Reflection On Week 8, we did exercises involving applying armatures and rigs on an object. For us to do this we first had to create armatures and place these within the object, naming them according to each bone structure and mirroring the bones to their […]
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Week 8 – World of Animation – Abstract Animation
Reflection This week we focused on Modernist European Animation including its pioneers and abstract animation. We learned about Modernist art from the 1860s to the 1970s which gave us a good insight into their use of experimentation, backstory around rejected religions, traditional art forms, […]
Week 7 – Animated Narratives – Rigging; Local Space and Object Constraints
Self Reflection Week 7’s semester was about the basics of how to rig. Firstly introducing Local Space and Object Constraints on how to do these through Blender. This subject was very interesting as we learned about the meaning of rigging and its benefits, Local […]
Week 7 – World of Animation – Coursework 2 Brief PowerPoint
Self Reflection This week, we focused on our 2nd coursework which is to make a poster within your chosen subject matter for example Japanese Animation. For this, you must include detailed information involving the history and background of your chosen animation. The information needs […]
Week 6 – The World of Animation – Reflection Analysis
Refective Analysis The Creature of the Lake is a short CGI film presented by CGMeetup, a YouTube Platform. CGMeetup features a wide range of CGI content including short animated films, showreels, behind-the-scenes and VFX breakdowns. CGMeetup is a source network that provides jobs for […]
Week 5 – Animated Narratives – Animation Exercise
Week 5 was the lecturer’s study advice week as each lecturer would talk to a student about their work and give their advice as well as tips for improved work. For our class task, however, we had to animate a 3D Bouncy ball going through […]
Week 4 – Animated Narratives – 3D Previs
This week’s subject for Animated Narratives was the Animation Pipeline. Talking about the basics of 3D Previsualization, what to do for the next 2 weeks for the pre-production presentation for week 6 including some group activities. An Animation Pipeline is “the process animators use when […]
Week 3 – World of Animation – Sound & Editing
In Week 3 we focused on Sound and Editing in film. Sound focuses on the Diegetic sound which exists within the world’s logic and helps to believe the world of the story. Simply Diegetic sound is something you see and hear. The non-diegetic sound however […]
Week 2 – World of Animation – Cinematography & Art Direction
This week we learned about different parts of Cinematography and art directions. The first topic we learned in class was about the use of lighting. “Film lighting refers to the direction, quality, source, or colour of light. These elements work together to guide our attention, […]
Week 3 – Animated Narratives – Overlapping Action
My Reflection This week we presented our pitch presentation. The progress for our future animation the ‘Seal’s Journey’. We demonstrated different concept designs, mood boards, storyboards, colour schemes and narratives. Receiving positive feedback and support through our animating journey. After this task, we had […]