The psychology of Scary Movies

    Horror seems to attract us almost more than anything else. Our minds have certain fear triggers and survival instincts. Studies show that scary movies don't activate fear responses in the amygdala but in the visual cortex, insular cortex, thalamus and the dorsal-medial prefrontal cortex. There are also many incomplete theories on the attraction to horror. There are 4 different categories of horror watching. They are gore watching, thrill watching, independent watching, and problem watching. 

    I think it is interesting because you learn many things you didn't know about watching horror movies. I learned that film is the ultimate artistic medium so far devised by mankind. It combines photography, motion, visual arts, acting, writing, and music. I agree with what was said. This is relevant because it tells you what people react to in scary movies and what makes people interested in watching it.

10 tips for creating storyboards from Dremworks

    There are 10 different tricks for creating a dynamic storyboard. These tricks are avoid flat staging, use grids to help "ground" characters and composition, use foreground, mid ground, background and far background to sell depth, with multiple characters group them to help make cutting easier, be wary of everything being parallel to the frame, careful of how you frame characters, over-the-shoulder shots and reaction shots help deliver dialog, character s squared off and looking at our left or right ear, exploit different character heights and motivate cuts.

    I think this article is important if you want to know how to do a good storyboard. I learned that a high camera angle implies weakness and fear and low angles imply power and dominance. I agree with what was said. This is important to the field of digital media because it tells you how to become better at Storyboarding.

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class evaluation

 1. Why did you take this class?
Because I want to be a music producer and I would have to take a digital media program in college.

 2. In general, what did you like most about this class?
Being able to bring my projects home and work on them there.

 3. In general, what did you like least about this class?
Not having enough time to finish my projects.

 4. What was your most favorite project and why?
The anibot project because I knew what I was going to do right away and I was able to finish it.

 5. What was your least favorite project and why?
2D short because I didn't know what I was going to do and I wasn't even close to finishing it.

 6. Discuss the overall effectiveness of the instructor (for example: preparation, availability, interest, content knowledge, expectations, etc.).
I think the instructor did a good job with showing us how to use the things we needed to use and if we had any question she did a good job explaining how to do something.

 7. What are the most valuable things you learned in the class?
I learned that you have to use your time well and that you have to be organized.

 8. Do you feel that this class will help you achieve your future academic or career goals? How or why (or why not)?
In a way it could help me achieve my future career goals because it taught me to be successful in the field you need to use your time wisely.

 9. How could this class be improved?
I think this class is fine the way it is.

 10. Additional comments: no additional comments.

Weekly comments

What I've learned this week was how to manage my time better

What I would like to know is how to record good quality music

Something that frustrated me this week is have a lot of homework 

Something that made me happy this week was having a softball party at my dad's house

Anatomy in games

What I've learned: 

• To a biological scientist, this evolution mimics what we observe in nature; a process of hundreds of thousands of minuscule changes, which result in increasingly more complex and sophisticated organisms

• Studies have shown that a known face can be distinguished from a resolved photograph comprising only 50 pixels

• The human form is most clearly recognized by its generally upright position with a spherical head protruding superiorly and a central cylindrical trunk which bifurcates into two long cylinders inferiorly, which turn communicate with the ground

Opinions: 

• You have to get the whole structure right or something could go wrong

• Creating characters that look more realistic is the best way to evoke genuine emotion and reaction from an audience

Question: 

• How far will animators go with the realism in their animation?

Why cartoonists are flooding YouTube, Risks and all

Things I've learned:

• Fred Seibert has a hand in producing some of the most successful cartoons of the last 20 years, including Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Fairly OddParents and Adventure Time

• With over one billion unique users watching over six billion hours of video each month, Youtube's reach is stunning

• The free-for-all nature of YouTube allows them to have their hands in everything, from designing and writing to Storyboarding and animation

Opinions:

• YouTube can give people more freedom with what they want to do and how they want to do their animation

• More people go on YouTube than any cable network, so people would get a better fan base by posting on YouTube 

Question:

• How do you get paid when you put things on YouTube?

Sony pictures image works' Pete Travers talks "wonderfood" VFX in Cloudy 2

Things I learned

•Pete Travers joined image works in 1999 to supervise effects animation on Hollow man

•Pete worked on Zathura, The Aviator, The Haunted Mansion, The Matrix reloaded, The Lord of the Rings: The Two towers, Stuart Little 2 and Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

•He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Opinion

•Live action and animated films are completely different, you need lighters, effect animators, etc. for both but in animated features you make every pixel

Question

•if you are working with pixels in animation what do you work with in live action films?

Think Filmmaking is just for Extroverts? Here's 5 things Introverts bring to movies

Things I learned

•Introverts have two terrific character traits: they are deeply insightful and very analytical

•Filmmakers now have to choose between a wide array of filmmaking: features, feature docs, documentary shorts, music videos, viral shorts, commercials and other corporate work

•to make it a filmmaker needs to stand out from a crowded throng of very talented people

Opinions

•introverts are just as important as extroverts

•introverts bring great dynamics to filmmaking 

Question

•Are most Filmmakers introverts or extroverts?