Computer Animation Arts

Okay, so I've had a chat with a few third years now as to expectations in regard to your forthcoming minor project interim crits and I hope I've been helpful.  I haven't had the chance or opportunity to speak with everyone, so I thought I'd put some if it down here for your guidance before I disappear off to France for the YPGTTO premiere on Thursday.   The truth is I want all of you to have a positive experience of your interim crits and the way to make that happen is to ensure you're suitably prepared.  I'm going to put together a suggested checklist of content for your interim presentations, and while not everything I write here may relate to your specific pipeline 100%, you should be able to shape your presentations accordingly. At this stage in your relationship to the course we're not expecting any 'used car salesman' style presentations (we've all sat through those before and we know they annoy you as much as they annoy us) - ...

Wednesday 22nd November is your second What If? Online Greenlight Review (OGR)* Your OGR is to be presented as a single Scribd presentation on your blog, beginning with your name, date, and project title. I suggest you save your documents as PDFs before uploading to Scribd, as this should mitigate against formating glitches. Your OGR presentations should be uploaded to your blogs by Wednesday 22nd November . Written feedback will follow as a 'comment' on your OGR post. WIM OGR 2 'The Pitch' - What do you need to present? 1) Definitive influence map. 2) Final 16:9 concept art of your scene. 3) Break-down of your digital set as diagram or plan (i.e. relationship of 3D models to matte painting [what is what?] etc).  4) Key asset(s) production art (i.e. your principle structure(s), street furniture, vehicles etc.). 5) Key asset(s) as orthographs. 6) In addition, your OGR should evidence that you are up-to-date with your film reviews a...

It's been a big busy month for all of us here on Computer Animation Arts ; the first years have just had their very first submission, the second years are doing battle with their collaboration project and the head-spinning intricacies of postmodern cinema, the third years have just handed in their draft dissertations, and the YPGTTO production team is putting the finishing touches to our animated adaptation of The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra in what can only be described as a race against time. But let's begin with something altogether more serene and restful.  One of my favourite activities in a CAA week is life-drawing, when the campus's roomy project space fills with easels and the soft tearing of masking tape.  Of course the weekly life-drawing classes are opportunities for students to refine their technical knowledge of anatomy, weight, pose and gesture, and yes, with every drawing our students undertake, their personal style enriches and consoli...