In this post, I will be explaining what a pitch is, critiquing different examples and analysing both the good techniques and aspects to avoid, as well as working towards the pitch for my creative project. ═════ °• ♔ •° ═════ What is a Pitch? In business, pitching refers to presenting an idea […]
B2 – FMP
Shading in Animate
As a quick demonstration, we received a lesson on how shading could be done in Adobe Animate. We had gone over the basics of the program and everybody knew how to create an animation, however, we had not gone over the finer details and extras, and a lot of people didn’t feel confident creating artwork […]
Give Us a Confetti Clue
Confetti is planning on creating their own 80’s-style comedy game show inspired by ‘Give Us a Clue’, which is a British televised version of charades. It was broadcasted on ITV from 1979 to 1992 and involved two teams, a captain of each and, usually, the participation of celebrities. Our challenge was to create […]
Motion Graphics: Self-portraits / Advanced Animation
This is a continuance of our last skills workshop, where we made self-portraits in After Effects using simple shapes. Our aims for this lesson were to finalise the portrait and begin adding elements of animation. I was really looking forward to this because my portrait was almost begging for some movement! The simple shapes and […]
Ideologies [Recap]
” Good should overcome evil “ ” Law is better than disorder “ ” Pleasure is a goal in life “ Statements such as the ones above are generally followed and believed in by most people, making them the core of our social system, at least in terms of Western beliefs. They are obvious, […]
Independent Camera Skills Pt. 2
For extra reference, please see the first part of this project here. After shooting all of the required scenes for our 1 minute short films, it was time for post-production. In our original groups, we were to assemble our short film, apply sound design and finishing touches and then render it out. Before beginning, we […]
3D Deformers
In this 3D session, we’re going over nonlinear deformers in Maya. These are used to quickly distort surfaces, by bending, twisting, flaring and even squashing them, which greatly speeds up tasks that would otherwise require multiple CV selections, rotations, scales and transformations. Each deformer alters the surface in a different way depending on its name. […]
Motion Graphics: Self Portrait
In this skills workshop, we discussed the difference between masks and shapes and created self-portraits in After Effects. Since a large portion of the main task involved exploring and experimenting with the pen tool, we started out with a quick challenge to refresh our skills on it; The Bezier Game. This refers to a fun […]
Arnold Turn Table
This is our final lesson on our 3-part modeling task, which involved choosing an object to model (hard surface), doing research and planning, creating it in Maya and finally presenting it on an animated turntable. My chosen object, or rather character, was Wall-E, but I, unfortunately, couldn’t finish him in time for this lesson. I […]
Motion Graphics Liquid Mo’ Graph
As the title suggests, the skill that we learned in this session was how to make a liquid motion graphic animation in After Effects, that can be applied as a transition, title reveal or simple, cool text animation. Motion graphics are pieces of animation or digital footage which create the illusion of motion or rotation […]