The first week of term, the first week of the decade! I took this week to unscramble my brain, get back into the creative spirit and get organised. Here's how my extended practice is looking so far:
1. Tamara's music video, Due : End of Feb
I spoke with Tamara about exactly what she needs: a selection of 2D under the sea backgrounds, featuring lots of textures and different plants with a dreamy, flow-y feel. I'm going to get creative and scan in some textures of fabrics and learn how to make photoshop brushes from them. I think this will be a great bit of learning for my background design development.
2. Devon's short film, Due: End of Feb
Devon's short is set in an old theatre which I will be making for her out of paper. I will make the sets out of cardboard firstly to understand the shape. Then, I'll experiment with different colours and textures of paper to correctly portray the decaying building. I'll work closely from Devon's concept art and will try to be as resourceful and sustainable as possible in my execution.
3. Petra's short film, Due: TBC
I am due to have a chat with Petra next week Thursday to get clear on what she needs but so far I understand she wants a paper backdrop for her stop motion short. Initially, I'm thinking all white paper cut out (which I'll laser cut), layered to create depth with the silhouettes, possibly lit from the back?
4. My own set (& atmospheric short, maybe) Due to start: Beginning of March
Although this is taking a backseat for the time being, I will still quietly generate sketches for my own set during Jan & Feb. Currently, it'll either be a supermarket or a nature based scene. I'm aiming to have this wrapped up within two months and will be making a time plan ASAP to be sure this is possible. I do know however (from COP) that I've got to get familiar with Maya for this task.
For the time being, I emailed all the best stop motion studios I could find to ask for a studio visit: McKinnon and Saunders, Factory, Animortal, Passion Pictures, A+C, Aardman and Loose Moose (who were to first to reply, with a no, unfortunately). So hopefully at least one will confirm!
Overall I think I'll have a good 2&3D environment design based portfolio by the end of this module, featuring work on other projects and my own. There's some interesting learning to come too which hopefully will give me employability points. (thumbs up)(for now)
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