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CHARACTER DESIGN FOR ANIMATION
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Animation class Miss Paula
Students who are writing scripts: pay attention to your directions on camera shots:
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Tuesdays Class September 10th
Start of Watching The Boy and the Heron: Begin questions some you need to wait to see entire film.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pYhYPMebA1chSgAsREJIrMGZB2krPO8ZNPBaBXGjpAI/edit?usp=sharing​

Tuesday September 3rd: Animation class
​PREPARATION TO WATCH BOY AND THE HERON

​HAYAO MIYAZAKI / STUDIO
USING ART TO IMPROVE OUR WORLD
SYMBOLISM
INSPIRATION
OBSESSION OF THE UNCLE CHARACTER
MESSAGES IN BOY AND THE HERON

https://youtu.be/izD8KOA2YZI?feature=shared
The Life of HAO MIYAZAKi
https://youtu.be/1zi7jIZkS68?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/YU5eVD0J3_A?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/6VXSf5UDTtc?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/71Ey9xA_fDM?feature=shared
END OF VIEWING FOR SEPT 3rd Class

Answer these questions
1. Write a paragraph about what you learned about Hayao Miyazaki use your own words.
2. How does HAYO MIYAZAKI start his ideas for his films?
3. Explain some of the symbols in The Boy and the Heron you learned from watching the first video.
4. How does HAO MIYAZAKI’S age become part of The Boy and the Heron in a character?
Write a few sentences for each question and hand in at the end of class.
​If you get done early work on your script.

September 5th
use this link and fill out after watching The Boy and The Heron
​https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0QewgugURZ2IVY2qfAV82KjjfMWSOsmgZ3z_AQGaaG4GS-A/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
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​we will review some of these in class

The Studio Ghibli Process of Animation in Japan Hayao Miyazaki
https://youtu.be/zvY-SlHuDSo?si=HnSMWpYS_RVYX1uK

Storyboarding Alfred Hitchcock’s THE BIRDS
https://youtu.bGd0p0rMmzWY?si=Lyzml4iuwsqw0AAB


https://youtu.be/0YWxUTvaJ0E?si=Lq4lht1EGfFyeMK9
Spirited away ( why little action can be powerful in a script)

The SpongeBob movie deleted storyboard 1
https://youtu.be/0tRmgo_U2Zs?si=G0gr8XHZYAZeCsoF

Storyboard for Coraline
https://youtu.be/BlCXyEvULxY?si=8Y-3oo12jRAaX2gX

zootopia storyboard

https://youtu.be/_rTNT4J2FGo?feature=shared
Jurassic park storyboard and clip
https://youtube.com/shorts/YMT7XlgHTXM?si=_UUUEC-02wvHKWZv

Opening Scene Star Wars A new Hope 1977
https://youtu.be/CqE4VSnT5sc?si=c3Eq02mN1tGczbei

Empire Strikes Back opening scene concept and storyboard
https://youtu.be/1HAsuHiKFdA?si=AVPX5-J26YFa0DJq
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Matrix Storyboards
https://youtu.be/YSWGurWjDto?si=V2P4uq5_M5vvxY4l

Matrix Revolutions storyboard
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https://youtu.be/OOtK9U2RFJE?si=XUaVR-zRlzBoiYIt

Totoro Storyboard ( animatic with sound)
https://youtu.be/dSnT_EeRRWE?si=So-WyFmENre5i_os

Nightmare before Christmas Storyboard to film comparison
https://youtu.be/9Zcmw5WdhH0?si=L3W8jfMUDFKmVcAs



Opening scene Titanic
https://youtu.be/233Nv51fBZs?si=9ltI3OkVSzcsRa8w

Opening Scene the hobbit movie clips ( how stories open and unfold)

https://youtu.be/uVVq3186ukQ?si=Ff50ZjI8XuihR1Zd

My Neighbor Totoro: animatic, to animation

https://youtu.be/t-G0R6eyT1Y?si=v6QaXByR_chkDefv

Totoro Entire rain scene:
https://youtu.be/CsnMFzIcSag?si=1DsaqJClNRkvcYK1

https://youtube.com/shorts/ULIaiu-X3J4?si=L_n2URtULPY183Aq
My Neighbor Totoro Scenes in Guache. Animation prep storyboard prep

last scene Casablanca animatic ( contemporary from a 194-‘s film soundtrack)
https://youtu.be/rvk-ChDC0mI?si=nQy0RpbBVBHhbTWH
The real scene https://youtu.be/E37BFWoVFKE?si=B0q27Lwh1a3i5wXK

CLASSIC CLIPS
WEST SIDE STORY GANGS
https://youtu.be/20myPs_-E1I?si=yo241Sn4VZgYW0aJ

The Wild One OPENING SCENE MARLON BRANDO
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https://youtu.be/OMQ1zCabnMQ?si=ZWQG26OyeGLoRpDN

Rebel without a cause
Parent conflict scene James Dean actor
https://youtu.be/XXpEgHoERts?si=7p_YBAOL8nMgDMxV


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