Category Production

Photography
ALSO CAMERA, LIGHTING AND MOTION CAPTURE POST Some ideas for my venture into photography, not sure where or how to start. There is so much information available, so many fantastic photographers. Where do I start, the camera, the shot, technical information? The story is told through the camera which is used to manipulate the elements, […]

Show Reel Studio: Process Diary
RESEARCH, REFERENCE, INSPIRATION and WORK Design Centre Enmore 3D Art and Animation (DCE3D) MY GRADUATING MAJOR WORK DESIGN CENTRE ENMORE, SYDNEY: Bachelor of 3D Art and Animation COURSE COORDINATOR: Richard Cass LECTURER MENTOR: Vincent Rossini MENTOR: Kim Nguyen MODELS: Alvaro Luna Bautista, 3drender.com, Challenge #14 showReel_animaticCritique_B Password: train_01 Models are from 3dRender.com lighting challenges. […]

Rigging
MOTION BUILDER – 3D character animation software. Capture, edit, and play back complex character animation in a highly responsive, interactive environment. Work with a display that’s optimized for both animators and directors. ADVANCED SKELETON Advanced Skeleton can create rigs with unlimited body configurations, 3 heads, 5 legs, 100 fingers, & anything goes. Not only creatures, but you […]

Texturing
Resolution Gate indicates the outer edge of the render. UV texture space refers to a coordinate system that relates pixels of a texture map to positions on a surface. UV points represent the location of a polygon’s vertices within a UV texture space. If polygon faces overlap within the UV texture space, they share the […]

Colour
Colour is about communicating, a subjective thing. It is not only about the overall look, there is the dilemma of sunny days vs overcast sky in a scene, using colour to enhance different environments and geographies, creating juxtaposition between scenes. Might be a warm and colourful film with the need to feel the environment, like […]

Modelling Process Diary
MODELLING and SCULPTING Meet the Experts: Pixar Animation Studios, The OpenSubdiv Project Blender is a professional, free and open-source 3D computer graphics softwaretoolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications and video games. Blender’s features include 3D modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, raster graphics editing, rigging and skinning, fluid […]

Professional
See also ‘Business’ post FILM SCREENINGS KINO SYDNEY and AROUND THE WORLD Kino Sydney hosts their monthly short film screenings at SUNSTUDIOS, Alexandria. This is your opportunity to be inspired my the local short filmmaking community, screen your short film and network over some drinks and snacks. Kino #127 will include Industry Speakers, Q&As, Snacks, […]