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Week 10.3: Shot at Production standard
I have been working on the initial canyon shot as my production standard animated shot. For this shot I have used a mixture of Photoshop...

Sam
Nov 29, 20201 min read
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Week 10.2: Finished Storyboards
These are the finished final storyboards for my animated film. The plot and storyboards have been an area of my pre-production where I...

Sam
Nov 27, 20201 min read
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week 10: Final Storyboards
I'm currently in the process of sketching out the finished storyboards for my film in Photoshop. After a lot of trial thumbnail...

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Nov 25, 20201 min read
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Week 9.2: Rendering in Maya
Below is the first draft render I generated using Maya Hardware 2.0 and I am generally pleased with how it is looking and I feel the...

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Nov 20, 20201 min read
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Week 9: Projection Mapping in Maya
This week I have started working on projection mapping my first canyon scene into Maya. The scene will have the camera zoom through the...

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Nov 19, 20201 min read
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Week 8: Starting My Animatic
After submitting the dissertation formative I began putting together the beginnings of an animatic for one of the scenes in my film. I am...

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Nov 13, 20201 min read
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Week 7: Thumbnail Storyboards
This week have started to create a rough storyboard on one of the real transition scenes within my film. The transition is between the...

Sam
Nov 2, 20201 min read
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Week 6: Storyboard thumbnails
I've been creating some rough thumbnail storyboards to allow me to visually experiment with different ideas for the beginning of my film....

Sam
Oct 21, 20202 min read
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Film Pitch:
Pitch Script: Start with overview: My film idea is about a young boy whose dad is too busy to spend time with him, so he is put in front...

Sam
Oct 21, 20202 min read
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week 5.2: Artist Research
After receiving the helpful feedback from the pitch, one of the pieces of feedback was to further investigate the Surrealism element of...

Sam
Oct 20, 20202 min read
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Week 5: Concept Art for Film Pitch
For the film pitch on Monday I've completed four pieces of concept art that I hope illustrate the idea, style and standard that I plan to...

Sam
Oct 20, 20201 min read
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Week 4.2: Challenges with After Effects
I have started to create the Canyon shot in Maya where the canyons move past the camera as we close in on the character and his reaction....

Sam
Oct 16, 20201 min read
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week 4: Projection mapping in Maya
I have started to remind myself on the process of projection mapping in Maya to help prepare for when I want to use this technique in my...

Sam
Oct 13, 20201 min read
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week 3.2:Creating a scene at production standard
This week I have identified a scene I wish to re-create at production standard. This will allow me to experiment with different...

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Oct 7, 20201 min read
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week 3: Storyboard Development
After receiving feedback to adapt the story further I have started to develop a new storyboard. It was discussed that the story of the...

Sam
Oct 4, 20202 min read
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week 2: 1st piece of Concept Art
So far I have created a piece of concept art depicting how I imagine the Canyon looking in the film. I was inspired by some of the images...

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Sep 27, 20201 min read
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Week 1.2: film idea
For my film, I’m going to have one main character that will experience and explore contrasting environments such as canyons, woodlands...

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Sep 25, 20201 min read
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Week 1: First Storyboards
These are my first rough storyboards for my animation however since receiving feedback my idea has developed further and changed...

Sam
Sep 22, 20201 min read
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