Adaptation A: Gathered Facts 1

The highlighted facts are ones that I thought were most useful in terms of showing an engaging animation.

Volcano Facts by AlexEdmonds

Adaptation A: Initial Research - Narrowing Down which Natural Disaster

After the feedback on my pitch for my 10 ideas on 'Top 10 Facts About..' it was narrowed down to 'Natural Disasters'. From then I have done some research on natural disasters by gathering facts and through this I have decided to do 'The Top 10 Facts About Volcanoes'.

Natural Disaster Research - Facts by AlexEdmonds

A few informative videos on volcanoes.

Character Project: Viking Research

Viking Research by AlexEdmonds

Narrative Project: Research

Narrative Project Research

Narrative Project: Studio and First Thoughts

This is a group project and i have been teamed up with
George Hind http://george-hind.blogspot.co.uk/
and Katy Fosdike http://katyfosdike1.blogspot.co.uk/
Our studio name is Cryptic Pickle and here is a link to our blog http://crypticpickle.blogspot.co.uk/

We have been given a time period from which we are to base our 3D 1 to 1 and a half minute animation on. Our time period is 'The Information Age' 1970-2000. Through research and initial ideas we have decided to work around the subject of elderly people having to catch up with technology and how arguably some are becoming detached from the rest of the world because they do not know how to use technology or want to know at all.

With this in mind, as part of our research we have decided to interview our family and friends on a recording device, asking them questions on technology and how they feel about it so we are able to understand how people of different ages respond.

Here are the interview questions for both elderly people and younger people.

Questions for Teens and Younger Adults

Questions for the Elderly

Fantastic Voyage: Cells Research

Through my research I have decided that I am focusing on Prokaryotic Cells which are bacteria. I looked at many videos to get a better understanding of the structure and cycles of Prokaryotic Cells.

Cells Research by AlexEdmonds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGlhCWg5iOM  - Embedding on this one has been disabled but videos like this have helped me with my understanding of cells.

From Script to Screen - Tight Rope Walking Video References

In my story I need to identify the specific things that actually happen during the tight rope challenge. As well as this I need to work on my dynamic camera angles to go with them. Here are some references as to tight rope walking is performed and how different things affect different performers.


This video shows how someone would recover from falling off of a high wire during a performance.


This one shows how a balancing pole is used properly if at all.



This clip shows a man who slips but recovers from a sitting position. As well as this he falls but survives which is good to show how someone can actually go off balance.


Another video showing someone falling but hanging on by swinging like a monkey and then using the same recovery technique as the first video.



Note the acrobat is not using a balancing pole. Not all performances require it as this shows how a man can balance himself just with his body and succeed.


Once again this performer has no balancing pole but she is not very high from the ground. This act is known as tight wire but I think a high wire will serve me best.

Secret Lairs Research

Secret Lairs Research Document

Cinematic Spaces: Research into Source Material

Source Material Research