This final week, Ting assigned a new and exciting task: interview an artist we admire or aspire to be. We went through the planning process, including developing potential questions and learning how to reach out professionally. I created a question bank and a list of potential artists in Notion for this assignment. For this assignment,… Continue reading WEEK 10
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WEEK 9
This week was focused on several key talks, from Anis’s FMP presentation to industry sessions, which together gave me a clearer picture of both the creative and professional pathways ahead. Anis walked us through the entire FMP process from conception to final render. He emphasised working a little every day, even just sketching, to maintain… Continue reading WEEK 9
WEEK 8
This week, Ting gave us the choice of either continuing with another facial animation or using the time to further develop the heavy object exercise. Because I’m still feeling overwhelmed from the previous week, I made the realistic decision to continue with the heavy object. After my one-to-one with Ting, I gradually worked on it,… Continue reading WEEK 8
WEEK 7
As mentioned last week, I felt overwhelmed and a bit lost with the heavy object project, especially because I wasn’t sure how to approach it. On Friday morning, I had a one-to-one tutorial with Ting, where we opened my file and went straight into the scene. The first thing we did was go through the… Continue reading WEEK 7
WEEK 6
This week focused on feedback and having a guest speaker review our work. Mai Vu started by showing some of her pieces and explaining how she works. I really liked how she experiments with mixed media, because it gave me a clearer idea of the kind of approach I’d like to explore myself, or at… Continue reading WEEK 6
WEEK 5
This week was mainly focused on feedback and workshop time; however, we were also introduced to project 1, which is due in a month. This brief focuses on choosing a concept I’d like to explore or use in my FMP as a “test-run”. At the moment, I’m still unsure what I want to commit to,… Continue reading WEEK 5
WEEK 4
This week, we went through facial poses and the fundamental principles of making them look organic rather than robotic. A major takeaway was the importance of asymmetry; while spontaneous emotions might be symmetrical, voluntary expressions benefit from intentional offsets to break the “mirror trap” and enhance appeal. We also explored connectivity, which ensures the face… Continue reading WEEK 4
WEEK 3
During this week’s sessions, we went through the story structure, looking at how different frameworks shape an audience’s experience. We compared classic Western models like the Three-Act Structur and Preytag’s Pyramid with more modern models like Dan Harmon’s 8-Step Story Circle. As for the Eastern model, we saw Kishotenketsu, a four act structe that relies… Continue reading WEEK 3
WEEK 2
This week, we started with feedback on the Bar’s 5+5 assignment. I was really happy with the result and completely agreed with Ting’s tweaks because they pushed the piece closer to what the director had in mind. The first note was technical: my render came out square instead of rectangular which was due to my… Continue reading WEEK 2
WEEK 1
For the first session, we had to bring the storyboards we worked on during the break so we could dive right into the cinematics topic we introduced on the last day of term 1. During the session, we went deeper into the subject, studying the layout, composition and camera language. All these combined serve… Continue reading WEEK 1