Author: Danielle Thompson

Class This week we had our pre-production presentation with Aodhan, Sarah and Yuan, this is the feedback we received:  Adjust the framing of the Texas stand-off, look at spaghetti westerns for reference  Make the photo scene more extreme, more Lollipop photos  Pacing of animatic works with music choice, adjust the timing a little to better suitContinue reading Semester 1 – Week 7

Class This week we had a studies advice talk with Mike and got feedback on our current work for our major project.  Add Gumball juggling in the background when Lollipop is stealing the attention of the kids  Add an establishing shot of Lollipop powering on  Make Lollipop look smug when Gumball looks mad  When GumballContinue reading Semester 1 – Week 6

 Class In class we were taught how to quickly create 3D Previs to get the idea of our animations across without much detail.  We then had our tutorials with Mike, here is the feedback:  Change the shape of Lollipop’s head as it is too sharp, makes him look villainess  Make some of the angles inContinue reading Semester 1 – Week 5

Class This week we had a group meeting with Mike who gave us some feedback on our character designs and the storyboards.  Adjust the character designs, make Gumball look older and Lollipop look newer.   Edit the storyboards:  Remove the fade to black, scene 12  Change the establishing shots, scene 13A and 13B  Add theContinue reading Semester 1 – Week 4

Class This week we had our pitch presentations. Aodhan, Sarah and Yuan gave us some great feedback about our project.   Add lollipops and gumballs to cake to show they are united at the end.  Be careful with toon shaders and lighting on the 3D background as it can look weird.  Add a scene whereContinue reading Semester 1 – Week 3

 Class In the morning the tutors went over how to schedule this project. They discussed the stages an animation goes through as well as rough time estimates for each stage. We were then tasked with working out our own schedule for this project. Finally, Nicole and I discussed our current idea with Alec and Mike.Continue reading Semester 1 – Week 2

Class In the morning class we were talked through the module, there will be a pitch presentation during week 3 where we show our ideas to the class and show our concept work as well as storyboards and an animatic. After the rundown we were asked to form groups, if we had not done soContinue reading Semester 1 – Week 1