Spanish Armada uniform has been recorded to look like this:
They would wear a big triangle shaped Black hat with a big blue blazer, red waist coat with blue trousers tucked into their knee length white socks and block shoes on. There fashion also consisted of side burns and cleanly shaven beard with average size hair. i need to keep this in mind when designing my characters look.
The sound of my animation is also going to based around the theories of Quentin Tarantino. For the music that will be played thought the animation in the background i will play a song called “Bella Ciao” which originally is a Spanish war song that was remastered by the tv shoe “Money Heist” it is very dark in lyrics however has a very upbeat feel to it. The song is quite haunting however Spanish people use it almost as an anthem.
I will use the originally more dull version of the song at the beginning when the animation is slow but as the fight scene starts and the animation speeds up i will fade in the more modern remastered version that is much more upbeat. This will give a very unique effect in which although all these killings and bad stuff is going on you are distracted by the music this is used really well in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained scene in which Django kills a group of men and as he walks of it has an upbeat song.
The sound effects used in my animation will be from youtube and i will use youtube mp3 to export the sounds put them onto logic so i can EQ them and edit them to make them my own. The sounds i will need is; sizzling form a fire, shooting from a canyon, screaming, shouting and splashing from water.
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The English sent in fireships , so the Armada cut their anchors to escape. On 28 July, the English attacked the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Gravelines. The English ships were easier to manoeuvre in the heavy waters of the North Sea. This decisive battle prevented the Spanish from landing in England. The most important reason the Spanish Armada failed was because the English had better leadership than the Spanish. Moreover, when Medina Sidonia had a chance to attack the trapped English fleet at Plymouth Harbour, he instead sailed past. As a result, he missed an opportunity to easily defeat the English fleet.As as well as food supplies being poor, the quality of weapons being used were also poor. In addition to this, the Spanish also suffered from poor communication between Spanish commanders and poor planning in the run up to the Armada.
War Research –
Waltz with Bashir is about Ari Folman who is encountered with brief visions about the 1982 Lebanon War in which he served as an infantry soldier. Folman wonders why he is not able to recollect his experiences. The visuals throughout the animation are quick dark with a-lot of shadows and silhouettes.
After watching and analysing ‘Waltz with Bashir’ i have decided that i would like to use a similar art style for my animation. As my animation story is quite dark i think its fitting to have the animation itself use a dark colour scheme. the colours used are mainly blacks whites and oranges. however, i am going to use black white and red. Red symbolises danger and blood and i feel that fits really well for the war and scene i chose.
12 July: The Spanish Armada sets sail
18 July: The English fleet leaves Plymouth but the south-west wind prevents them from reaching Spain
19 July: The Spanish Armada is sighted off the Lizard in Cornwall, where they stop to get supplies
22 July: The English fleet is forced back to port due to the wind
21 July: The outnumbered English navy begins bombarding the seven-mile-long line of Spanish ships from a safe distance, using the advantage of their superior long-range guns
22 – 23 July: The Armada is pursued up the Channel by Lord Howard of Effingham’s fleet. Howard was the commander of the English forces, with Francis Drake second in command. The Spaniards reach Portland Bill, where they gain the weather advantage, meaning they are able to turn and attack the pursuing English ships
27 July: The Armada anchors off Calais to wait for their troops to arrive. The English send in fireships that night
28 July: The English attack the Spanish fleet near Gravelines
29 July: The Armada is re-joined by the rest of the missing ships
30 July: The Armada is put into battle order
31 July: The Spanish fleet tries to turn around to join up with the Spanish land forces again. However, the prevailing south-west winds prevent them from doing so
1 August: The Armada finds itself off Berry Head with the English fleet far behind. Howard is forced to wait for his ships to re-join him
2 August: The Armada is located to the north of the English, near Portland Bill. Both fleets turn east
6 August: Both fleets are once again close but avoid any conflict
9 August: After the main danger is over, Elizabeth travels to speak to the English troops at Tilbury
12 August: The fleets come close again, with the Armada in good shape. However, still no fighting takes place, and the Spanish ships are ordered to sail north. Stormy weather plagues them for the rest of the voyage
1 September: the ship Barca de Amburgo sinks in a storm near Fair Isle, Scotland
3 September: the Duke Of Medina Sidonia, commander of the Armada, sends a message Philip II that there have been four nights of storms, and 17 ships have disappeared
12 September: The ship Trinidad Valencera is caught in a bad storm, and is eventually forced to land near Kinnagoe Bay in Ireland
October: The remaining Armada ships manage to return home. safety in the north and many lives were spared.
In 1588, Philip II intended to sail with his navy and army, a total of around 30,000 men, up the English Channel to link up with the forces led by the Duke of Parma in the Spanish Netherlands. From there they would invade England, bring the country under Catholic rule, and secure Spain’s position as the superpower of Western Europe. The Spaniards maintained a strict crescent formation up the Channel, which the English realised would be very difficult to break. Despite this, two great Spanish ships were accidentally put out of action during the initial battles. The Rosario collided with another ship, was disabled and captured by Drake, while the San Salvador blew up with tremendous loss of life. The two fleets skirted round each other up the Channel with neither gaining advantage. On 27 July 1588, after the Armada had anchored off Calais, the English decided to send in eight ‘fireships’. These were vessels packed with flammable material, deliberately set alight and left to drift towards enemy ships. At midnight, the fireships approached the Spanish Armada. The Spanish cut their anchor cables ready for flight, but in the darkness many ships collided with each other. While none of the Spanish ships were set on fire, the Armada was left scattered and disorganised. Next morning, there was the fiercest fighting of the whole Armada campaign during the Battle of Gravelines. By evening, the wind was strong and the Spanish expected a further attack at dawn, but as both sides were out of ammunition none came. That afternoon the wind changed and the Spanish ships were blown off the sandbanks towards the North Sea. With no support from the Duke of Parma and their anchorage lost, Medina Sidonia’s main aim was to bring the remains of the Armada back to Spain.Many ships were wrecked off the rocky coasts of Scotland and Ireland. Of the 150 ships that set out, only 65 returned to Lisbon. The following year, Philip sent another smaller fleet of about 100 ships. This too ran into stormy weather off Cornwall and was blown back to Spain.
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