Monthly Archives: February 2021

Week 6 : Meeting with Kenneth

We talked about the music he would make for my Stitch performance. I said I had really liked the Lo-fi house music he made but I was thinking it would be better to have a higher tempo track to suit … Continue reading

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Week 6 : Last collaboration project class

We were infomed that this will be our last collab class for the term as we just needed to crack on with the work really. Luke will still be available after 6 for feedback or questions. We were asked to … Continue reading

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Week 5 : Houdini Lesson 5 (smoke & fire simulation)

This lesson was all about smoke and how to create it. This looked really facinating from all the examples Medhi showed us. From smoke you can make fire or magical illusions. There are a lot of possibilities as an effect … Continue reading

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Week 6 : Designing Festival Environment

So this week I wanted to focus on creating thew environment as I am still waiting for our BA Sound Artist to create the music. This meant we had time to design how the scene the environment will look. I … Continue reading

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Week 6 : Edited Acting Reference

Luke’s: Feedback Remove the pirouette and replace with a close up of the face. “like a sissy girl.” Face poses – Get them in there early. Dead pan expressions to make it serious. Avoid the step forward. Best to keep … Continue reading

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Week 5 : Acting for Animation

Performance needs to be done. Slow walk Relax arms Simple movement Work against the cliche Keep close together Cha cha moves – look them up of how people move. Step back and forwards Step sideways side to side Roll spine, … Continue reading

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Week 5 : Festival Group Meeting with Luke

Questions to ask: How long should we aim this project to be? Which layout should we commit to? Simple better? Is it possible to include a presenter , or would that be too much work? Can I get the stitch … Continue reading

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Week 5 : Zoetropes

What is it?Zoetropes is a 2D image sequence which is overlaid on top animation to create the illusion that it is in the 3D scene Why do we use it?We use when we want to create an effect quickly, that … Continue reading

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Week 2 : KK’s Lesson 2

This lesson was getting the scene to match objects in a scene. I followed the tutorial but I didn’t find it particularly interesting. It just straight away didn’t feel like I was going to get into this. Plate HDRI Grey … Continue reading

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Week 4 : Stitch’s Storyboards

I used the amazing set of Fat Boy Slim in Brighton as a reference to make a plan for what Stitches Story board should look like. I took the screenshots of the shots I thought were good. A variety of … Continue reading

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