Period 4 -- Critical Analysis #12

1/11/2018

For your 12th Critical Analysis, you will watch the behind the scenes documentary Fowl Play: The Making of Chicken Run. You will then answer the questions below. This will count as your grade.

Post your answers as a comment to this blog post. Be sure to include your name in the post.

You will have 1 class period to complete your analysis. If you do not finish writing in class, you must finish this for homework and post before the next class on Friday, 1/12!

As you watch, answer these questions:

What material are the dolls in Chicken Run made of?
True/False: Before the animators begin their work filming the dolls, the voice actors record their dialogue months in advance.
How is voice acting important to the animation of the film? Answer in complete sentences.
Who are Nick Park and Peter Lord?
How many sets did the team of animators build for the film?
About how many individual frames is Chicken Run made up of?
How do the animators record the characters' mouths moving?
How many minutes of film were completed per week?
How long did it take shoot a single shot from the film? Which shot was the longest in the film?
What are some objects the sound artists used for the chicken sound effects?

Chase Blackwell

1/11/2018 09:30:23 am

What material are the dolls in Chicken Run made of?
plasticine
True/False: Before the animators begin their work filming the dolls, the voice actors record their dialogue months in advance.
TRUE
How is voice acting important to the animation of the film? Answer in complete sentences.
It can change the character with the small minute ways, pauses, and expressions they use.
Who are Nick Park and Peter Lord?
The Co-directors of the film that put together the team, plot, and feel of the film.
How many sets did the team of animators build for the film?
30 sets
About how many individual frames is Chicken Run made up of?
100,000+ individual frames
How do the animators record the characters' mouths moving?
They had to replace the mouths for every single different syllable said, because that's how they produced consistency amongst the different
How many minutes of film were completed per week?
One minute
How long did it take shoot a single shot from the film? Which shot was the longest in the film?
A week, the one there they are putting together the plane, due to the moving camera, and how many moving parts and pieces there are.
What are some objects the sound artists used for the chicken sound effects?
Airplane wings, plastic glove, garden gloves, some plants, car doors, fence wire, and more

Dylan Pegg

1/11/2018 09:33:30 am

1.) Plasticine
2.) True
3.)The voices bring the characters to life
4.) Directors of Chicken Run
5.) 30 sets
6.) Over 100,000
7.) By changing out the mouthpiece every frame
8.) 1 Minute
9.) 1 Week to Prepare, 3 Weeks to shoot. The shot that had Ginger walking through the construction of the plane
10.) Airplane wings, car doors, fence wire, quarter-inch tape, and gardening gloves.

Catherine Clausewitz

1/11/2018 09:45:27 am

1. The dolls are made of plasticine.

2. True

3. What the character is doing or how it is acting is usually based on the voice.

4. The two men who came up with the movie idea.

5. They had thirty sets for the film.

6. It was made up of more than 100,000 individual frames.

7. One minute of the film was completed per week.

8. One shot took an entire week to prepare and three weeks to shoot.

9. They shot was 20 seconds long and took three weeks.

10. They use car doors, fence gates, airplane wings, a leaf for Rocky’s tail, plastic that almost looks to be like a balloon for Rocky’s hair and for flying they use so cloth.

melody umsted

1/11/2018 09:36:41 am

1. Plasticine
2. True
3. Voice acting is important because it, in a way, shapes the animation of the characters. The characters are inspired by their voice and it makes the animation more realistic.
4. The directors
5. 30 sets
6. 100,000 + individual frames
7. Replace the mouths after every shot for every syllable of every word
8. 1 minute
9. One entire week to prepare, three to shoot- the longest was when 10. Ginger walks through the chickens making the plane
Airplane wings, fence wire, chains, car doors, gloves

Leon Toursarkissian link

1/11/2018 09:42:11 am

1. The dolls in Chicken Run are made of plasticine.
2. True. The dialogue is prepared months in advance at times.
3. Voice acting is important to the animation of the film because the way a character is animated is based on the actual voice.
4. Nick Park and Peter Lord are Oscar-winning animators who came up with the original plan to create Chicken Run, and were the eventual co-directors of the film.
5. The team of animators eventually built 30 sets for the film.
6. Chicken Run is made up of more than 100,000 individual frames.
7. The animators record the characters’ mouths moving by replacing the mouth after every frame.
8. Only 1 minute of film was completed every week.
9. It took 3 weeks to shoot a single shot from the film. The longest shot in the film was when Ginger was in the chicken hut and was moving around all the other chickens and moving parts as they attempted to build the airplane.
10. Some objects that the sound directors used for chicken sound effects are airplane wings, car doors, fence wire, quarter-inch tape, and gardening gloves.

Andi Feik

1/11/2018 09:44:00 am

1. Clay
2. True
3. Once they record the voices they can see how it should look when they film it.
4. The creators of Chicken Run
5. 30
6. Around a hundred thousand
7. They have different pieces for different emotions and they also can adjust their faces just a little and make it look realistic.
8. 1 minute of film each week
9. One shot was a whole week
10. Car doors, airplane wings, wire fences

Kaitlyn Evans

1/11/2018 09:44:25 am

1. The models are made out of plasticine
2. True
3. Voice acting is important because it makes you rethink the character based on the voice. The acting is inspired by the voice.
4.They are the directors and creators of the film
5. 30 sets
6.100,000 individual films
7. They have to replace the mouth with a different mouth for each syllable of each word
8.It took one minute each week
9.It took a week to shoot one single shot. The pie scene took the longest.
10. They used airplane wings, car doors, chains, balloons, and gardening gloves

Adriana Vazquez

1/11/2018 09:47:40 am

1.The models are made of plasticine.
2. True
3. The voice acting is important to the characters because it brings them to life.
4. The inventors and co-directors of the movie.
5. They built 30 sets for the film.
6. There were 100,000 individual frames.
7. They change the individual frames of the face every shoot.
8. Only one minute was filmed each week.
9. It took 1 week to prepare a shoot and 3 weeks to shoot it. The longest scene to film was the pie machine.
10. gardening gloves, car doors, lakes creaks.

Pedro Mejido link

1/11/2018 10:02:58 am

Question 1: What material are the dolls from Chicken Run made of?
Answer: Clay
Question 2:True/False Before the animators film the dolls, they record the dialogue with voice actors months in advance.
Answer: True
Question 3: How is the voice acting important to the animation of the film?
Answer: By having the voice acting you can animate the mouths of the dolls with whichever pace the voice actor was talking.
Question 4: Who are Nick Park and Peter Lord?
Answer: They directed and created the film.
Question 5: How many sets did the animators build for the film?
Answer: They had 30 sets
Question 6: about how many individual frames was chicken run made up of
Answer: its made up of 100,000 frames.
Question 7: How do the animators film the doll’s mouth’s moving
Answer: By switching out the mouth of the doll with a new mouth.
Question 8: How many minutes of film did they complete each week
Answer: One minute of film per week.
Question 9: How long did it take to take a single shot from the film? Which shot was the longest in the film?
Answer: a couple of seconds, 20 seconds was the longest shot in the film.
Question 10: What are some objects used by the artists for the chicken sound effects?
Answer: Gardening gloves, a piece of rubber, a piece of cloth, and feathers.

Troy Rollwitz

1/11/2018 11:47:41 am

1 The chickens are made of plastacine.
2 True
3 Voice acting brings the characters to life, showing emotions that the dolls cannot express. They give the characters a personality, hearing whether they are a tough guy, or a smart girl, or maybe a dumber person, things we cannot tell from a model of a chicken.
4 They are award winning animators who have worked on a lot of stop motion films.
5 They built around 30 sets.
6 Chicken run is made up of 100,000 frames.
7 They would replace the mouth for each frame or when the chickens talked.
8 They completed one minute of film per week.
9 One shot took 1 week to film. The longest shot was when Ginger walked through the place while they were making the plane.
10 They used gardening gloves, leafs, and rubber balloons to make the sound effects for the chickens.

Julieta Vazquez Martinez

1/21/2018 12:41:19 pm

What material are the dolls in Chicken Run made of?
They are made out of plasticine
True/False: Before the animators begin their work filming the dolls, the voice actors record their dialogue months in advance.
True
How is voice acting important to the animation of the film? Answer in complete sentences.
Voice acting is important for the animation of the film because animators can follow the voice in order to animate the movements of the face for accordingly to the mood and facial expressions they are supposed to have.
Who are Nick Park and Peter Lord?
They are the two directors of the movie and the ones that came up with the idea.
How many sets did the team of animators build for the film?
They built 30 sets.
About how many individual frames is Chicken Run made up of?
More than 100,000
How do the animators record the characters' mouths moving?
They would change the mouth of the character in every different syllable.
How many minutes of film were completed per week?
Only one minute.
How long did it take shoot a single shot from the film? Which shot was the longest in the film?
Usually one week, but the one of the plane took them longer because of all the parts that had to be moved meaning the had to be more meticulous.
What are some objects the sound artists used for the chicken sound effects?
Airplane parts, wire, tape, gloves, car doors were some of the things mentioned.

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