Name: Liu
Yang-zi-yu
Course: Puppetry
and Digital Animation
Date: 02/05/2011
What is your subject of study?
3d character
performance with in a composited film.
What is your research question?
A study of 3d character performance
that evidences humor as part of a composited film.
Research aim:
1.
An investigation of humor with in English and Chinese animation.
2.
Producing a short composited film that evidences some of the
understanding gained from the previous research aim.
Research objectives:
Create a story and make storyboard for this story
Evidence appropriate research of what is humour and how it can be
applied to an animated character’s performance e.g.
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What does funny character look like (I will research what others have done
before in works that are considered culture), how to create a lovely/funny/cute
character, and how many elements influence character and make it lovely/funny/cute.
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Body language which is humours funny, what has already been done by
others. How many styles of funny action to present their emotion.
Make a small animation work that includes 3d character and its incorporation
within a short composited film.
To also answer the following questions by showing a movie and
discussing the humour.
1.
How many different types of humour?
2.
How their culture influence animation between two countries. Give
example
3.
Humour common between two countries.
4.
Globalisation influence people’s point view about humour
5.
Is there a change in humorous animation and what is the audience
reaction?
Rationale:
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What is the wider
context of your project?
Culture behind artefacts,
especially humour culture which behind animation between China and British,
What is change animation
development in early and modern life? What is different between early and modern
humour in audients heart.
How it is
changed? And why? is it a good thing or bad thing for animation. What others point
view, include audients, artist and animation company.
How is the
process of my practical work? Including aspect of Body languages, Film theories,
Lens Language, Puppetry-making-(3d character), Characteristics of motion between
real life and exaggerated characters, Character Design, Computer skills application
and sounds affect in animation. Animation 12 principles
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How does the
project relate to your previous experience/practice?
My previous work about character design, I was studied the basic 3d
animation and make a piece of work as well, 3years ago I had created a story
for stop motion work.
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How does it
relate to relevant current practices, debates and theory?
My current practice about 3d technique of
animation, debates is how to make funny 3d character and their performance.
Theory basic on animation 12 principles of animator
survival kit
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Why is the
intended research significant? (So what?)
Nowadays, 3d animation film more popular than
before, its visual effects and colourful picture attract audience. Animation good-looking or not depends on character's performances to a
certain extent. So performance of 3d
character is a worth project to deep research.
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How does this
project relate to your plans for the future?
It will help me
development my theory and skills at animation, also an important part for next
step of researches.
Methodology
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Outline the research,
creative and intellectual methods you will employ to develop your
research project.
What methods will be applied e.g. survey of
literature, practice led research, questionnaires, focus groups e.t.c.?
Focus groups: according to my basic research, set
up a focus group to talk about humours in animation between British and China
by showing example films and discussing the humour.
Learning objectives
·
Link to your
personal skills audit and development plan; identify the skills that you will
develop and knowledge that you need to acquire. Match the objectives against
the MA programme learning outcomes.
1.
Acquisition of model rigging skills
2.
Acquisition of character animation skills
3.
Acquisition of AE animation skills
4.
Acquisition of compositing skills
5.
Understanding the animation production process
6.
Understand how humour can be created via animation
Submissions
(practical and/or written work)
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Describe your
intended body of work, including your reflective journal and the summative critical
review
·
Specify the
audience and communication context for your project.
·
Describe how you
intend to evaluate/ test project outcomes with your audience.
I will
submit a storyboard, animatic, short animated composited video, documentation
of process and a reflective journal.
Resource
implications
·
List what
resources are required within or outside of the University
MAYA
Video
cameras
Bibliography
Cite essential background or
contextual material using the Harvard System of referencing. It related with my reflect journal.
Richard Williams:
animation survival kit
Timetable
PGC stage:
finish learning agreement and show storyboard end of stage
PGD stage:
finish story and character design, and make an animatic storyboard.
MA stage: finish a animation which use 3d character-a
funny performance created by myself, and whole writing things at research
outline will use art journal to show.
Agreed as a viable programme of study
Signature of student: Date:
Signature supervisor: Date:
Return
the completed form to the MA Admin Office and your supervisor, and include it
within your submission at the end of each stage (PGC / PGD / MA).
