Thanks Mike.

how could I forget PES
www.eatpes.com



and Carlo Vogele, recent animation graduate from calarts

a clip from blue peter, which my first attempt at "AnimationHaven" was compared to.


and What now






a crippling spin-off of blues clues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MAUPiK5_HM

it's surprisingly hard to find un-edited clips from blues clues on youtube..

http://www.extremeskipping.com/
spoof extreme sport documentaries
similar to shoe flips, ghosting etc.
many, many on you tube.




also check out boxxy, and fred on you tube.

Animation tests

this is my version.
This first test was based on a test clip from the neverhood creators. see the bird at 0:35ish.




My second attempt was copying some vocals from Invader Zim.
from the episode "a room with a moose"

Sarahs nightmare from Requiem for a dream.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws-dRq4rioc

All these have a little too much action for my liking, the right kind of feeling though.

it would be great getting this kind of creepy feeling mixed with the 'simplicity' of something like you the living or Songs from the second floor by Roy Andersson





I think my current script (if you can call it that) needs some work. Still need to decide how these are going to fit together and if they are going to be a single narrative or a series of vignettes...

My hero.

*swoon*

also:
(watch with the sound turned off, the 'resonorisation' is horrible compared to the music from the original version on my dvd)


I beleive this is from a series..

from DavidShrigley.com

also need to look at Happiness, Palindromes and Requiem for a dream.

SceneBlocking
#1
{Scene opens with me behind bench. ANIMATIONHAVEN! sign on wall behind me, bench covered with pieces of foam, wire, clay, fabric swatches, needles and thread, wallpaper and reduced photocopies of wallpaper, balsa wood, craft knives, pens, paints, brushes, cardboard and puppets.}

Me:
Welcome to the first episode of ANIMATIONHAVEN!
My name is Aaron, i'm the host of the show. I'll take you on a journey through the world of Animation! *quieter* Together we'll create life.

{Cut to same scene, but without me behind bench. Tacky jingle plays while objects on desk dance around, maybe reference military marches? Or a subtle, and temporary swastika shape. End on close-up of ANIMATIONHAVEN! logo. Cut to witness protection room. Dark, plain walls, almost a silhouette of puppet, very little detail visible on face.}

Puppet01:
It all started off so innocent. How did we ever let it get to this point?

#2
{ANIMATIONHAVEN!, i'm explaining how stop motion works}

Me:
So you take your puppet and you want to make sure that nothing moves except for the bits that you are animating. I'll just take these nails here and with a few taps we've got a puppet whose feet aren't going anywhere without our help.

{I lift set and shake it a little}

Me:
See?

{Fade to black, then "night-time" shot of nailed puppet crouched into fetal position and rocking.}

#3
{ANIMATIONHAVEN!, still explaining stop motion}

Me:
This technique is called the replacement technique *find actual name*, it's called that because instead of remoulding the object like in some claymation, you instead replace the part that is moving. I'm going to demonstrate this by making a little mouth talk.

{Cut to midshot, showing my hands holding a ball of clay, off to the right of the frame are many small detached mouths, on the table near my hands are some small white beads.}

Me:
So lets pretend that this is my puppet, I'll add some eyes to make it easier to understand.

{pushes two beads into ball of clay, sculpting little raised, sad eyebrows at the same time}

Me:
Now this works just like normal stop motion. Each mouth I have here is just a little bit different from the one before. Now, as I said all we need to do is place a mouth on here...

{puts first mouth on clay ball}

Me:
...and now we take our frame.

{Presses spacebar on laptop}

Me:
Change the mouth...

{Changes the mouth}

Me:
...and shoot.

{spacebar on laptop}

Me:
Change.

{Changes the mouth}

Me:
And shoot.

{Slow crossfade to me finishing up}

Me:
And the last frame...

{Hits spacebar}

Me:
Okay so now lets have a look at what we've created!

{Camera zooms in on computer/crossfade to actual shot footage.}

Puppet02:
*Slow Whisper* Heellp meee!

{Cut back to ANIMATIONHAVEN!, wide shot of me at bench.}

Me:
Oh he doesn't mean that!

Nick Butera

also found this(which isn't really all that relevant)
http://24hourtoons.blogspot.com/