Introduction A showreel is a short video which showcases work from a filmmaker, VFX artist, animator, 3D modeller or another similarly creative individual. Creating showreels is not only a requirement for this term’s brief, it is also an important thing for people with a career in a creative industry to do – showreels are often […]
Author: alexn
Final Work
Introduction This blog post is my final submission of the work I’ve done for this brief – B1 Progression. For the brief, the main things I had to do were create a website, a logo and branding style, some showreels that showcase the work I’ve done on this course and a creative CV. Website Here […]
Maya VR Scene Progress
Introduction So far, I have modeled, textured and shaded some assets to use in the pirate ship scene that my group is creating. Models First, I modeled some gold coins and textured them with UV, a process I had only done once or twice. Using UV textures made it so that I could have images […]
Creative CV
Introduction A creative CV is a CV that has been designed a lot more than a formal CV. They are used when applying for a creative job to show how creative you are as a person when applying for the job. A creative CV considers the following elements Creating My Own Creative CV I used […]
Production Management – Progression Brief
Introduction This blog post shows how I have managed my time during the B1 Progression Brief. SWOT Analysis SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats and is used to help manage a person or company’s projects and targets. For this brief, completing a SWOT analysis will help me to think about what I need […]
My Digital Style and Branding
Introduction This blog post explains my digital style and branding that I have created for the B1 Progression brief on this course. This blog post shows how I researched branding style sheets before I created my own: https://media.confetti.ac.uk/alexander-xs21-yr2/2023/03/22/branding-style-sheet/ In short, branding style sheets are guidelines for how a company’s logo is used in different contexts. […]
Website Progress and Reflection (Personal Development)
Introduction Recently in sessions, I’ve been working on creating my website that I can put my portfolio onto. As of writing this blog post, I’ve nearly finished – I have one webpage to finish (the portfolio page) before uploading the site to a hosting service, and then once it’s uploaded I’ll be checking to make […]
How to chroma key in After Effects
Introduction This is a tutorial on how to key-out a greenscreen video in Adobe After Effects using a technique called chroma keying. Chroma keying is where you remove a specific colour from the background of a video – this is usually green but can also be blue or pink or any colour really. Chroma Keying […]
Using Academic References
Introduction An important part of studying at university is writing essays on a given subject. In an essay, any research that has been presented in the writing must be backed up by a source or reference to prove what you are writing is true. Using References To practice using academic references, I tried adding some […]
My Next Steps Presentation
Introduction This blog post includes the slideshow I made for the Next Steps Presentation as part of the B1 Brief. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Tq5vjHsY1TpSfK66SXEbiaETt0E_lBC6o9OVSVhkFQo/edit?usp=sharing Reflection Over all, I think my presentation went okay. I think I could have spoken a bit louder and slower, but all the information included in the presentation was accurate and thorough. I received […]