A1 Skills & Production

In this lesson i used the pencil and pen tool, that i learned about last lesson, to trace around the bb8 template from last lesson. this was as far as i got: i think that i am beginning to get the hang of the pen tool, and building my confidence with it. next time, i […]

press w to go into move mode, then press d to enter edit pivot mode, and then choose where you want the pivot point to go. hold down v and move the yellow pivot point onto one of the vertices of the shape. snap to grid snap to vertices / point. (v) here, i created […]

what is compositing? compositing is bringing video elements, layers and images together to create a final video. for example: explosions, smoke, cgi, keying with greenscreen etc. it is also used to correct mistakes in film over the academic year, there are several techniques we will be learning: utilising effects and footage adjustment tool sets (software […]

Vectors and Pixels (raster). Pixels. Raster graphics are a type of digital graphic that is made up of pixels, which are tiny sqares arranged in a grid to make up a whole image. Raster graphics are resolution dependent, which means that if you zoom in, or increase the size of a raster graphic made up […]

conventions. conventions are typical tropes and elements of a film that fit within a certain genre. e.g a convention of a sci fi film would be that its set in space. or a convention of the horror genre is that there’s a vengeful ghost as the antagonist. conventions could be setting and locations, characters, storylines […]

polygons: polygons are made of 3 components – vetices, edges and faces. vertices are a point in 3d space. edges join 2 vertices together once the vertices are joined it creates a face. axis: 2 dimensions (2D) = y and x axis. up, down, left and right. it is a flat surface. 3 dimensions (3D) […]