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Author: mcardle-n6This week, we had a lecture on cinematography and mise-en-scene. This involved speaking about the 4 pillars of filmmaking, that being: Cinematography Shot Composition Movement Blocking Lighting Mise-En-Scene Everything included in the frame Props, environments, costume design and preparation Sound Sound editing and design Editing Continuity and Montage We discussed theContinue reading Week 3 – Cinematography and Mise-En-Scene
We were introduced to our new module – The World of Animation today. We met our lecturer Carmen and she introduced herself via a presentation and gave us a well explained showcase of what to expect going forth in the module as well as introducing us to our assignments. The module in general will giveContinue reading Week 1 and 2 – Module Introduction and Short Film Analysis
Today, we were introduced to our new module: Animated Narratives. It focuses on 3D animation primarily and we were introduced to our new assignment which is to create a 30-60 second animated short film with our group. I’m excited to move away from the heavy focus of modelling onto animation as I have been excitedContinue reading Week 1 – Module Introduction
Starting out on this assignment, I was anxious and unsure of what would happen. It was early in the semester and I didn’t know anyone in the course, but I was confident it would work out. I learned a lot regarding animation practice, such as principles, as well as using software such as Krita andContinue reading Assignment 2 Final Reflection
This week, we had to do presentations in our group to show off our recent work, concept art, storyboards and final animatics. We put together a PowerPoint presentation holding together all of our work to showcase. As well as that, we had more animatic work completed in the meantime over the last few weeks, soContinue reading Week 12 – Presentations
This week I worked more on my animated scene for our group’s project. I was so excited to begin this as this is my first official animated scene for any group project and so far I have had a lot of fun with the group and our planning. I had my final storyboard for theContinue reading Further Progress on Animation
Assignment 2, while stressful, was definitely a learning curve. Compared to Assignment 1, I feel like there was a huge jump in difficulty. While stressful, I don’t believe it was entirely a bad thing as I feel as if it has caused me to be pushed out of my comfort zone in ways I wouldn’tContinue reading Assignment 2 Reflection
This week, we continued work on our models and it was used as a support class for Mike and Rachel to help us. I further worked on the head of my model, and I focused on making the hair. I struggled at first as I found my character’s hair to be daunting but I thoughtContinue reading Week 12- Further Modelling Work
This week, we focused more in our groups to hone in our animatics. We all shared each others animatics with each other and we had feedback from Aodhan about where to go with them. Some scenes are going to get changed, and for mine, we decided to add a front-facing shot of the protagonists faceContinue reading Week 10 – Line Clean Up and Colouring