2020- Visual Effects Animation

Visual Effects Animation 2020

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VFX Showreel

Brief 1 is available here. Please read carefully before submission:

VEA-Brief1-2020

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Week 1- Animated gif in Photoshop

Tutorial: Creating a Gif using Photoshop

This is a quick overview of the stuff we covered in class. Photoshop animation layers, roto setups etc…

Brief 1: Create a looped animation 3-5 seconds long. Make it loop or as close as possible. Dimensions should 400px X 400px and 10 frames per second (FPS). Use Photoshop for your animation. Save as a GIF. Post Result to Blackboard Deadline: Friday 20th September

Example Gif Images:

26-squeak
19- Cloud
13- Teeming
14- Feirce
01- Swift
09- Screech Single guy
11- Run
16- Fat
05- Long
04- Underwater
070316- Animated running GIF
09-Screech

Rotoscoping

Tutorial: Very quick overview examples of rotoscoping.

The Dance:

The Pub:

Lemonade:

Waking Life:

Scanner Darkly:

Undone:

Rotoscope Breakdown Outcome

3d Plane compositing

Images: Images of note:

Tutorial: Matte Painting Example:

Links of Note:

Composition:

http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/04/12/10-rules-of-photo-composition-and-why-they-work/ This is a link to some composition theory. It is a comprehensive enough breakdown of techniques. You should consider these when creating shots for film at all times.

Depth Cues:

http://vanseodesign.com/web-design/pictorial-depth-cues/

Inspiration and Advice:

http://www.mattepainting.org

(Preparation for Planes Example):

Create thumbnails of various ideas for a Matte painting. You should base the outcome on either of the two themes provided.
Produce a larger more in depth version of one or two of these Matte ideas.
Breakdown of the elements needed to produce the matte painting.
Plan on how each of these elements will be created or sourced.
Plan for the camera movement in the scene.
Gather as many of these resources as possible.
This is essentially a 1 panel storyboard for a shot.