Author Archives: Ziyao Zhu
Week 5: Diary of work & Note.
Weekly diary of work for ‘Design for Animation, narrative structure and film language’. This week’s research is about Story Circle and Characters Archetypes. I took the dark Knight as an example and analyzed it in detail. Also, it gives me … Continue reading
Week 5: Film analysis – story arc & Characters breakdown & Character timeline
Film analysis – The Dark Knight Story Arc Breakdown You Bruce Wayne, the protagonist is in his zone of comfort. Fighting against ordinary criminals in Gotham city as usual. No changes need to be make so far. Need Bruce Wayne … Continue reading
Week 5: Reference footage & Setting Up Maya, Exploring Rigs & Blocking Out Body Mechanics Part 1
Challenge 7: Record/find reference footage For the body Mechanic exercise, I have selected an online video reference on kicking a ball. In the preparation stage, I added timecode displayed in frame numbers. In addition, I rendered an image sequence in … Continue reading
Week 4: Diary of work.
Weekly diary of work for ‘3D Animation Fundamentals’. Walk Cycle is a great way to express a character’s emotion. Through different ways of walking, the audience can better understand the character. I used to animate anger by clenching fists and … Continue reading
Week 4: Walk Cycle
Challenge 6 (Part 1): Walk Cycle Blocking A five second animation to show the walk cycle before polish. Also, I adjust the dope sheet to make toe flop looks more natural by smoothing it at 4 and 10 frames. Challenge 6 … Continue reading
Week 4: Diary of work & Note.
Weekly diary of work for ‘Design for Animation, narrative structure and film language’. This week we did research on the Mise-en-Scène. I learnt that the emotion impact that a good Mise-en-Scène brought to the audience is memorable. It’s the visual … Continue reading
Week 4: Analysis Of Mise-en-Scène
Research Activity 1 Settings & Props The first shot shows where the scene takes place – indoor chemistry lab. Also we can tell that all the characters are student due to the label ‘Miss Muskrat’s Class’ on the door. Every … Continue reading
Week 3: Diary of work.
Weekly diary of work for ‘3D Animation Fundamentals’. This week we practiced how to make the poses more expressive, and also learned how to do chain animation. In posing, it is necessary to remember the line of action and curve … Continue reading
Week 3: Diary of work & Note.
Weekly diary of work for ‘Design for Animation, narrative structure and film language’. This week’s research is about politics in media. And I found that interesting because even though I knew there were political elements, I think there are too … Continue reading
Week 3: Politics in Media
I believe the media will deliver information about politics since media as a form of entertainment that was accepted by the masses from its beginning. Politicians will not let go of the media, because the content that media contained is … Continue reading