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Unit 9: Characteristics and contexts in media and communication
Unit Aim: Provide students with an opportunity to develop a focused, in‐depth, understanding of the range, characteristics, complexity and contexts that define media and communication activity. It will require the student, through exploration and investigation to enter into a more formal dialogue of personal interrogation and understanding designed to confirm strengths, enthusiasms and ambitions.
What we're doing, how we're doing it and why we're doing it
What we're doing, how we're doing it and why we're doing it
Intent: To develop an understanding of in rigging your 3D mascot in Blender. You will learn essential skills in creating skeletal structures, ready for posing and animation.
Implementation: Through research, guided tutorials and hands-on exercises
Impact: You will gain practical expertise in rigging, allowing your mascots to move in 3D space. This knowledge is crucial for animators and game designers.
Soft skills: Creativity, attention to detail, problem-solving, patience, communication, adaptability.
Industry: Proficiency in rigging 3D characters is highly valued in the gaming and animation industries. Rigging artists are essential for game development teams, animation studios, and special effects companies, making this skillset highly sought after.
SMSC: Encouraging learners to express their creativity through character design, consider ethical and cultural aspects of character representation, and engage in social interactions through peer critiques and discussions about the role of characters in storytelling and media.
Task 1 - Context
Task 1 - Context
What is a Rigger?
What do they do?
Why is it done?
What is it used for?
What is a Rigger?
What do they do?
Why is it done?
What is it used for?
On your google sites:
Context questions answered in YOUR OWN WORDS. Any research supporting your argument must be appropriately linked and referenced.
Task 2 - Let's rig your mascots
Task 2 - Let's rig your mascots
Adding bones
Adding bones
What do I do?
Watch the video
Get started rigging your character
On your google sites:
Development! Screenshots, etc
Reflection on your progress
Tips!
Be patient and pay attention to detail!
Familiarise yourself with these:
Ctrl + P
Pose Mode
Inverse kinematics
Inverse kinematics
What do I do?
Watch the video
Learn what inverse kinematics are and what they do
On your google sites:
Development! Screenshots, etc
Reflection on your progress
Vertex groups
Vertex groups
What do I do?
Watch the video
Get your character rigged!
On your google sites:
Development! Screenshots, etc
Reflection on your progress
Fixing mistakes
Fixing mistakes
What do I do?
Watch the video
Learn how to fix any errors
On your google sites:
Development! Screenshots, etc
Reflection on your progress
Tips:
Try and solve any issues yourself first, it's the best way to learn!
Task 3 - Posing
Task 3 - Posing
What do I do?
Pose your character!
Easy mode - A few to get used to moving your rig around
Normal mode - A few that reflect your character's personality
Hard mode - A few that show your mascot doing actions
Git Gud - Combine normal and hard, pose your character doing actions that also reflect their personality.
On your google sites:
Your poses
Reflection on your progress
Tips:
Remember keyframes from the pixel art tasks!
Reflection:
Reflection:
- What happened?
- How did you feel?
- What were you thinking?
- How did things go?
- What might have helped?
- What might have hindered?
- What else could you have done?
- What have you learned?
- What can you change in the future?
- If the situation arose again what would you do?
- Anything you need to know or improve?
Going Further
Try animating!
Aim to produce a short action your character would do.
Document your development.
Tip! Finding this tricky? Give Mixamo a whirl
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