History of Short Film Handout

Handout

ILP

ILP

HNC Year Two Handbook

Link to Handbook

Animated characters in live action films

Animated-characters-in-live-action-films

This might give you some pointers for Learning Outcome one.

Animation Timing

Animation Timing PDF
This PDF might be useful for some people thinking about their animations and how to time the action.

Music and Animation Timing

A few articles on timing animation to music, these are more to do with drawn animation and cartoons, however the theory should be useful.

http://www.animatorisland.com/animating-to-music/

This post discusses the bar sheets used to time the music for an old cartoon;

http://animationresources.org/?p=637

Another post on cartoon timing, this is also reference in the post above;

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.co.uk/2006/08/milt-gray-on-cartoon-timing-past-and.html


There is also a chapter 'Working with Sound' in The Animation Book by Kit Laybourne which has some interesting stuff in it. A copy is available on the 4th floor.  

Sound advice 

Animation Bar Sheet Template

Visiting Animators' Lesson Video

Lesson Video

Here is the link to the YouTube video of the lesson. Consider the need to plan you animation and ways you might need to rig your animation if you are producing stop frame. You can use the comment section on Blogger to direct each other to what you feel are the key parts of the video as well.