Long awaited..it was friday and then the weekend...so yea, anyway here it is.
Last day was pretty calm so consisted of the usual runner duties of being the receptionist and getting the lunch runs. Really felt like i got to know the area and the types of jobs expected of being a runner at The Edge. Would have been exciting if i had got to stay on one of the shoots for a bit longer but at least I got good exposure of what is expected of me and how to achieve this. When it was busy, it was a very fast paced job. I enjoyed the aspect of not being stuck in the office all day, which was what was nice about doing the runs. I have a little album of photos from around London and the office so hopefully can upload those soon.
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Thursday, 18 October 2012
The Edge Picture Company: Day 4
It has been another busy one today, but it makes the day fly by! Firstly i got to sort out all the release forms from the last two days shoots, and arrange them into the correct folders on the computer. Everything is so organised for each job / shoot and has lots of different folders within each, such as risk assessments, call and logs sheets etc
There was a shoot happening today at Silk Studios where i dropped off a large roll of paper, think I knocked a few people out on my travels, never mind! I think this is where they were filming for the Disney channel. On my way there, I passed Studio AKA, well I wasn't supposed to pass it as I had gone around in circles for a few minutes! Studio AKA has always been a company that I have wanted to also get experience with, they specialise more in animation, something I feel I would know a lot more about, but at the same time it is extremely good that I am currently getting experience in new fields.
I took a few pictures around the office today, showing where I have worked on a project and where the props are stored, may try take some more on my last day tomorrow. Also all week I have been playing the tourist with my camera as I have been passing sites. So I shall upload those at some point this week too.
Lastly today, i met up with the director Andy, travelled to the city airport to drop off some documents and also to collect some footage that they have been shooting in Rotterdam, Here is where I got introduced to the film producer and also the camera operator.
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The Edge Picture Company: Day 3
Today has been so much more busier, so I have been doing lots of different things. First of all i did two runs, first one was to Evelina's children's hospital near waterloo. Thought I could use my train ticket to get me about places but turns out I can only use it to get to work in the morning and thats as far as it will let me travel! So had a bit of a panic how I was going to find the place but eventually I got there to drop off some release forms. They were shooting there for a charity film I think. I then made my way to victoria street and the strand actually, to exchange some money into Qatar Riyal. Never actually heard of that before so was quite interesting to see what that looked like!
In the afternoon I got to work on one of the projects. It's annoying that I forgot the name of the project but it was about all about Europe's economy. Not one of my most intellect subjects, but I was subtitling it, so had to pay close attention to it, so I definitely feel more informed on the U.K's current state! I used a software called DivXSubtitler 2.0.8. Apparently it's not anyones favourite job but I really enjoyed it. I liked the fact that I was using a new software too, which was relatively easy to pick up.
In the afternoon I got to work on one of the projects. It's annoying that I forgot the name of the project but it was about all about Europe's economy. Not one of my most intellect subjects, but I was subtitling it, so had to pay close attention to it, so I definitely feel more informed on the U.K's current state! I used a software called DivXSubtitler 2.0.8. Apparently it's not anyones favourite job but I really enjoyed it. I liked the fact that I was using a new software too, which was relatively easy to pick up.
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
The Edge Picture Company: Day 2
Ok so not much to update on today as it was a fairly quiet day at work. Got to see a little more of the area when out doing a few more runs, so definitely starting to feel much more confident when out and about instead of looking like the most touristy person literally trying to get inside my google map!
Had an overlook at some market research that one of the other runners was doing, as well as getting to see what the call sheets look like, scripts, log sheets etc and what has to be done to edit/adapt them per shoot.
Was actually quite interesting to hear about one of the guys who had been to the world premier of Skyfall for free, as someone he knew was able to get a load of tickets who works for Radio 1, sounded amazing. Iv'e only heard good reviews so far so is definitely a film a i want to see when it's officially
released. He somehow managed to have the production notes for the film as well which was pretty cool.
As for tomorrow, I know I will be the note taker in the mornings meeting, so hoping I can keep up and make sense of what I write in that!
Had an overlook at some market research that one of the other runners was doing, as well as getting to see what the call sheets look like, scripts, log sheets etc and what has to be done to edit/adapt them per shoot.
Was actually quite interesting to hear about one of the guys who had been to the world premier of Skyfall for free, as someone he knew was able to get a load of tickets who works for Radio 1, sounded amazing. Iv'e only heard good reviews so far so is definitely a film a i want to see when it's officially
released. He somehow managed to have the production notes for the film as well which was pretty cool.
As for tomorrow, I know I will be the note taker in the mornings meeting, so hoping I can keep up and make sense of what I write in that!
Monday, 15 October 2012
The Edge Picture Company: Day 1
I had a really good first day at The Edge, everyone was really nice and made me feel very welcome. First of all I got a tour of the place, this gave me a good insight into what everyone does and to know my where about a little better. There were 4 different levels:
Level One:
>Studio
>Casting
>Production
>Meeting Room
Level Two:
>Production
>Sales & Marketing
>Finance
Level Three:
>Edit Suites
>Post Production
>Production Services
Level Four:
>Production
>Interactive Media
>Boardroom
>Meeting Room
They all have the same sort of layout so was really easy to know my way about as I started some running jobs.
I learnt to work the phones and general answering and transferring calls. Nothing too complex for the first day which is good! I got to see a little of Soho too when I was sent to do a couple of jobs, which was actually quite exciting. Got a little lost on one of the runs but found my way eventually! Least Iv'e started to get to know my way a round a little better anyways.
In general was quite a chilled and calm day so was quite good in terms of feeling a little settled :)
Level One:
>Studio
>Casting
>Production
>Meeting Room
Level Two:
>Production
>Sales & Marketing
>Finance
Level Three:
>Edit Suites
>Post Production
>Production Services
Level Four:
>Production
>Interactive Media
>Boardroom
>Meeting Room
They all have the same sort of layout so was really easy to know my way about as I started some running jobs.
I learnt to work the phones and general answering and transferring calls. Nothing too complex for the first day which is good! I got to see a little of Soho too when I was sent to do a couple of jobs, which was actually quite exciting. Got a little lost on one of the runs but found my way eventually! Least Iv'e started to get to know my way a round a little better anyways.
In general was quite a chilled and calm day so was quite good in terms of feeling a little settled :)
Sunday, 14 October 2012
Summer as a graduate
So, what has happened since graduation.....
JOB HUNTING!
It's not been easy! and i've still not managed to find a job that is relevant to my degree. I decided to create a new CV something with a little more depth about my skills what I aim to do, and just a general re-vamp to make it stand out a little! I have been researching lots of companies I would like to work for and sending out my CV, and just asking if work experience is available, paid or unpaid I would be willing! Any experience is good experience. And FINALLY!!! My time has come. I got a call last week to do a weeks work with The Edge Picture Company. I am a little nervous, but so so excited about my week ahead!!
I am going to get back in to blogging, and shall be posting hopefully a day by day blog post about what I'm getting up to.
Just goes to show I suppose, you just got to keep at it and work hard!
JOB HUNTING!
It's not been easy! and i've still not managed to find a job that is relevant to my degree. I decided to create a new CV something with a little more depth about my skills what I aim to do, and just a general re-vamp to make it stand out a little! I have been researching lots of companies I would like to work for and sending out my CV, and just asking if work experience is available, paid or unpaid I would be willing! Any experience is good experience. And FINALLY!!! My time has come. I got a call last week to do a weeks work with The Edge Picture Company. I am a little nervous, but so so excited about my week ahead!!
I am going to get back in to blogging, and shall be posting hopefully a day by day blog post about what I'm getting up to.
Just goes to show I suppose, you just got to keep at it and work hard!
Friday, 27 April 2012
Monday, 23 April 2012
Better late than never....Reference footage for Artefacts
Artefact 1:
I chose a number of different scenarios to reference here as I wasn't sure which one would work best in animation
Artefact 2:
This one was hard to see if you would actually stop, stand still, turn as you're walking if someone calls your name, especially when you know whats going on! I think the last take got it....
Artefact 3:
Such an exaggerated dialogue...it was difficult to seem realistic!
Artefact 4:
There is an actual fall in in one of the takes....Can't get much more realistic than that!!
Artefact 5:
Definitely works better in an animation...
I chose a number of different scenarios to reference here as I wasn't sure which one would work best in animation
Artefact 2:
This one was hard to see if you would actually stop, stand still, turn as you're walking if someone calls your name, especially when you know whats going on! I think the last take got it....
Artefact 3:
Such an exaggerated dialogue...it was difficult to seem realistic!
Artefact 4:
There is an actual fall in in one of the takes....Can't get much more realistic than that!!
Artefact 5:
Definitely works better in an animation...
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Client Project Full Render TEST
I presented this today and recieved some good feedback. Generally it works quite well, although there are a dew minor lip syncing errors that I need to refine better. I think a lot of it could be exaggerated more, especially in her facial animation, just to emphasise the scenes where not a lot is happening. Also I need to credit the morpheus rig in my next test render.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Artefact 5 Evaluation - Creating believable characters through the key principles of animation : Anticipation, Secondary Action, Exaggeration & Timing
My fifth artefact concentrated on a combination of each principle that I have previously researched and experimented. Therefore I had to consider Anticipation, Secondary Action, Exaggeration and Timing. Although generally the principles of animation are not used individually, I attempted to show each of these clearly within this artefact. I animated this artefact to another sound clip from 11second club.
Anticipation is awaiting and predicting the next movement. As the character first rolls in shot on a chair, he is not facing the camera. I felt the anticipation was used here, as we are anticipating when he turns to directly face the camera. Anticipation was also used at the end, where his head leans towards the other chair, his head moves backwards before leaning forwards. Bearing in mind what I had learnt from the research project, anticipation is best used with a backwards movement prior to a forward movement. However, after presenting this, feedback suggested anticipation was the least obvious principle. Therefore to enhance this principle in my artefact, I am going to make these movements more noticeable.
Secondary action adds more life to a scene. To show this principle, I had my character sit on a chair throughout the animation. The leaning back and spinning of the chair was the secondary action that was used to make the animation more realistic, without overpowering the primary actions of his body and facial animation.
Exaggeration is used to emphasise an action. Throughout the whole of this animation I exaggerated most movements and facial expressions. This worked well, especially considering the dialogue used.
Finally timing establishes a characters mood, emotion and reaction to something. Timing was used when animating with the dialogue. For example, when the dialogue was sharp and blunt, so was the characters head movement. Feedback from this artefact overall suggested that the animation captured the point of what I have been researching well and that it ran smoothly.
Anticipation is awaiting and predicting the next movement. As the character first rolls in shot on a chair, he is not facing the camera. I felt the anticipation was used here, as we are anticipating when he turns to directly face the camera. Anticipation was also used at the end, where his head leans towards the other chair, his head moves backwards before leaning forwards. Bearing in mind what I had learnt from the research project, anticipation is best used with a backwards movement prior to a forward movement. However, after presenting this, feedback suggested anticipation was the least obvious principle. Therefore to enhance this principle in my artefact, I am going to make these movements more noticeable.
Secondary action adds more life to a scene. To show this principle, I had my character sit on a chair throughout the animation. The leaning back and spinning of the chair was the secondary action that was used to make the animation more realistic, without overpowering the primary actions of his body and facial animation.
Exaggeration is used to emphasise an action. Throughout the whole of this animation I exaggerated most movements and facial expressions. This worked well, especially considering the dialogue used.
Finally timing establishes a characters mood, emotion and reaction to something. Timing was used when animating with the dialogue. For example, when the dialogue was sharp and blunt, so was the characters head movement. Feedback from this artefact overall suggested that the animation captured the point of what I have been researching well and that it ran smoothly.
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Run through of cameron
This is the entire animation run through of the second character. Next one up should be edited in with the first!
Brainwave
I been meaning to change the skin and eyes for cameron and I just remembered how to do it! This looks more like her...
Squirrel!?
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