Showreel

Title I edited my showreel using After Effects software. For my introductory name shot, I am reusing the same logo I have on my CV to make the whole reel cohesive with everything else. I wanted to make a little static glitch in the beginning with the rat blinking and my specialties popping up for …

Creative Futures Reflection

It was surprising at how much work this module was. It really took the whole class to work as a unit to get everything completed on time. From fund raising, to space planning, to cleaning supplies, budgeting etc. Everyone's input was valuable and each aspect of this module is equally as important as any other. …

Printed Cards and CV

CV I had some issues with university's printer producing different colours. All settings were on monochrome. Then I could not figure out how to turn off two sided printing, so instead of wasting my time I just printed all 20 copies individually. Card The card prints arrived and they look absolutely fantastic! The back is …

Finalised Layout

Renders for the Wall These are all of the renders we decided to go with to put on our wall. They showcase our environment well and shows all of the corners of the room the viewer would have missed due to short screen time in our animation. We included my initial concepts and put direct …

4K Render

Alec asked us to send him a posed character render in the scene. I composited a staged scene with the witch and her cat. I also wanted the title of our short to be in the render so I moved all of the "title potions" into the scene and posed the characters near the bookcase. …

Ordered Business Cards

I looked into six different printing companies online to compare their prices. Ideally I wanted rounded corners, either matte or velvet laminate and 50-100 cards. Moo With shipping, Moo offered 50 cards for 16.64. They had a 25% off offer going on during the time of my research. Banana Print Banana print was 25.90 in …

Final Poster Design

First Draft Our first poster attempt (excluding a mock one) used a bottle render Rebecca modeled and I textured and lit. We also used purple hues at the time as it's the colour that is mostly associate with magic.  There was no set font that we looked into at the time. We were also unsure …

Talk on Visual Art by Graham Robinson

Graham started working primarily in night clubs that featured trance music, as well as big brands like BBC. He also worked in various music festivals and even started his own company. Graham's three key pieces of advise are: Know Yourself One of the most important things is to find yourself, you probably learned a lot …

Bake Sale

My contribution to the final year show was through a bake sale. In order to help raise money for supplies, wrap party, posters etc. I pitched the idea of a bake sale to the committee. My friend from product design held one a week prior and they managed to raise over £180  in profit. Bake …

Creative Futures – Career aspirations

Early career aims/aspirations Did those aspirations change? Consider looking back on: Placement Topics and disciplines you've enjoyed Discourse Industry talks Days away/dingle Opportunities (freelance) Final year How you plan to secure your first job as a graduate References Recommended Readings Production Culture: Industrial Reflectivity and Critical Practice in Film and Television - John Thorton Caldwell …