Graduation Film // 2017
Wilder Life
Graduation Film // 2017
Wilder Life
University:
University of the Creative Arts – Farnham
Tasks:
To come up with the concept, art-direct, storyboard, create turnarounds, design and texture all characters and environments, and composite the shots. I also animated some of the 3D shots from the film and assisted with rendering.
Programs:
Maya // Mari // Photoshop // After Effects // Premiere Pro
University:
University of the Creative Arts – Farnham
Tasks:
To come up with the concept, art-direct, storyboard, create turnarounds, design and texture all characters and environments, and composite the shots. I also animated some of the 3D shots from the film and assisted with rendering.
Programs:
Maya // Mari // Photoshop // After Effects // Premiere Pro
A short 3D animation about a young flamingo who doesn’t want to be pink, and teaches her stuck-in-their-ways family that it’s okay to be different and try new things.
A pose sheet for the film’s protagonist:
A line up of characters from the film:
An environment paintover:
A colleague modelled the assets and provided me with the 3D render on the left. My task was to paint over it to demonstrate how I planned to use colour in our film environments, resulting in the image on the right. This image was used in our film pitch:
Environment shape exploration:
A sequence showing my textures and compositing:
It starts with the plain modelling & animation that a colleague provided me with, then shows my textures (Mari) added, then my compositing pass (Adobe After Effects).
Two shots from the film that I animated in Maya: