Animation in current trend

Animation in current trend.

I feel that my animation will fit in well with the current marketplace due to the properties it has. It is a children's based program which contains a variety of different colour's, animals and wildlife features. Alot of young children are into animals are like different colours so i feel my Animated TV series will fit in any well. I also feel it will fit in well due to the amount of young children who watch Peppa Pig and 64 Zoo Lane which again has a wide variety of shapes, colours and characters. It will also be simple and friendly nothing complicated will be involved so the children will have a clear understanding of what is going on.

Like most viewed children shows, I would like my program to be on the CBeebies channel as i feel that is the channel that gets the most views and attracts more viewers than any other. I would hope to have it on at least 2 times a day, 7:30am in the morning for when the young children normally are awake and then 17:00pm late afternoon as some young children go to bed early. I would like the program to run for 15 minutes per episode. 

Animation Research.

Animation Research

Finding Nemo is a film and was released on the 30th May 2003. The film was made by Pixar Animation Studios but was funded by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton. Finding nemo is a computer generated animation. The target audience for the film is toddlers and children. The purpose of the animation is to entertain the viewers. Personally I like the film because its extremely funny and very entertaining. 

Short - Monsters Inc. Mikes New Car

Year of release - 2002

Made by (Company) - Pixar

Who Directed It - Pete Docter and Roger L. Gould.

Animation Style - Computer Generated Animatic.

Target Audience - Families and Children

Purpose of Animation - A short comedy film from Monsters Inc.

What do you like about the Animation? - I like it because it keeps you entertained.

TV Series - Peppa Pig

Year of release - 2004

Directed and produced by - Astley Baker Davies

Animation style - 

Target Audience - Young children, toddlers and babies.

Purpose of animation - it will keep children entertained as each episode is different. Its easy to understand and simple, there are also a variety of colours involved and its the programme always has a happy and friendly feeling about it. The characters also display characteristics of animals which a lot of young children like.

Web Series - Eddsworld

Year of release - 2004

Produced by - Edd Gould

Target Audience - Teenagers

Animation style - 

Purpose of animation - It is to entertain the viewers and also gives you information about the real life world in some parts. Eddsworld producers also want to gain a lot of subscribers from the animation.

Music - JCB Song

Year of release - 2005

Produced by - Gavin Monaghan

Target Audience - Elder Children, Teenagers 10 - 16

Animation style - Hand Drawn

Purpose of animation - Luke Concannon is singing about a time when he was younger. He got bullied and sings about his dad being B.A. Baracus and bruce lee and sings about transformers which would protect him and that he want to turn into a Tyrannosaurus rex and eat up all the bullies.

 

Advert - The Bear and Hare - John Lewis Christmas Advert.

Year of release - 2013

Company / Produced by - Adam and Eve/DBB

Directed by - Elliot Dear

Animation style - 2D Drawn

Target Audience - All ages but mostly towards children

Purpose of animation - To promote John Lewis for the upcoming christmas season.

First time using Adobe Flash

The first thing I had to create a new scene by clicking "New -> Scene" the next thing to do was import the 7 different images of the characters actions onto Adobe Flash. 

I then dragged the first picture of the character which was him standing still onto the canvas. I then had to click on "Onion Skin" which made the Character images transparent so I could see where to put them to make the clip look realistic.

I then dragged the rest of the Photos of the Characters actions onto the canvas each time before adding a new one I first had to right click on the next frame and click "Insert Blank Keyframe". I arranged and moved the photos around to fit in with the sequence of the photos which was the character jumping up high and landing.

Once done i clicked on play but it was too fast so to slow it down a tiny bit I right clicked on each individual frame and clicked on "Insert Frame". 

Once completed and happy with the sequence I decided to add a moving ball for him to jump over. The first thing i done was create a new layer on the timeline section. I then created the shape of a ball for the character to jump over. I made ball shape a symbol so its easier to work with, I did this by highlighting over the layer and clicking on modify and "Create New Symbol". 

I then dragged it to the right side of the page, just off the page and clicked on the last layer of the character jumping sequence. I then right clicked on the ball and clicked "Create Motion Tween". I then went to the first layer on the sequence and held down shift and dragged the ball to the left side of the page so it looked like the character was jumping over a ball rolling towards him.

I then click on "File - Export - Movie" and saved it to my desktop and a .mov File.

Post on Scheduling

South Park

http://www.getharvest.com/blog/2011/11/teams-at-work-creating-a-south-park-episode-in-6-days/

Peppa Pig

http://www.kidzcoolit.com/reviews/the-brains-behind-peppa-pig-phil-davis-neville-astley-and-mark-baker-answer-some-kidz-random-questions.php

The Simpsons

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6260000/newsid_6262500/6262584.stm

REPRESENTATION AND ETHICS IN CARTOONS

Legal & Ethical Table

Voice Talent

Name of character from the series - Rory The Lion

Personality of character - Rory the Lion is Happy and Bubbly but when in situations he will take things seriously. He is very willing and always happy to help. He is also Big and brave and king like.

Type of vocal performance required - Serious, friendly and calm as my character is a friendly lion who is always up for helping others out and trying new things, he is never sad and never looks down, he just has a high spirit.

Dream casting - Justin from CBeebies (Mr Tumble) - He would be my dream voice actor because he acts so well and takes it so seriously. He also is just a friendly person in general and can put on different voices when needed and can create a different atmosphere in the way he speaks.

Cheaper Alternative - Louis Davies - The reason why i would choose Louis is because, like Justin, he also has a generally friendly voice and can easy change the tone of his voice to change the atmosphere.