Computer animation

Animation is the method of taking still images and presenting them in rapid succession to create the illusion of motion. The contrast between animation and video is video takes constant movement and splits it up into frames. You have many different types of animation. Usually the main ones used are Traditional animation, Stop animation and Computer Generated animation. Traditional animation is created by drawing every frame by hand. Then these frames are coloured and scanned onto a computer and the frames synced with sound. It’s an extremely time-consuming and labour intensive process. Stop motion is when an animator photographs an object or person one frame and motion at a time. Then those photographs are combined and sped up. Computer Generated animation is when an animator uses computer software to animate. The computer generated animations can be rendered in either 2D or 3D. The 2D animation is very similar to the traditional method of animating, however for the 3D animation the animator has to model each character and object. The Role of Animation in the Digital Media…

WALL-E Film Review In the future, the earth is a giant dumpster covered by technologies garbage. Humans flee from the Earth and leave millions of tiny robots to clean up their heaps of rubbish until the Earth is habitable for life. However, all of the robots stopped working after 700 years, except a robot who still laboriously does his job. The production of Pixar Animation Studio and Disney, WALL-E was a 2008 computer-animated science fiction film directed by Andrew Stanton. As an animated…

visual effects team rather than the cinematographer. “While the characters are lit and framed by the cinematographer on the set, these decisions are often unrecognizable after the digital effects team has finished with the footage. In these cases, much of the lighting and composition actually happens in a computer.”…

identifying and adapt in order to able to present the information to an audience properly (Adler, Rodman, & du Pre, 2014). In understanding the audience a speaker has a better awareness of how to approach the subject without alienating them. Being able to adapt to the environment allows for a better way for the speech to reach the audience. Also allows for the speaker to decide in what form they wish to present the information. Such as whether to start with a joke, personal story, or ask their…

The plot centers on a robot called WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class) whose job is to collect garbage on Earth due to years of mass over consumption. After years of collecting garbage, WALL-E (voice Ben Burtt) grows a certain behavior as he collects things to decorate his home and develops an affection for ‘Hello Dolly’ which he watches on a VHS tape time and time again. From the video, WALL-E seemingly learns the ideas of holding hand and falling in love. One day,…

Large industries are constantly competing against each other to create technology that is "new" and "better." Industries such as Mac and Windows produce new phones, computers, iPads, tv's, etc every year, and a large portion of the world supports this with open arms. Originally, technologies like these provided a simpler an easier and quicker way to communicate with others and share information around the world. But now, we've entered a generation where the Internet has genuinely become an…

Disney-Pixar’s Wall-E, tells a story about a robot left behind on Earth with the responsibility of cleaning up after the mess humanity has created. Wall-E, which stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class, lives in a corporate-dominated future where humans believe Earth is no longer inhabitable. The Earth turned into a garbage dump due to overconsumption and materialism. Humans, however, have become excessively reliant on technology and are no longer capable of performing simple tasks…

The Incredibles is a fantastic movie for children and families. The Incredibles was released in 2004 by Pixar, it was written and directed by Brad Bird. The Incredibles is an action packed, funny movie with tons of great actors. The movie has a very clear plot so it is easy to follow for children. The Incredibles are retired (Mr. Incredible, voiced by Craig T. Nelson. Elastigirl, voiced by Holly Hunter. Violet, voiced by Sarah Vowell, and Dash, voiced by Spencer Fox) and trying to fit in with…

Wall-e is a new, dare say one of the best upcoming roller coasters and it is based off of the sensational movie Wall-e made by Disney’s Pixar. In the movie, the plot takes place in 2805 where humans have abandoned Earth on the account of it was not in the ideal shape for humankind to live in. Therefore, humans left robots to clean up the mess they had made where after some time, the Earth became habitable once more. Mankind had been sending extraterrestrial vegetation evaluators or EVE to Earth…

1st Year Sound Design Film Essay – Wall-E Noah De Villiers (21800270) – 12/02/2018 ‘Wall-E’ is an animated film produced by Disney and Pixar that was released with the intention of being entertainment for young children. Despite this target audience, the film exceeds and defies all expectations by transforming this seemingly simple story, which centralises around a trash collecting robot named Wall-E chasing down a scout droid, EVE, who he views as the love of his life, into a tale of heroism…