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Title Credits: Rush from Rhia Crouch on Vimeo . This is my finished titles for the film RUSH (2013). I know that in some places it can be improved but I feel that this was not bad for my first attempt and I am quit happy with have it came out overal.

After presenting my ideas for my animation I was given the idea of making the characters of the Sun and Moon look like paper lanterns. This idea would fit in with giving the story a sense of history and culture along with helping me to think about the overall designs of the characters.

Premise Interim Critique OGR by Rhia Crouch on Scribd

Critical Perspectives by Rhia Crouch on Scribd

For my premise project I wanted to use a poem to help narrator the story of the Stars. It was bit of a challenge but after sometime I was able to come up with something but I didn't plan on making the poem 13 verses along! The rhythming structure I used is AABBCD and any feed back is welcomed.   How The Stars Came To Be If you have ever wondered, just like me,  How the stars came to be  Who was it that put them there  And made them sparkle so fair?  What was it that makes them shine in that inky night sky?  While we are in our beds laying asleep at night  The story begins with two characters I feel you know  Two rulers of the sky both dressed in royal robes  The Sun and the Moon are the reason for the stars  But I am sad to say that it was not a romantic start  This is the story of how one crossed the line  And was taught a lesson by the other  The Sun, you see, is a King in gold  Wh...

Fig 1. Waltz With Bashir (2008) The 2008 Israeli animated film Waltz With Bashir , directed by Ari Folman, seems to be more of a history lesson than a film to kick back and watch. It also seems to act as a kind of warning to not forget about the past along with telling the viewer that we must also find a way to forgive ourselves for what we have done and what we have been a part of. Set in 2006 the film focuses on the director himself trying to work out why he can’t remember anything from the Lebanon War that took place in the 1982 that he was a part of when he was 19, in particular the Sabra and Shatila massacre that took place in the refugee camps. After talking with friends, he goes looking for other people who were there at the same time to ask them about what they remember and what happened to them in the war. After hearing their stories and thoughts on what happen Folman slowly starts piecing together what happened at the camps and where he was when it happened before fu...

After thinking about the target audience I started to think about how this would affect the design of my characters. When I first thought about my story I found my self thinking about short stories that would play in children's projects that would be a break from the main show, so I might think about designing my animation so that it is aimed at a younger audience. When thinking about the overall design of my characters I felt that making them looking like wooden puppets, similar to pen dolls or an artist mannequins, and that they would be dressed with blocks of colour that would have the same feel so wooden building blocks. However, I also think that adding in what looks like see through acrylic plasics or glass to try and add a fantasy element to them. I also came across the this animation that seems to follow its own mythos story about the water cycle. The design of the characters and the way that they interact could help me think about how my mythos might play out and th...

To get an idea of how to place things out on the page, such as colour, font and images, we set about making some quick titles of a fake movie.

Fig 1. Paprika (2006) Based on the book of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui the film Paprika (2006) is an example of the type of films that have been coming out of Japan over the years, along with showing the ways that animation can be used to tell a story much more clearly than if it was live action. As shown in the film you can do anything in animation just like you can do anything in your dreams. The core premise of the film is people being able to interact and go into other peoples’ dreams as a form therapy with the help of a device called the DC Mini. When one of the DC Minis goes missing the doctors who use it start to think that someone is using it to take control of people with a crazy dream filled complete nonsense while they still awake. With the help of Detective Toshimi Konakawa the doctors might find out who stole the device before the dream world and the real world start merging together, likely they have Paprika on their side. The film was directed by Satoshi...