Monthly Archives: September 2021

Week 7 : Audio – Vision by Michel Chion (Book Research)

VII Walter Murch… We gestate in Sound, and are born into SightCinema gestated in Sight, and was born into Sound. P8 Empathetic and Anempathetic Effect ‘On one hand, music can directly expresses participation in the feeling of the scene, by … Continue reading

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Week 7 : Sight Sound Motion by Herbert Zettl (Book Research)

P 327 A considerable amount of time elapsed before the “talkies” were accepted as constituting a medium in their own right. Both sound and noise are audible vibrations (oscillations) Sound has purpose; it is organised. Noise is essentially random.  P … Continue reading

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Week 6 : Art in Motion by Maureen Furniss (Book Research)

Art in Motion, AnimationAesthetics by Maureen Furniss P85  One of the biggest differences between amateur and professional animation often lies in the way that sound is employed. …most people will find that the secret success for many award-awarding films is … Continue reading

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Interview Preparation

I had a job interview for a VFX & Colour Runner role which I unfortunately didn’t get but wanted to log the work I did in preparation for it. I want to move from a design agency to production. Technical … Continue reading

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Week 2 : Introduction to Unreal Engine Programme

I had some trouble initially with setting up Unreal Engine on my computer because I have a Mac Book computer so needed to download Xcode for the programme to work. Fortunately, it is up and running so I can start … Continue reading

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Week 1 : FMP Proposal

Originally I was going to continue working on my audio driven animation work in Houdini FX but I had a change of heart as all the VFX jobs listed were related to gaming to thought I needed to expand my … Continue reading

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Week 5 : Primary Research

So I am looking now into collecting primary research. I have made an account on ArtStation website where there are loads of artists around the world I can access and message. I have favourited my favourite audio drive animation work. … Continue reading

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Week 4 : Research Papers

3. Walt Disney’s Fantasia: The Cosmos and the Mind in Two Hours by William L. Benzon P. 1 … the cumulated techniques of 3000 years of art history, Western and Eastern, and a large swath of the cosmos and of … Continue reading

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