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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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Oct 22, 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...

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Oct 22, 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...

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Oct 21, 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...

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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....

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Oct 17, 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...

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Oct 14, 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 8, 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...

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Oct 5, 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 28, 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 26, 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...

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Sep 23, 20201 min read
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