3rd and Final year Animation Project

Prior Learning –

Advanced skill sets: -

· Maya - modelling, unwrapping, texturing, painting weights and animating

· Photoshop - used extensively for texturing for Maya projects, digital painting and photo manipulation techniques.

· Traditional Media – Painting and Drawing

· Hardworking

· People person who prefers to work in a team, but can work competently alone as well

· Good motivator

· Researcher

Average Skill sets: -

· Maya – Rigging, SFX, lighting

· Adobe After Affects

· Flash

Areas I’d like to explore: -

• Directing
• Pre-production
• Compositing of live action footage and 3D/SFX
• Compositing of 2D and 3D animation
• Sound

Areas of interest – As far as animation goes I am in love with 3D, the realism it can achieve but yet still be so imaginative i.e lighting in Ratatouille (2007)

Future direction – Right from the beginning I knew I wanted to be an animator working in the film industry. To be applicable I will need proven storytelling skills, acting skills, strong understanding of traditional animation principles, an art background that shows a thorough understanding of physical motion, weight, balance, texture and form. I believe right now in theory I am doing/or am fully aware of this, but I haven’t produced enough work to show I understand these requirements. But it is what I am hoping with my final film project.

I hope that I will be able to still work on my own short films while working at a studio, so I have some creative outlet of my own being.

In 1 years time I would recently have completed a quality short animated film with an awesome team…so my phone is ringing busy with potential employers wanting to arrange interview dates.

In 5 years time I will be working for Pixar.

Synopsis and treatment

ARIKA jeopardises her species anonymity in order to save them from extinction.

ARIKA resides in the local river that runs through the local town Dungle Bay. Being the curious young toddler she is, she enjoys going on adventures and learning as much as she can about everything around her. One day ARIKA ventures too far and into immediate danger. Her father becomes enraged to find she had ventured to places he had told her were off limits and sends her to her room. But ARIKA realises this danger is a threat to her species, and decides to break the number one rule and befriend an OLDMAN who will help her save the river!

Practical info on the film

· Drama with some light comic elements

• 3D modelled and animated but would like to incorporate some 2D elements i.e “Le building” (2005) so maybe even just experiment with toon rendering.
• Script Approximately goes for 5mins in length – but currently working on another draft to refine this.

Below is ARIKA the main character of my concept. I am thinking of changing her colours, to not be so close to that of water...