Konstantin Bronzit

For me, his name is not easy to write from memory. I apologized about this. Of course, this is not his problem, it’s mine. Because i born to be Chinese and i am not hard working on the English. The name which longer than 7 letters will be hard for me to remember. Come back to this man. He is really amazing on the animation. If you do not know his name, you must have watched his works. The left photo is him, and this comes from the Wikipedia. He is a famous animator and animation film director in Russia. On the  Wikipedia, I found his works be nominated twice for Oscars. And he works at Melnitsa Animation Studio now.

Next part, i will put some of his works, and write some feelings and what i learn from these works.

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This was not his first film, but i think this was his beginning of fame. At the Ends of the Earth helped him win almost 70 awards. This short film talks about one family, they live on a mountain peak. Their house stay on the peak.

So this environment setting makes a comedy conflict ——— the house is unbalanced. If much more weight on the left, the house will tend to left, much more weight on the right, the house will tend to right. And this unbalance makes their lives be interesting.

I think, try to make a conflict will make your plot be more interesting. I wrote on the before research (the short film about own a dragon): ‘If i have … i will…’ The way of thinking like this can give a good idea for our scripts. Make a conflict and try to solve this will have a positive feeling and give the end have a new thinking room for the audience. Maybe the ending is not good, or maybe it is good. Just like this short film’s ending.

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The next short film i have watched for many times. I really like this kind of story. It has a same feeling of Jimmy’s painting book which maybe named Walk to left, Walk to right. Because i only know his Chinese name, and i don’t find it’s English name on the Google. His Chinese name is 向左走，向右走. This painting book talks a story about one man and one woman, they live in the same building, the same floor. They only have one wall between them, but they never meet each other. Because one building has two part Building A and Building B,  one go outside from A gate and one get outside from B gate. They always miss, one always go left, one always go right. One day, they go to a park which has a round fountain, they meet and fall in love. But it rainy, so they leave their telephone number on the paper. They appoint to contact each other. But when they come home, they find the rain make the number be unclear. They can’t find each other even they do do many trying. They always miss. The same day, they have to leave this building. Because of the earthquake, the wall between them fall down, they see each other again. Really beautiful love story.

This short film which named Lavatory Love story, just like its name, it happens in the lavatory. One man who works in the male’s lavatory falls in love with one woman works in the female’s lavatory. The woman want to have lover, one day she found someone gave her flowers everyday. She is happy but she want to know who is that people. Finally she find him. And they love each other. They also only have one wall between them. The love story like this gives people a hope: my lover is not far away from me, when we find each other, we will love each other. Sometimes i do not feel better after watching this warm love story. I feel a little bit sad, because i am a single and i am afraid i will be single for all my life or even worst, i find someone i do not love to spend time.

This story only gives colors on the flowers which the man sent to the woman. This gives the audience feel these flowers is different from the normal life and the woman really feel different with his life because of these flowers. Sometimes simple style or color will give a different and successful outcome.

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If you want to watch this short film, you can click this link: https://vk.com/video1426450_171289860?list=c1b63c1f0b3979a2dc

We Can’t Live Without Cosmos is a touching short film about two man who has the same dream—–fly to the Cosmos and they work hard together , practice together, compete together.  They are roommate, they look like brothers. Maybe they are truly brothers. 

I really like the part they  jump on the spring bed and dream of flying into the outer space. A really interesting detail in their normal lives. I like their interactions plots. They all be the best in the trainers of astronauts. But this outer space only need one person. So one of them go to the outer space and another one choose to be happy with him. But the person die in this travel because of the accident. And another who stay on the earth choose to stay in the astronauts’ suit to wait for his friend. In the end,  he jump on the spring bed, and find his friend in the outer space and grasp his hands.

This story talks about the  lifelong friends.

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If we want to make our animation better, we should try to learn pay the way of emotions (sadness, pleasure,fear and son on ). Accumulating emotions is accumulating the details which happens every day. This is long way for me.

My poster

At first, when i thought about my poster of film, I thought i should make the little look lonely and he hold the stone lonely. The stone began to shine and show his little face in the darkness. The people who did not believe him stay away from him just show their feet and shadow. So the left poster is my first try of my film’s poster.

I began to draw the right one was because when i took my left poster to show my friend Cecilia, she asked me a question: why the light is not Symmetrical. The light the left edge is not the same high with the right edge. So i draw the right one poster. Anything look Symmetrical in that poster and i add more words to make the name be Eye-catching. But after watching it, my friend Cecilia and Amber all thought the first poster was better. OMG, i wasted much time…

But when i gave my first poster to big Pete, he looked do not satisfied with it and he said maybe i should change the feet into all people’s face. All characters’ face on the poster will be better. So…i have to draw from beginning. Because i think this style is not suitable for all the face in the dark.

I drawn the final poster. The above is it. The following is the process of drawing it.

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I drawn a circle which indicates the stone and write all the words into this circle, and make all the characters around the circle. I drawn it on SAI. The above two posters were drawn on PS, because my PS was really easy to stop work that time, so i used SAI to instead. And i used a material effects on SAI, to make the poster looks like made of cloth. After i finishing it, Cecilia, Amber, Pete were satisfied with it. Finally, the poster can pass, next work!!!!

My action plan

Since there is a homework need to be done, I have to say the ideas to the future honestly. I always think words have power, i know what i am writing now maybe is quite different with my future life. But this can be viewed to be my blessings to myself. Actually, i am afraid of my future things, things in the future can rarely happen as you want. If it happens, that is really lucky.

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First part. What do i want to do:

 

Now —— I am making a 3 minutes 2D film by TVP Animation. The story is about a little boy and his story. The little boy always has a fantasy that he has magic. One day, his grandfather gave him a stone in the psychiatric hospital and told him this stone is a magic stone. Friends around him laughed at him because of this. The little boy still insist on himself and finally, he went into the magic world. The most difficult for me is have indomitable will to accomplish the film. Other problems are not problems. I hope i can finish this short film perfectly.

 

Past —— Actually, i learned many things before going into the university, such as sketching, color. You have to pass the drawing exams, if you want to study art major. During the university, i learned (PS, AI, MAYA, 3DMAX，AE) these software’s basic operation flows. PR, SAI, TVP are leaned by myself. I took stop motion animation, live action short. I took part in the production process of smart phone’s app. I also learned how to act and performed in the school’s party.

 

Future —— To the future, the current plan is continue to study in the digital media field. I want to get graduate degree. I hope i can get opportunities to practice during my graduate, because i didn’t work in this field, i am panic. I hope i can find the man who we love each other, because i hope my life can have love and business. I hope i can work on my major, go into advertisement, game, film studios or companies. I can draw comics, write novels during spare time. I hope i can be a free creator after resignation when her thirty five years old. Of course, these are my best wishes.

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Second part. What do i need to find out:

1. Edinburgh College of Art ( school of design —– Animation MFA)

The main reason i choose this school, because this school has a famous fame in China and the price in this city is not expensive. And it is said this school’s master is difficult to get. I think i am a masochism, this difficult condition can make me work hard. Because i am an international student in UK, maybe the next graduate time is my final year in this country, so i want to change the school, like a tourist, to know more about this country. It is said Edinburgh is a beautiful city. If i get this school’s offer, my parents will be happy.

This is its link:

http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-design/postgraduate/taught-degrees/animation-mfa

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2. University of Sussex ( Digital Media M)

Actually, this school is not famous in China. Why i choose to apply this school, because it requires 2.1 undergraduate honours degree or above in a relevant subject. I think my classmates will have much more ability than me. The most important is it doesn’t need IELTS in its offer and the price of the place is Ok. And i am interested in the module of Theory and Practice of Interactive Media.

This is its link:

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/masters/2017/media-film-and-music/digital-media-ma

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2. Bilibili

This is a China-based video sharing website, where users can submit, view, and add commentary subtitles on videos. I often see the homemade videos on this website, and see the commentary subtitles on videos. I have been watching the development of this website since four years ago. So i have deep emotions on these website. But i have watched their requirements of staff, i think i have long distance to get their job.

This is its link:

http://www.bilibili.com/

This is its candidate link:

http://www.bilibili.com/html/join.html

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2. Bao Zou Big News Events

This is a Chinese Internet talk-variety show program produced by Baozou. The Host wears a headgear with a comic face during the show, and uses humorous words to report ridiculous news events. The show became popular among Chinese Internet users, and has a young audience. First day, i began to watch this video when i were in the high school. So i also have deep emotion on this program. I want to work in these people. I don’t know much about the games flow, but i really want to take part in them.

This is its microblog:

http://www.weibo.com/baozoudashijian?sudaref=www.google.co.uk&retcode=6102&is_hot=1

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2. Rusty lake

Rusty Lake is an indie game studio, based in Amsterdam. Since spring 2015 they develop surrealistic adventure games that take place in the Rusty Lake universe. The studio consists of two people: Robin and Maarten.  I really like their games. The game’s world is really interesting. This is my favorite game series currently.

This is its link:

http://www.rustylake.com/

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2. Amanita Design

When i were young, i played Machinarium. I really like this games. Because of this game, i begin to like playing puzzle games. And the style of this game is really beautiful. Because of this, i begin to know this Amanita Design. Amanita Design is a small, independent game development studio based in the Czech Republic. There are 9 members in this studio now. I find they like weird style, i think i can work with them.

This is its link:

http://amanita-design.net/

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Third part. The next works i want to do

I often talk with my friends Cecilia (C) and Amber (A) on the Internet. We often talk about some interesting things. I pick and collect the most interesting three paragraphs of our chatting and i am going to make these chatting to be short films. Maybe only use one paragraph, if i can do better, i want to make a series. I am busy with my graduation work now. Because the time is limited, i draw some simple drafts. Although they are not exquisite, but i hope people can like them. Maybe this summer i will try to draw their comics and emotion bags.

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Forth part. How do i get there:

First, get the graduate degree smoothly. During the study, i hope i can master as many as possible software expertly and improve work efficiency. I want to learn about this field operation flows during practicing into big companies. I think the fresh graduates will not be put in an important position. So i want to learn much more things during this period. After that, i will go into the small studios to work hardly and try to get a raise or a promotion.

Scenes(but i do not use them)

Since i have enough time, i decide to add some scenes into my animation to rich my pictures of animation.

I put them into the animation. And show them to my classmates. But they looks not amazing with the scenes and Amber, Julia and Cecilia even think maybe i should do not use the scenes, because that makes my animation be difficult to see something, for example the title in the beginning.

So i changed like this,  but i think it is not beautiful, so i choose do not use the scenes.

 

 

 

Research of poster

I searched some posters which i think is best than i , i put them on my blog, not because i will make the poster just like one of them, but because their ideas can give me inspirations. I think poster is really important to the works. Sometimes the poster can indicate the works’ important messages and appeal to much more people’s attention. After watching so many beautiful and amazing posters, i think the most important things for the poster is do not follow the rulers. Follow your hearts, you think what is better taht is better. I know this words look like rubbish, but that is most important things for us. You can teach a man how to draw, but you also should teach a drawer how to forget drawing.

 

The process of film

This part talks about the little boy’s friends do not believe the little boy, they said some bad words on the little boy’s  stone. This part i made them not just keep talking at he same time they play with the stone and throw it to each other. I think this can make them look really do not believe this stone having magic. And this can make the film looks interesting.

Then the little boy only can hear the friends’ bad words to the stone. The stone knocked his head.

The tear falling down, the stone began to fly again.

This part i talks about the little by was be amazed about the stone fly again and open a big sparkling. I am so tired, i really want to sleep and do not want to write blogs. In the normal life, i seldom share my life on the Internet, i do not have this habit of sharing the process. So write these things make me crazy!!!!!!!!!!

The grandpa comes out from the big light circle. They hung each other. Finally!!!finally it will end soon!!!!

The grandfather take the little boy to another world——–magic world. And the light circle closed and the story finally finished! I do not want to say anything now, i want to sleep, i want to drink cola. Next days i will add small Pete’s voice, and change the characters’ mouth to make everything looks perfect. And add the simple scenes.

watch TVP course videos again

I have used Tvp animation for more than one month, I think it is a good time for me to watch a course videos of Tvp again. Because i do not know how to say, when someone taught you something, you can only remember a part of it. When you are doing by yourself, you can remember a new part of it. And you come back to listen to the teacher’s words before, you will cared about new things which you ignored before.

So i watched this person’s course videos about TVP for one day. And i learned much more which i ignored before. But after another month, i will watch course videos again, i still have many many many many many… things to learn.

Process of film

To make the action（grandfather being held away, the little boy and his parents followed the doctors） to the next scene’s action (the little boy sad and cried lonely), so i draw this part, i think this can make the animation be more fluent.

This part wants to show when the little boy crying, the stone is suddenly flying and beginning to fly.

 

 This part, i draw the little boy is walking  from one scene to another scene, this can make the film has a fluent feeling. This is also a way to change the scenes. The character keeps walking, and the scenes are changed.At first, the twins stand together, it is difficult to find they are two people, so i made one of them around himself. At the same time that boy (one of the twins) takes away the little boy’s stone.

Eassy part 4

Hayao Miyazaki

I can say almost all the young people watched Hayao Miyazaki’s films in China and love this animator. And the animation peripheral of Totoro is popular in China. Even now, many people try to learn how to draw his drawing style of scenes.

Hayao was born in 1941. His parents has 4 children, he is the second son. After the second war, they left their hometown and moved to a new place to live. Because his father has a plane industry, so his childhood do not need to bear hunger and poverty after the war. Because of this life background, Hayao Miyazaki is against to war, love peace and have interests on plane. People can find these two elements in some of his animation. Hayao Miyazaki is not good at sports, he draw pictures for pleasure. In 1958, he was still the third year student in the high school. He watched the first color animation film which named The White Snake and began to be interested in animation films.Because he is not the first son of his family, he don’t need to in charge of his father’s industry and he can choose other job he likes. In the university, he studied political economy and began to draw comic. He tried to contribute to press, but be refused. 1964 he touched by soviet animation film which named Snow Queen and decided to choose animator to be his lifetime career. Before he and his friends founding Ghibli, he had worked in many studios and companies. But these studios and companies didn’t accept his ideas of new animation creation. So the Ghibli is Hayao Miyazaki’s real begin of his works. As people all known, he and his friends created Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) (1983), Castle in the sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Porco Rosso (1992), Whisper of the Heart(1992).

Since 1995, Hayao Miyazaki wanted to retire then because some reasons he came back and made Princess Mononoke (1997), it got a big success. He wanted to retire again, but his successor Yoshifumi Kondō died and some other reasons, he had to come back. Retired, came back, retired, came back… again and again.During this period he made many famous animation, such as Spirited Away, Howls’ moving castle and so on.There are many news about he and his son, their relationship is subtle. Now he began to try CG animation. He is old now, try this new technology is really admiring.

Hayao Miyazaki give me influence not only on the pictures of animation, but also the will of repeat changing the works and trying to make the animation look better. He is stubborn, but i think every animator should have this stubborn spirit. When i was drawing the short film, most of time i wanted to give up, but i also insisted on drawing and finished it. It is said Hayao Miyazaki ‘s hand ever dislocated because he kept drawing and didn’t stop. Animation is not a relax work, if i want to keep doing this , i should have this spirit.

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After knowing about those above talent, hardworking people, i find some of them originally did study the knowledge of what they are doing now in the university. They all have interests on what they are doing now. Some people they realized this when they are young, some people realize this when they are old. Sometimes people think insisting doing one thing is difficult, but i think giving up something and choosing a totally different filed and doing from the zero, that is more difficult. The most terrible things is that you don’t know what you want to do in the future. And i find we should try to try any different styles, technologies, plots and so on. Animation be finished is to show the audience. This is a times which information be replaced by pictures, and this times is still has a sharp development. To animator, this is a golden opportunity times and also a competitive times. Who can catch this chance, who can have a success. Many of them contributed their works to the festival or press, this is catching chance. Accumulating the things in the life every day is also important, most of the great works’s ideas have appeared since many years ago. Sometimes, you catch an idea and you do not have enough time or enough technology to finish. Keep it do not give up it. This is a good habit for animator. I have learned so much from them.

 

Eassy part 3

Junji Ito

Junji Ito is one of the top leading mangakas in the horror genre. His style of comic is characteristic and has a strong feeling of depression and oppression. It creates a real  imaginary world. He uses his works to look for darkness of human beings. When he was still a child in the kindergarten, he read a horror book named Mummy Teacher. He began to be interested in the horror comic books and at the same time his sister often give his little brother Junji Ito horror books to be birthday gifts. Then his sister began to learn to draw comic. Because of this, Junji Ito also began to learn to draw comic in the primary school. The sister of Junji Ito’s habits really have an important influence during his childhood.

For the original time, drawing comic is always be Junji Ito’s break time’s interest. He studied dental science and technology in his daily school time and be a dental technician. Because a accidental chance, the sonorama published a Halloween monthly and asked people to contribute comic. Junji Ito contribute his comic and won the first award (1986). This comic named Tomie which is his representative work. The next year, Anime began to be publish on this magazine and Junji Ito began to walik into the comic field (1987).

From 1987 to 1997, there are 10 years, Junji Ito have to draw comic and keep his job of the dental technician. It is too tired for him. Interest or job? Finally, he gave up his stable job and make the comic to be his main job.

After this career choice, Junji Ito began to draw many popular comic. Such as Lovesick Dead (also know as Love Ghost), Gyo and so on.

Junji Ito’s style of drawing and the plot of comic really has a big influence on me. I can’t remember when i watch his comic, because it had so many years ago. His horror comic is not like other horror books, he creates a different setting which based on the normal world. This different setting, maybe is one strange phenomenon or one strange person. I remember one story is about one cook. He accidentally find human’s oil is good than the animal and vegetable’s oil after he killing his wife. His cook business become better, but there will be no oil soon. His children find they become fatter and fatter, and begin to have many pimples on their faces. One night, they found father pulled oil into their mouth when they fall sleep. They ask father stop this, the father have to give up this crazy things and cut one of his leg. He cook it to be the oil. The children are scared about that. If you have read my TV series book which named Mr W, you will find i try to write the story like this style. A strange plot and horror ending.