Week 1

• This class half learning - other half employability/work experience.

• We will be picking groups by next week Tuesday.

• Personal project due week 10. (think of what I want to learn/create)

• Group project due week 13

• Try to strive to create something original, it leads to a more impressive portfolio.

• Tasks:

Interview style self-presentation

Favorite animations

Arcane, Castlevania, Legend of Vox Machina

Skills

3D asset creation and character animation. I plan on learning a sort of wider variety of skills for employability. But I'd like to focus on Character Animation as well as scene creation for video games or straight up animation. I'm familiar with Maya, Substance Painter, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Adobe Animate most. I've started to learn Mudbox, Unreal Engine. I have a Cert 3 in Media Production.

Dream job

Would have to be working for Weta Digital or a Indi game studio on a project that has a lot of passion behind it.

Scene development Exercise

• Shot 1 is a duo of town guardsman casually patrolling the medieval streets at night.

• Shot 2 is a POV of something stalking them in the alley, keeping to the dark but closely watching them.

• Shot 3 is a close up of one of the guardsman turning around then reacting in shock and horror. Screaming and dying off screen.

• Shot 4 the camera is low to the ground and not focused on anything. With screams of terror, the other guardsman legs are seen running past camera. Then the helmet of the guardsman who was attacked rolls into camera covered in blood.

Storyboard Advice

• A long shot can be very important when establishing a scene.

For help with the scene creation and camera work we can split the environment in sections (left side of path, right side). Put the sections on different layers and turn them on/off when needed, if the camera is needed in a certain position. Can help with rendering also.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2QOOK