Week 11 – Premise Animation Beginning
Project Brief/ Summary Using previous dog model and rig from the first animation project. Staging… More ]
Animation Project 2 – Staging Narrative Outside the Screen with a Dog
Collaborative Project – Weekly Progress
This post describes my weekly development in the project. Week 1-3 Planning and preparation for… More ]
Collaborative Project Submission Post
Submission of the Collaborative Project ‘To Bee’ Game Playthrough Too Bee Playtest 1 – YouTube… More ]
Draft Literature Review
The Point of a Story in Good and Poor Animation Staging This literature review describes… More ]
Week 9 – Deer and Cloth Assets
Cloth Asset For this asset, I implemented Maya n-cloth. The settings were; low gravity, around… More ]
Animation Presentation Notes
Presentation Slides The animation should last about 1-minute-long animation. The Main and only character is… More ]
Week 8 – Bee swarm Asset
Within this animation asset, the idea is that many bees will fly out of the… More ]
Week 7 – Character Rigging
I have never rigged a face before, let alone a canine one. Therefore, I have… More ]
Week 8 – Environment Models
Environment Models As per the previous meeting discussion, I intended to model some more environmental… More ]
Week 7 – Meeting Notes
So far I have mentioned out meeting notes throughout the weekly asset blog posts (the… More ]
Week 6 Compositing Workshop
This compositing workshop was an exercise to show a method of compiling sound effects to… More ]
Week 6 – Character Design and Model
Character Design Character Mood Board – Secondary Research Character Models and Rig – Secondary Research… More ]
Week 7 and 8 – Bee Asset
This week I began on the Bee animation asset. This is one of the most… More ]
Week 5 – Environment Modelling
Reference Mood board for Modelling Residence Model Since there is no need to show the… More ]
Sound Design Collaborators
My Recommendations for the Sound Design This week our group was introduced to some sound… More ]
Questions to Summaries the Project/ Product
Summary of your work What is it? An idle video game. The narrative of the… More ]
Week 5 and 6 – Flower Asset
This week I want to complete the flower animation asset. Research Through the various sources… More ]
Week 4 – Environment Modelling
Maya Modelling Puppy House I tried making the door with Boolean however, the vertexes made… More ]
Week 4 – Tests and Experiments
This week I plan to iron out any uncertainties and make experiments in the 3D… More ]
Week 3 – Environment Design
As I have mentioned previously, I decided to go with the stylised art style. my… More ]
Week 2 – Art Design
My intention with the art style is uncertain at the moment, considering I have a… More ]
Week 3 – Further Concept Changes, Roles and Plans
Changes in the Project Plan Wind Theme We decided on the torrential/ excessive wind natural… More ]
Week 2 – Project Proposal/ Description/ Plan
Project Plan “To Bee” – Game Name Project Members Hisham Jarad MA Game Design Sophia McPolin MA… More ]
Staging and Story boarding
Staging and Story boarding (Lesson notes): Story boarding: the WHAT of everything? This includes: Style… More ]
Week 1 – Project Design and Research
Environment Design Plan Map Plan View On the left is the placement plan, on the… More ]
Week 1 – Advanced Animation Unit Brief Page
To do list: Timeline of to do list with dates, beginning date and weekly to… More ]
Week 1 – Collaborative Unit Brief
Personal Notes for the Collaboration Unit Week 1: Intro to the unit and projects Key… More ]
Submission Post: 3D Animation Fundamentals
Animation Show Reel Animation Challenges Blog Links All Other Blog Links Collecting Reference Footage (arts.ac.uk)
Submission Post: Design for Animation, Narrative Structures and Film Language
Other research blog posts: Research Topic Notes: The development of Mise-en-Scene (arts.ac.uk) Research Topic Notes:… More ]
Lip Sync and Performance
Lip Sync Task Brief For this challenge, I had to make a short (one line),… More ]
Research Topic Notes: The development of Mise-en-Scene
Mise-en-scene research “The main theory of Mise en Scene is how to manipulate a shot… More ]
Phonemes, Visemes, Lip Syncing, and Facial Animation Theoretic
Shape of The Mouth Issues to Look Out For Too weak mouth movement. Or too… More ]
Advanced Body Mechanics
Advanced Body Mechanics / Anatomy and Movement Working towards a final animation: 1) Building upon… More ]
Learning New Methods/ Techniques in Maya
These include: Switching between IK and FK controls, mid animation. Contacts and locators – e.g…. More ]
Research Topic Notes: How Story Concepts Influence the Audience in Films Targeted for Children
Research Question: How do Story Concepts Influence the Audience’s Mindset in Films are Targeted for… More ]
Collecting Reference Footage
When collecting video reference, there are many specifications, do’s and don’t, that will make it… More ]
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking Lecture Notes What is critical thinking? Asking questions Double meanings Criticising How things… More ]
Rigs and Body Mechanics
Reference Footage Notes When creating reference footage for your animation, you should not stick to… More ]
Short Films and Performance
Minimal performance in Short Films With the 3D animations I am learning right now, the… More ]
Analysis of Story and Character Development in Two Case Studies
Two case studies will be analysed in term of their character and narrative development. These… More ]
Narrative and Character
Narrative Structures A basic structure of stories are essentially the same, there are exceptions but… More ]
Big Hero 6 – Narrative and Character Analysis
Within the previous blog post, I analysed and summarised narrative structures and character types within… More ]
Walk Cycle
While all animation has certain styles that portray the character’s personality and emotional psychology in… More ]
Lang of animation: Mise-en-scene
Mise-en-scene: Everything in the visual scene. Explained: Settings and props. Costume, hair, makeup. Facial expressions… More ]
Politics in Media
Politics in Media Media Platforms that have Potential to Influence or Persuade an Audience: Broadcasts… More ]
Hopping Fox and Tail Animation
This challenge entailed completing a (fox-like) ball animation, hopping between platforms, with a tail flip…. More ]
Chain Swinging Animation
Within this task, I have produced a physically realistic chain swinging animation. Research The exact… More ]
Pose Animation
Posing Rigs in Animation These are the final renders and in-scene screenshots from the posing… More ]
Bouncing Ball Obstacle Course
I thought about what kind of bouncing ball animation I should make. The options were… More ]
Bouncing Ball Animation
The Bouncing Ball Animation is Determined By: Arcs path of action momentum timing key drawings… More ]
3 Good, 3 Bad Animations According to the 12 Principles of Animation
This post is about my personal opinion of three good and three bad animations according… More ]
12 Principles of Animation
1. Squash and Stretch Speed changes the object depending on the mass. The mass, momentum,… More ]
Physics in Animation
Within this blog post, I will analysis the different types of physics within animation, these… More ]
Week 1:Intro to 3D Fundamentals
Introduction on Unit 1’s (Intro to 3D Fundamentals) assignments and notes on how to make… More ]
Language of Filmmaking
Part 1: Camera Work My first lesson in this about the fundamentals of film making…. More ]
The History of Film, Animation and VFX
History of Film The beginning of film history can be due to the actions of… More ]
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