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Author: Danielle ThompsonThis week I had to do mock interviews with Michael and Aodhan. Before my meeting Nant Studios came in and talked to me and some other people about assessment 1, I showed my observatory model, prop models and the different textures I had done. My meeting was supposed to be at 3:20 however it wasContinue reading Week 9 – Mock Interviews
Morning Class – Alec This week, the class was split between Alec and Sorcha. In the morning I had Alec and was tasked with completing 6 different tasks to do with blocking out and animation and fixing common issues with the graph editor. The first task was to make a ball move from one sideContinue reading Week 9 – Walk Cycles
To start the class, we were given a talk about studying abroad by Dr Chris McHugh. After this Henry talked about the mock interviews and talked about preparing for job interviews. He explained that before an interview you should research the company, practice common interview questions and find the location of the interview before hand so you won’t be late. He also gave someContinue reading Week 8 – Preparing for your Interviews
This week Henry and Aodhan talked about creating cover letters, portfolios and showreels. These are the points Henry made about cover letters. Cover letters A cover letter is a page long document that complements your CV It should include info about yourself, relevant experience and why you are suitable for the role Name and contact details should beContinue reading Week 7 – Cover E-mail / contacting & communicating with employers / Portfolio Design
This morning Alec showed us the boxing scene he had made and explained how key poses could be used to animate a scene. He also gave us the clip he used as a reference and asked us to time the animation and add any inbetweens we thought were necessary to make the animation flow better.Continue reading Week 8 – Body Mechanics continued
Morning Class – Alec: This morning we talked about assessment 2 and watched some examples of walk cycles, run cycles and body mechanics from previous students. After this Alec explained how the Jack Rig works, he showed us how to move it the limbs and change the rig from IK to FK. Alec then setContinue reading Week 7 – Body Mechanics Animation
This week we had studies advice with Henry, mine was not until 3:20 so I worked on my assessment 1 assets until my meeting. The meeting went well and was helpful. This is what I got done for assessment 1 this week. I finished all the texturing for the assets. In preparation forContinue reading Week 6 – Studies Advice
This week in class we talked started by talking about what will be happening with the mock interviews and what we have to prepare, I need to research a job role I would like to do in the industry. We will be practicing being the interviewer and the interviewee with people from my class. AContinue reading Week 6 – Graduate Transitions – Donna Mageean
This week we started the class with a presentation on contract work, freelance and communication/networking. After the presentation we were had to do a task. The task was to split up into groups and look at a scenario and figuring out areas for concern. These are the concern my group came up with: TheyContinue reading Week 5 – Job Contracts / Freelancing / Placement Talk
This week we had guest speakers in to talk about their experiences in the professional field. The speakers were: Zoe Woods – Blue Zoo (UU 2018 grad) Aisling McElroy – Italic Pig – (UU 2018 grad) Greg Woodcock – Dimension Studio (Swansea 2008 grad) Zoe Woods Zoe wanted to work in the game industryContinue reading Week 4 – Guest Animation Career Talks