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In the beginning of the new term, we were given inductions on how to operate the audio recording room and also the foley cupboard. Everyone pretty much was wondering when we would actually sit down in that very professional recording suite to record some cool tracks like proper sound producers. Who'd knew that those inductions were actually to...

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Another crucial part of an animation is lip syncing. Nobody would ever watch a cartoon with lip syncs that don't sync up to the dialogue they hear, would they? When we were told that our new assignment this week was to create a lip sync for one of 6 given audio files, I was a bit daunted by...

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About more than 3 weeks ago, we were given a brief on a title sequence project, which consisted of: - A sci-fi option - A Dada-era option - A biopic (3 choices) After being sorted out into our groups, my group members were: - Eloise - Layla - Thomas - Lucy Over the course of three weeks, we...

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Having to convey emotions with just faceless puppets and not having any audio/sounds to back it up is a fairly difficult task as it all comes down to body language. As Ursula once said it: Some of the most common emotions that us humans have are anger, sadness and happiness. I was planning to go for a "oh-dear-why,...

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In our very first few stop-motion sessions with Ann, she told us to take turns in trying out what they called as a 'blind animation test', whereby you cover the laptop screen with a piece of paper or whatever you can find to cover the screen up, to prevent you from looking at what you've just taken as...

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