Cut out animation update

Hello, hope everyone had a nice Christmas. Before the holidays I started work on my cut out animation, its not quite complete yet however I have finished a lot of the scenes and have been working hard on the sound. Normally I don't spend much time on the sound effects, but since the sound workshop I have felt inclined to do so. So ill upload a sample of the background sound effects, the sound starts as the boy leaves his dog behind and enters the cave. Let me know what you think, much appreciated
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9GC70aKJ4KYaTNBRUJzX29kWmc/view?usp=sharing

The cave is made up of five separate layers and i used what was left from the condensed charcoal that i used in the smudge and click animation to shade in the rocky terrain. There is currently a problem with the link for the sound file i shall try to render this problem in the next couple of days.

GoPro Hero4

There is no way I'm going travelling without a GoPro Hero. The picture quality is second to none and it fits in your pocket. The camera comes with many attachments and stands so that you can capture every moment from the right angle. Excited to start making short films this year :)

"Life is either an incredible adventure or its nothing at all" So many beautiful parts of the world, time to go exploring I think.

The Riot Club

Last week I finished writing my first assignment in which I explored and evaluated the way in which all the members of the riot club developed as characters throughout the film. It was a great movie to explore as each member had there own back story and how they all adapted to fit in at Oxford university. If you haven't already seen the movie I definitely recommend watching it 

Short smudge and click animation

There is no meaning, story, or point to this animation. We were just experimenting with the compressed charcoal and we found that it created a dark feel to the story and so we played with that and this is the result. Collaborative project, accreditation, Alex Patterson

Short clip from flash animation

'How will this epic tale end!?' stay tuned to find out. This is one of the 12 principles of animation, the full clip will be uploaded soon.

Stop motion tests

This was the result of 30mins of stop motion animating with metal wire skeletons. The idea was to illustrate the two different skeletons and there different characteristics. I have kept my skeleton and hope to cover it in clay so that I can slowly form a character that I may be able to use later on in the course.