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Today I went in to do independent work with my friends Cor and Chika, spending a few hours at Uni to work on the project. We had to decide what parts of the short we should do over the next few days. I proposed to do some dust effects and some picture frames for theContinue reading Independent Study
Since University was closed on St Patrick’s Day, Henry pre-recorded and put up on Blackboard a lesson on German expressionism for us to look at. What is German Expressionism? Hollywood was the leading movie making force in the 1920s, but in terms of special effects, they paled in comparison to German filmmakers. These German filmmakersContinue reading Week 7- German Expressionism
We learned about the fundamentals of rigging and trying to problem solve rigging problems in Henry’s class. As this friday was ST Patrick’s day, we would be having no classes on that day. Rigging is the process of turning static models into animatable puppets, and requires knowing the tools and problem solving, and good rigsContinue reading Week 7- Rigging Fundamentals
I added a ghost effect to the model I created to make it appear more ghostly using this video Blender Tutorial – Ghost material – YouTube The tutorial involved a lot of creating different nodes in order to change the rendering of the ghost character such as a Mix shader, a Transparent BSDF Node andContinue reading Week 7- Ghost effect
I had already inherited some knowledge of Mise-en-scene, J and L-cuts and other parts of cinematography having studied Film Studies, at the Belfast Met, so It was nice to get a refresher on those things. However, I also learned a lot of new stuff in this module, such as an in depth look at theContinue reading Self-Evaluation
We talked about who should so what part of the group presentation on Savvannah Swift, and I volunteered to look at the camerawork of the short. I looked into the camerawork of Savannah Swift as part of my presentation with the rest of my group. The first shot is a scroll up from a topContinue reading Savannah Swift- Camera analysis
Watching the animated short CG film Safari Swift, I noticed that the short parodies National Geo Graphic in the intro logo animation, that indicated the kind of genre that this short wants to convey, that it is a parody of nature documentaries. The scene then cuts to the Savannah on a warm morning, with theContinue reading Savannah Swift- General Analysis
We discussed what previs models we should do in time for our 3d previs presentation, and I was assigned to do the bookshelf, a simple version of my character, and a lamp. So I modelled these three things and tested out some lighting effects. I inserted some lights into lamp parts of the models IContinue reading Week 5- Previs modelling
I created a model of my first design for my ghost character. I extruded out tail fin and head crests and modified cylinders to create the model, and then I later reverse engineered a simple version of the character for 3D previs.
I worked on some character designs for the ghosts in a haunted house concept for our group project. Looking at fictional characters such as Hong Hakka, Kuchisake-onna and Kunimitsu, I was able to create three different designs. In addition, I returned to my first concept and drew an A-pose to work on a future modelContinue reading Week 3- Character designs