Dominique’s Animation year 1 blog, BA1b Part 2

http://daily-iowan.com/2018/03/06/shaw-incredibles-2-is-going-to-be-a-fantastic-feminist-film/ ‘Incredibles 2 should be praised for the appearance of a movement that is so important for young children to understand correctly.’ ‘Shaw: “Incredibles 2”  is going to be a fantastic feminist film’ ‘Elastigirl will be the hotshot hero in the film this time around. Although, from the looks of the trailer, there will still be a lot of focus on Mr. Incredible and his parenting. This showcases a great message to the youth of our world that gender roles are not cemented, they are rather flexible. In a healthy and strong relationship, spouses will work hard to support their significant others in their strides toward success.’ What I have learnt from this article;  These article debates that the new trailer showcasing incredible 2 shows an empowering messaging of feminism, that alters the traditional nuclear family rules. Where genders do not defy the rules each family mem...

Overall what I learnt from this website; a concept artist creates designs and visual experimental art for different aspects of a film, tv program, game etc. They can create art focused on lighting, colour, body language, envoirments, characters, objects and furniture. Bringing idea to life, and looking at different aspects and perspectives of design. The process begins with ‘thumbnailing rough drawings’, strong ideas are developed into ‘rendered’ ‘digitally painted’ pieces, which the art direct sees and makes comments, which the artist will work too until it’s perfect and able to be used as reference. - work is very competitive and limited. https://conceptartempire.com/what-is-concept-artist/ ‘A concept artist is a designer who visualizes & creates art for characters, creatures, vehicles, environments, and other creative assets. Concept art is used to visualize ideas so that modelers, animators, and VFX teams can make these ideas ready for production.’ ‘ Here’s a sample wo...

http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles_and_stories/job_roles/3072_concept_artist Information I have found from  this site; ➖ no qualifications needed or specific training.  However, ‘ To do this role, you will need to: have up-to-date knowledge of computer illustration software packages be skilled in film imagery understand what Directors, Directors of Photography and Editors require from a scene  have excellent illustration skills be a strong communicator visualise perspective and 3D space have a keen interest in design, architecture and film visually interpret other people's ideas be flexible and adapt to change when asked work as part of a team know about relevant health and safety legislation and procedures’ ➖ pre production work, ‘working up to six months before filming begins’ . ➖ concept artists work free lance. There job; ‘ Concept Artists work on big budget sci-fi, fantasy or historical films where visual and special effects create design spe...

Media Industries Roles & Practices;     Week 1 (Week 23)   On Tuesday we were introduced to the new brief, Media Industries roles and practices and were shown different roots that animation can lead too. We were grouped into four, and given the task to pick an practitioner in the animation industry whom we will write and present a presentation about their job role, company ect. My group choose Glen Keane is using Google slides, so we are free to access, add and edit the presentation. this week I researched my part, if his job was working pre production, production post production and other related information to this. Overall; This has been a very quick paced week with much progression in design, construction but also learning both in and outside of scheduled lessons.  

MEDIA INDUSTRIES , ROLES & PRACTICES [deadline; 11th may] Our objective, to research into media industry roles. Project aims; ▪️ Learn about employability  ▪️ Research into the animation industry  ▪️ Find areas of interest as a starting point. Project outline; ➖ working in groups ➖ contacting practioners  ➖10 minuete group presentation on chosen subject ➖ everybody in group must present their own findings ➖ research portfolio blog showcasing your research for this project  ➖500 word statement that summaries your findings.  〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ Types of animation; ▪️ 3D compture generated ▪️2D digital ▪️ 2D traditional ▪️ Stop motion Different areas; ▪️Advertising ▪️Tv ▪️Animated features ▪️Independent Shorts ▪️Music videos ▪️Internet/mobile tablets ▪️Visual effects ▪️Games Content producers; ▪️Studios ▪️Tv channels ▪️Prouduction compamies ▪️Independent creatives ▪️Stings/ idents INDEPENDENT ...