Luke gave us a tracking task to complete. We had to choose a shot from the D drive, or use the shot we used during Dom’s session (the footage shot in Camden), and track it as best as we can following Dom’s recorded session. I didn’t write some steps in the last 3DE post IContinue reading “Week 6 – 20.02.2020 – 3D Equalizer matchmove task.”
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Week 5 – 13.02.2020 – Acting workshop
Today we spent the morning in the green screen room acting out our chosen scene for our Advanced performance animation class. We had to choose a dialogue scene with two characters from a film. I chose a scene from ‘Airplane!’ and acted out the two characters. One of them is just leaning on a wallContinue reading “Week 5 – 13.02.2020 – Acting workshop”
Week 3 – Previs, postvis – How the animators role differs in VFX, film, games – props animation, particle systems, over body animation – rotomation, matchmove and motion capture differences – 30.01.2020
Previs and postvis Previs, or previsualization, is the visualization of a complex scene before filming/animating. It is used alongside storyboarding, working out every single shot in a complicated scene. Postvis is very similar to previs. It is used in sequences that are full of VFX. Editors/animators will use placeholders, or blank slugs, of CG charactersContinue reading “Week 3 – Previs, postvis – How the animators role differs in VFX, film, games – props animation, particle systems, over body animation – rotomation, matchmove and motion capture differences – 30.01.2020”
Week 2 – 23.01.2020 – Mocap Retargeting on Maya
Luke was on leave so he left us a video-lesson explaining how to retarget data on any rig in Maya. It’s a fairly straightforward process which will make animation a lot faster. We could use any rig and character from Luke’s library, so I used the Hip Hop Dancing 1 rig retargeted on the PunkContinue reading “Week 2 – 23.01.2020 – Mocap Retargeting on Maya”
Collaborative project – Week 1 – 15.01.2020
Advanced Experimental 3D Computer Animation Techniques is a unit which will span this term and the next, a total of 20 weeks. In this unit there are 2 projects, one personal and one collaborative. We were briefed on the collaborative unit the other day and I am working with two other animators (Marianna and Gui)Continue reading “Collaborative project – Week 1 – 15.01.2020”
Areas to improve – Week 1 – 16.01.2020
There’s a lot I still need to improve. Overall my performance animation/acting needs improving, I need to be a little more fearless in my approach and not be too intimidated if the acting seems complicated to animate. Animating everything on Maya is difficult and takes a long time to master. In this unit I’ll beContinue reading “Areas to improve – Week 1 – 16.01.2020”
Christmas holidays – Performance animation
Over the Christmas break we were tasked to create a ‘performance animation’. This is pretty much everything we’ve learned so far in an 8-10 second animation. We had to choose a character and make it act. I chose the same quote I used for our phonemes exercise (“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t doContinue reading “Christmas holidays – Performance animation”
Week 8 – Research topic
Machine Learning I chose to research machine learning/deep learning and how it is used online and in animation/film. Machine learning is the process of applying AI to certain systems to learn and improve by themselves without having to be programmed. The aim is to make computers learn automatically without human intervention. On the other hand, DeepContinue reading “Week 8 – Research topic”
Week 7 – Dom’s matchmove session 1
Week 8 – Dom’s matchmove session 1 This week we had a very interesting session on matchmove and motion tracking using 3D Equalizer with Dom Maidlow, who is a CG Generalist at Union FX. There are many different types of tracking in film and TV, and it is used constantly. Apparently there is a massiveContinue reading “Week 7 – Dom’s matchmove session 1”
Week 6 – Task – ‘The Godfather’ – story breakdown, character archetypes and timeline.
Story breakdown: YOU: The whole Corleone family is at Connie Corleone’s wedding with Carlo Rizzi. During this joyous occasion, Vito Corleone hears requests and favours in private in his office. The entire cast is introduced. NEED: Shortly before Christmas, Virgil ‘The Turk’ Sollozzo meets with Don Corleone and asks for his support and investment inContinue reading “Week 6 – Task – ‘The Godfather’ – story breakdown, character archetypes and timeline.”
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