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LO3: Producing a final animated product.

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Creating the Animation: When creating the animation, I import the different shots into Adobe Premiere and make sure they all have equal timing and are in the right order. The purpose of the scene below was to show that the bully is a terrifying and imposing person to Younger. I did this using a low angle and camera movement that's tilting upwards to give the feeling that he's towering over Younger. In the next shot, I show Younger from a high angle, which was done to show that the bully is belittling Younger and that he is weak. The clouds appearing in the background was also there to make the introduction of the bully more gloomy and melancholy, as this is the effect the bully has on Younger's life. The purpose of this scene was to show the brotherly bond between Younger and Older, that his older brother is always there for him, to pick him up when he's down. This is further implied because Older is in a super hero suit, I did this to symbolise ...

LO2: Producing footage for use in the short animation.

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Shot Log: A wide shot of the city skyline, zooming in. Fade in to a wide shot of the city streets, zooming in. Fade into a wide shot of the school, zooming in. Fade into a medium shot of the school clock tower, zooming in. Fade into a close up of the clock which turns 3PM. Cut to Title Card 'Brothers'. Cut to a close up of Younger's phone. Cut to wide shot of Younger walking, looking at his phone, tracking right. Cut to a close up of Younger's phone again. Cut to a close up of Younger bumping into the bully. Cut to a close up of Younger's phone dropping to the floor. Cut to a low angle medium shot of the bully looking down to Younger, slowly tilting upwards. Cut to a high angle close up of Younger looking up at the bully, zooming in. Cut to a medium shot of Younger being pushed back by the bully. Cut to extreme close up of Younger looking up to the bully. Cut to close up of the bully throwing a punch at Younger. Cu...

LO1: Planning a short animation.

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My animation is called 'Brothers'. Form It will be a slice of life style short film animation. Animation Type The animation will be a 2D vector-based animation that has the visual style of a cut-out animation, a type of stop-motion animation. I feel this type of animation will fit with the lightheartedness of the story being told. Genre I'm aiming for the genre of the animation to be a drama as it focuses on a boy learning to stand up to a bully with his big brother being the catalyst of his development into being a much more confident person, helping him to stand up to the bully. Narrative The animation follows a boy called 'Younger' who is victim to a bully, with them being older than him they think they can bully him. One day when he's walking home they choose to torment Younger like they always do, this is until the boy's older brother 'Older' comes to the rescue. Because he is older than the bully, they feel threatened, and when Youn...