Q. Cartoons I see on TV today are all cleanly animated, where as the cartoons I used to watch back when I was young like Scooby Doo & Tales From The Crypt Keeper all looked like they had been hand drawn then animated.
How did the artists go about animating them? Can you still do it today? I hate the new style of cartoons; the old "hand drawn" ones looked so much cooler!
A. Okay, first point. Scooby Doo was created in a series of meetings where producers worked with writers (who were probably producers and designers (one of whom who I'll get to was probably as senior as most of the others) to come up with concepts like the Mystery Mobile its inhabitants and so on. The designer who worked on Scooby-Doo more than any other was Iwao Takamoto who was absolutely trained in the US though he got his first drawing lessons while interned in one of our Concentration Camps for Japanese during World War II. Takamoto was responsible for concept sketches, designs of the characters and model sheets for ALL of them. He had other artists working with him but he was primarily responsible as, at the time was Alex Toth on other series.
Then scripts were commissioned and as they took shape storyboards, backgrounds and designs and model sheets for other characters. WHILE that was going on, finished episodes were recorded and someone was assigned to time each episode, writing down just how long each sound effect or each syllable of each word took, as a guide for synching the animation. Finally the timing sheets and model sheets and so forth would be given to the key animators, who would draw the key positions of everything which changed in the episode (like characters, buttons, clubs -- guns weren't permitted on TV) and turn them over to junior animators called in-betweeners who exactly drew in the actions in between the key images they were given. These were usually drawn on light boxes in pencil using a thin paper with holes punched in them to allow them to hang from a register bar which kept all the drawing consistent (the first bevis and butthead was drawn on notebook paper, which makes sense as it already has holes for registration). The drawings were, for Scooby-Doo, in limited animation, which meant each would be on the screen for 1/12 of a second rather than the 1/24 of a second of a traditional animation. They were then, by that time, xeroxed onto clear acetate sheets known as cells, which were hand painted and sent to what is called a multiplane camera to be photographed in front of the backgrounds. Finally the film was edited to fit the soundtrack and the whole thing was transferred to video. The first series was done mainly in California but for monetary reasons, I believe they shipped the animation overseas after the episodes were recorded.
What's the cheapest way to record digital video and audio of our speakers at our Toastmasters meetings?
Q. With or without a laptop.
Thanks,
Vince
A. If you want separate recording (audio- video) you might have trouble when synchronizing them.. Actually this is the best way. You can load video (videos) and audio on Adobe Premier and have little work...
If you use some camera it will record audio and video, you don't have to sync.. But the camera microphone can't be better then normal mics.. If this is not the problem, just find no matter how cheap camcorders which has built in mic, that will be good..
If your place is big and you need record all audio in the room, so normal camcorders wouldn't capture all the audio..
Good luck
Cheerleading Requirements to make varsity team?
Q. Cause, I'm in middle school and I'm practicing for the varsity team for high school. I'm not that flexible but I'm been trying really heard. I just need to know.But, I've wanted to be a cheerleader. Please don't say you should do what you're good at, blah,blah,blah. Just tell me what you have to do. And if you've been to a cheerleading tryout, please tell me what it's like.
A. i think it may be late to become a cheerleader for your school next year. most schools hold interest meetings and tryouts around the end of the year prior to the school year that the cheerleaders will be cheering. so when you get back into school next year, the team will have already been chosen. so you'll probably be able to try out for the year AFTER next. or if your school does it differently then whatever. :) and since you don't have any experience, you'll probably need about that long to prepare for what's up ahead.
depending on how good your school's cheer program is, there might be different requirements to get on the team. go on your school's website and check out the cheerleading page. there should be a list of requirements to tryout. print that out, you'll need it. usually varisity has a standing back handspring as the bare minimum to getting on the team. but like i said, it just depends on how good the program is at your school.
in addition to prerequisites, make sure you are aware of/ and able to pay the fees. again, depending on how good your school's cheer program is, it could cost anywhere from $500 (really sucky program) to + $5,000 a year. usually the cost is somewhere in between. and while they do have fund raisers, it never fully covers the price.
make sure you have the time to be involved in cheerleading. because not only do they cheer at games, they are involved in fundraisers, they have 3+ practices a week, and sometimes miss school to go to competitions and out of town games.
id recommend tumbling and cheer classes. just look in the phone book for a local all star gym: gold's gym, cheer co., etc. and call them up to sign up for lessons. experience with tumbling should give you a leg up on the competition during tryouts. if you start preparing now (depending on how good you are) you should at least make JV (if your high school has a JV team). if you have your eyes set on making varsity your freshman year (and if that's possible, my school only lets 10th-12th graders on varsity) then i'd tell the coach you goals, and ask him/her for some more tips and advice. during the classes you'll be taught the basics of cheerleading, and it will also give you an opportunity to see wether or not you a. truely want to be a cheerleader and b. are any good.
also, know that cheerleading isn't something you want to get into cause you think it's cool, or will make you popular. because 1. it wont. and 2. you wont last if those are your only reasons. cheerleading is hard work, and you'll need determination and discipline in order to become good.
as for try-outs, you will probably be required to put together a tumbling pass to perform before the judges. This tumbling pass will require your best tumbling skills and should begin and end with cheering.
You will also need to be able to do jumps for cheerleading try-outs. These include the spread eagle, toe-touch, front hurdler, and right herkie and left herkie (also know as side hurdler). Ask the cheerleading coach or someone else like a former cheerleader to help you with technique for your jumps. Important things to remember are to point your toes, place your arms correctly as they should be for the particular jump you are doing, and above all smile, smile, smile. Once you have the technique down you should work on improving the height of your jumps and the height of your legs when in the air.
You will probably be required to learn some new cheers and a dance the week of try-outs. New cheers and dances are generally used to make try-outs fair for all the participants. Everyone has the same amount of time to learn the try-out material. Be sharp in all of your movements. Your arms should remain tight when doing cheers so they do not look sloppy. Cheer loudly, clearly, and not too fast so you are easy to understand. Work on your facial expressions. Pull out that video camera again and record yourself doing the cheers and dance. This will help you see where you can use improvement or to make sure you look happy and confident. Practice all you can so you know the material completely. You don’t want to be the participant who is watching and copying others doing the dance beside you. Ask other people including the cheerleading coach if they will watch you cheer or dance and critique you. This will help you get over the try-out jitters and can be really helpful.
When tryouts come, be prepared. Bring a water bottle, towel, snacks, extra hair bands, your good luck charm, and anything else you think you may need to help you feel prepared and relaxed.
well, i hope i helped! :)
good luck with tryouts!!
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