions. and feeling with. the clay, such in the the scene when he is cry and and wipes his. tears with the tissues, I. feel because the audience will be able to see the characters emotion they. as. an audience feel more emotionally attached to the character and more involved in the animation itself.
This is a shot from my animation Damolia Taylor is being. interviewed, I tried to make different facial mouth movements for Damoila to make it. look as realistic as though he was actually talking, for. meI wanted there to be different arm movement and emotion so it wouldn't be boring for the audience to walk, I feel as though I was successful in doing this but also feel as though. there was a lot more I could have done. I feel. as though I was able to find the balance between making the. animation serious but also making the animation interesting to walk.
whilst film the scenes of his being upset, I decided to add another scene into my animation that wasn't originally on my. story board it being someone being the camera damoila is being interviewed from hands him a tissue when he sees he is upset, I. felt this. worked successfully as added a. little something else to the animation, it also help the. audience feel for damoila more. it could have been even better if the tissue had of looked more realistic as a tissue, it may have needed. more detail going into it, I think. some audience struggled to know what it was.
the animation. when changes when. he says an this is my story, we see. damoila. being killed. by. the knife and blood coming out from him, I decided to put this in my animation because I wanted it to have an effect on. the audience. and. for them. to realise just how serious it. is. The background I created for this scene was suppose to. replicate a dark ally as that is were. he. was killed, it didn't look very realistic but still gave the same effect I wanted, there is a large amount of light shining onto his face as this point, it wanted to show he was going into the light\ going to heaven, I don't think this was completely successful. Overall this scene was very hard to animate as it was hard to move the puppet back slowly to make it look realistic as to also take the photo at the same time.
this scene wasn't also on my story yet, I wanted to added it in, I am a triube. of flower and candles etc in honer. of. damoila, I shot this scene in the same place. as were he was killed, I think the audience was able to understand this it also added a nice touch to my. animation. there was a. balance between sadness and a moment when. the audience was able to feel pace. Audience. responded to this very well as for some it was there most favoiute in the animation, for me personally it was the scene I was most proud of. It could've been better if there were more flower. and the flowers looked more realistic, but overall I was very happy with this scene.
In my original proposal I was planning to have two different schemes set in place to stop knife crime 1. damoila Taylor scheme and 2. the chigeo fire scheme hence why there is a fire fighter however, I soon realised the task I had set myself to talk about two schemes was too big and. two. much work so I changed to final animation idea to only talking about damoila Taylor scheme then having a police officer at the end say how knife crime needs to end however this was after I had made the fire fighter character and because making the puppets was so time constraining I didn't have time to make another, this was the scene I was least happy with as it didn't go to plan.
short film
my short film was about two teenagers, one of them felt as though he had to. prove his worth to. fit in, when his friend. offered him drugs he took. it. he then got high and his friend suggested they. should leave the house to get more fresh air he agrees there was then a montage of the two teenagers getting ready to leave, but the one that took the drug is finding it harder, in the montage the teenager goes into the kitchen and puts a knife into his bag, the scene then changed to an elderly women walk with another women In. the park the two women then separate and the elderly women then goes and sit on a bench by herself minding her own business the teens start walking closer to the old women, the old women feels threatened and walk off fast thee boy that was on the drugs then stabs the old women and slogan then appears on the screen saying don't be blind when it comes to knife crime, the story is simple but effective and I think the audience was able to understand the story well.
this is the first scene that appear in the animation, I wanted to show two teenagers sitting in a bedroom smoking, drinking etc. I decided to use a smoke machine to make it look although they had been smoking all day and the room with full of smoke, I like the effect. it created however it made the video look out of focus and foggy. wanted very little light. to. be in the room in the scene. but enough so the scene looked well lit and you were able to see what as happening in this scene. I. wanted did this scene as the beginning as it was a slow build up to the action, the was loud roadman. music playing in the background that fitted the scene well.
Later on in the film . Leila reaches out for her bag and pulls out. a pill from her bag which is suppose to resemble a drug, taking drugs are popular and common with. teenagers that why I wanted it to be involved in the film, also when teenagers take drugs it can lead them to commit crimes such as knife crime. I wanted more natural light to come into the room at this point so their faces could be well lit, Callan then takes the pill nervously. As an audience we can see a boy who is nervous but wants to prove his worth to his friend so he takes it. its could have been better if Callan could have been shaking or shutting when she talks to give the audience more indication he's nervous.
Thought these scenes within the bedroom the colour tone was a purple colour, this was very hard to control as I didn't have the equipment needed to. control this however the audience was still able to see the characters faces. Leila's character tell Callan to go and get fresh air, I like how the smoke from her vape comes out just as she is asking the question it think that it creates a cool effect, I also like how Callan looks spaced out and confused. The camera focus in this scene isn't good, its something I definitely need to improve on next time.
there is a montage of Callan and Leila getting ready to leave the house, I know from the start that this scene would be really important to the film, it was also the scene that took longest to shot as there were so many little bits, in the montage when Callan appeared on screen I decided to put a purple colour tone, this was to show that he was high, however my audience didn't realise this was what I was trying to do and just thought the colour balance was off, I think that to make it clear I show have used a multiple range of colour and not just one. I also decided to speed the montage up to also show that the character is high and that time is moving really fast, I liked the effect it made and the audience also understood it. In one part of the montage Callan goes into the kitchen an takes a knife and puts it in his bag this was very important to the film as the audience knows that something bad is soon to. happen, this part was clear and so it could be easily understood.
there is a montage of Callan and Leila getting ready to leave the house, I know from the start that this scene would be really important to the film, it was also the scene that took longest to shot as there were so many little bits, in the montage when Callan appeared on screen I decided to put a purple colour tone, this was to show that he was high, however my audience didn't realise this was what I was trying to do and just thought the colour balance was off, I think that to make it clear I show have used a multiple range of colour and not just one. I also decided to speed the montage up to also show that the character is high and that time is moving really fast, I liked the effect it made and the audience also understood it. In one part of the montage Callan goes into the kitchen an takes a knife and puts it in his bag this was very important to the film as the audience knows that something bad is soon to. happen, this part was clear and so it could be easily understood.
The second half of the film was shot outside it began with two women walking in. the park an elderly women and a women in her 40s I didn't want to two women. to. be related because I wanted to show that the old women is unable and friendly, when the two women apart from each other I think it clear to see that there not related and have just meet whilst walking. the old women then sits on a bench by herself, just sitting quietly minding her own business, I. think the audience was able to feel a sense of innocent for the women as it this. point and unaware of the danger she is about to. face. Two teenagers then appear, the old lady instantly feels threatened. the old lady then gets up and tries to walk away as fast as she can the speed of the clip. is speed up Leila and Callan approach the old women and as Callan is pulling out the knife Leila runs away in fear and shock proving she wasn't was tut as she let out. to be. Callan then stabs the old women instantly I think the audience was shocked as they. didn't. realise it was coming but it held the element of. surpass so the audience could feel so many emotions whilst watching the film.
the main message behind my film was don't be blind when it comes to knife crime. I wanted this to be the message of my film because I don't think people know or aren't educated enough in the subject just to know how serious it is and it can effect life and ruin some. After the old women had been stabbed the Callan runs away, two pedestrians walk past the old women dead on the floor like nothing has happened and she. invisible, I wanted this to make my audience feel sad and although somehow they can help make a change to knife crime. Final a message a appears on the end saying don't be blind when it comes to knife crime, I think overall I'm not to happy with how the final product turned out as there were a lot of improved that needed to happen and I wanted to make my main message more promptent these as improvement I can use when making my next productions.