artslondon.padlet.org – Is where I can find people to collaborate from other courses at UAL.
I can download the brief here and choose which format I want to work with.
- VR
- Production pitch
- Pre-vis
Here I can post what my project will be about so that other people can contact me if they want to join my group.
Project:
- Description
- Contact
- What roles needed
- 3D modeler
- VFX artist
- Shot cinematographer
For this project, I will have to show 10 weeks worth of work to complete. This means I have to make a post each week where I break down what I have been doing with my group. I don’t need to finish the project we start but I do need to be working each week.
Tips: use Ftrack to upload work we’ve been working on so we can all access it easily.
Most likely I will choose the Pre-vis project as it fits better with this course.
Pre-vis
- Storyboarding
- Rough animation
- Camera shots
- Shot concepts
- Replicate real life cameras
- Motion capture
- 30-60 seconds long
- Concept development
- Story development and pitch idea
Pre-vis Festival Performance Concept:
Using famous footage of musicians as a reference. (E.g. Freddie Mercury, DJ sets, whoever) Creating a scene of a staged festival event with different characters impersonating famous performances (previs).
References include: films, music videos, festival footage, live performance… anything
Roles:
- 3D animators – pre-vis (blocking) – Mariana Deville, Abbie Elmes, Tina (more people welcome)
- VFX artist – camera shots and special effects (e.g. fireworks)
- 3D modelling – Set designing (Not essential but an opportunity for someone to try)
- Sound engineer – Kamil Gacikowski, BA Sound Arts, On the music and transitions.
- Lighting artist – Colourful and playful lights for the stage and the performer.
So I quickly got my project idea onto the MA Collab site. I was fortunate enough to have two people from my course to join! Tina and Mariana. They seem so lovely and full of excitement for the project. Also I got a message from Kamil who is on the BA Sound Arts. I am so excited as I would love to someone in the project who knows a lot about this topic and make our project more experimental.
I created a Festival Collaboration Sever on discord so we can all chat and document all of our research with links, images, references and brainstorming ideas.
I created a google document for the group to edit so we can edit the project description with everyones input. I know I started the project, but I want it to change and alter according to what we all agree on. Also I set out all the weeks so we can start to plan our timeline.
Google Doc Content :
Festival Collaboration Project – Pre-vis
Remember: Have fun and learn from each other. All our ideas are important. Record all conversations and work we do.
Concept
Using famous footage of musicians as a reference. (E.g. Freddie Mercury, DJ sets, whoever) Creating a scene of a staged festival event with different characters impersonating famous performances (previs).
References include: films, music videos, festival footage, live performance… anything
Roles:
- 3D animators – previous (blocking) – Mariana Deville, Abbie Elmes, Tina (more people welcome)
- VFX artist – Jane Boehlert (isn’t 100%) camera shots and special effects (e.g. fireworks)
- 3D modelling – Set designing (Not essential but an opportunity for someone to try)
- Sound engineer – Kamil Gacikowski (On the music and transitions)
- Lighting artist – Colourful and playful lights for the stage and the performer.
Asset Links:
- Free3d.com
- Sketchfab
- Turbosquid
Week Schedule:
Week 1:
1st Feb
- Find people to join group
- Add research to collab group
- Define concept further
- References performances
- Reference cameras
Week 2:
8th Feb
- Experimentation
- Research
- Collect rigs/environments to use in animation
Week 3:
15th Feb
- Pitch to Luke
Week 4:
22nd Feb
Week 5:
1st March
Week 6:
8th March
Week 7:
15th March
Week 8:
22nd March
Week 9:
29th March
Week 10:
5th April
- Final Touched
- Submission