Author Archives: Ziyao Zhu
Week 2: Collaborative unit – Detail description & Diary of work
Here is the link of the project brief: Week 2: Collaborative Unit – Project Brief Slowly reveal the story and setting by using flashbacks and interlacing to increase the sense of abruptness, weirdness and freshness to the audience. This week … Continue reading
Week 2: Collaborative Unit – Project Brief
This is the brief for the presentation during class. Horizontal exploration game (with 3D interlude animation) How the game will be presented? The game is based on a horizontal view but the player is actually in a 3D scene with a camera … Continue reading
Week 1: Diary of work & Note
FMP Thesis proposal For the topic: Does the topic motivate you to research and discover? How might the research impact present or future theoretical and practical study. Are there potentials to apply new learning? Will you be able to fulfil … Continue reading
Week 1: Collaborative Unit – Initial Draft & Diary of work
I am willing to try stylize rendering in collaborative unit. Also I want to describe the story and animate it in the way of Lovecraftian horror. Basically, this kind of style highlight the fear of the unknown. And the story … Continue reading
Submission – 3D Animation Fundamentals
Show Reel Weekly Challenges and Diary of work Links: Week 2: An overview of the 12 Principles of Animation. Week 2: Good and Bad animation according to my understanding. Week 2: Bouncing Ball with Travel & Obstacle Course. Week 2: … Continue reading
Assignment: Research Presentation, Critical Report and Post links
Topic: Influence of audience demands on the creation of Disney works Audio-visual presentation: Research Posts Links: Topic statement of critical report Research about the relationship between writers and audience Weekly Tasks and Notes Links: Week 1: Timeline & Understanding of … Continue reading
Research about the relationship between writers and audience
Implied reader Iser puts forward the concept of “implied reader”. The implied reader is not a real reader, but a real reader that may exist, or an ideal reader that the author expects to design and hopes in the creation … Continue reading
Topic statement of critical report
Research Areas: Influence of audience demands on the creation of Disney works. Key words: Audience demands, Hermeneutics, Implied reader, Audience awareness, Mimesis Does the topic motivate you to research and discover? The motivation part of why I am willing to … Continue reading
Week 10: Diary of work.
Weekly diary of work for ‘3D Animation Fundamentals’. This week I polished the performance of previous facial animation with the body movement. Readjusted lots of frames according to the audio clips. I found out it really need a lot of … Continue reading
Week 10: Performance animation and previs
Challenge 10 (Part 3 & 4): Performance & Pre-Viz In this stage, I began animating stepped and flat animation in order to shape good key poses. I chose IK handle on arms so I focus on the arc of the … Continue reading