Video. 1. Professional Portfolio Development 2 Video Presentation
Friday, 25 April 2014
Week 14 - Final ShowReel
This I finally completed the showreel for professional portfolio development 2. I'm happy with the end result of the showreel even though it's drastically changed since the block out phase in PPD 1. In the final cut of the showreel some aspects of the original block out are still in some way in the final version. At the start we have a short sketch animation piece and what follows next is the first part of my independent studies animation short. After the cinematic of my environment based on the concept art from 'Flushed Away' plays next. I did edit down the cinematic for my showreel as in it's original run the cinematic plays at just over 1 minute. The second part of the independent studies short follows leading into the final piece being some game footage of my animations from Game Development.
I would liked to of included a lot more of the little comedy sketch pieces into the final showreel and have them all placed out in various places. This I can obviously do to continue to improve my showreel in the future. Here is the final showreel.
I would liked to of included a lot more of the little comedy sketch pieces into the final showreel and have them all placed out in various places. This I can obviously do to continue to improve my showreel in the future. Here is the final showreel.
Video. 1. Final ShowReel
Friday, 18 April 2014
Week 13 - Other segments in my Showreel
The footage in my showreel was mainly going to be animation related however I did plan to add an extra segment that wouldn't be related with animation if I felt it was up to scratch. This was the 3D environment based on a piece of concept art for Advanced 3D. The cinematic that I'll be developing for the environment will be added to my showreel at the midway point. Below is a screen shot of the environment in it's current state.
Figure. 1. Screen Shot of environment from Advanced 3D
Figure Reference
Figure. 1. Screen Shot of environment from Advanced 3D
Monday, 14 April 2014
Week 12 - Industry news
The animation website cartoon brew released an article announcing the there will be a new animation studio being set up in the UK. This new studio is called Locksmith Animation. The animation industry in the UK has given us a variety of films like 'Valiant' and 'Chicken Run'. The studio set up by Sarah Smith (former Creative Director at Aardman) says it will be the first high end CGI animation studio in the UK.
This is amazing news for the industry as new studios being opened will bring a lot more job opportunities to artists. It'll be also interesting to see how Locksmith animation progresses and the films they will make.
Website Reference
Cartoon Brew Available at: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/british-studios-locksmith-and-double-negative-plan-to-make-cg-features-98410.html (Accessed 13th April 2014)
This is amazing news for the industry as new studios being opened will bring a lot more job opportunities to artists. It'll be also interesting to see how Locksmith animation progresses and the films they will make.
Website Reference
Cartoon Brew Available at: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/british-studios-locksmith-and-double-negative-plan-to-make-cg-features-98410.html (Accessed 13th April 2014)
Sunday, 13 April 2014
Week 11 - New Animation
This week I've started working on extra bits of animation pieces to be added into the showreel. Watching back to the roller coaster animation scene, I felt the animation wasn't working right and a lot more work would be needed to help vastly improve the scene. I began looking back into the website MovieWav in search for some new audio effects to animate to. The audio piece found in the animation below is from the film Austin Powers and the line is "Gentlemen you have my demands, peace out". I'll have the character be placed in front of a chalk board written with a list of outrages demands.
Video. 1. Animation Block Out
Saturday, 29 March 2014
Week 10 - Further Progress
This week I finished my animated short film for my independent studies project. I've always planned on incorporating it into my showreel, however when planning for PPD 1 I wasn't sure what I would be making for Independent studies. I'm going to keep the short film in it's entirety for the showreel and the only parts I'll trim down is the end title screens that I had when when uploading to YouTube.
I've also recorded in game footage of my animations from the team project Game Development. Using Fraps I had the characters perform attacks and run around in the city environment. In the final edit I'll have credits stating that I only did the animations and not the character and city models. Here's the footage below.
What's left is the roller coaster scene where I need to tidy up the animation by making it play smoothly and set the scene up more.
Video. 1. My Independent Studies Animation Short Film
I've also recorded in game footage of my animations from the team project Game Development. Using Fraps I had the characters perform attacks and run around in the city environment. In the final edit I'll have credits stating that I only did the animations and not the character and city models. Here's the footage below.
Video. 2. Game Render from the Module Game Development
What's left is the roller coaster scene where I need to tidy up the animation by making it play smoothly and set the scene up more.
Monday, 24 March 2014
Week 10 - Progress on the Showreel
The progress for the contents of my showreel for PPD 2 is currently going well. The animated short film I'm creating for my dissertation is nearing to being complete with the film just needing to be rendered and compiled together with sound effects. This will be featured in either it's full state which lasts around 30 seconds or be cut up and spread across the showreel. I have shown progress of a few shots that were completed early in past blog posts. I'm not sure yet It might be the case that I try an example of both and upload them onto here and see how they play out. For other work that'll be included in the showreel My contribution from past modules Game Development by recording in game footage of me and others who worked on the project playing the game focusing on my animation work and obviously stating while the footage is playing my role to the work and who's other contribution is shown.
When planning the showreel I was going to have a obstacle course featured. I have shown in early posts examples of animation of a astronaut character running. However since then I have made no other contribution to this work. This may possibly be cut from the showreel due to time constraints. This could change, however at this moment in time it's not looking likely.
Finally the Roller coaster scene animation. This piece of animation is moved on from the block out stage, but it's still not exactly finished. For this scene I want to improve the environment more by developing the roller coaster into a more child targeted ride and this makes the scene funnier as the grown man doesn't want to go on the ride. Also from looking at feedback from PPD 1 I may need to add more of a set up to the scene by visually telling the audience first that the it is a children's ride before seeing the adult.
As far as what I've stated above this is the current state of my showreel. With week 10 me rendering the animation from my dissertation and really soon I'll be compilling footage from my contribution to Game Development, I should soon have footage to place into my showreel.
I've also been looking into using Adobe Premier Pro a lot more and I feel I'll be able to properly render out my show reel this time compared to PPD 1 where I had trouble getting the resolution to be true HD and some parts of the video where a bit jumpy. However there's still a lot to learn with the software.
When planning the showreel I was going to have a obstacle course featured. I have shown in early posts examples of animation of a astronaut character running. However since then I have made no other contribution to this work. This may possibly be cut from the showreel due to time constraints. This could change, however at this moment in time it's not looking likely.
Finally the Roller coaster scene animation. This piece of animation is moved on from the block out stage, but it's still not exactly finished. For this scene I want to improve the environment more by developing the roller coaster into a more child targeted ride and this makes the scene funnier as the grown man doesn't want to go on the ride. Also from looking at feedback from PPD 1 I may need to add more of a set up to the scene by visually telling the audience first that the it is a children's ride before seeing the adult.
As far as what I've stated above this is the current state of my showreel. With week 10 me rendering the animation from my dissertation and really soon I'll be compilling footage from my contribution to Game Development, I should soon have footage to place into my showreel.
I've also been looking into using Adobe Premier Pro a lot more and I feel I'll be able to properly render out my show reel this time compared to PPD 1 where I had trouble getting the resolution to be true HD and some parts of the video where a bit jumpy. However there's still a lot to learn with the software.
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