Response to MP3

I think it's pretty extraordinary on how he was able to create sounds from simplistic items especially in iconic some of them are (ie. lightsaber). It's inspiring to hear that even with a low budget (except in terms of equipment) that good sound could be made. Also the idea of

Wall-E's voice and robot's in general having a sense of character is insightful.

What I wonder though is that despite asked the question if the digital age changed the game in terms of sound he didn't give a real straight answer, at least for me. He shows that simple solutions could be found but I wished to know if he carried on the same tradition as he had done in the past. Then again this is a small clip, limited in size, so I can't ask too much.

Research Topic: Don Hertzfeldt

I've been of a fan of offbeat and alternative animation/art for a while. Someone I would call a genius/savant in that field is Don Hertzfeldt. Almost a near hermit he spends years working on his animations with techniques rare even near extinction in today's world. To be able to still survive and even standout is phenomenal. I follow his work when I can and I extremely respect him and would like if I can do my topic on him.

Tuesday 28th February 2012 12:30-3:00

Today for class apart from the disappear and reappear exercise we worked on the word play project. Due to the unique way I want to make the letters I was shown to use the Metaball tool. I spent most of the day experimenting with the tool and made my letters. Also I made a small landscape to accommodate the letters for now. If I'll stick to it who knows.

I think I'm satisfied with the letters themselves but I have the added problem of animation. I'll have to rig something up to make it work as well as the other word. Hopefully I'll be able to make do in the end.

Tuesday 28th February 2012 12:30-1:20

Using the timeline window and directly/manually going through each frames we were able to make objects appear and disappear. Applying special attributes and experimenting with the tools we made multiple keyframes and turned on and off the settings. I went a bit further by adding one more object and making sure the other two wouldn't appear.

Tuesday 28th February 2012 9:00-11:30

Again rendering messed up somehow. Someone may have touched something so I'm setting it to render again. Also spent time messing around on the next scene. Finding some sounds for the fly through project as well as so the word play. Hope to have the render done by the start of class or at least into it.

Monday February 27th 3:30-5:30,7:00-7:40

Went to work again fixing kinks in the flythrough. Made the necessary adjustments to the lighting so it wouldn't be too bright. Had some problems again when I made it too dark but again adjustments. Also spent time fixing some models as well as make new ones. Now I feel satisfied with the world I created. Spent time rendering it as well add a new scene.

Thursday February 23rd 11:30-3:10

After a night of rendering I had the first half of what I wanted to do or so I thought. In reality I hadn't set the location of the file so i ended up doing so again through the whole class. In class we also practice various tools such as loft in getting ready for our next assignment of word play. I was busy tweaking the last project so I wasn't able to get really working on the word exercise so I may have to ask when in class.