Friday, 4 June 2010

something spanning the history of special effects..

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

Here is an atempt of placing th ecar in scene. the corrdinates didnt match up with th escene and it lifter of 0 point.




here is an example of hard tracking.




Here are some production print screens suing Maya and matchmover.


This one working out the coordinates after tracking.


This one is where i came about a problem with the modeling not working in shot



here i have put in a road so that sadow can be rendered out




wire frame of truck



finished peice not image edited.






Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Here are some tutorials i have looked over, on my last project and this one. found them quite usefull but heavy going.

This image is from the auto desk tutorial which worked through hard tracking. helped me alot..





some videos on comositing using matchmover and maya... i hope my videos look more profesional than this... to do this i will have to do more work with the passes and colour correction...









I want to do someting with text for and intro sequence or something similar.....

Monday, 24 May 2010

Brilliant piece of work here created by Patrick Jean. Pixels is a fun playful video where the real world turns in to game style pixels, the 3d compositing on to the live footage is what made me really enjoy this video, its done to such a high standard that it looks real even with its crazy styles.

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

task 4 enterprise


Task 4
Who else is out there – how good are they?
Competitors
Website design.
Ian Watson
S
• Listed highly in search engines
• Extensive show reel
• Links to flickr
W
• Lack of vital information on page (techniques and skills)
• Poor layout, makes it look unprofessional .
• Slow loading video
O
• exchanging links with other Web sites to increase link popularity.

Roger Bolton
S
• Listed highly in search engines
• Extensive show reel
• Links to many other sites
• Professional looking site engaging ascetic
• Clear information
• List of other projects and videos to show.
W
• Unclear titles and poor colour schemes
• Slow loading video
• Unorganized award information.
O
• exchanging links with other Web sites to increase link popularity

Chris wedding
S
• Listed highly in search engines
• Extensive show reel
• Links to many other sites
• Extremely Professional looking site, very engaging ascetic
• very well planned out page good use of long page without getting complicated
• List of other projects and videos to show.

W
• Slow loading video
• Hidden titles for contact information
O
• exchanging links with other Web sites to increase link popularity

task 3 enterprise

Task 3
How will I promote myself ,what do they want to hear?
Within a marketing communication mix I will be promoting my services and productions in a few ways. Here they are. Personal Selling, Public Relations and Publicity, Advertising, Direct Marketing, Promotions and the Internet Web Social. Personal selling also known as direct selling is where you would sell your work at a exhibition stand, shop or face to face. This does not apply to me as I am not selling a physical product rather my skills. Public reactions including publicity and sponsorship is where you would write a publication in a paper or are associated with a charity. With my skills I could produce a video and enter it in to a competition within my target audience. I have recently entered a competition with a fellow student called D&AD Student Awards 2010. This prestigious award would help me get out in to the media industry so as potential cliental could see my work. Advertising is a great way to promote yourself as its a direct way to tell people who you are through selling yourself. The problem is that this can be expensive. Promotiona are where you offer something which wouldn’t normally be offered to catch peoples eye. For me ths is something I ill not be able to do as it doesn’t really fit in to freelance work. Direct marketing is where you promote yourself directly , like in a newspaper insert or handing out fliers. I will be making Business cards so as to reach my direct cliental and networking relations. The internet is a great way to promote yourself, I will be making a website with all my contact information, past projects, skills and show reels on it.
I shall be using direct sales when directing my sales. As a freelance designer i will be contacted, and I shall discus the arrangements about payment depending on the scale and nature of the project.

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

THE RAVEN - 720 HD from THE RAVEN FILM on Vimeo.



I found this video on stumble today. its the kind of video that really inspires me. I love the grittyness of the story and style, coupled with the crisp sharp high def videos and renders.

Adam Berg was the producer of this brilliant advert, which was one large continuous camera shot. He worked through Stink Digital London. They used an array of techniques for this product, including camera tracks and lots of 3D to get that desired static effect. This London based company seems to have a nice feel to it. They have done many commercials, which I have always seen on TV and enjoyed. I think London would be a experience to work from maybe thinking to branching out somewhere abroad later.




Carousel Phillips

Adam Berg was the producer of this brilliant advert which was one large continuous camera shot. he worked through Stink Digital London. they used an array of techniques for this product, including camera tracks and lots of 3D to get that desired static effect.



Monday, 3 May 2010

Here are some videos i love. the characters are brilliant, and dark in i great way.





Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Major Project ideas...


I want a walking scene through a street where i will composite ordinary street items, Such as Postbox's, street lights, bins, bus stops... this will be one of the shots where i will use shaky footage.

In this shot i will be using a camera track along an old street corner. The old style bike will fit with its surroundings.




Here is another idea i wanted to create. i haven't really thought about the logistics of the idea but its something i definitely want to take a look at. in this shot i will have to animate the tank and will also be using particles in After Effects for smoke and debris.




A nice video i found, would like to take a look in to creating something like this.

Friday, 26 March 2010

this video is amazing, love the story,


Alarm from Meteorix007 on Vimeo.



here is another i found, i have a huge fascination with robots, everytime i want to do a project i always start off with a robot idea..


World War - 3D Animation @ University Of Hertfordshire 2008 from Digital Animation Herts Uni UK on Vimeo.

Wednesday, 3 March 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9vAOzYz-Qs

here is the new gorilaz stylo video which i was shown today. its amazing. something i feel like i would really love to get involved. alot more gripping than a gaviscon advert...

Thursday, 11 February 2010





In my efforts to understand texturing in maya i have been trying to make a car paint texture. to do so i have been playing around with using ramps to show tints, flakes, for under the paintwork which will look good on close ups and playing around with different metallic with different lighting.
Here is an animatic my group has put together to show the first part of the second scene.

Here is the test footage of the green screening my group and i made. its for the part where we will transforming the blue print car into the real mini. we green-screened the dash and the wheel i got in, then the green screen was removed. we had to be careful with lighting as the shadows caused problems when keying out in post production.


Storyboards

here are the first part of the second scene for the Mini Cooper advert.






Thursday, 4 February 2010



found this beautiful video, couldn't find out how it was made. liked the sound track...

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

He's made some brilliant animations and adverts.




Tyson Lbele - Matrioshka





Today i was shown an animator who i think will really inspire me to aim for the future. His name is Tyson Ibele


His animation and ability to humanize characters is what really makes his stand out.


Monday, 11 January 2010

here is another production design company which caught my eye.

http://wearechopchop.com/
here is one of my favorite directors/designers. his name is christopher hewitt and he is a london based freelance design artist.

http://christopherhewitt.com/



here is a show reel or one of my favorite producers...

Motion Peace from Linus Lundin on Vimeo.



i dont no why i'm posting this just thought it was an interesting idea.

One Minute Soundsculpture from Daniel Franke on Vimeo.



another video i found through vimeo i liked its use or tracking and refection...

Suddenly from Magnus Engsfors on Vimeo.



here is a video Directed and animated by Magnus Engsfors, shot by Martin Nordqvist. i'm not really sure what else they have done but it was all just 2d photographs heavily edited on photoshop and after effects. really nice work...


a video i found which i really enjoyed. not my type of animation but really nice..
Here is another site which really caught my attention. it's all primarily motion graphics but i really enjoyed the scratchy thrown together feel of it. also the soundtrack used on the show reel is really good...

http://www.petpunk.com/reel/

one of my favorite design companies i have come across is called Jelly Fish Pictures.

http://www.jellyfishpictures.co.uk/

i find there work very inspiring, and i love some of there biological projects and some of there more grimy work.



here is there showreal...



i think this video is really powerful as it is visually beautiful and it has an important message.

i don't really get the opportunity during term time to leisurely surf through the internet finding interesting work and job aspirations, as i still haven't heard back from my county council about my laptop. during this festive holiday i have had the chance to use my families computer. here are some bits that have interested me so far......